Thurrock Open Door

Analysis

Thurrock Open Door is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grays. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05670567). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thurrock Open Door reported income of £442k and spending of £589k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £699k to £442k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Thurrock Open Door sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chapman Charitable Trust (£442k), Netherton Feelgood Factory (£442k) and Glenmate Limited (£442k).

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.