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Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
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    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    THE OPEN DOOR CENTRE 

    UN SDGs
    ?

    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
    31/10/20£538£363£175£0£259£2387.97170
    31/10/19£315£259£56n/an/an/an/an/a200
    31/10/18£87£86£1£0£0£0n/a060
    31/10/17£77£67£11£0£0£0n/a050
    31/10/16*£68£64£3£0£0£0n/a085
    31/10/15*£45£48£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/10/14£48£43£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/10/13£37£41£-4£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 14%
    Liabilities/Income: 8%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
    Reserves/Spending: 7.9 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
    Quick Ratio: 6.2
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Wirral,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    Who works here?
    • 7 employees
    • 170 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
    DCMS£56,937
    National Lottery Community Fund£15,500
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation£15,000
    The Baring Foundation£12,000
    John Moores Foundation£7,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Open Door Charity
    £5,000 02/06/2021
    Towards core costs of counselling support for c. 21 families to better cope with and improve their children's mental health.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £56,937 29/09/2020
    "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 ....more
    The Baring Foundation - Grant to The Open Door Centre T/A Open Door Charity
    £12,000 14/09/2020
    development, artist liaison, final exhibition event, feedback day, management, workshop salary & materials, marketing, beneficiary support
    John Moores Foundation - Grant to Open Door Centre
    £7,500 07/07/2020
    Towards project costs. Covid.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Open Door Centre Covid19 response
    £15,500 15/05/2020
    6
    A project to provide creative mental health support for people aged 11 to 30 years old. It is specifically aimed to combat depression and anxiety. The COVID-19 crisis has created new challenges to ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
    £15,000 16/04/2020
    3
    Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Bazaar - A Marketplace for the Mind
    £54,000 10/12/2018
    24
    Follow on funding to expand the Bazaar – A Marketplace for the Mind programme which supports young people's mental health and wellbeing.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
    £45,000 29/11/2018
    The Open Door Centre - Core Costs
    National Lottery Community Fund - Open Door Centre (Development Grant)
    £35,850 26/11/2018
    12
    The project aims to help treat young people struggling with mild depression and anxiety. Staffed and managed by young people, the project focuses on helping people between the ages of 15-30. Funding ....more
    John Moores Foundation - Grant to Open Door Centre
    £10,000 01/09/2018
    Towards the salary of a Centre Co-ordinator
    National Lottery Community Fund - Opening Doors / The Oasis
    £9,800 21/02/2018
    12
    The organisation will deliver community mental health training to beneficiaries to enable them to become part of their team working with other young people, with the aim of supporting young people ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Open Door Centre
    £18,735 10/08/2017
    36
    This project will offer therapeutic support to 75 young people aged 13-18 experiencing depression, anxiety or panic attacks. The project aims to improve emotional health, provide volunteering ....more
    Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Open Door Centre: Moving Towards an Exciting Future
    £30,000 19/04/2016
    24
    The Open Door Centre in Merseyside, provides therapeutic support, volunteering and creative activities for young people with mental health needs aged 13-25. It incorporates therapy into a ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales, number: 1151421
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    8 returns made; AR16: 40 days late, AR15: 23 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE ON WIRRAL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY INCLUDING BY:(I) SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE STIGMA WHICH PERPETUATES MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS(II) IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICE IN TACKLING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUPPORTING USERS AND IDENTIFYING LOCAL AND NATIONAL SERVICES AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION(III) PROVIDING SERVICE USERS WITH THE CAPACITY TO BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH DEPRESSION, AND (IV) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERERS(V) PROVIDING SOCIAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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