OPEN DOOR YOUTH COUNSELLING LTD

Registered charity 1112253 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide free and confidential counselling to children and young people in Birmingham. The counselling is provided by a team of volunteer counsellors, recruited and trained by the service.

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Latest income
£144k
Latest spending
£162k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £45,561, which the trustees consider within their target range of 3 to 6 months of normal expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £17,902, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £64,263 to £46,361.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 3 and 6 months' worth of normal expenditure (held: £46k)
“the trustees consider that the required reserves level should be between 3 and 6 months' worth of normal expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£144k£162k
31/03/2024£138k£238k
31/03/2023£235k£273k
31/03/2022£331k£289k
31/03/2021£306k£295k

Common questions

Is OPEN DOOR YOUTH COUNSELLING LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £45,561, which the trustees consider within their target range of 3 to 6 months of normal expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £17,902, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £64,263 to £46,361. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OPEN DOOR YOUTH COUNSELLING LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OPEN DOOR YOUTH COUNSELLING LTD as a grant recipient include WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20kAdvice, Mediation, Counselling
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2kTrustee Request/Special Interest
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2020£10kCovid-19 : Supporting You

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OPEN DOOR, YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONSULTATION SERVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OPEN DOOR YOUTH COUNSELLING LTD£144k—0within—no doubt
OPEN DOOR, YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONSULTATION SERVICE FY2025£1.6m——above—no doubt
DOORWAY FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
OPEN DOOR CHARITY FY2025£2.2m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
MUSLIM YOUTH HELPLINE FY2025£147k—0above—noted
YOUTH TALK LIMITED FY2025£577k—0unclear—no doubt

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