01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 13 October 1997
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 03341420
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £2,205,191
- Latest expenditure
- £2,007,631
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: OAK GREEN LODGE, OAK GREEN WAY, OLDBURY, B68 8LR
Website recorded by the regulator: www.optionsforlife.info (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Provide high quality and coordinated services to all participants which is responsive, flexible and sensitive to their changing needs, enabling them to play an active part in their local community.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 November 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,205,191
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,007,631
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 11 November 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 11 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,674,859
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,724,331
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 1 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,476,315
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,693,981
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 27 March 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 27 March 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,381,376
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,558,537
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,653,167
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,359,885
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 4 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £2,205,191
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,007,631
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 108
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 2077125
- Income From Government Grants
- £15,727
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 2
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 11 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £1,674,859
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,724,331
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 94
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 1597987
- Income From Government Grants
- £13,579
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 1 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,476,315
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,693,981
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 94
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 1425462
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 27 March 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £1,381,376
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,558,537
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 95
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £4
- Income From Government Contracts
- 1298493
- Income From Government Grants
- £45,437
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 14 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,653,167
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,359,885
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 85
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Contracts
- 1183022
- Income From Government Grants
- £434,554
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 5
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 4 November 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2742
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 23897
- Income Charitable Activities
- 2152905
- Income Investments
- 25647
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2205191
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,007,631
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2007631
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 14834
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 358257
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 61885
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £400,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1147729
- Assets Own Use
- 1147729
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,120,235
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £51,967
- Assets Current Investment
- 528000
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,215,997
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 51967
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £350,199
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2169605
- Funds Restricted
- 46392
- Funds Total
- 2215997
- Count Employees
- 67
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 11 November 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4135
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 13361
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1640806
- Income Investments
- 16557
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1674859
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,724,331
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1724331
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 16161
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 367268
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 46326
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £400,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1165653
- Assets Own Use
- 1165653
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £892,688
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £39,904
- Assets Current Investment
- 255900
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,018,437
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 39904
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £496,228
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1979890
- Funds Restricted
- 38547
- Funds Total
- 2018437
- Count Employees
- 65
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 1 November 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 8155
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 16053
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1446723
- Income Investments
- 5384
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1476315
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,693,981
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1693981
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 40948
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 380231
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 48800
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £705,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1192674
- Assets Own Use
- 1192674
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £910,334
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £35,099
- Assets Current Investment
- 135002
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,067,909
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 35099
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £572,066
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2045476
- Funds Restricted
- 22433
- Funds Total
- 2067909
- Count Employees
- 66
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 27 March 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 843
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 5426
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1372035
- Income Investments
- 3072
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1381376
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,558,537
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1558537
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 27751
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 377600
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 43981
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £773,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1229544
- Assets Own Use
- 1229544
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,162,830
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £106,799
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,285,575
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 106799
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £882,051
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2250187
- Funds Restricted
- 35388
- Funds Total
- 2285575
- Count Employees
- 59
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 14 January 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 5189
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 10500
- Income Charitable Activities
- 1616872
- Income Investments
- 4423
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1636984
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,359,885
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1359885
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 19058
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 312806
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 47077
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,165,819
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1265441
- Assets Own Use
- 1265441
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,247,133
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £49,838
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,462,736
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 49838
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,214,446
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2431260
- Funds Restricted
- 31476
- Funds Total
- 2462736
- Count Employees
- 68
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Sandwell
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Midlands
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Wolverhampton
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Midlands
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Birmingham City
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Midlands
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Dudley
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- West Midlands
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- OPTIONS FOR LIFE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1997-10-13T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/03/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/09/1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 MAR 2017
- Charitable Objects
- A) THE ENABLEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO ADVANCE THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO INTEGRATE INTO AND LEAD A FULL LIFE WITHIN THE COMMUNITYB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF AND THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES C) THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF GOOD PRACTICE IN RELATION TO THE SUPPORT AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Area Of Benefit
- NOT DEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 392381
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- WARLEY LEISURE AND ENABLING SERVICES
- Charity Name Id
- 392376
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- OPTIONS FOR LIFE
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures