Registered charity · London
Alternatives Trust East London
A) To provide accessible mental health support for marginalised disadvantaged women within Newham, addressing such issues including domestic abuse, trauma, poverty, parental challenges, pregnancy, miscarriage or child loss. B) To relieve the needs...
- 6 trustees
- Income £311k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Barking And Dagenham, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest
- Website
- www.altel.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£311k£394k
- 2024£336k£346k
- 2023£343k£330k
Earlier years
- 2022£350k£394k
- 2020£324k£268k
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) To provide accessible mental health support for marginalised disadvantaged women within Newham, addressing such issues including domestic abuse, trauma, poverty, parental challenges, pregnancy, miscarriage or child loss. B) To relieve the needs of women experiencing destitution including those with asylum-seeker and refugee status, homelessness or insecure housing and with no recourse to public funds or living in poverty; by providing advocacy, community, education and holistic support.C) To provide vulnerable mothers with holistic support to address intergenerational cycles of trauma for the ongoing benefit of themselves, their families and the wider community. D) The relief of unemployment for the benefit of women in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment and volunteering opportunities.
Grants received
50 grants · £1,705,259 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £540,264 (10 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £210,700 (3 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £196,504 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £191,500 (2 grants)
- Smallwood Trust · £180,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Natalie Robinson Chair since 2024
- Francesca Ojefua since 2018
- Funmilade Aloutade since 2023
- Lincyenthe Joan Dallas since 2024
- Ruth Schwegmann-Fielding De Barros since 2024
- Vida Boateng since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Francesca Ojefua since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Natalie Robinson Chair since 2024
- Francesca Ojefua since 2018
- Funmilade Aloutade since 2023
- Lincyenthe Joan Dallas since 2024
- Ruth Schwegmann-Fielding De Barros since 2024
- Vida Boateng since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1103724
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 20 APRIL 2004 as amended on 08 Jun 2024
- Contact on the register
- 02074768215 · alternatives@altel.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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