Alternative Links for Training and Development

Analysis

Alternative Links for Training and Development is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2026, Alternative Links for Training and Development reported income of £21k and spending of £100, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2022 to October 2026, income grew from £1,854 to £21k (+1043%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2026, when income rose by 2901%. Over the whole period it spent 15% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Alternative Links for Training and Development sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Green Foundation (£21k), Spiritual Truth Foundation (£21k) and To All Nations (£21k).