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.

Objects

RELIEF OF HOMELESS AND OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION, THE PROVISION OF RESPITE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, INFORMATION AND ADVICE FOR SUCH PERSONS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES WHICH WILL LEAD TO SELF-RELIANCE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 1 other charity
• 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).