Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    COLNE OPEN DOOR CENTRE LIMITED

    Drop-in not for profit community cafe, providing low cost nutritious meals. Provide volunteer placements in the cafe. We have a drop-in facility to help with any problems including budgeting, formfilling, counselling, listening ear, use of phone, help with findind housing, help with sorting utility problems etc. We serve the marginalized in our society. Counselling, training and support groups
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/24£222£220£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/23£199£179£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£116£142£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£172£108£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20?£90£128£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£141£147£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£144£119£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16£127£127£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£128£128£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14£126£121£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13£123£120£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12£121£118£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11£117£113£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10£135£121£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09£138£118£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 17 years

    www.opendoorcentre.org.uk

    manager@opendoorcentre.org.uk

    01282 860342

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Outpatient support services
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Lancashire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Henry Smith Charity£90,000
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£12,647
    DCMS£9,800
    Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£8,000
    Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£7,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Mens Den - Mens Mental Health Peer Support and Counselling
    £2,147 15/01/2024
    12
    To have a counsellor dedicated to supporting men who are at risk of suicide. They would also run a weekly peer support group
    Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Colne Open Door Centre
    £5,000 12/07/2023
    The funding will be used to allow the group to continue to employ their Counselling and Wellbeing Lead Worker who will provide emotional and mental health support through the drop in service.
    Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Unrestricted Funding
    £8,000 01/05/2023
    The funding allowed us to support over 2000 people in the community with poverty, mental health, financial and isolation issues.
    Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Colne Open Door Centre
    £3,000 02/03/2023
    To support the groups energy costs so that they can maintain their current community activities and warm hub.
    Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Colne Open Door Centre Ltd
    £2,500 09/02/2023
    To provide financial, emotional, and social support to vulnerable members of the community including the elderly. The centre provides access to benefits support, food packages, counselling, and 1-2-1 support.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 03/06/2022
    Colne Open Door Centre
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Colne Open Door Centre Ltd
    £90,000 10/03/2022
    36
    towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for people from disadvantaged communities in Colne, Lancashire.
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Colne Open Door Centre
    £2,000 04/01/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Colne Open Door Centre Ltd
    £7,000 24/11/2020
    50% as salary costs for a support worker _x000D_ providing a range of welfare, debt and counselling advice for a charity operating a community cafe in Colne, Lancashire.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £9,800 26/09/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 19/06/2020
    Colne Open Door Centre Ltd
    National Lottery Community Fund - Colne Open Door Centre Ltd
    £5,000 09/05/2019
    12
    The organisation will continue to run their community café with facilitated support groups to support local people with issues including social isolation, mental health issues, learning disabilities and addictions, with the aim of increasing access ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 25/07/2018
    Colne Open Door Centre Ltd
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Colne Open Door Centre
    £45,000 16/07/2018
    24
    over two years as unrestricted continuation funding for a drop-in centre and community cafe in Colne, Lancashire
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Open Door, Community Cellar Creative Hub.
    £10,000 15/02/2017
    12
    The funding will be used by a charity to refurbish an unused cellar in its building to make it available for by community groups. The project aim to strengthen the community by ensuring the continuity of services and activities affected by centre ....more
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Colne Open Door Centre Ltd
    £20,000 14/04/2014
    Towards the core costs of an organisation that provides a wide variety of support and learning opportunities to people facing disadvantage.
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Colne Open Door Centre
    £125,000 06/09/2013
    60
    over five years as unrestricted continuation funding for a drop-in centre and community cafe providing wide-ranging advice and support to marginalised people in Colne, Lancashire
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Colne Open Door Centre
    £20,000 17/08/2012
    the salary of the Support Worker
    Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Colne Open Door Centre Ltd
    £30,000 08/03/2011
    Towards core costs for a centre offering volunteering opportunities, groups, classes and support for a wide range of people including those with mental health, alcohol and drugs misuse problems.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees:
    • KERRY FIELDING Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Counsellor
    • MADELINE WOODS Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired
    • REV MALCOLM STUART FOY BA MA MED Appointed: 2016
    • SIMON FIELDING Appointed: 2023
    • WESTLEY EVANS (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Support Worker
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/10/2007, number: 1121144
    • Registered at Companies House on 25/04/2007, number: 06226127
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    15 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    OPEN DOOR
    1 GREAT GEORGE STREET
    COLNE
    BB8 0SY

    Objectives

    PROMOTE ANY OR ALL PURPOSES DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF COLNE AND DISTRICT AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS, SICKNESS, DISABILITY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, RACE COLOUR, AGE, POLITICS, CREED OR OTHER OPINIONS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LANCASHIRE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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