Registered charity · No. 1156258Charitable company
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Real Life Options
Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
Real Life Options is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability.
Real Life Options (number 1156258) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Real Life Options do?
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.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Real Life Options
Answers Real Life Options gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Real Life Options's highest-paid staff paid?
Real Life Options's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 12 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (2 employees).
Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£150,001–£200,000
2
£80,001–£90,000
1
£70,001–£80,000
5
£60,001–£70,000
4
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does Real Life Options's money come from?
Real Life Options reported £56m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £56m (100%), donations and legacies £23k (0%), other income £11k (0%).
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£56m · 100%
Donations and legacies£23k · 0%
Other income£11k · 0%
Does Real Life Options receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for Real Life Options. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
Real Life Options reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Real Life Options as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Real Life Options's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Real Life Options registered for?
Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability
Why is there no Clarity Score for Real Life Options yet?
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The register data used for this profile lists Real Life Options as a registered charity (number 1156258) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Real Life Options's charity number?
Real Life Options's charity number is 1156258. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1156258?
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What does Real Life Options do?
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.
Does Real Life Options have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Real Life Options. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Real Life Options?
Real Life Options's website listed in our register data is http://www.reallifeoptions.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Real Life Options's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Real Life Options's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 12 employees paid more than £60,000, including 2 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £150,001–£200,000 (2 employees). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Real Life Options's money come from?
Real Life Options reported £56m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £56m (100%), donations and legacies £23k (0%), other income £11k (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Real Life Options?
The register records Real Life Options as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Real Life Options's trustees paid?
Real Life Options's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Real Life Options registered as a charity?
Real Life Options was entered on the register on 19 March 2014. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02699638).