THE OPEN CENTRE

Registered charity 516633 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotion of religious, cultural and arts activities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£103k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £799 for the year ended 31 March 2025, attributing this to an investment in staff. Per the directors' report, this investment has provided more stability and competitive pay, helping to improve planning and resource allocation. The balance sheet shows net current assets of £72,664, with retained earnings decreasing from £73,463 to £72,664.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Bilal Hussain
Gail Whitehead
KATHRYN MCRAE
Russell Pollard
Valerie Watson

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£102k	£103k
31/03/2024	£96k	£75k
31/03/2023	£79k	£59k
31/03/2022	£35k	£51k
31/03/2021	£6k	£30k

Common questions

Is THE OPEN CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £799 for the year ended 31 March 2025, attributing this to an investment in staff. Per the directors' report, this investment has provided more stability and competitive pay, helping to improve planning and resource allocation. The balance sheet shows net current assets of £72,664, with retained earnings decreasing from £73,463 to £72,664. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/09/2012	£94k	"Our Heritage, An Initiative of the Open Centre Derby"
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/10/2009	£10k	Derby Open Centre Future Development

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JERUSALEM TRUST	1	£205k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	1	£60k
EVERYDAY CHURCH	1	£12k
THE SWALLOW TRUST	1	£10k
THE MARCHUS TRUST	1	£5k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOPSTON AND ST ANDREW, BRISTOL	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY WITH SAINT PAUL ONSLOW SQUARE AND SAINT AUGUSTINE SOUTH KENSINGTON	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Open City.

Open City income £1.1m
OPEN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS income £3.1m
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES income £1.4m
ADORE CHURCH income £260k
SET CENTRE income £1.6m
OPEN DOORS WITH BROTHER ANDREW income £18.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE OPEN CENTRE	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Open City FY2025	£1.1m	—	below	—	no doubt
OPEN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS FY2025	£3.1m	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES FY2025	£1.4m	—	within	—	no doubt
ADORE CHURCH FY2025	£260k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SET CENTRE FY2024	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.