Real Life Options

Registered charity 1156258 Registered since 2014

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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

4.1y median 1y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

David Wilkin since 2013

6.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

David Wilkin since 2013

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 14Arts and leisure 1Education 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£55.6m 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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.0 in 2021

1949 from 1868 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Northern Powergrid Foundation 1 shared trustee
National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust LTD 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Forward Trust Similar size; both Housing
Care South Similar size; both Housing
Framework Housing Association Similar size; both Housing
Coastline Housing Limited Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.reallifeoptions.org
Email	info@reallifeoptions.org
Phone	01977525635
Address	Real Life Options, David Wandless House, A1 Business Park, Knottingley Road, KNOTTINGLEY, WF11 0BU

Finances

£55,566,852 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£44,627,000	£44,581,000
2022	£45,078,000	£44,739,000
2023	£48,559,317	£47,695,801
2024	£52,719,519	£50,569,297
2025	£55,566,852	£53,262,170

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/03/1992NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13/05/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/03/2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 MAR 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 JUN 2018

Trustees (7)

7trustees

61median age

0aged 70+

Andrew Graham Popeage band 40-44 since 2025
Anna Elzbieta Rymarczykage band 40-44 since 2025
Charles Andrew Maltbyage band 60-64 since 2020
Colin Ronald Mccorkindaleage band 60-64 since 2020
David Wilkinage band 65-69 since 2013
Emma Louise Springerage band 55-59 since 2025
Jean Trenchage band 60-64 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Real Life Options · 02699638 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/03/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

The Northern Powergrid Foundation 1 shared trustee
National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust LTD 1 shared trustee

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