Options Wellbeing Trust

Analysis

Options Wellbeing Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04699108). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Options Wellbeing Trust reported income of £341k and spending of £478k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to September 2024, income grew from £284k to £341k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 199%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Options Wellbeing Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust (£341k), The Crosland Trust (£342k) and Atrial Fibrillation Association (£341k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.