--- title: "The Alderbrook Foundation charity rating | CharityCompare" description: "Is The Alderbrook Foundation a legitimate UK charity? Clarity Score 90/100. Accounts 2024: income £3.4m · 78% cause spend (3-yr avg). Reg 9999999." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-alderbrook-foundation retrieved: 2026-09-20T13:03:57.428Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is The Alderbrook Foundation a good charity? The Alderbrook Foundation scores 90/100 (5 stars, Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£3.4m total income, 78% cause spend, 3-yr avg). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Overall score 90/100 5★ · Exceptional Cause spend 78% 3-yr avg · charitable activities Accountability 100/100 Accountability & transparency Income £3.4m Latest year 2024 Reserves 8 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing On time Charity Commission £5.4 total income per £1 fundraising (2022–2024, disclosed years) · 22% fundraising + reported governance (2022–2024, disclosed years; categories may overlap) · Website on register · Confidence: high On this pageJump to a section⌄ Bath · BA1 1AA | Reg [9999999](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-alderbrook-foundation) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://alderbrook.example.org/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=9999999&subId=0) ## What does The Alderbrook Foundation do? The Alderbrook Foundation is a registered charity (no. 9999999) working in community in Bath · BA1 1AA. Its recent Charity Commission filings show it directs 78% of spending to charitable activities (3-yr avg), holding roughly 8 months of reserves, and files its annual accounts on time. Reported income has been growing (≈12% a year). CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Provided by the charity — not part of the Clarity Score Supporter feature ![The Alderbrook Foundation logo]For 34 years The Alderbrook Foundation has helped Bath families through crisis — from our Tuesday community kitchen on Walcot Street to homework clubs in Twerton and Snow Hill. Last year 11,200 hot meals, 214 children tutored weekly and 38 families growing their own food on our allotments. Every pound you give stays in Bath. hot meals served last year 11,200 children tutored every week 214 families on our allotments 38 active local volunteers 310 ![The Alderbrook Foundation — photo 1]![The Alderbrook Foundation — photo 2]![The Alderbrook Foundation — photo 3] [Read the charity's impact report →](https://alderbrook.example.org/impact) This is what the Supporter-tier section looks like — your logo, statement, impact stats, photos and impact report appear here, clearly separated from the score. Provided by the charity — not part of the score ## Current appeals from The Alderbrook Foundation Written by The Alderbrook Foundation and linking to its own donation pages. CharityCompare takes no commission, and appeals have no effect on the The Alderbrook Foundation rating. - ### Winter Warm Rooms 2026 Alderbrook keeps six community warm rooms open through the coldest months, offering a hot meal, free wifi and company to anyone who needs somewhere warm to sit. Each £25 covers one room for an afternoon, including food and a volunteer session. Raised so far: £12,500 raisedTarget: £40,000 [Donate to this appeal on The Alderbrook Foundation's site →](https://example.org/appeals/winter-warm-rooms) - ### Riverside Path Restoration Two miles of riverside path have become impassable after flooding. This appeal funds resurfacing, new drainage and accessible gates so wheelchair users and pushchairs can reach the water again. Work is scheduled to begin in spring. Raised so far: £4,100 raisedTarget: £18,000 [Donate to this appeal on The Alderbrook Foundation's site →](https://example.org/appeals/riverside-path) - ### Youth Counselling Waiting List Alderbrook's under-18 counselling service currently has a nine-week waiting list. Funding two additional part-time counsellors would clear it within a term and keep first appointments inside two weeks. [Donate to this appeal on The Alderbrook Foundation's site →](https://example.org/appeals/youth-counselling) Your stats Partner & Patron feature Claimed charities see how donors use their profile. Sample figures for this example page: 4,210 profile views · 90 days 38,900 search impressions 312 donate-link clicks 89 times compared Sample numbers shown for illustration — your dashboard reports real analytics from your own profile. ## How reliable is The Alderbrook Foundation's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2024 Filing date 14 May 2026 Data refreshed 17 July 2026 High confidence — complete filing data Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. [Check the current register entry](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=9999999&subId=0) · [Report a data correction](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/contact?charity=the-alderbrook-foundation&subject=data-correction) Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Your donation decision ## What should you check before donating to The Alderbrook Foundation? - ### 1. Match the name and charity number Check 9999999 on the official register. A real charity number alone does not prove that a fundraiser or appeal is authentic. [Verify the registration →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=9999999&subId=0) - ### 2. Read the accounts in context Our latest accounts data covers 2024. Compare the accounts period, spending and reserves. An administration cost ratio alone cannot tell you how effective a charity is. Explore the financial evidence → - ### 3. Look for evidence of results Read the trustees’ annual report for activities, outcomes and limitations. The Clarity Score measures public reporting; it does not establish the impact of a donation. [How to read charity accounts →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/guides/how-to-read-accounts) - ### 4. Compare charities serving your cause Compare up to four charities, check the dates behind their figures, and decide which work you want to support. Complete your donation through a verified charity channel. [Start a comparison with The Alderbrook Foundation →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=the-alderbrook-foundation) ## How much does The Alderbrook Foundation raise and spend? Accounts period 2024 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £3.4m | — | | Total expenditure | £3.3m | — | | Charitable activities | £2.5m | 77% | | Fundraising | £654k | 20% | | Reported governance | £99k | 3% | Governance can already be allocated within other expenditure categories. It is not a separate measure of all administration costs; do not add these rows without checking the accounts notes. ## What changed in The Alderbrook Foundation’s latest accounts? Reported totals for 2024 compared with 2023. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work. Income change +7.3% £3.2m → £3.4m Spending change +6.8% £3.1m → £3.3m Charitable activities share −1.0 pp 78% → 77% · percentage points These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. [Source: official accounts](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=9999999&subId=0). 77%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2024) · £3.3m spent - Charitable activities77% · £2.5m - Fundraising20% · £654k - Governance3% · £99k ## What is The Alderbrook Foundation's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 100% | 15/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 6 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 87/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 100% | 8 months · 15/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 90% | 9/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 40% | 34% · 2/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 70/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 70% | 78% · 7/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 70% | 18p per £1 income · 7/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 100/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 310 volunteers / 42 staff · 10/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What trust indicators does The Alderbrook Foundation have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - ✓ Accounts filed on time up to date · last filing 14 May 2026 - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 6 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 42 employees · 310 volunteers (7:1 volunteer-to-staff) Fundraising Regulator Registered member Separate from our financial scores. Registration records a commitment to the Code of Fundraising Practice; it does not certify every fundraising activity. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 9999999 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=9999999&subId=0) ### Trustees & officers - Eleanor Whitcombe since 2019 - Marcus Holloway since 2020 - David Ainsworth since 2021 - Rosemary Talbot since 2022 - James Ogilvy since 2023 - Sarah Penhaligon since 2024 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have The Alderbrook Foundation's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## How does The Alderbrook Foundation compare? The share of each group scoring at or below The Alderbrook Foundation, including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact. Income band (£1m–£5m)85thpercentile **Scores at or above 85% of 2,722 charities in its income band** · 90/100 vs 78 peer average. Community charities91stpercentile **Scores at or above 91% of 201 charities in this cause** · 90/100 vs 72 peer average. ## How does THE ALDERBROOK FOUNDATION compare, and where else can you look? 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That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate. Is The Alderbrook Foundation a legitimate charity?+The register data used for this profile lists The Alderbrook Foundation as a registered charity (charity number 9999999). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=9999999&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact. What is The Alderbrook Foundation's charity number?+The Alderbrook Foundation's charity number is 9999999. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals. What is The Alderbrook Foundation's charity rating?+The Alderbrook Foundation scores 90 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking. Does The Alderbrook Foundation have reviews and complaints?+CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Alderbrook Foundation. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts. For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches The Alderbrook Foundation?+Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 78% of The Alderbrook Foundation's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift. What are The Alderbrook Foundation's overheads?+Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 19% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 22% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Alderbrook Foundation. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what The Alderbrook Foundation's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does The Alderbrook Foundation receive?+The Alderbrook Foundation reported £3.4m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing. Are The Alderbrook Foundation's accounts up to date?+Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-05-14). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is The Alderbrook Foundation based?+The Alderbrook Foundation is listed at Bath · BA1 1AA, focused on community. How does CharityCompare score The Alderbrook Foundation?+We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Alderbrook Foundation's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought. How often is this page updated?+This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Alderbrook Foundation's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review. 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