SOCIAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO)
Registered charity 1102297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOLIHULL LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES, SOLIHULL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES, SOLO, SOLO LIFE OPPORTUNITIES, SOLO LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO)
Provision of leisure/social activities for children/adults with learning disabilities living within Solihull or the surrounding areas. Provision of respite to the parents/carers of children and adults with learning disabilites receiving our leisure services. Support to other local organisations providing services to children/adults with LD. Provision of volunteering opportunities.
Causes: Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved an operational surplus of £56,916 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £705,427, which exceeds the stated policy target of approximately £400,000 (three months of future costs). The auditors confirmed that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of future costs, excluding depreciation (held: £705k)
“Trustee policy is to aim to hold liquid reserves equivalent to a minimum of 3 months of future costs, excluding depreciation. This would be in the region of £400K.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee indemnity insurance purchased
“The Charity purchased trustee indemnity insurance at a cost of £996 (2024: £996) included in governance costs.” — page 35
“Related Employee Party Transactions include : Head of Operations, Sibling Gross Salary £25,850 for working as an assistant project Leader (2024: £23,558)” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related employee transaction (Head of Operations sibling)
“The Charity purchased trustee indemnity insurance at a cost of £996 (2024: £996) included in governance costs.” — page 35
“Related Employee Party Transactions include : Head of Operations, Sibling Gross Salary £25,850 for working as an assistant project Leader (2024: £23,558)” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Prime. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Social Life Opportunities (SoLO) (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Janet Down — Senior Co-ordinator (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- JACKSON, Stephanie Yuen Yin — director, appointed 25/09/2024on trustee list
- FITZPATRICK VESELA, Zuzana — director, appointed 25/09/2024not on trustee list
- HUME, Jayne Elizabeth — director, appointed 26/04/2023on trustee list
- BEGUM ALI, Rehana — director, appointed 26/05/2021not on trustee list
- GILYEAD, Andrew Richard — director, appointed 06/09/2017on trustee list
- BEECH, Paul Adrian — director, appointed 11/01/2016on trustee list
- PRIOR, Janet Moyra — director, appointed 06/03/2006on trustee list
- BEER, Lesley — secretary, appointed 07/01/2021
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
CQC provider record: SoLO Life Opportunities — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 13/10/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (13/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Janet PRIORchair
- Andrew Gilyead
- Jayne Elizabeth Hume
- Paul Beech
- Rehana Begum Ali
- Stephanie Jackson
- Zuzana Fitzpatrick Vesela
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Solihull · Warwickshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOCIAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operational surplus of £56,916 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £705,427, which exceeds the stated policy target of approximately £400,000 (three months of future costs). The auditors confirmed that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Prime.
Who funds SOCIAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SOCIAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO) as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND, THE W E DUNN TRUST.
Known funders
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