NECA
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Cash
£1.2m
+9.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£6.8m
+0.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
47
+2.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£36k
-8.7% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | — | £1,738,092 | £1,878,768 | +8.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£897,985 | -£9,355 | -£21,806 | -133.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£897,985 | £39,242 | £35,816 | -8.7% | |
| Net profit | -£897,985 | £39,242 | £35,816 | -8.7% | |
| Cash | £1,545,632 | £1,092,921 | £1,198,428 | +9.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,701,166 | £6,740,408 | £6,776,224 | +0.5% | |
| Net assets | £6,701,166 | £6,740,408 | £6,776,224 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | £6,701,166 | £6,740,408 | £6,776,224 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | 39 | 46 | 47 | +2.2% | |
| Wages | £962,018 | £1,105,332 | £1,100,653 | -0.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -0.5% | -1.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.3% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.4% | -0.1% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.80x | 2.99x | 4.21x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NECA 2011-12-01 → present
- NORTH EAST COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS 1985-07-17 → 2011-12-01
- NORTH EAST COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM 1984-06-27 → 1985-07-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The charitable company's forecasts and projections for the next twelve months show that the charity will be able to continue in operational existence for that period. The charity has strong positive cash balances and is forecasting for this to continue to be the case.”
Group structure
- NECA · parent
- NECA Services Limited 100%
- NECA Training Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Two of the charity's dormant subsidiary companies were dissolved in the year.”
- “2025-2026 was a difficult year with much uncertainty created by the demise of GambleAware.”
- “The Government decided that gambling services would become the responsibility of the NHS going forward and allocated £100m in funding. NECA was awarded a new contract covering the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside.”
- “A management restructuring took place with a new senior team put in place, and new key management personnel were appointed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, Ronald Ian | Secretary | 2013-12-03 | — | British |
| DAWSON, John Nigel | Director | 2025-05-13 | Jul 1969 | British |
| RICHARDSON, Norman | Director | 1992-10-15 | Apr 1951 | British |
| SPEKER, Barry Neil | Director | — | Jun 1947 | British |
| WATSON, Ronald Ian | Director | 2006-08-10 | May 1946 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHTON, Chrystal Heather, Dr Professor | Secretary | 1992-12-08 | 1993-11-30 |
| FORESTER, Eric Alexander | Secretary | 1995-10-26 | 2013-12-03 |
| MUNRO, Mary | Secretary | — | 1993-06-15 |
| RICHARDSON, Norman | Secretary | 1993-06-15 | 1995-10-26 |
| ASHTON, Chrystal Heather, Dr Professor | Director | 1992-12-08 | 2015-04-10 |
| BALLS, Beryl May | Director | 1993-06-15 | 1994-10-20 |
| BORDER, Marian | Director | — | 1994-10-20 |
| CARR, Geraldine Pamela, Lady | Director | — | 1994-10-20 |
| CLAMP, Anthony | Director | 2004-10-14 | 2007-10-03 |
| DAWSON, Graham | Director | 1994-10-20 | 1995-10-26 |
| DOBSON, Mary Catherine | Director | — | 2015-10-22 |
| DUCKWORTH, Gordon | Director | 1995-10-26 | 1997-10-23 |
| EVERSLEY, John Walter | Director | — | 1994-11-15 |
| FORESTER, Eric Alexander | Director | 1994-10-20 | 2015-10-22 |
| GREGORY, David | Director | 1994-10-20 | 2020-10-09 |
| HALL, Elaine | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| HEATHER, Nick, Professor | Director | 1996-10-24 | 2002-11-22 |
| HOWE, Barbara | Director | — | 1994-10-20 |
| JONES, Christopher | Director | — | 1993-04-01 |
| JONES, Martin | Director | — | 1995-10-26 |
| LEITCH, Neil John Robert | Director | 1997-10-23 | 2004-07-15 |
| MOORE, Peter Brian, Dr | Director | 1996-10-24 | 2025-10-30 |
| MUNCHOW, Jane | Director | — | 1994-10-20 |
| NEWBURY BIRCH, Dorothy, Dr | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2013-10-17 |
| RAW, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1995-10-26 |
| RAWLINS, Michael David, Professor Sir | Director | — | 2004-12-20 |
| REES, Katharine Sophia, Dr | Director | 2008-03-04 | 2017-10-19 |
| ROBSON, James Edward | Director | 1995-10-26 | 2004-10-14 |
| TELFER, Laetitia Mary | Director | — | 2006-01-05 |
| WOOD, James Warwick | Director | — | 1997-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-07-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-07-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-06-15 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-07-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-06-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.