Registered charity · Colchester
Open Road Visions
The Charity?s object (?Objects?) are specifically restricted to: (a) The Protection and Preservation of Health by the practice of holistic or other forms of medicine or therapy or care, in particular for the relief or rehabilitation of persons...
- 12 trustees
- Income £4.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicholas Kenneth AlstonChair · since 2016
- Dr Caroline DolleryTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Samantha Daliso BhimaTrustee · since 2022
- Gillian BurnsTrustee · since 2026
- John Francis AldridgeTrustee · since 2019
- Julia Christianne LawsonTrustee · since 2022
- Lt Col Edward RankinTrustee · since 2026
- Martin MearsTrustee · since 1996
- Michael ZohouriTrustee · since 2026
- Nigel SouthTrustee · since 2016
- Timothy FieldTrustee · since 2018
- Victoria SoormallyTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Essex, Medway
- Website
- www.openroad.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Open Road Visions
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.6m£4.5m
- 2024£4.4m£4.3m
- 2023£3.9m£3.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.3m£2.9m
- 2021£3.0m£2.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 66% · Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The Charity?s object (?Objects?) are specifically restricted to: (a) The Protection and Preservation of Health by the practice of holistic or other forms of medicine or therapy or care, in particular for the relief or rehabilitation of persons suffering from alcohol, drug or other physical or psychological addiction, illness, dependency, or the effects thereof, or others who have suffered from the effects of such physical or psychological addiction or illness within their household and/or family or who work with organisations which deal with such effects; (b) The Protection and Preservation of Health by the provision of education and training to persons suffering from alcohol drug or other psychological addiction or illness or others who have suffered from the effects of such physical or psychological addiction or illness within their household and/or family or who work for organisations which deal with such effects; (c) The Protection and Preservation of Health by the practice of holistic or other forms of medicine or therapy and in particular for the relief or rehabilitation of persons suffering from the effects of bereavement or requiring counselling or other therapeutic input in relation to psychological or emotional illnesses or conditions including vulnerable persons who are resident in woman?s refuges, prisoners, offenders on licence or probation, or minors suffering from such conditions or who require mentoring, development, education or support services whilst engaged with the criminal justice system to enable them to lead purposeful, stable and crime free lives for the benefit of the public; and (d) To relieve the needs of homeless and vulnerable people in and around Essex by the provision of homeless prevention support services.
Grants received
46 grants · £1,649,928 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,260,199 (13 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £183,691 (26 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £94,700
- BBC Children in Need · £51,188
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £35,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Nicholas Kenneth Alston Chair since 2016
- Dr Caroline Dollery since 2020
- Dr Samantha Daliso Bhima since 2022
- Gillian Burns since 2026
- John Francis Aldridge since 2019
- Julia Christianne Lawson since 2022
- Lt Col Edward Rankin since 2026
- Martin Mears since 1996
- Michael Zohouri since 2026
- Nigel South since 2016
- Timothy Field since 2018
- Victoria Soormally since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicholas Kenneth Alston Chair since 2016
- Dr Caroline Dollery since 2020
- John Francis Aldridge since 2019
- Martin Mears since 1996
- Nigel South since 2016
- Timothy Field since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Samantha Daliso Bhima since 2022
- Gillian Burns since 2026
- Julia Christianne Lawson since 2022
- Lt Col Edward Rankin since 2026
- Martin Mears since 1996
- Michael Zohouri since 2026
- Nigel South since 2016
- Victoria Soormally since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Nicholas Kenneth Alston Chair since 2016
- Dr Caroline Dollery since 2020
- John Francis Aldridge since 2019
- Timothy Field since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1019915
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- INCORPORATED 01/04/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/08/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/03/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/09/2010AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/10/2010 as amended on 22 Mar 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 02806113 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01206 369782 · info@openroad.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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