Registered charity (CIO) · Leicester
Open Ears
Open Ears is a registered charity (number 1181896) based in Leicester, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Anthea Owen since 2019. Latest income £8k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Hard of Hearing Christian Fellowship (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £8k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.openears.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£8k£22k
- 2023£9k£19k
- 2022£6k£9k
Earlier years
- 2021£5k£8k
- 2020£3k£12k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AMONG THE HEARING IMPAIRED; AND(B) THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR SICKNESS, IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF THOSE WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Anthea Owen Chair since 2019
- Emily Louise Owen since 2025
- Mary Bucknall since 2018
- Marylin Kilsby since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthea Owen Chair since 2019
- Mary Bucknall since 2018
- Marylin Kilsby since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Anthea Owen Chair since 2019
- Emily Louise Owen since 2025
- Mary Bucknall since 2018
- Marylin Kilsby since 2019
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1181896
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Feb 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07396 236214 · Info@openears.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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