Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
The Loop Drug Checking Service is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include the advancement of health or saving of lives.
The Loop Drug Checking Service (number 1200533) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does The Loop Drug Checking Service do?
The Loop provide event-based and community-based drug checking and associated harm reduction services. The Loop also provide specialist training courses in drugs awareness, harm reduction and managing problems in nightlife venues.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Loop Drug Checking Service
Answers The Loop Drug Checking Service gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The Loop Drug Checking Service's highest-paid staff paid?
The Loop Drug Checking Service's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee).
Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£70,001–£80,000
1
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record The Loop Drug Checking Service as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
The Loop Drug Checking Service's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Previous names on the register
Unclassified Community Interest Company
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is The Loop Drug Checking Service registered for?
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Why is there no Clarity Score for The Loop Drug Checking Service yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Loop Drug Checking Service.
An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity.
The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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Is The Loop Drug Checking Service a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The Loop Drug Checking Service as a registered charity (number 1200533) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Loop Drug Checking Service's charity number?
The Loop Drug Checking Service's charity number is 1200533. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1200533?
Search 1200533 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Loop Drug Checking Service do?
The Loop provide event-based and community-based drug checking and associated harm reduction services. The Loop also provide specialist training courses in drugs awareness, harm reduction and managing problems in nightlife venues.
Does The Loop Drug Checking Service have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Loop Drug Checking Service. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Loop Drug Checking Service?
The Loop Drug Checking Service's website listed in our register data is http://www.wearetheloop.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is The Loop Drug Checking Service's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Loop Drug Checking Service's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Loop Drug Checking Service?
The register does not record The Loop Drug Checking Service as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Loop Drug Checking Service's trustees paid?
The Loop Drug Checking Service's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
What was The Loop Drug Checking Service previously called?
The register lists this previous name for The Loop Drug Checking Service: Unclassified Community Interest Company.
When was The Loop Drug Checking Service registered as a charity?
The Loop Drug Checking Service was entered on the register on 29 September 2022.