OPEN DOOR COLCHESTER

Registered charity 1101675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing a "drop-in" centre where visitors can talk to Open Door helpers and be befriended. Visitors recieve help and advice with their problems (usually by linking them with the relevant local agencies). Limited amounts of financial assistance (in kind where feasible) are available at the Director's discretion in suitable cases. These services are provided in a Christian context.

Objects

1) ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; AND2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, RESOURCES, AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE IN NEED IN COLCHESTER.

Area of benefit: COLCHESTER, ESSEX

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £33,667 with no liabilities, although reserves reduced by £4,415 during the year. The charity remains financially stable, supported by a strong base of donors and volunteers, and continues to serve the Colchester community effectively.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Brenda June Reade
• Evelyne Nkirote · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Hurstell
• Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana
• William Butcher LLB, LLM · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLNE OPEN DOOR CENTRE LIMITED.

• COLNE OPEN DOOR CENTRE LIMITED income £216k
• OPEN DOOR FAMILY CENTRE income £88k
• OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £129k
• OPEN DOOR (NORTH EAST) income £659k
• OPEN DOOR CHURCH SUNBURY income £137k
• OPEN DOOR PEOPLE income £167k

Side by side with its peers

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