OPEN DOORS NETWORK
Open Doors Network is a Christian Church in Southborough, Tunbridge Wells. The charity'sactivities include main worship services, prayer and bible study, periodic evangelisticalmeetings, outreach activities such as healing on the streets and Go teams based on a variety of different activities to serve the community, weekly youth and children's groups and gifts to missionaries.
Objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ETHOS STATEMENT IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £28,405 for the year ended 31 August 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held at the end of the year were £116,420, which is above the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£75,000). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
What the accounts disclose
“No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year” — page 19
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been included as fixed assets should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months’ expenditure excluding depreciation.” — page 7
“In accordance with provisions in the governing document, during the year David King received remuneration for his pastoral services of £59,950 (2024: £58,194) and pension contributions of £5,995 (2024: £5,819). Stephen McVeigh received remuneration for his pastoral services of £59,950 (2024: £58,194) and pension contributions of £5,995 (2024: £5,819). Kathryn Green received remuneration for her administrative services of £7,136 (2024: £6,605) and pension contributions of £713 (2024: £664). Corinne McVeigh received remuneration for her administrative services of £581 (2024: £nil) and pension contributions of £58 (2024; fnil).” — page 18
“During the year donations of £110,471 (2024: £87,126) were received from trustees and related parties. There was a total of £6,053 (2024: £13,256) of trustees expenses.” — page 21
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Property (HM Land Registry)
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/05/2025)
- Received assets from another charity (18/02/2022)
Trustees
- Antony Darnell
- DAVID ROY KING
- Graham Johnston
- Kathryn Emily Green
- MERJA-LIISA TELLERVO WICKHAM
- PHILIP ROY WATSON
- Richard John Berkley
- Stephen William McVeigh
- VICTORIA ANNE ROSS
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2025 | £366k | £381k |
| 31/08/2024 | £492k | £522k |
| 31/08/2023 | £325k | £331k |
| 31/08/2022 | £343k | £315k |
| 31/08/2021 | £258k | £242k |
Common questions
Is OPEN DOORS NETWORK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £28,405 for the year ended 31 August 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held at the end of the year were £116,420, which is above the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£75,000). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.