OpenCharities

Open College Network London Region

London Open College Federation, London Open College Network, Open College Network London Region, Ocnlr

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1034750
Status
Registered
Registered
March 10, 1994
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined, But In Practice, London

Address

Address
Open College Network London Region
70 Gracechurch Street
LONDON
EC3V 0HR

Activities

Supports learning and widening participation through offering qualifications and accreditation for courses for adults and young people.

Objects: The Objects of the Charity are the advancement of the education of the public in one or more of the following ways(a) by promoting lifelong learning, increasing social inclusion through educational advancement and widening participation in education and training, particularly by those persons who have previously been excluded from or had limited access to educational opportunities;(b) by improving the quality and flexibility of education provision for the public benefit;(c) by improving access to learning opportunities and facilitating progression to further learning, employment and higher education particularly through the award of credits and credit-based qualifications;(d) by operating as an Access Validating Agency for the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education or the appropriate agency acting on behalf of the Department for Education or its successor;(e) by operating as an Ofqual-approved awarding organisation and complying with the regulatory requirements for the development, delivery and assessment of national qualifications;(f) by operating with full commitment to the distinctive mission of Access to Higher Education by widening participation and recognising the achievements of young people and adults through high quality, responsive and flexible accreditation;(g) by approving Access to Higher Education courses and awarding Quality Assurance Agency-recognised Access to Higher Education certificates to students;(h) by encouraging and assisting organisations to provide a wider range of accredited and quality assured learning opportunities;(i) by operating as a proactive, innovative and responsive organisation with respect to curriculum development;(j) by supporting public policy agendas for raising educational standards, improving levels of achievement, widening participation and promoting new opportunities for community involvement;(k) by providing a personalised quality assured service to users that is cost efficient and takes account of competition from other awarding organisations;(l) by providing a network with expertise and intelligence of the external environment within which the Charity operates in order to provide staff development, information, guidance and networking to stakeholder organisations in all sectors; and(m) by operating a high quality, efficient organisation with a commitment to continuous improvement offering all aspects of the service within a quality assured and transparent framework.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
Education/training
Who
Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Country
Greece, Kosovo
Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees Accounts
July 31, 2025 £2,106,401 £1,903,055 £1,113,685 21 PDF MD
July 31, 2024 £1,940,291 £1,938,255 £910,339 25 PDF
July 31, 2023 £1,747,746 £1,682,700 £908,297 25 PDF
Sept. 30, 2022 £1,848,309 £1,700,730 £843,251 24 PDF
Sept. 30, 2021 £1,657,577 £1,469,435 £695,677 21 PDF

Trustees

Name Appointed
James Jonathan Stockdale (Chair) Sept. 25, 2025
Alison May Feb. 13, 2024
Ann-Marie Soyinka Feb. 13, 2024
Charles Louis Tennant Feb. 13, 2024
Christopher Rossiter April 23, 2026
David Neil Crapnell April 23, 2026
Gianina Harvey-Brewin April 23, 2026
Kate Elizabeth Holt Dec. 8, 2022
Natalie Mai Garner Dec. 8, 2022
Natasha Vanessa Johnson April 23, 2026
Varinder Paul Singh Ghuman Dec. 8, 2022