Open Door Community Action Trust

Analysis

Open Door Community Action Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Open Door Community Action Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £9,714, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £41k to £13k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Open Door Community Action Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hornsea Pentecostal Church (£13k), Lighthouse to the Nations (£14k) and The Rainbow Legacy CIO (£13k).