2024-11-05T14:56:09+00:00 2023-12-31 363990892 Capin Crouse LLP 345 Massachusetts Avenue Suite 300 Indianapolis IN 46204 990 2023-01-01 981430259 Alpha International ALPH 2070520200 Brompton Road London UK SW71JA Miles Toulmin Interim Chief Executive Officer 2070520200 2024-11-05 true true Sara Tibbott P01486965 5055022746 2024-11-05 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Miles Toulmin Brompton Road London UK SW71JA 25672495 false X www.alpha.org X 2001 UK To equip the church in its mission to help people discover & develop a relationship with Jesus. 15 14 117 30 0 0 19742845 23914649 9888 1088881 6586 59129 171581 259094 19930900 25321753 6913164 10707486 0 0 5556060 6156003 0 0 1351364 6129844 8332399 18599068 25195888 1331832 125865 19542402 18699356 4168542 2823189 15373860 15876167 X The mission of the organization is to equip and serve the church in its mission to help people discover and develop a relationship with Jesus. The global team works with different regions to grow Alpha in their context, train leaders, support hub churches and translate resources. false false 9256132 5156961 150391 Digital, Media, Product and Publications - Our strategic initiative to provide a scalable and robust infrastructure foundation for Alpha's digital products continued at pace in 2023. We further strengthened the security of our systems by implementing a new private network and we achieved some key milestones in the development of our new technology platform, including real time integration between our applications and in-country Alpha databases. This hidden work has unlocked opportunities for exciting digital product innovation in 2024. In collaboration with Alpha International USA IP, LLC. ('AIUSA'), we supported development activity for two new Alpha products: the new Alpha Youth Series (AYS), currently scheduled to launch in late 2024, and the new Alpha Film Series (AFS), currently scheduled to launch in 2026.T he National Alpha Office in Malaysia commenced building work on the Alpha Creative Hub (ACH), which is located in Kuala Lumpur and will focus on the production, translation and contextualisation of Alpha materials to be used globally. AI rebranded Bible in One Year (BiOY) to 'The Bible with Nicky and Pippa Gumbel' (BNAP) which was launched in Q4 of 2023. 4970241 2596975 Strategic Leadership and Enablement - Within the context of our overall vision, we launched Alpha's 2033 vision to our staff team, donors and churches. Alpha International's vision is for everyone, everywhere to have the opportunity to explore faith through Alpha by 2033. As we look forward to the 2000th anniversary of the resurrection, we hope to make exploring faith in Jesus as accessible as possible, so that millions more might encounter the love of God. Further investment was made into Leadership Development. Notably, 2023 saw the completion of the Global Emerging Leaders' Cohort (GELC), including two in-person gatherings during the year for a cohort of 27 talented ministry-facing leaders. 4138399 2870645 International Development - In 2023 the Alpha Sub-Saharan Africa regional team based in South Africa and Kenya, launched 'Alpha Youth Talks Africa' (AYTA). AYTA is a video series adapted from the global Alpha Youth live scripts, presented by African voices. National Alpha Offices (NAOs) in 15 countries hosted a global event, 'The Marriage Course Experience', where church leader couples were invited to join the course which included a new, exclusive episode, "Marriage and Ministry". We closed the year with 625 Hub churches, who play a key role in our 'extend' strategy, which is an increase of over 100. The Alpha Collective continues to prove successful with two events held in March and November with over 310 strategic church leaders from all over the world attending and being invited to become Hub Churches. Alpha Malaysia held a conference for the wider AP region, as part of a regional gathering, which hosted over 509 guests. We also welcomed over 550 strategic and Hub church leaders to 'The Next Decade Day' after LC23 which envisioned them for the part they can play in Alpha's 2033 vision. In 2024, we are encouraging regions to develop their Hub Churches so they can run their own contextualised events with USA, Latin America, Africa and Asia Pacific country and regional teams already planning their events. 1794708 2518 1088881 Conferences - Alpha International hosted the Leadership Conference 2023 (LC23) at the Royal Albert Hall, with many joining from around the world and many also participating with LC23 Online. 1272254 31656 UK Development - The team works accross the UK to equip and support churches to be able to run Alpha in their local church, parish, youth groups and prisons. There is also publishing of the materials used to run Alpha and supporting local churches in the marketing and advertising of Alpha courses. In collaboration with the Alpha UK team, the 'Stay Curious Guest Invitation' campaign was created and distributed. The Guest Invitation is a suite of marketing materials to help enable leaders to promote their Alpha courses and to invite potential Alpha guests to explore faith through Alpha. 498870 48731 Alpha Context Development - Several AI staff attended World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, and held significant visibility through a stand at the vocational fair, with 60k+ young people in attendance. 1,000+ young people and leaders were welcomed to a local Hub church to 'experience Alpha' in person and 1,500+ follow-up requests received. In 2023, over 5,000 Catholic churches globally ran Alpha, and we saw a significant increase in the number of participants, with over 200,000 people experiencing Alpha in a Catholic context 154628 Other Ministries - An additional episode for The Marriage Course series called 'Marriage and Ministry' was released through 'The Marriage Course Experience' (TMCE) designed specifically for church leaders. NAOs ran TMCE simultaneously with TMC in Q1 of 2023. 3720460 82905 1088881 22085232 true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false true true true false false false false false true false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true X 0 0 117 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 14 true false false false true true true true true false false false true true true true false true true false X Habtamu Ewnie 2070520200 Brompton Road London UK SW71JA The Revd Nicky Gumbel Chairman 0.4 X X 0 0 0 Mr Andre Joseph Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 Mr Bernard Mensah Director (part year) 0.1 X 0 0 0 Mr Dato Hong Yeoh Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 Mr David Gardner Director (part year) 0.3 X 0 0 0 Mr Mark Hutchinson Director 0.2 X 0 0 0 Mr Robert Gruenewald Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 Mrs Angelina Hutchinson Director 0.2 X 0 0 0 Mrs Datuk Kathleen Chew Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 Mrs Rebecca Stewart Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 Ms Fopefoliwa Adelowo Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 Ms Gabriella Helland Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 Revd Archie Coates Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 Revd James Mallon Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 Revd Stephen Foster Director 0.2 X 0 0 0 The Revd Al Gordon Director 0.4 X 0 0 0 The Right Revd Sandy Millar Director 0.2 X 11955 0 0 Jon Shippen Secretary 0.4 X 0 0 0 Miss Tricia Neill President 28.0 X 153217 0 19583 Mr Habtamu Ewnie Director of Finance, Risk and Gov. 35.0 X 100258 0 21527 Mr Nick Perryman Chief Executive Officer 35.0 X 212607 0 38409 Dan Blythe Global Youth Director 35.0 X 100380 0 15433 Fatima Wesson Global Director of Marketing and Communications 35.0 X 102503 0 22835 Mr Roger Mawle Chief Digital Officer 35.0 X 162893 0 29752 843813 0 147539 6 false true false Royal Albert Hall Developments Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London SW AP UK Event space services 445282 Sound Foundation Limited (SFL) Unit 5 Headley Park TenHeadley Ro Woodley Reading RG SW UK Production services 336653 Windsor Media Ltd 2 Sovereign Way Tonbridge Kent TN RH UK Publishing services 299504 AAP Publishing PTE Blk 8D Dempsey Road 03 - 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350742 Change in value of financial derivative contract - 17330 Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2(d) Other expenses in audited financial statements not in form 990 Cost of goods sold - 350742 Loss on foreign exchange - 116318 true Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 1 117 ,Program Services Operational expenses 11571598 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Grantmaking 4203056 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Grantmaking 1681349 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Grantmaking 1479006 North America (Canada & Mexico only) 0 0 Grantmaking 871430 South America 0 0 Grantmaking 526240 South Asia 0 0 Grantmaking 309525 Middle East and North Africa 0 0 Grantmaking 133228 Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Grantmaking 29592 1 117 0 0 1 117 20805024 0 20805024 Central America and the Caribbean Grants for general costs and projects 29586 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 2564332 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 648978 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 262335 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 186519 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 131886 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 111947 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 89779 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 88889 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 58443 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 47866 Electronic transfer East Asia and the Pacific Grants for general costs and projects 12082 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 191471 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 179633 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 151021 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 144353 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 126178 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 125303 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 80654 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 74429 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 61717 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 48420 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 25650 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 21419 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 19746 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 15518 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 8783 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 6892 Electronic transfer Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Grants for general costs and projects 6217 Electronic transfer Middle East and North Africa Grants for general costs and projects 129658 Electronic transfer North America (Canada & Mexico only) Grants for general costs and projects 871430 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 204534 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 162057 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 114076 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 27055 Electronic transfer South America Grants for general costs and projects 18518 Electronic transfer South Asia Grants for general costs and projects 309525 Electronic transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Grants for general costs and projects 1311467 Electronic transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Grants for general costs and projects 321114 Electronic transfer Sub-Saharan Africa Grants for general costs and projects 48768 Electronic transfer 0 40 false false false false false false Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds Alpha International (AI) works with many National Alpha Offices (NAOs) and Alpha Offices (AOs) abroad. AI send grants to some of these offices. These locally-staffed National Alpha Offices (NAOs) work closely with the AI global team to promote the Alpha ministry in their country and context, and to train church leaders to run Alpha courses and translate resources. The NAOs and AOs are independently constituted and governed, and they are not directed or controlled by AI but there are Federated Partnership Framework Agreements in place with AI. AI set the budgets each year and the NAOs request the funds from AI by filling in Due Diligence forms (DDF1 & DDF2). The DDF1 is used when a NAO requests funds and it includes how much, banking details and project outlines. Once the project is complete, or at least annually from the date of receipt, the NAO needs to submit the DDF2. Schedule F, Part I, Line 3 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-Accrual; EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC-Accrual; EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)-Accrual; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA-Accrual; NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual; SOUTH AMERICA-Accrual; SOUTH ASIA-Accrual; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA-Accrual Schedule F, Part II, Line 1 Method used to account for expenditures on org's financial statements CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN-Accrual; EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC-Accrual; EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND AND GREENLAND)-Accrual; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA-Accrual; NORTH AMERICA (CANADA & MEXICO ONLY)-Accrual; SOUTH AMERICA-Accrual; SOUTH ASIA-Accrual; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA-Accrual true Alpha International USA PO Box 7491 Carol Stream IL 601977491 882729455 501(c)(3) 1079493 Project Expenses Alpha USA 1231 Farmington Lake Oswego IL 60543 133962840 501(c)(3) 394567 Project Expenses 2 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 Procedures for monitoring use of grant funds. Alpha International (AI) works with many National Alpha Offices (NAOs) and Alpha Offices (AOs) abroad. AI send grants to some of these offices. These locally-staffed National Alpha Offices (NAOs) work closely with the AI global team to promote the Alpha ministry in their country and context, and to train church leaders to run Alpha courses and translate resources. The NAOs and AOs are independently constituted and governed, and they are not directed or controlled by AI but there are Federated Partnership Framework Agreements in place with AI. AI set the budgets each year and the NAOs request the funds from AI by filling in Due Diligence forms (DDF1 & DDF2). The DDF1 is used when a NAO requests funds and it includes how much, banking details and project outlines. Once the project is complete, or at least annually from the date of receipt, the NAO needs to submit the DDF2. X X X false false false false false false false false false Mr Nick Perryman Chief Executive Officer 212607 0 0 0 0 0 10630 0 27779 0 251016 0 0 0 Miss Tricia Neill President 153217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19583 0 172800 0 0 0 Mr Roger Mawle Chief Digital Officer 162893 0 0 0 0 0 8834 0 20918 0 192645 0 0 0 Trinidas Limited 35% controlled entity of both Dato Yeoh, Director, and Datuk Chew Mortage loan for Alpha International office property X 5555411 444992 false true true Trinidas Limited 35% controlled entity of both Dato Yeoh, Director, and Datuk Chew Loan for the support of working capital requirements X 1206160 1243460 false true true 1688452 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 1,794,708 including grants of $ 2,518)(Revenue $ 1,088,881) Conferences - Alpha International hosted the Leadership Conference 2023 (LC23) at the Royal Albert Hall, with many joining from around the world and many also participating with LC23 Online. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 1,272,254 including grants of $ 31,656) UK Development - The team works accross the UK to equip and support churches to be able to run Alpha in their local church, parish, youth groups and prisons. There is also publishing of the materials used to run Alpha and supporting local churches in the marketing and advertising of Alpha courses. In collaboration with the Alpha UK team, the 'Stay Curious Guest Invitation' campaign was created and distributed. The Guest Invitation is a suite of marketing materials to help enable leaders to promote their Alpha courses and to invite potential Alpha guests to explore faith through Alpha. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 498,870 including grants of $ 48,731) Alpha Context Development - Several AI staff attended World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, and held significant visibility through a stand at the vocational fair, with 60k+ young people in attendance. 1,000+ young people and leaders were welcomed to a local Hub church to 'experience Alpha' in person and 1,500+ follow-up requests received. In 2023, over 5,000 Catholic churches globally ran Alpha, and we saw a significant increase in the number of participants, with over 200,000 people experiencing Alpha in a Catholic context Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Description of other program services (Expenses $ 154,628 including grants of $) Other Ministries - An additional episode for The Marriage Course series called 'Marriage and Ministry' was released through 'The Marriage Course Experience' (TMCE) designed specifically for church leaders. NAOs ran TMCE simultaneously with TMC in Q1 of 2023. Form 990, Part V, Line 2a Alpha International does not file any W-2s as the filing organization does not have any US employees. The number of employees reported represent the number of UK employees who work for the filing organization for which a W-2 is not required to be filed. Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a Delegate broad authority to a committee Global Executive Committee: The Board of Trustees delegates the day-to-day operation of the charity to the Chief Executive Officer. In pursuit of the CEO's operationalisation of the Board's strategy he has identified the Global Executive Committee to whom he has delegated some authority to its members to act within their respective roles. The Global Executive Committee is comprised of senior Alpha staff members globally who oversee regional and central function teams. There is no formal scheme of delegation in place between the Board and CEO, but the Board holds the CEO accountable for his delivery of the charity's strategy at each Board meeting and within the CEO's annual appraisal. Finance Risk Committee: This Board sub-committee's membership comprises four Board members (including the Vice-Chair of the Board) and, by nature of the committee, its Treasurer and senior employees of Alpha International that hold relevant responsibility such as the Chief Executive Officer, the Directors of Finance and of Risk & Governance, and members of the fundraising team. The Sub-Committee has the delegated authority of the Board in respect of the functions and powers set out in these terms of reference The role of the sub-committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by reviewing and monitoring Alpha International's finances and risk, which include risks at the global, regional and national Alpha office (NAO) levels, as applicable. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Family/business relationships amongst interested persons Mark Hutchinson, Director, and Angelina Hutchinson, Director - Family relationship, Dato Hong Yeah, Director, and Datuk Kathleen Chew, Director - Family relationship, Dato Hong Yeah, Director, and Datuk Kathleen Chew, Director - Business relationship Form 990, Part VI, Line 6 Classes of members or stockholders There are 6 members. All new trustees are appointed by the members and members can also remove a trustee, in addition to approving changes to the governing document and having the power to change the name of the company. Our members also meet annually at the Annual General Meeting and appoint the auditors, acknowledge the Accounts and appoint directors retiring by rotation. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body See the Part VI, Line 6 narrative. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b Decisions requiring approval by members or stockholders See the Part VI, Line 6 narrative. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body The Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm and reviewed in detail by the organization's management team and CEO. The reviewed Form 990 is provided to the board of directors after filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy The organization requires all officers and board members to annually complete and sign a conflict of interest declaration. The company secretary is responsible for reviewing the signed declaration and ensuring that interested persons are in compliance with the conflict of interest policy. Should any potential conflicts of interest be disclosed, the board member or officer would be asked to refrain from participation in any deliberation or decision with regard to matters affected by the relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official The Alpha International board has appointed a Remuneration Committee, which is a sub-committee of the board, to review and approve compensation for all AI employees, including officers and key employees. Our pay review process includes the review of salary survey benchmarking data from Cendex; every role is benchmarked based on role function, role level, industry(non-profit), location, and any other applicable factor(s). We document the basis for pay decisions at the time it is made, and it is communicated/shared with the full AI Board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees See narrative for Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other Fees Misc fees - Total Expense: 2889041, Program Service Expense: 2466677, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: 422364; Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances Change in value of financial derivative contract - 17330; Loss on foreign exchange - 359112;