CHANGING OUR LIVES LTD — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 20 September 2002
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04404093
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £317,859
Latest expenditure: £335,232
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: c/o Irwin Mitchell, Riverside East, 2 Millsands, SHEFFIELD, S3 8DT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.changingourlives.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Changing Our Lives is a rights-based organisation that works in co-production with disabled people and people with lived experience of mental health difficulties of all ages to achieve equality, good health and social inclusion. Our vision is of a society in which disabled people are valued and equal citizens. No one is too disabled, too challenging, or too complex to live an ordinary life.

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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: 29 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 29 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £317,859
Total Gross Expenditure: £335,232

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: 15 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 15 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £339,047
Total Gross Expenditure: £325,087

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: 12 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 12 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £319,122
Total Gross Expenditure: £327,712

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: 9 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 9 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £331,995
Total Gross Expenditure: £315,335

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: 26 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 26 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £313,913
Total Gross Expenditure: £330,547

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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: 29 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £317,859
Total Gross Expenditure: £335,232
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 11
Count Govt Grants: £6
Income From Government Contracts: 217377
Income From Government Grants: £100,482
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: No
Count Volunteers: 11

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: 15 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £339,047
Total Gross Expenditure: £325,087
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Contracts: 115461
Income From Government Grants: £123,090
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: 10

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: 12 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £319,122
Total Gross Expenditure: £327,712
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 12
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Contracts: 185161
Income From Government Grants: £105,260
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: 15

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: 9 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £331,995
Total Gross Expenditure: £315,335
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 7
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £8
Income From Government Contracts: 97400
Income From Government Grants: £154,600
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: 8

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: 26 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £313,913
Total Gross Expenditure: £330,547
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £11
Income From Government Grants: £163,874
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: 20

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: CHANGING OUR LIVES LTD
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2002-09-20T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: INCORPORATED 26/03/2002AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19/09/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/12/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/02/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 MAY 2016
Charitable Objects: THE COMPANY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, SENSORY DISABILITIES AND LEARNING DISABILITIES, AS WELL AS PEOPLE ON THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM AND PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE LIVING OR WORKING IN ENGLAND, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THE WEST MIDLANDS, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE EMPOWERED TO LEAD AS INDEPENDENT, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE A LIFE AS POSSIBLE AND MAXIMISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE.
Area Of Benefit: WEST MIDLANDS WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDWELL

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 427512
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: SANDWELL PEOPLE FIRST

Charity Name Id: 427505
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: PEOPLE FIRST (SANDWELL) LIMITED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures