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Alpha International

Alpha International is a registered charity (number 1086179) based in London, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Reverend Nicky Gumbel. Latest income £21m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £21m (2024)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Argentina, Botswana, Brazil and more
Website
www.alpha.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Alpha International
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£21m£19m
  • 2023£21m£21m
  • 2022£17m£15m
Earlier years
  • 2021£13m£12m
  • 2020£12m£11m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROPAGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (B) THE PROMOTION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD OF TEACHING ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AND FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES (C) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF HUNGER, DISEASE, SICKNESS OR THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES (D) THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND INSTITUTIONS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY

Grants received

4 grants · £390,000 total

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4.1y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance
13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 14Religious Activities 14Education/training 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 17Education 5Health and social care 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£21.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

106 from 86 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1086179
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/02/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/12/2011
Companies House
Company number 04157379 · Active
Contact on the register
02070520200 · CEO@alpha.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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