Open Door Youth Counselling Ltd

Analysis

Open Door Youth Counselling Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05476485). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Open Door Youth Counselling Ltd reported income of £144k and spending of £162k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £306k to £144k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Open Door Youth Counselling Ltd sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid Cornwall District Scouts (£143k), CLWB Ffrindie Bach (£144k) and Greenacres Community Association (£143k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.