Registered charity (CIO) · London
Open Door People
- 9 trustees
- Income £167k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alexander Geoffrey FerrisChair · since 2016
- AMY Elizabeth ChambersTrustee · since 2016
- Andrew Neil CornforthTrustee · since 2020
- Dylan MalynTrustee · since 2022
- Joanna Marie MasonTrustee · since 2022
- Kris MilovsorovTrustee · since 2020
- Lindsay Michelle TaggartTrustee · since 2020
- Shaheen BaigTrustee · since 2016
- William James WoodTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.opendoor.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£167k£131k
- 2024£97k£188k
- 2023£265k£167k
Earlier years
- 2022£144k£165k
- 2021£121k£91k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 25 FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS IN THE THEATRICAL ARTS BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND PREPARATION TO GAIN A PLACE AT THE UK'S LEADING DRAMA SCHOOLS.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alexander Geoffrey Ferris Chair since 2016
- AMY Elizabeth Chambers since 2016
- Andrew Neil Cornforth since 2020
- Dylan Malyn since 2022
- Joanna Marie Mason since 2022
- Kris Milovsorov since 2020
- Lindsay Michelle Taggart since 2020
- Shaheen Baig since 2016
- William James Wood since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Alexander Geoffrey Ferris Chair since 2016
- AMY Elizabeth Chambers since 2016
- Andrew Neil Cornforth since 2020
- Kris Milovsorov since 2020
- Lindsay Michelle Taggart since 2020
- Shaheen Baig since 2016
- William James Wood since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alexander Geoffrey Ferris Chair since 2016
- AMY Elizabeth Chambers since 2016
- Andrew Neil Cornforth since 2020
- Dylan Malyn since 2022
- Joanna Marie Mason since 2022
- Lindsay Michelle Taggart since 2020
- Shaheen Baig since 2016
- William James Wood since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Kris Milovsorov since 2020
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1182458
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Mar 2019
- Contact on the register
- 07491922622 · info@opendoor.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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