OPENING DOORS LONDON

Registered charity 1167919 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ODL

Opening Doors London aims to specifically meet the needs of the older LGBT plus (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans) community and is aimed at people who identify as LGBT plus and are over the age of 50. We have members from across London and beyond.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE IDENTIFYING AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) THROUGHOUT THE UK (WITH A FOCUS ON THE GREATER LONDON AREA) IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREINAFTER MAY BE DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND ADVICE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

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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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

3 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julia Rachel Shelleychair
• ANNIE SOUTHERST
• Caroline Ellis
• Daniel Ricard
• David Hart
• Nick Mott

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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