Options for Life

Analysis

Options for Life is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldbury. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03341420). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Options for Life reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.0m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.2m (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Options for Life sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surviving Economic Abuse (£2.2m), The Varrier-Jones Foundation (£2.2m) and The E. Hayes Dashwood Foundation (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%, investments 1.2% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £400k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 67 people.