Open Door, Young People's Consultation Service

Analysis

Open Door, Young People's Consultation Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02270443). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Open Door, Young People's Consultation Service reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.2m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £627k to £1.6m (+152%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Young People's Consultation Service sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Start in Salford (£1.6m), Brynawel House Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centre Ltd (£1.6m) and Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 26% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 6.1%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.