ORDINARY LIFE PROJECT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 295355 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OLPA

The provision of accommodation, care and support to adult people with learning and/or other disabilities. The provision of care and support to such clients living in their own homes.

Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £152,406 for the year, noting that this was achieved 'at the cost of eating into our financial reserves.' The trustees report that the charity remains on a 'sound financial basis' despite funding shortages and recruitment difficulties, though they acknowledge the sector is 'fragile' and are considering strategic changes such as a potential merger.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02067438

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.

• SNELUS, Linda Ann — director, appointed 18/04/2019on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Raymond Eason — director, appointed 13/06/2012on trustee list
• GILL, Claire Listina — director, appointed 15/04/1993on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold); recorded price paid £213k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Ordinary Life Project Association(The) — Registered, 12 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 07/01/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~19.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RAYMOND EASON EDWARDSchair
• CLAIRE GILL
• LINDA SNELUS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

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

• ORDINARY LIFESTYLES income £3.3m
• BASICS PLUS income £862k
• THE CHESTER LINK income £1.9m
• CARITAS CARE LIMITED income £8.3m
• THE STABLE FAMILY HOME TRUST income £4.0m
• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m

Side by side with its peers

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