Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

THE OPEN DOOR CENTRE (SWINDON & DISTRICT) LIMITED 

Day resource for adults with learning disabilities who may also have a physical disability or mental health issue
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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: 19 years

www.theopendoorcentre.co.uk

opendoorswindon@gmail.com

01793512357

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£111£103£8n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/03/22£133£119£14n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£107£104£3n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£94£108£-14n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£116£112£3n/an/an/an/an/a29
31/03/18£116£106£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£112£135£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£135£131£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£127£129£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£156£138£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£161£130£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£136£125£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£129£127£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£117£132£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£118£117£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£125£103£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£112£101£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£99£96£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
Who works here?
  • 19 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Swindon, Wiltshire,

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
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Community Choral Festival
£2,497 25/03/2022
Open Door provides a drop-in day resource for people with learning disabilities in Swindon offering social opportunities as well as support and signposting covering a wide range of life issues ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Open Door Centre
£6,000 17/01/2022
Grant to The Open Door Centre
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Post Covid Outreach Service
£11,789 17/03/2021
11
We would like to provide an outreach service to members, who have been unable or reluctant to attend the centre due to health issues or anxieties linked to Covid 19.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 23/07/2020
"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
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to The Open Door Centre
£4,323 24/04/2020
Towards staff costs for providing a meal service and support during the Covid19 restrictions.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Activities Co-ordinators
£3,000 25/09/2019
Open Door provides a drop-in day resource for people with learning disabilities in Swindon offering social opportunities as well as support and signposting covering a wide range of life issues ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Community Cafe at Liden Library, Swindon - contribution to cook's salary
£5,000 20/05/2019
Open Door provides a drop-in day resource for people with learning disabilities in Swindon offering social opportunities as well as support and signposting covering a wide range of life issues. ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/12/2018
Core Costs/ Unrestricted
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Open Door Centre (Swindon & District) Ltd
£67,900 13/03/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a day centre in Wiltshire for adults with learning disabilities
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Open Door Centre - Swindon & District
£16,800 19/09/2011
the salary and on costs of the Administrator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/02/2005, number: 1107869
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/08/2004, number: 05216053
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
18 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CLIVEY AND TWIST on 19/12/2022
Main office

ST BARNABAS CHURCH HALL
FERNDALE ROAD
SWINDON
SN2 1BU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN ANY WAY WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, SWINDON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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