The Alternative Hair Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Alternative Hair Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Alternative Hair Charitable Foundation reported income of £38k and spending of £52k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £71k to £38k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Alternative Hair Charitable Foundation sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritans Southampton and District (£38k), The Charente Group Benevolent Fund (£38k) and 4tom (£38k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.