OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK LONDON REGION

Registered charity 1034750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON OPEN COLLEGE FEDERATION, LONDON OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK, OCNLR

Supports learning and widening participation through offering qualifications and accreditation for courses for adults and young people.

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Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £203,346 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income increasing to £2.1 million. Unrestricted reserves rose to £1.1 million, exceeding the trustees' stated baseline minimum of £500,000. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Accreditations and registration income (80% of income)
“Income from Charitable activities Accreditations and registration income 1,693,105”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: minimum of £500k (held: £1.1m)
“The Trustees’ baseline is to keep this at a minimum of £500k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees hold positions at member organisations which engaged with OCN London; transactions were on normal commercial terms.
“A number of trustees hold positions at member organisations which in the year have engaged with OCN London. All transactions were on normal commercial terms and were made at arms-length.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£1.9m
Reserves (reported)
£500k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

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

Operates in: Greece · Kosovo · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£2.1m£1.9m
31/07/2024£1.9m£1.9m
31/07/2023£1.7m£1.7m
30/09/2022£1.8m£1.7m
30/09/2021£1.7m£1.5m

Common questions

Is OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK LONDON REGION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £203,346 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income increasing to £2.1 million. Unrestricted reserves rose to £1.1 million, exceeding the trustees' stated baseline minimum of £500,000. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK LONDON REGION£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
COLLEGE FRANCAIS BILINGUE DE LONDRES LTD FY2025£11.1m——above—no doubt
V Learning Network FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE LONDRES FY2024£13.9m——below—no doubt

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