The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Open Awards

Registered charity 1113612 Registered since 2006

Operates: Throughout England, Northern Ireland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

1.7y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11Amateur Sport 1Economic/community Development/employment 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 15Professional services 3Business services 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

12.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 17.7 in 2021

45 from 41 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.openawards.org.uk
Emailenquiries@openawards.org.uk
Phone01514942072
AddressOpen Awards, 17 De Havilland Drive, Speke, LIVERPOOL, L24 8RN

Finances

£2,698,569 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,853,209£1,806,239
2022£3,127,892£2,425,691
2023£2,443,042£2,627,248
2024£3,100,787£3,189,728
2025£2,698,569£2,653,514

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR BY:- A) PROMOTING AND WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION, LEARNING AND TRAINING PARTICULARLY BY THOSE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BENEFITED LEAST FROM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES; B) IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND FLEXIBILITY OF EDUCATION, LEARNING AND TRAINING PROVISION PRIMARILY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BENEFITED LEAST FROM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES; C) IMPROVING ACCESS TO LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITATING PROGRESSION TO FURTHER LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE AWARD OF CREDIT AND CREDIT BASED QUALIFICATIONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 MAY 2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 MAR 2014NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 MAY 2014 as amended on 08 Jul 2022 as amended on 23 Jun 2022 as amended on 18 Jun 2026

Trustees (11)

11trustees
54median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Open Awards · 05462874 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/05/2005

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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