ALPHA HOUSE CALDERDALE

Registered charity 1126961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Alpha House Calderdale houses and supports those who have multiple problems, including mental health, offending and substance misuse issues, who need structure and support to maintain stable, law-abiding and drug free lives in the community. We help these residents, as well as others attending our daycare provision, to achieve their goals and aspirations and build meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Objects

To relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship relating to homelessness, as the result of offending, poor mental health and drugs and/or alcohol dependency and to relieve the distress caused thereby (particularly but not exclusively by the provision of a short term, (up to three years), residential supported housing scheme for those who are committed to a change in their lifestyle from offending and substance dependency and wish to address their mental health status. To serve Calderdale and in such other parts of the United Kingdom as the Trustees may from time to time think fit.To advance education (particularly but not exclusively) to assist persons to progress towards an industrious lifestyle who are disadvantaged due to a lack of education and/or vocational skills who are committed to a change in their lifestyle from offending and substance dependency by such means as the Trustees may consider appropriate in Calderdale and other parts of the United Kingdom as the Trustees may from time to time think fit.

Area of benefit: CALDERDALE

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus for the year and holds total reserves of £850,936. The trustees aim to maintain sufficient reserves to operate effectively for as long as necessary. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Alpha House Calderdale continues to thrive with member successes and quality accreditation halifaxcourier.co.uk · 24/09/2024

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Meet our Newest Funding Partner Garfield Weston About us Garfield Weston Foundation is a family founded grant-maker that gives money to supp…” (source page)
• Henry Smith Charity — “Our Funders https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £544k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 35.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAZEL BEECHAMchair
• Carl Storey
• Caron Lesley Stephens
• FRANCES EVA NOWELL
• Jason Ross

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OVERGATE HOSPICE.

• OVERGATE HOSPICE income £9.8m
• ALPHA RELIEF FUND income £121k
• ABLE (ACTION FOR A BETTER LIFE) income £1.0m
• THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
• CALDERDALE WELLBEING income £840k
• Farraday House Limited income £539k

Side by side with its peers

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