OPEN DOOR (NORTH EAST)
Registered charity 1099865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provide a range of services to both asylum seekers & refugees living on Teesside. We provide food & housing to destitute asylum seekers. We provide housing, a work club & training opportunities to refugees. A range of drop in service fostering community integration and English Classes (ESOL).
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted funds declined to £289,130 due to a shortfall in income against budget, leaving cash reserves of £87,441 which are below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' average gross expenditure. Despite this, the trustees consider the overall financial position to be adequate and state that no material uncertainties exist 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
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £289k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“In that gross expenditure across the unrestricted fund has been running at around £67,000 per month, the charity has not met this requirement.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mr G Mills received rent of £3,350 for a property leased to the charity. No other trustee received remuneration or reimbursement of expenses.
“No trustee received remuneration from or was reimbursed expenses by the charity in the year under review (2024: none). Mr G Mills, who was appointed as a trustee on 16 May 2024, received rent from the charity of £3,350 in respect of a property leased to the charity.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Big Society Capital — “Better outcomes for refugees using social investment by: Big Society Capital” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £359k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£17k
Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Bindhu Thomas
- Dr Ralph Hogan Grob
- Glenn Mills
- Mahvash Shebanian
- Simon Christopher Rogalski
- Stephen Edward Jones
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Stockton-on-tees
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OPEN DOOR (NORTH EAST) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds declined to £289,130 due to a shortfall in income against budget, leaving cash reserves of £87,441 which are below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' average gross expenditure. Despite this, the trustees consider the overall financial position to be adequate and state that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds OPEN DOOR (NORTH EAST)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OPEN DOOR (NORTH EAST) as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY, THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST, QUAKER HOUSING TRUST LIMITED, CIVIC POWER FUND.
Known funders
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