OPENING DOORS
Registered charity 1060002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEOPLE FIRST OF NORFOLK
Opening Doors is a user led organisation run by people with learning difficulties for people with learning difficulties. Our mission is for all adults with learning difficulties in Norfolk to be confident individuals, controlling their own lives and making their own decisions, with support from people they trust. Opening Doors provides training and other services to professionals, and others.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £47,402 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £135,041 to £87,639. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves fell below their own policy target of £80,000 but confirm that the level of reserves has since been restored. The charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £80,000 (held: £60k)
“Opening Doors should maintain £80,000 of reserves to cover 3-months costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Register events
- Transferred assets to another charity (21/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Operates in: Norfolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OPENING DOORS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £47,402 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £135,041 to £87,639. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves fell below their own policy target of £80,000 but confirm that the level of reserves has since been restored. The charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds OPENING DOORS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OPENING DOORS as a grant recipient include NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE MSE CHARITY, THE TRUEMARK TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE REED FOUNDATION.
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