Open Doors Training and Development Trust
Analysis
Open Doors Training and Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dunstable. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending October 2025, Open Doors Training and Development Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £30k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £30k to £37k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Open Doors Training and Development Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Joshua Hayday Helping Hand Trust (£37k), Nottingham Diocesan Sick and Retired Priests Fund (£37k) and Walezi-Caregivers Kenya (£37k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
the prevention or relief of poverty (or financial hardship) within the UK and in Africa the relief of unemployment for the public benefit in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment within the UK and in Africa and the establishment of social enterprises the advancement of education in the UK or Africa in such ways as the charity trustees think fit,
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Joshua Hayday Helping Hand Trust | Haywards Heath | £37k |
| Nottingham Diocesan Sick and Retired Priests Fund | Nottingham | £37k |
| Walezi-Caregivers Kenya | Norwich | £37k |
| Samaritans of Wigan | Wigan | £37k |