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Open Door Church (St. Neots)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1168288CambridgeshirePoverty relief
Income£522k2025-03-31
Spending£314ksame year
Spent / received83%5-year average
Size in its cause88th pctPoverty relief
Registered2016Charitable company
Employees3latest return

Analysis

Open Door Church (St. Neots) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10226872). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Open Door Church (St. Neots) reported income of £522k and spending of £314k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £257k to £522k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Open Door Church (St. Neots) sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jubilee Church Hull (£521k), Victory Gospel Church (£522k) and Plymouth Methodist Mission Circuit (£521k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94%, trading 5.0% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £45k. Reserves of £80k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

Income and spending

£0£130k£261k£391k£522k2021 Income: £256,9772021 Spending: £231,52020212022 Income: £233,4462022 Spending: £232,21020222023 Income: £261,6452023 Spending: £240,05920232024 Income: £289,4152024 Spending: £273,00420242025 Income: £521,6222025 Spending: £314,4612025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 94%
  • Charitable activities 0.1%
  • Trading 5.0%
  • Investments 1.2%

In the charity's own words

The Open Door Church St Neots is a Christian church which operates in and around the area of St Neots in Cambridgeshire.As part of our work we run youth and childrens clubs, marriage and parenting courses in addition to a number of other groups allowing people to meet and share time together. We are part of the St Neots Foodbank and run a TLG centre working in several schools.

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