01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 2 December 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £89,519
- Latest expenditure
- £34,555
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Always An Alternative CIO, The Campus, Pack Horse Lane, High Green, SHEFFIELD, S35 3HY
Website recorded by the regulator: www.alwaysanalternative.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
We challenge the mindset of young people on serious violence (knife crime, gun crime & serious assault) gang culture (Criminal Child Exploitation (CCE), county lines) and anti social behaviour. This is acheived with education and alternative ways of engagement.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £89,519
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £34,555
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 December 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £98,459
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £98,459
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 28 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £89,519
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £34,555
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £5
- Income From Government Grants
- £19,980
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 4
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 2 December 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 30 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £98,459
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £98,459
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 2
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ALWAYS AN ALTERNATIVE CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-12-02T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 02 Dec 2022
- 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.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
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- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures