Find that Charity | GB-CHC-1070590 | Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Limited

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Description

Alternatives is a training, education and personal development programme providing recovering substance misusers with pre-vocational and vocational training alongside a range of social inclusion and personal development activities to reduce reoffending and relapse into drug use. Clients achieve qualifications, work experience, develop personal skills and gain employment.

Also known as

Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Limited
Alternatives (MDC) Limited
Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Ltd

CCEW Charity number

1070590

Registered

20 July 1998

Removed

30 August 2011

Latest income

£2,013,972 (on 31 March 2008)

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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Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Limited

GB-CHC-1070590

Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Limited

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Themes and activities

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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.

Specialty, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals C22

UK Charity Activity Tags

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Education ED
Education ED » Training ED300
Health HE » Health condition HE200 » Addiction and dependency HE201

Theme (CCEW)

Education/training 102
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

Children/young People 201
Other Defined Groups 206
The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

Provides Human Resources 304
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
Provides Services 306
Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

Regional

Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Limited

GB-CHC-1070590

Charity financial history

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Year ending	Income (£)	Spending (£)
1998-07-20	Registered as a charity
2007-03-31	2,656,499	2,599,008
2008-03-31	2,013,972	2,447,460
2011-08-30	Removed

Income and Spending

Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Limited

GB-CHC-1070590

Charity people

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	2008 £	2007 £
Employees	49	43
Employees paid more than £60,000	-	-
Volunteers	-	17
Trustees	-

Employees

Volunteers

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Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Limited

GB-CHC-1070590

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended 31 March 2008.

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.

	2008 £000s	2007 £000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income	-	-
Legacies	-	-
Endowments	-	-
Donations and legacies	-	-
Income from charitable activities	2,013.9	2,651.7
Income from other trading activities	-	-
Income from investments	0.0	4.8
Other income	-	-
Total	2,014.0	2,656.5

Expenditure
Investment management	-	-
Other spending on raising funds	-	-
Spending on raising funds	-	-
Grants to institutions	-	-
Other charitable activities	2,205.9	2,367.1
Charitable activities	2,205.9	2,367.1
Other spending	-	-
Total	2,447.5	2,599.0

Net income / (expenditure)	(433.5)	57.5

Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Limited

GB-CHC-1070590

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at 31 March 2008.

	2008 £000s	2007 £000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets	182.1	155.2
Investment assets	-	-
	182.1	155.2

Current assets
Current investment assets	-	-
Cash	2.5	-
Other current assets	1,010.5	1,426.1
	1,013.0	1,426.1

Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year	(1,162.4)	(1,326.8)
Net current assets	(149.4)	99.3

Total assets less current liabilities	32.7	254.5

Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year	-	-

Net assets	32.7	254.5

Funds
Endowment funds	-	-
Restricted funds	4.4	82.4
Unrestricted funds	28.4	172.1
	32.7	254.5

Alternatives (Lighthouse Project) Limited

GB-CHC-1070590

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2008 (the latest year with data available) or 2007.