Cheltenham Open Door

Analysis

Cheltenham Open Door is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03379241). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Cheltenham Open Door reported income of £238k and spending of £340k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £397k to £238k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cheltenham Open Door sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The French Protestant Church of London (£238k), Place of Victory (£239k) and Redditch Nightstop (£238k).