Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 16

ALPHA HOUSE CALDERDALE

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 15 years

www.alphahousecalderdale.org.uk

info@alphahousecalderdale.org.uk

01422346289

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£384	£346	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/22	£359	£338	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21	£405	£339	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20	£384	£309	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19	£415	£351	£63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18	£236	£200	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£219	£179	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£164	£154	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£152	£152	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£107	£111	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£84	£63	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£32	£36	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£1	£9	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£38	£16	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Calderdale,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Lloyds Bank Foundation	£84,000
Community Foundation for Calderdale	£36,134
National Lottery Community Fund	£29,936
The Clothworkers Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Improving Mental Health; Prevent Offending, Safer Communities
£5,525	06/11/2023	Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
£5,000	03/10/2023	Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
National Lottery Community Fund - Dealing with Anxiety Depression and Harmful Thinking
£10,000	13/01/2023	The funding will be used to pay a sessional trainer and also provide printed workbooks and stationery for a series of courses addressing anxiety depression and harmful thoughts. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to pay a sessional trainer and also provide printed workbooks and stationery for a series of courses addressing anxiety depression and harmful thoughts. The project aims to improve mental wellbeing.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
£3,500	30/11/2022	Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Reducing Drugs/alcohol related death
£7,272	29/11/2022	Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Improve Mental Health; Prevent Offending
£7,347	12/08/2022	Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
£3,000	09/12/2021	Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
National Lottery Community Fund - Into Action (After Covid)
£9,972	06/08/2021	The funding will be used to fund a motivational coach to get clients to re-engage with services following COVID restrictions being eased. The project aims to encourage their clients to achieve their ....more The funding will be used to fund a motivational coach to get clients to re-engage with services following COVID restrictions being eased. The project aims to encourage their clients to achieve their potential at the earliest possible stage generally on release from prison with a desire to change.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Stairlift
£4,490	04/02/2021	Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
£10,000	27/10/2020	Refurbishment - Building for a charity supporting prisoners and ex offenders in West Yorkshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Alpha House Calderdale
£9,000	24/07/2020	Grant to Alpha House Calderdale meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Vegetable Garden Project
£9,964	22/04/2020 12	The group would like to use the funds to create a community garden project. This aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of their clients help integrate them better better into the community ....more The group would like to use the funds to create a community garden project. This aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of their clients help integrate them better better into the community and improve community relations.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
£75,000	03/07/2019 36	The charity provides supported accommodation and a range of therapeutic activities that enable clients that are experiencing a drug & alcohol addiction to break free from their dependency. A Care ....more The charity provides supported accommodation and a range of therapeutic activities that enable clients that are experiencing a drug & alcohol addiction to break free from their dependency. A Care Plan Coordinator will add much needed capacity
National Lottery Community Fund - SWAP (Safe Welcome After Prison)
£10,000	13/12/2018 12	The organisation will use funding to deliver a support service for people leaving prison. Service users will gain access to advice and assistance with regards to housing, benefits and therapeutic ....more The organisation will use funding to deliver a support service for people leaving prison. Service users will gain access to advice and assistance with regards to housing, benefits and therapeutic recovery programmes, with the aim of reducing reoffending and crime and promoting mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Pivotal
£183,000	23/03/2018 24	The group will refurbish their new building, which is a supported housing recovery community for drug or alcohol dependant offenders with mental health issues on release from prison by housing, ....more The group will refurbish their new building, which is a supported housing recovery community for drug or alcohol dependant offenders with mental health issues on release from prison by housing, treating and rehabilitating them within a safe and supported accommodation service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Money Matters
£10,000	01/11/2017 12	The group will provide one to one and group support with regards to finances, for offenders released from prison or referred by the Probation Service, to improve understanding of debt management, ....more The group will provide one to one and group support with regards to finances, for offenders released from prison or referred by the Probation Service, to improve understanding of debt management, paying bills and housing costs, with the aim of addressing the issues of homelessness and reoffending.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Alpha House (Calderdale)
£75,000	01/02/2017 12	towards the purchase of School House to be transformed into specialist supported housing for people with addictions in Halifax
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
£75,000	20/07/2016 36	The charity provides supported accommodation and a range of therapeutic activities that enable clients that are experiencing a drug & alcohol addiction to break free from their dependency. A Care ....more The charity provides supported accommodation and a range of therapeutic activities that enable clients that are experiencing a drug & alcohol addiction to break free from their dependency. A Care Plan Coordinator will add much needed capacity
National Lottery Community Fund - Work to Work
£10,000	06/07/2016 12	The organisation will use the funding to provide a work preparation course for alcohol and drug addicts. This will enable beneficiaries to build confidence, work with others, build their CVs, attend ....more The organisation will use the funding to provide a work preparation course for alcohol and drug addicts. This will enable beneficiaries to build confidence, work with others, build their CVs, attend work placements and develop new skills, to encourage people in to employment.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the costs of the gardening project for offenders
£1,000	06/08/2015	Towards the costs of the gardening project for offenders and ex-offenders.
National Lottery Community Fund - HILS; Healthy Independent Living Skills
£10,000	13/05/2015 12	The organisation will use funding to deliver basic life skills workshops, to include DIY, using electrical appliances and cooking, for ex offenders, substance misusers and people with poor mental ....more The organisation will use funding to deliver basic life skills workshops, to include DIY, using electrical appliances and cooking, for ex offenders, substance misusers and people with poor mental health. This will provide participants with the necessary skills to live independent lives, with the aim of raising self esteem and reducing the incidences of relapse.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Alpha House Calderdale
£25,000	31/05/2013	This charity provides accommodation and support for men who are recovering from drug and alcohol problems. They will use a grant to fund a new job to co-ordinate the recovery work.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-74

BRENDON MARC BENNETT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Peer Support Lead Hep C Trust West Yorkshire

CARON LESLEY STEPHENS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Manager For Civil Service

FRANCES NOWELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Probation Officer (Retired)

HAZEL BEECHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Housing Officer

KATHERINE HARTLEY BRABBINS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

KEITH ANTHONY BURKE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/11/2008, number: 1126961
Registered at Companies House on 23/07/2008, number: 06653956

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; all on time

Main office

22 CLARE ROAD
HALIFAX
HX1 2HX

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CALDERDALE

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