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Registered charity (CIO) · Sheffield

Always AN Alternative CIO

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £90k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.alwaysanalternative.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2022

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£90k£35k
  • 2024£98k£98k

Income trend, 2024 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 22%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE SAVING OF LIVES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY CONCERNING ISSUES OF SERIOUS VIOLENCE (KNIFE CRIME AND ASSAULTS), GANG CULTURE, CHILD CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION (CCE) AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR WITHIN BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO THE LOCAL DISTRICT OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE.2. TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF ENGAGEMENT INCLUDING LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, ARTS AND CRAFTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE, TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND TO POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.

Grants received

1 grant · £15,730 total

360Giving 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 · £15,730

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £15,7302024-09-19
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.

3 trustees on the board

2y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3Other Charitable Purposes 3

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

Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£90k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1201213
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Dec 2022
Contact on the register
07436468327 · info@alwaysanalternative.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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