Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 9

OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY ACTION TRUST

Christians Against Poverty Peterborough provides free debt counselling, Job Clubs and coffee mornings for client support. The Community Shop is a place to meet, serving tea, cake and selling second-hand items. Foodbank team provides food parcels; Acts435 provides grants for those in need; Hope into Action houses 2 people locally.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£43	£42	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/21		£41	£42	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/12/20		£43	£35	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/12/19		£35	£34	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/18		£37	£40	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	25
31/12/17		£30	£31	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£29	£28	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£25	£19	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£16	£16	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	*	£15	£19	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£22	£21	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£15	£9	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£1	£0	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£1	£0	£1	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.opendoortrust.com

tellmemore@opendoortrust.com

01733708090

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Peterborough City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£132,963
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£17,925
DCMS	£9,303

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - CoL Uplift for Open Door Trust - Debt Wellbeing and Job Support
£35,056	20/01/2023	The funding will be used to deliver their debt wellbeing and job support activities. The funding will cover cost of living increases to salaries rent utilities and travel expenses for the Service ....more The funding will be used to deliver their debt wellbeing and job support activities. The funding will cover cost of living increases to salaries rent utilities and travel expenses for the Service Manager and volunteers who deliver the debt wellbeing and job support projects based in Gunthorpe Peterborough.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Circular and Constant Aluminium (CirConAl)
£17,925	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10030959
National Lottery Community Fund - Debt wellbeing and Job Support
£97,907	10/09/2021	The funding will cover the salary of the Service Manager who delivers the debt wellbeing and job support projects based in Gunthorpe Peterborough along with associated core costs. The beneficiaries ....more The funding will cover the salary of the Service Manager who delivers the debt wellbeing and job support projects based in Gunthorpe Peterborough along with associated core costs. The beneficiaries of the project are primarily those suffering financial difficulty with the in-depth support offered to those living with mental health conditions and financial difficulties. The funding will secure the delivery of these services for the next 5 years allowing the Service Manager to focus on delivery rather than raising funds at a time when these services are in great demand due to the on-going effects from Covid both to personal finances and mental well-being.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,303	08/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
People's Health Trust - CAP Debt Support Group
£11,837	31/05/2018	This two-year project delivered weekly coffee mornings to people affected by debt in order to reduce stress and isolation and support them to feel more empowered to reduce debt and seek employment. ....more This two-year project delivered weekly coffee mornings to people affected by debt in order to reduce stress and isolation and support them to feel more empowered to reduce debt and seek employment. The project also delivered additional family based activities through the summer holidays, which helped to bring families of participants together. Session content was designed by participants.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Gender Split

DAVID KEY Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: OPEN DOOR CHURCH,

MARGARET JOYCE PARKES, Other trusteeship: OPEN DOOR CHURCH,

STEPHEN JOHN WARBURTON, Other trusteeships: CROPS, OPEN DOOR CHURCH,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/12/2007, number: 1122050

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR13: 20 days late,

Main office

Open Door Trust
73 Hallfields Lane
Peterborough
PE4 7YL

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PETERBOROUGH AREA, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES.TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF PETERBOROUGH, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.TO OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PETERBOROUGH

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