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Description
Real Life Options provides support and care to people in the United Kingdom who have disabilities. In particular, the organisation provides and manages services on a peripatetic and domiciliary basis, and provides care and support through the provision of residential housing, both directly and in conjunction with other voluntary agencies, charities and housing associations.
Also known as
- Real Life Options
- Real Life Options
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
WF11 0BU
Website
Domain
reallifeoptions.org
Latest income
£48,559,317 (on )
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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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1156258 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
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.
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Services for people with disabilities
D13
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.
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Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Charity and VCS support
CV -
Housing
HO» AccommodationHO101 -
Housing
HO» Housing associationHO104 -
Social care
SC» Domiciliary careSC105
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
Accommodation/housing
107 -
Economic/community Development/employment
113
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
305 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-19 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2015-03-31 | 36,321,000 | 35,604,000 |
| 2016-03-31 | 34,625,000 | 34,579,000 |
| 2017-03-31 | 33,872,000 | 33,214,000 |
| 2018-03-31 | 36,103,000 | 35,156,000 |
| 2019-03-31 | 44,509,000 | 44,125,000 |
| 2020-03-31 | 39,590,002 | 38,780,000 |
| 2021-03-31 | 44,627,000 | 44,581,000 |
| 2022-03-31 | 45,078,000 | 44,739,000 |
| 2023-03-31 | 48,559,317 | 47,695,801 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 1,824 | 1,853 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 16 | 14 |
| Volunteers | 240 | 229 |
| Trustees | 4 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
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.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Income from charitable activities | 48.2 | 39.2 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | - | 5.8 |
| Other income | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Total | 48.6 | 45.1 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 47.7 | 44.7 |
| Charitable activities | 47.7 | 44.7 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 47.7 | 44.7 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 0.9 | 0.3 |
Balance sheet at .
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.
| 2023 £m |
2022
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 5.6 | 6.1 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 2.0 | 2.9 |
| Other current assets | 7.5 | 3.8 |
| 9.4 | 6.7 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (7.2) | (4.1) |
| Net current assets | 2.2 | 2.7 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 7.9 | 8.8 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (0.6) | (1.0) |
| Net assets (excluding pension scheme) | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| Defined benefit pension scheme | 1.4 | - |
| Net assets (including pension scheme) | 8.6 | 7.8 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Unrestricted funds | 8.6 | 7.8 |
| 8.6 | 7.8 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 46,391,368 | 43,920,020 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 95.5% | 97.4% |
| Number of government contracts | 58 | 61 |
| Government grants | ||
| None recorded | ||
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England |
£10,000
1 year |
Community Connections Hub
Aug 2022 to Aug 2023 |
||
|
Department for Work and Pensions
Kickstart Scheme |
£2,511 | REAL LIFE OPTIONS | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All |
£10,000
1 year |
Real Life Volunteers
Jan 2019 to Jan 2020 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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(id: 1-102642781)
CQC Provider: Real Life Options
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