Registered charity · Manchester
Ordinary Lifestyles
- 9 trustees
- Income £3.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Althea Margaret DickinsonChair · since 2015
- David John SprottTrustee · since 2026
- Elayne RushtonTrustee · since 2016
- Ella BlackwellTrustee · since 2021
- Jill RobinsonTrustee · since 2023
- Om AggwarwalTrustee · since 2018
- Robert SprottTrustee · since 2019
- Stephen HanlonTrustee · since 2025
- Sukjbir Jim SinTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Manchester City, Trafford
- Website
- www.ordinary-lifestyles.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ordinary Lifestyles
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.3m£3.3m
- 2024£2.8m£2.8m
- 2023£2.3m£2.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.2m£2.1m
- 2021£1.9m£1.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 78%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND /OR HEAD INJURIES AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORTED LIVING FACILITIES WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING SAID PEOPLE TO LEAD A VALUED AND INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLE WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Althea Margaret Dickinson Chair since 2015
- David John Sprott since 2026
- Elayne Rushton since 2016
- Ella Blackwell since 2021
- Jill Robinson since 2023
- Om Aggwarwal since 2018
- Robert Sprott since 2019
- Stephen Hanlon since 2025
- Sukjbir Jim Sin since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Althea Margaret Dickinson Chair since 2015
- Elayne Rushton since 2016
- Om Aggwarwal since 2018
- Robert Sprott since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Althea Margaret Dickinson Chair since 2015
- David John Sprott since 2026
- Elayne Rushton since 2016
- Ella Blackwell since 2021
- Jill Robinson since 2023
- Om Aggwarwal since 2018
- Robert Sprott since 2019
- Stephen Hanlon since 2025
- Sukjbir Jim Sin since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1058340
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 MARCH 1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 JUL 2012
- Companies House
- Company number 03175855 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01612020050 · admin@ordinary-lifestyles.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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