Alternative Source

Analysis

Alternative Source is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07384637). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Alternative Source reported income of £39k and spending of £1, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £18k to £39k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 9.1% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Alternative Source sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wellbeing Foundation (£39k), Hazara Association Oxford (£39k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Winners' Pavilion (£39k).