REALIFE TRUST

Registered charity 1088751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Developing user-led services, particularly in supported employment, social enterprises, community living, leisure, independent advocacy and support brokerage. Run by and for disabled people and family carers.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,973 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with total incoming resources of £30,765 and total resources expended of £33,738. The trustees note that the majority of reserves are set against known projects for 2025-26 and highlight risks related to the closure of their building in March 2026. The financial statements were prepared on a cash accounting basis and the charity is exempt from audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £8k; policy: maximum 50% of annual turnover)

“Realife adopted a maximum 50% of annual turnover reserves policy and is working on a fundraising plan to achieve that by 2024.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Realife has gone over to a year on year contract with Cambridge City Council. This will end at the end of March 2026 when the building we manage will be redeveloped”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04099012 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Serpentine Trust — “Fara, Nicky, Ames and the rest of the collective have been awarded a £10000 grant from the Serpentine Trust and it comes with a support and …” (source page)

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.

BROOKES, Mark — director, appointed 05/12/2019on trustee list
HOUGH, Joanne Terry — director, appointed 08/01/2014on trustee list
PHILLIPS, Tony — secretary, appointed 01/10/2009

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Joanne Hough
MARK BROOKES
Tony Phillips · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Austria · Croatia · Czech Republic · Spain · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£31k	£34k
31/03/2024	£31k	£34k
31/03/2023	£39k	£31k
31/03/2022	£32k	£31k
31/03/2021	£33k	£29k

Common questions

Is REALIFE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,973 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with total incoming resources of £30,765 and total resources expended of £33,738. The trustees note that the majority of reserves are set against known projects for 2025-26 and highlight risks related to the closure of their building in March 2026. The financial statements were prepared on a cash accounting basis and the charity is exempt from audit.

Who funds REALIFE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REALIFE TRUST as a grant recipient include CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/12/2005	£3k	Realife IT upgrade