ALWAYS AN ALTERNATIVE CIO

Registered charity 1201213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

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.

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 held unrestricted reserves of £57,741 against a stated policy target of £20,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation and reported a net income increase for the year.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jo Beeleychair
• Angela Toulson
• Paula Theresa Barker

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).