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Description
The charity operates in the North West of England and provides services for people with disabilities including adults with severe and enduring mental health problems, learning disabilities, autism, complex needs and dementia.
Also known as
- Alternative Futures Group Limited
- Alternative Futures Limited
- SHINE Alternative Futures Group Ltd
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
L2 2QP
Website
Domain
afgroup.org.uk
Latest income
£65,445,000 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1008587 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Services for people with disabilities
D13
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.
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Beneficiary group
BE» People with learning disabilitiesBE110 -
Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Health
HE -
Health
HE» Health conditionHE200» DementiaHE205 -
Health
HE» Health conditionHE200» Mental healthHE210
Theme (CCEW)
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The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
Accommodation/housing
107
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1992-02-21 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 23,304,708 | 21,642,784 |
| 2005-03-31 | 23,160,391 | 22,874,982 |
| 2006-03-31 | 27,481,128 | 28,767,071 |
| 2007-03-31 | 29,440,596 | 28,676,860 |
| 2008-03-31 | 38,036,054 | 34,830,663 |
| 2009-03-31 | 42,359,946 | 40,933,300 |
| 2010-03-31 | 54,195,684 | 50,791,624 |
| 2011-03-31 | 74,183,651 | 59,597,354 |
| 2012-03-31 | 55,708,952 | 60,004,157 |
| 2013-03-31 | 55,064,526 | 52,595,855 |
| 2014-03-31 | 56,283,260 | 53,752,805 |
| 2015-03-31 | 58,164,831 | 58,933,277 |
| 2016-03-31 | 60,020,438 | 63,467,176 |
| 2017-03-31 | 59,157,000 | 59,886,000 |
| 2018-03-31 | 58,328,000 | 61,532,000 |
| 2019-03-31 | 60,202,000 | 64,954,000 |
| 2020-03-31 | 60,808,000 | 62,567,000 |
| 2021-03-31 | 59,952,000 | 57,966,000 |
| 2022-03-31 | 61,354,000 | 59,623,000 |
| 2023-03-31 | 65,445,000 | 60,933,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 1,471 | 1,552 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 15 | 7 |
| Volunteers | - | - |
| Trustees | 11 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | - | - |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | - | - |
| Income from charitable activities | 65.2 | 60.1 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Other income | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Total | 65.4 | 61.4 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 60.9 | 59.6 |
| Charitable activities | 60.9 | 59.6 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 60.9 | 59.6 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 4.5 | 1.7 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 10.1 | 10.3 |
| Investment assets | 13.2 | 13.5 |
| 23.3 | 23.7 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| Other current assets | 8.3 | 5.4 |
| 13.3 | 10.2 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (5.6) | (7.3) |
| Net current assets | 7.7 | 3.0 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 31.0 | 26.7 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets (excluding pension scheme) | 31.0 | 26.7 |
| Defined benefit pension scheme | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Net assets (including pension scheme) | 31.1 | 27.1 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Unrestricted funds | 30.0 | 25.9 |
| 31.1 | 27.1 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 65,230,000 | 60,099,000 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 99.7% | 98.0% |
| Number of government contracts | 25 | 15 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | - | 1,164,000 |
| Government grants as % of total income | - | 1.9% |
| Number of government grants | - | 9 |
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme |
£29,255 | ALTERNATIVE FUTURES GROUP | ||
|
Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme |
£18,248 | ALTERNATIVE FUTURES GROUP | ||
| Co-operative Group | £1,921 | Grant to SHINE Alternative Futures Group Ltd |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Co-operative Group (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
Alternative Futures Group Limited
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