Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 6

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE OPEN DOOR (TAUNTON)

TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS WITHIN TAUNTON, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, PROVIDING SHELTER AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND PROVIDING CARE, MEALS AND SUCH OTHER SIMILAR BENEFITS AS ARE FROM TIME TO TIME CONSIDERED TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH BY REASON OF THEIR SITUATION IN LIFE.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending 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 including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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

Established: 16 years

philip.bedford@lentells.co.uk

01823286274

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

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
31/03/23	£136	£132	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22	£165	£128	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/21	£162	£131	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/20	£148	£105	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19	£134	£95	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/18	£115	£79	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£109	£86	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£83	£84	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£106	£72	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£83	£58	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£82	£60	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£75	£58	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£97	£54	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£137	£54	£82	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£226	£7	£219	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Open Door (Taunton)
£7,500	23/07/2020	Grant to The Open Door (Taunton) meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Meal provision for homeless people
£5,000	21/04/2020 2	Meal provision for homeless people during coronavirus
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Open Door(Taunton)
£73,950	22/03/2018 36	To fund the Do More project supporting people who are homeless to move on to accommodation, into employment and engage with support organisations.
Somerset Community Foundation - Core costs
£3,208	13/12/2017 11	Support for people experiencing homelessness in Taunton.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-70

ANDREW DAVIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Fundraising Consultant

CRAIG RICHMOND Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Director

JOHN CAMPBELL THOMSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

SUSANNE ROSEMARY PEELER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Antenatal Teacher/Retired Lecturer

JONATHAN MICHAEL SLADDEN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: General Medical Practitioner

SHARON ELIZABETH FARNHAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/12/2007, number: 1122040
Registered at Companies House on 17/10/2007, number: 06402176

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

15 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE OPEN DOOR (TAUNTON) on 26/01/2022

Main office

LENTELLS
ASH HOUSE
COOK WAY
BINDON ROAD
TAUNTON
TA2 6BJ

Objectives

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOMERSET

Data Sources