REAL DEAL PLUS LIMITED

Registered charity 1148731 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REAL DEAL PLUS

We support vulnerable people by offering a place of care and refuge, a listening ear, companionship and direct practical help. We provide alcohol, drug and relationship counselling and supply furniture, clothing and food parcels to those in need. We plan to implement a youth programme and a range of directed programmes around independent life skills, employability, sport and positive self-esteem.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £67,415.03 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £195,270.75 to £127,855.72. The trustees noted significant challenges regarding funding and a reliance on volunteers due to increased community need. The reserves policy targets three months of income, but the current unrestricted reserves of £82,452.34 are significantly higher than the stated target.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07886315

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Real Deal Plus (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.

• BENJAMIN, Trevor Junior — director, appointed 06/04/2023not on trustee list
• PEARCE, John Phillip — director, appointed 27/01/2022on trustee list
• LODGE-JOHNSTON, Arthur — director, appointed 12/09/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• REV DAVEY FALCUSchair
• ALLAN HARGREAVES · trustee of 2 other charities
• Arthur Lodge-Johnston
• John Philip Pearce

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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