OPEN DOOR CHARITY
Registered charity 1189664 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE OPEN DOOR CENTRE
ODC is an independent mental health charity 'shaping change' in mental health via 'empowerment', 'culture' and 'opportunity'. We offer multi faceted services for young people, young adults and parents across our specialist focused sites to support those who are suffering from anxiety, low mood, stress and panic attacks. Access is free and immediate, with no waiting lists.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1,075,394 for the year, driven by increased grant and contract funding, resulting in total funds increasing to £1,677,320. However, the trustees report that free unrestricted reserves of approximately £106,800 remain below their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. Despite this, the charity holds significant cash balances of £1,228,039 and restricted funding for the Joy development, leading trustees to confirm adequate resources for going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £70,001 to £80,000” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 is as follows: £70,001 to £80,000” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months’ expenditure (held: £107k)
“The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted free reserves equivalent to between three and six months’ expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Top pay band moved from £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Open Door Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Lee Pennington — Charity Director (source)
- Alex Shears — Deputy Charity Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (22/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (05/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Aaron Devittchair
- David Hopkin
- Joanne Dobbie
- John Samuel Latham
- Michael Cavanagh · trustee of 1 other charity
- Shelly Shanbrook
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Liverpool City · Wirral
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OPEN DOOR CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1,075,394 for the year, driven by increased grant and contract funding, resulting in total funds increasing to £1,677,320. However, the trustees report that free unrestricted reserves of approximately £106,800 remain below their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. Despite this, the charity holds significant cash balances of £1,228,039 and restricted funding for the Joy development, leading trustees to confirm adequate resources for going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.
What does the highest-paid employee of OPEN DOOR CHARITY earn?
Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.
Who funds OPEN DOOR CHARITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OPEN DOOR CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, WIRRAL CVS, DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
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Side by side with its peers
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