Alpha Care Specialists

Analysis

Alpha Care Specialists is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03957802). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Alpha Care Specialists reported income of £794k and spending of £702k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £919k to £794k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Alpha Care Specialists sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arrhythmia Alliance (£793k), Brent Carers Centre (£794k) and Survive - Miva (£793k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and donations and legacies 8.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £68k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £588k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.