Options 4 Change

Analysis

Options 4 Change is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05492205). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Options 4 Change reported income of £140k and spending of £110k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £165k to £140k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Options 4 Change sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Allington, St Nicholas with Maidstone, St Peter, Maidstone (£140k), The John Haynes Foundation (£140k) and We All Matter (£140k).