Open House Shaftesbury

Analysis

Open House Shaftesbury is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Open House Shaftesbury reported income of £43k and spending of £36k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £43k to £43k (+0.3%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Open House Shaftesbury sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fiveways School Trust (£43k), Hillingdon Narrowboats Association (£43k) and Neighbourcare New Milton (£43k).