Open Door Stoke on Trent

Analysis

Open Door Stoke on Trent is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke on Trent. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Open Door Stoke on Trent reported income of £587k and spending of £603k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £423k to £587k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Door Stoke on Trent sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation (£587k), Reachacross (UK) (£588k) and Bringing Unity Back Into the Community (£587k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, trading 3.7% and donations and legacies 1.7%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £116k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.