OPEN DOOR, YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONSULTATION SERVICE
Registered charity 299707 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPEN DOOR, OPEN DOOR (HORNSEY YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONSULATATION SERVICE
OPEN DOOR PROVIDES COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 12 - 24. IT ALSO PROVIDES A SERVICE FOR THE PARENTS OF THOSE AGED 11 - 21.
Objects
(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS IN GREAT LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY; (B) THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A COUNCILLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICE FOR THE GIVING OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNCILLING AND PRACTICAL ADVICE AND HELP TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EMOTIONAL AND OTHER PERSONAL DIFFICULTIES AND THEIR FAMILIES; (C) THE PROMOTION OF STUDY AND RESEARCH WORK IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND OF OTHER PAPERS, BOOKS AND COMMUNICATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY; AND (D) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REFERENCE LIBRARY AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, COUNCELLING AND SOCIAL AND OTHER WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREA
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Haringey, London, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £394,290, resulting in total reserves increasing to £1,570,421. The Trustees report that the current level of unrestricted general funds (£1,059,804) is safely above their stated policy target of approximately £307,000. Per the auditors' report, there are no material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: approximately £307,000 (reserves figure: £1.1m)
“The Trustees have set a reserves policy that the Charity should hold a minimum unrestricted general reserve equivalent to salary and overhead expenditure - approximately £307,000.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by DUX Advisory Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £1,058,305 — contracts £1,058,305 (3); 67% of the £1,577,750 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 9
- Government income: £933,291 — contracts £882,773 (3), grants £50,518 (1); 66% of the £1,409,588 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 6
- Government income: £671,403 — contracts £671,403 (3); 74% of the £911,436 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- JEBSON, Claire Melanie — director, appointed 13/07/2026on trustee list
- CURRAN, Helena, Dr — director, appointed 12/01/2026on trustee list
- HIGHAM, William Giles Christopher — director, appointed 04/12/2024on trustee list
- CAVANAGH, Catherine Jane — director, appointed 18/07/2023on trustee list
- BOYLAN, Alejandro Ramos — director, appointed 10/01/2022on trustee list
Official officers record.
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.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£74k
Reported reserves equal ~10.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% 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: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (16/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- William Giles Christopher Highamchair
- Alejandro Ramos Boylan
- Catherine Jane Cavanagh
- Chloe Ann Davies
- Claire Melanie Jebson
- Dr Helena Curran
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Haringey
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OPEN DOOR, YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONSULTATION SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £394,290, resulting in total reserves increasing to £1,570,421. The Trustees report that the current level of unrestricted general funds (£1,059,804) is safely above their stated policy target of approximately £307,000. Per the auditors' report, there are no material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DUX Advisory Limited.
Who funds OPEN DOOR, YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONSULTATION SERVICE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OPEN DOOR, YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONSULTATION SERVICE as a grant recipient include THE PRUDENCE TRUST, THE WITHEREN FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.
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