Alpha India Foundation

Registered charity 1075942 Registered since 1999

Operates: Dorset, India

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

17.6y median 15y

average tenure

28y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

18.8y

average years in governance

4 vs 2 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Accommodation/housing 7Overseas Aid/famine Relief 6General Charitable Purposes 2Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience

Hospitality 2Property 1Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Incorporated Bournemouth Free Church Council 2 shared trustees
Mission4Water 1 shared trustee
Emily Collins Trust 1 shared trustee
George Temperance Trust 1 shared trustee

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Incorporated Bournemouth Free Church Council 2 shared trustees
Mission4Water 1 shared trustee
George Temperance Trust 1 shared trustee
Emily Collins Trust 1 shared trustee
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The Reverend T A Turney Charity for the Maintenance of the Ministry of the Methodist Church Similar size; both Housing

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Contact

Website	www.alphaindiafoundation.org.uk
Email	aif@talktalk.net
Phone	01202573905
Address	21 Heathlands Avenue, West Parley, FERNDOWN, Dorset, BH22 8RW

Finances

£28,940 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£44,016	£33,136
2022	£38,458	£37,851
2023	£38,541	£33,246
2024	£32,850	£33,443
2025	£28,940	£36,574

What it does

What

Overseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") NAMELY FOR THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WHO ARE ORPHANED OR ABANDONED OR REJECTED BY THEIR PARENTS AND WHO ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE BY THEIR OWN EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FROM INCOMPLETE OR DEFORMED DEVELOPMENT OF BODY OR MIND.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 18 JANUARY 1999

Trustees (7)

7trustees

82median age

2aged 70+

Succession outlook: 2 of 7 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Anthony Joseph Fernandage 85 since 2011
Alan Field since 1998
Lesley Carol Margaret Fernandage 82 since 2011
Paul Charles Dawsonage 59 since 1998
Pearl Higgins since 1998
Rev Jehoshaphat Prudent Williams since 2024
Roger Higgins since 2019

Connected charities (4)

Incorporated Bournemouth Free Church Council 2 shared trustees
George Temperance Trust 1 shared trustee
Mission4Water 1 shared trustee
Emily Collins Trust 1 shared trustee

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