The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Open Door (Taunton)

Registered charity 1122040 Registered since 2007

Operates: Somerset

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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.

4.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Health and social care 7Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

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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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£187k latest income

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailinfo-opendoor@lentells.co.uk
Phone01823286274
AddressLENTELLS, ASH HOUSE, COOK WAY, BINDON ROAD, TAUNTON, TA2 6BJ

Finances

£186,579 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£161,873£130,770
2022£165,035£127,739
2023£135,571£132,343
2024£161,645£162,558
2025£186,579£157,967

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 OCTOBER 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 APR 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Open Door (Taunton) · 06402176 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/10/2007

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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