Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

CHANGING OUR LIVES LTD

Changing Our Lives is a rights-based organisation that works in co-production with disabled people and people with lived experience of mental health difficulties of all ages to achieve equality, good health and social inclusion. Our vision is of a society in which disabled people are valued and equal citizens. No one is too disabled, too challenging, or too complex to live an ordinary life.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 22 years

www.changingourlives.org

ask@changingourlives.org

03003020770

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£319	£328	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/22	*	£332	£315	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21		£314	£331	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20	*	£314	£283	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/19		£313	£256	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/18		£306	£368	£-61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£366	£305	£61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£363	£310	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£320	£373	£-52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£478	£425	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£343	£343	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£369	£286	£83	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£273	£283	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£299	£266	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£258	£245	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£288	£242	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£248	£214	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£203	£212	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£130	£148	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£136	£110	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 27%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£9,930
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,908
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£9,900

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Changing Our Lives
£9,900	31/08/2021	Colouring between the lines
National Lottery Community Fund - Rights First!
£9,908	16/07/2021	The funding will be used by the group to train people with learning difficulties about their legal rights. The project aims to result in people being more in control of their own lives better able to ....more The funding will be used by the group to train people with learning difficulties about their legal rights. The project aims to result in people being more in control of their own lives better able to live independent lives in their own homes being afforded the same options as others e.g. choice in employment maintenance of legal tenancy choice of partner and gender.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,930	21/08/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Safe Places: West Midlands app
£10,000	15/02/2019 12	This funding will be used to create a travel app for people with disabilities. The project aims to provide information which helps them to feel more confident about using public transport.
Co-Op Foundation - Common Ground
£70,000	06/09/2018	Common Ground twin special schools with mainstream schools to connect and empower young people and start a conversation around youth loneliness amongst young people with profound and multiple ....more Common Ground twin special schools with mainstream schools to connect and empower young people and start a conversation around youth loneliness amongst young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
Co-Op Foundation - Changing Our Lives - 2017
£20,000	02/08/2017	Working with disabled young people, taking a Community Connecting approach to facilitate friendships and relationships that enable them to experience every day opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - 24/7: Good postural care.
£9,990	04/01/2017 12	This group will use the funding to raise awareness and improve understanding of good postural care amongst people who are living with disabilities. A social media campaign, a series of films and ....more This group will use the funding to raise awareness and improve understanding of good postural care amongst people who are living with disabilities. A social media campaign, a series of films and awareness events will be delivered, creating new community resources that will focus upon improving levels of health.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Changing Our Lives
£30,000	28/08/2013	Bringing a proven model of 'Peoples Parliament' to the areas of Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley and Sandwell. To empower and give a voice to adults with mental ill health to shape services that ....more Bringing a proven model of 'Peoples Parliament' to the areas of Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley and Sandwell. To empower and give a voice to adults with mental ill health to shape services that affects them and improve prospects in health and employment.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-59

JOHN BAKER (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Solicitor

ROSALIND JOYCE HARDING Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Professor

TONY MIDDLETON, Occupation: Human Resources Adviser

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2002, number: 1093883
Registered at Companies House on 26/03/2002, number: 04404093

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investment
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 9 days late, AR20: 4 days late, AR04: 67 days late,

Main office

c/o Irwin Mitchell
Riverside East
2 Millsands
SHEFFIELD
S3 8DT

Objectives

THE COMPANY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, SENSORY DISABILITIES AND LEARNING DISABILITIES, AS WELL AS PEOPLE ON THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM AND PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE LIVING OR WORKING IN ENGLAND, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THE WEST MIDLANDS, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE EMPOWERED TO LEAD AS INDEPENDENT, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE A LIFE AS POSSIBLE AND MAXIMISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST MIDLANDS WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SANDWELL

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