ALPHA INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1086179 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC042906 (OSCR)

The advancement and propagation of the Christian Gospel and the promotion of teaching on all aspects of the Christian life and faith in accordance with Biblical principles. This includes the development of and making available the Alpha Course and its related ministries.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £2.36m for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven largely by restricted donations received but not yet spent. Free reserves stood at £2.14m, which the trustees note is below their target of two to three months' expenditure, prompting a plan to build reserves further in 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 13 (FY2023) → 14 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04157379

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alpha International (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• AKERELE, Omoyemi Adetoun — director, appointed 19/05/2026on trustee list
• AKERELE, Tokunbo Olamide — director, appointed 15/04/2026on trustee list
• MILLAR, John Alexander Kirkpatrick, Rt Revd — director, appointed 21/08/2023on trustee list
• FOSTER, Stephen, Revd — director, appointed 25/07/2023on trustee list
• HUTCHINSON, Angelina — director, appointed 24/07/2023on trustee list
• ADELOWO, Fopefoliwa — director, appointed 25/09/2022on trustee list
• MALLON, James Matthew, Rev — director, appointed 09/09/2022on trustee list
• COATES, Richard Michael, Rev — director, appointed 24/03/2022on trustee list
• JOSEPH, Andre — director, appointed 26/05/2021on trustee list
• CHEW, Kathleen Wai Lin — director, appointed 29/04/2020on trustee list
• GRUENEWALD II, Robert Lee — director, appointed 29/04/2019not on trustee list
• GORDON, Alexander Strathearn, Revd — director, appointed 24/09/2016not on trustee list
• YEOH, Seok Hong — director, appointed 22/12/2005on trustee list
• GUMBEL, Nicholas Glynn Paul, Reverend — director, appointed 09/02/2001not on trustee list
• SHIPPEN, Jon Mark — secretary, appointed 03/12/2015

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £488k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• REVEREND NICKY GUMBELchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andre Joseph
• Angelina Hutchinson
• DATO SEOK HONG YEOH
• Fopefoliwa Adelowo
• Kathleen Wai Lin Chew
• Omoyemi Adetoun Akerele
• Rev AL GORDON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev James Matthew Mallon
• Rev John Alexander Kirkpatrick Millar
• Rev Richard Michael Coates · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Stephen Foster · trustee of 3 other charities
• Robert Lee Gruenewald II
• Tokunbo Olamide Akerele

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

Operates in: Argentina · Botswana · Brazil · Burma · Burundi · Cambodia · Colombia · Costa Rica · Ecuador · Egypt · Estonia · Ethiopia

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES.

• ALPHA INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES income £448k
• AGLOW INTERNATIONAL (BRITAIN) income £228k
• ADF INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £1.5m
• AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL CHURCH income £538k
• NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL income £248k
• KING'S ROAD CHURCH income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.