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real life options

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, and people with disabilities. Real Life Options is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing human resources. The charity is based in Knottingley and operates in England And Wales and Scotland.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

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.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£52,719,519
Latest Expenditure
£50,569,297

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 95.9%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 100.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 0.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £14,382
Charitable Activities £52,454,728
Other Trading £0
Investments £0
Other Income £250,409

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £50,569,297
Raising Funds £0
Governance £184,858
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£52,719,519£50,569,297£50,569,297£10,798,249£10,732,6571952 / 240
2023£48,559,317£47,695,801£47,695,801£8,644,602£8,583,6181824 / 240
2022£45,078,000£44,739,000£44,739,000£7,781,000£7,781,0001853 / 229
2021£44,627,000£44,581,000£44,102,000£7,449,000£7,438,0001868 / 114
2020£39,590,002£38,780,000£38,780,000£8,936,000£7,137,0002041 / 12

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers