THE ALPHA FUND FOR INCOME AND RESERVES

Charity number: 1110710
Removed charity

Charity overview

Common Investment Funds (CIFs) are registered charities. They offer other charities a way to invest funds. CIFs report to the Commission under separate annual return regulations and financial information is collected differently for these charities so no financial information will be displayed

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Alpha CIF for income & reserves employs a dynamic investment process that has been employed successfully in the Sarasin CI income portfolio since July 2002.

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
No information available
Who the charity helps:
No information available
How the charity helps:
No information available
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 03 August 2005: Standard registration
  • 22 February 2019: Removed (Funds transferred (gi))
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
No information available
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
No information available

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2013 31/12/2014 31/12/2015 31/12/2016 31/12/2017
Total gross income £2.22m £2.51m £2.73m £3.59m £3.83m
Total expenditure £650.00k £3.53m £4.02m £5.45m £6.11m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2013 31/12/2014 31/12/2015 31/12/2016 31/12/2017
Own use assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Long-term investments N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2018
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2018
Annual return 31 December 2017
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2017
Annual return 31 December 2016
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2016
Annual return 31 December 2015
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2015

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

SCHEME OF CHARITY COMMISSION DATED 3 AUGUST 2005 AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 27 FEBRUARY 2007.

Charitable objects

THE PROVISION OF A COMMON INVESTMENT FUND FOR THE INVESTMENT OF SUMS OF MONEY AND OTHER PROPERTY FROM TIME TO TIME TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PARTICIPATING CHARITY: PROVIDED THAT THE PARTICIPATING CHARITIES SHALL BE ENTITLED, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SCHEME, TO THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE FUND IN SHARES DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO THE AMOUNT OR VALUE OF THE MONEYS OR PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND BY OR ON BEHALF OF EACH PARTICIPATING CHARITY AND TO THE VALUE OF THE FUND AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSFERS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

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