Governance
A very good year, and we gave away seven per cent
The 2025 accounts are published. Income was the highest we have ever had. Grant-making was the lowest since 2020. Both of those things are our own doing.
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Journal
Notes from the trustees
Short, factual posts on what we have granted, how the endowment is doing and how the Foundation is run.
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Governance
Altor Foundation Annual Report 2024
We are pleased to be able to share our Altor Foundation Annual Report 2024, which has been submitted to the Charities Commission.
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Grants
Victoria's Promise
As a team we decided to raise money for a very worthwhile, local cause.
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Grants
Boaz Day
Most of the Altor team had a great day recently helping the Boaz charity near Winchester.
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Grants
Younger People with Dementia
Some charities we support with a long-term commitment because they fit the goals that we have as trustees.
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Grants
Harvesting water
As trustees we support the charity WaterHarvest and have just received their Impact Report for 2023.
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Governance
2023 Annual Report
We are pleased to say that our 2023 Annual Report is available to download.
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Endowment
Why we invest for Impact
At the Altor Foundation we distribute half of our income to good causes and half is invested to create a long-term endowment.
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Grants
Local Mental Health
Following our recent donation to EBS in Hampshire to support their provision of mental health services to those who can't afford it, they sent us this blog post.
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Grants
Afghanistan
In writing to clients we reminded them that as recently as 200 years ago, UK living standards were as poor as those of modern day Afghanistan.
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Governance
2022 Annual Report
We are pleased to say that our 2022 Annual Report is now available to download.
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Grants
Refactory – Uganda
As trustees we are very pleased to be able to say that we have just donated £2,000 to the Refactory Program in Uganda and commited to a further £1,000 per annum.
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Governance
2021 Annual Report
We are pleased to say that our 2021 Annual Report is now available to download.
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Grants
Local Fridge
The Altor Foundation was established to take 10% of the gross revenue of the main Altor llp business and to support international and local causes.
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Grants
Ukraine
Along with most people in the UK, the trustees were appalled by the aggression shown to Ukraine.
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Grants
Microloans
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the poorest region in the world with more extreme poor living here than anywhere else in the world.
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Grants
Bringing Hope
Following a recommendation from one of the partners of Altor Wealth Management, Vaughan Watson, we are pleased to have been able to support Hospices of Hope.
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Grants
In Memoriam
It is a privilege being a Foundation trustee and being able to give money to worthy causes.
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Grants
Harvesting Water
The trustees report a recent donation to WaterHarvest, a charity building infrastructure in North West India to capture and filter rain water.
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Grants
Teenage Cancer Trust
As trustees we were prompted to make a donation of £3,000 to TCT as a young person close to us was suffering from a rare childhood cancer.
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Grants
We See Hope!
The Altor Foundation is pleased to support We See Hope, a charity that supports women and children in Southern and Eastern Africa.
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Grants
Baking to survive.
In Bolivia, with average earnings of just £500 per month and a high cost of living, many individuals struggle to make ends meet.
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Grants
Atlantic Row
One of the clients of Altor Wealth, Stuart Shepherd has committed to an extraordinary feat of endurance – rowing 3000 miles across the atlantic with three friends.
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Grants
Rubbish Campaign
We provided Tearfund with 10% of the funding they required for their Anti-Plastics campaign, which has now come to a conclusion with some real progress.
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Governance
First Annual Accounts
We are pleased to say that our first set of accounts have been filed.
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Grants
Anti-Plastic campaign
Tearfund ran the No Time to Waste campaign from May 2019 to May 2020, aiming to pressure four of the biggest generators of plastic waste to clean up their act.
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Grants
Microfinance in Bolivia
Bolivia is a country of 11 million and the second poorest in South America, and it has been particularly hard hit by Corona Virus.
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Grants
Supporting Mental Health in Hampshire
We were able to agree a donation programme with EBS counselling in Eastleigh, Hampshire, extending their mission of providing subsidised counselling locally.
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