ALPHA INDIA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1075942 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide relief for orphaned and destitute children in the Indian sub continent including accomodation,food and education.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") NAMELY FOR THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WHO ARE ORPHANED OR ABANDONED OR REJECTED BY THEIR PARENTS AND WHO ARE OTHERWISE UNABLE BY THEIR OWN EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FROM INCOMPLETE OR DEFORMED DEVELOPMENT OF BODY OR MIND.

Area of benefit: INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved its policy target of maintaining three months of running costs in the account, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £13,849. However, the trustees report a deficit for the year due to advance grants and additional college fees, noting that meeting rising running costs is an increasing challenge.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY JOSEPH FERNAND · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alan Field · trustee of 2 other charities
• John Martin Els · trustee of 1 other charity
• LESLEY CAROL MARGARET FERNAND · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL CHARLES DAWSON
• PEARL HIGGINS
• Rev Jehoshaphat Prudent Williams
• Roger Higgins

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset · India

Income and spending

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