Social Life Opportunities (Solo)

Registered charity 1102297 Registered since 2004

Operates: Birmingham City, Solihull, Warwickshire

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Janet Prior Chair
Andrew Gilyead since 2017
Jayne Elizabeth Hume since 2023
Paul Beech since 2016
Rehana Begum Ali since 2021
Stephanie Jackson since 2024
Zuzana Fitzpatrick Vesela since 2024

5.2y median 4y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Andrew Gilyead since 2017
Paul Beech since 2016

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Janet Prior Chair
Andrew Gilyead since 2017
Jayne Elizabeth Hume since 2023
Paul Beech since 2016
Rehana Begum Ali since 2021
Stephanie Jackson since 2024
Zuzana Fitzpatrick Vesela since 2024

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Disability 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Hospitality 1Professional services 1

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.9 in 2021

128 from 234 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Jubilee Sailing Trust (Tenacious) Limited Similar size; both Sport
Wolverton Leisure Trust Similar size; both Sport
Restore Hope Similar size; both Sport
Bluecoat Sports Similar size; both Sport
Ellen Macarthur Cancer Trust Similar size; both Sport
Releasing Potential Ltd Similar size; both Sport

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.sociallifeopportunities.org
Email	info@sololifeopportunities.org
Phone	01217793865
Address	38 Walnut Close, Chelmsley Wood, BIRMINGHAM, B37 7PU

Finances

£2,316,235 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,190,987	£2,182,497
2022	£2,032,344	£2,001,020
2023	£2,149,472	£2,134,767
2024	£2,252,102	£2,249,224
2025	£2,316,235	£2,259,318

What it does

What

DisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

3.1 TO HELP PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND TO ENCOURAGE THEIR INTEGRATION IN SOCIETY AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION, OF FACILITIES FOR THEIR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THEM, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN ORDER THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 JAN 2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29 JAN 2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 MAY 2014

Trustees (7)

7trustees

58median age

1aged 70+

Janet Prior Chair
Andrew Gilyeadage band 60-64 since 2017
Jayne Elizabeth Humeage band 55-59 since 2023
Paul Beechage band 65-69 since 2016
Rehana Begum Aliage band 45-49 since 2021
Stephanie Jacksonage band 40-44 since 2024
Zuzana Fitzpatrick Veselaage band 45-49 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Social Life Opportunities (Solo) · 05025939 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/01/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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