OPEN DOOR (OXFORD)

Charity number: 1150626
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Open Door is a weekly drop-in for refugees and asylum seekers in East Oxford. Around a hundred people use our service, with a weekly attendance of between 35-45. We provide a friendly, informal setting for people to meet, relax and have hot meal. We help with basic advice and signposting and enable our users to meet workers from other agencies. We work with the other local refugee groups.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2025

Total income: £7,084
Total expenditure: £8,288

People

7 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Oxfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 30 January 2013: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Margaret Paula Guy Chair 30 January 2024
None on record
David Bryan Nicholls Trustee 01 May 2026
None on record
Jo Barber Trustee 14 March 2024
None on record
Shahin Shaghaghi Trustee 24 May 2023
None on record
Niran Altahhan Trustee 27 April 2023
None on record
Dr Melanie Griffiths Trustee 29 January 2013
RIGHT TO REMAIN LTD
Received: On time
JO MOFFETT-LEVY Trustee 29 January 2013
ST CLEMENT'S COMMUNITY PROPERTY TRUST
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023 30/09/2024 30/09/2025
Total gross income £3.82k £8.11k £9.32k £8.07k £7.08k
Total expenditure £5.81k £11.61k £6.40k £8.16k £8.29k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 September 2025 04 May 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2025 Not required
Annual return 30 September 2024 07 July 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2024 Not required
Annual return 30 September 2023 26 June 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 Not required
Annual return 30 September 2022 05 June 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 Not required
Annual return 30 September 2021 19 June 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2021 Not required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 17 JAN 2013

Charitable objects

1) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE REFUGEES AND PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE OXFORD AREA WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES 2) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE OXFORD AREA 3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS IN THE OXFORD AREA PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE ABOUT ORGANISATIONS THAT PROVIDE RELEVANT SERVICES 4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE INTEGRATION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Contact information

Address:
15 THIRD ACRE RISE
OXFORD
OX2 9DA
Phone:
01865862715
Email:
jo.moffett-levy@virginmedia.com
Website:

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