The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Alongside Charity

Registered charity 1183751 Registered since 2019

Operates: Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, North Somerset

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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.

11 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

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

Property 20Professional services 6Health and social care 5

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£11.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.8 in 2021

180 from 151 in 2021
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.
40%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://www.alongsidecharity.org.uk/
Emailadmin@alongsidecharity.org.uk
Phone01225354650
AddressThe Alongside Charity, 1 Kelso Place, Upper Bristol Road, BATH, BA1 3AU

Finances

£11,165,543 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,250,172£6,666,012
2022£8,148,660£6,884,745
2023£7,638,933£7,719,903
2024£10,017,747£9,857,197
2025£11,165,543£10,956,986

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

3.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO CARRY ON FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING AND MANAGING HOUSING, INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING, AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, AMENITIES AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, POOR PEOPLE OR FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED, DISABLED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE;(B) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT, HOMELESSNESS AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS IN CHARITABLE NEED WITH SUCH TRAINING, SUPPORT AND EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT; AND(C) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME."SOCIAL HOUSING" MEANS LOW COST RENTAL ACCOMMODATION AND LOW COST HOME OWNERSHIP ACCOMMODATION AS DEFINED IN SECTIONS 68 TO 77 OF THE HOUSING AND REGENERATION ACT 2008;

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 JAN 2019 as amended on 17 Sept 2025 as amended on 29 Apr 2026

Trustees (11)

11trustees
56median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Alongside Charity · 11791952 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 28/01/2019

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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