OPEN HOUSE BEDFORD

Registered charity 1180204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Open House promotes the health and well-being of people with Learning Disabilities residing permanently or temporarily in Bedford Borough, by the provision of day centre facilities for learning, social engagement and recreational activities.Open House meets once a week on Wednesdays in St Marks Church Community Centre, Bedford

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROVIDE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN BEDFORD BOROUGH, BY THE PROVISION OF DAY CENTRE FACILITIES FOR LEARNING, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£2k
Latest spending
£5k
Registered
2018

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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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £2,687 — grants £2,687 (1); 31% of the £8,775 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£2k£5k
30/09/2024£9k£7k
30/09/2023£11k£5k
30/09/2022£200£1k
30/09/2021£327£556

Common questions

Who funds OPEN HOUSE BEDFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OPEN HOUSE BEDFORD as a grant recipient include THE STRANGWARD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE STRANGWARD TRUSTFY2025£2k