Registered charity (CIO) · Birkenhead
Open Door Charity
- 6 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Liverpool City, Wirral
- Website
- www.opendoorcharity.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£1.1m
- 2024£1.4m£1.0m
- 2023£798k£881k
Earlier years
- 2022£899k£829k
- 2021£702k£695k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 15% · Government grants 55%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE ON WIRRAL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY INCLUDING BY:(I) SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE STIGMA WHICH PERPETUATES MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS(II) IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICE IN TACKLING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUPPORTING USERS AND IDENTIFYING LOCAL AND NATIONAL SERVICES AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION(III) PROVIDING SERVICE USERS WITH THE CAPACITY TO BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH DEPRESSION, AND (IV) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERERS(V) PROVIDING SOCIAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
Grants received
22 grants · £1,840,171 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 · £989,391 (4 grants)
- Steve Morgan Foundation · £292,685 (6 grants)
- The Segelman Trust · £210,000 (2 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £90,000
- Innox Foundation · £85,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Aaron Devitt Chair since 2021
- David Hopkin since 2021
- Joanne Dobbie since 2023
- John Samuel Latham since 2023
- Michael Cavanagh since 2024
- Shelly Shanbrook since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Aaron Devitt Chair since 2021
- David Hopkin since 2021
- Joanne Dobbie since 2023
- John Samuel Latham since 2023
- Shelly Shanbrook since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Michael Cavanagh since 2024
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.
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
2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189664
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 27 May 2020 as amended on 04 Aug 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01516394545 · info@opendoorcharity.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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