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ORDINARY LIFESTYLES

Registered charity 1058340 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports adults with a learning and/or physical disability to live independently in their own homes. Each person has a team of support workers to help them with every aspect of their lives.

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Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a minor deficit of £1,624 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £1,034,728. The trustees confirm that these reserves exceed their policy target of four months' operating costs and consider the level sufficient to manage risks such as funding drops or cash flow fluctuations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months' operating costs (held: £1.0m)
“Trustees remain satisfied that the level of reserves maintained meets the requirements of our Reserves Policy in relation to four months’ operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Financial safeguarding incident
“During the year reported on we uncovered a financial safeguarding incident which was investigated and reported to all relevant parties (including local authority, police and Charity Commission).” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Slade & Cooper Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ordinary Lifestyles (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Ordinary Lifestyles — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 16/06/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£3.3m
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
72

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Manchester City · Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.3m£3.3m
31/03/2024£2.8m£2.8m
31/03/2023£2.3m£2.3m
31/03/2022£2.2m£2.1m
31/03/2021£1.9m£1.8m

Common questions

Is ORDINARY LIFESTYLES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a minor deficit of £1,624 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £1,034,728. The trustees confirm that these reserves exceed their policy target of four months' operating costs and consider the level sufficient to manage risks such as funding drops or cash flow fluctuations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Slade & Cooper Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST2£60k
THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST1—
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION1£524k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£276k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION1£240k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£103k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£92k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£87k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ORDINARY LIFE PROJECT ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ORDINARY LIFESTYLES£3.3m—0unclear—no doubt
ORDINARY LIFE PROJECT ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.1m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—noted
SHARED LIVES PLUS LIMITED FY2025£1.5m——above—no doubt
W.I.L.L. WIRRAL INDEPENDENT LIVING AND LEARNING FY2025£2.5m——above—no doubt
THE STABLE FAMILY HOME TRUST FY2025£4.0m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
PEOPLE IN ACTION FY2025£11.4m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.