The Open Centre

Analysis

The Open Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in July 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Open Centre reported income of £102k and spending of £103k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,957 to £102k (+1611%), an average of +103% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 491%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Open Centre sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pathfinder Fellowship (£102k), Quiet Waters Christian Retreat House (£102k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Shamley Green (£102k).