OpenCharities

Open House Shaftesbury

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1184625
Status
Registered
Registered
July 26, 2019
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
OPEN HOUSE
CHRISTYS LANE
SHAFTESBURY
DORSET
SP7 8PH

Activities

Distribution of emergency aid, including food parcels.Provide advice and assistance with completing benefit & housing claims, personal budgeting & letters to utilities & other creditors.Allocation & delivery of donated furniture & white goods etc. to qualifying clients.

Objects: The CIO Is Established For The Following Purposes For The Public Benefit In Shaftesbury, Gillingham And The Surrounding Villages, To Be Defined As The Area Covered By The Ecclesiastical Parishes Within The Shaftesbury Team Ministry, The Benefice Of Gillingham And Milton On Stour, The St Bartholomew Benefice And The Parish Of Fontmell Magna ("The Specified Area"). Such Activities To Be Carried Out Within A Christian Ethos:(1) To Relieve Persons Who Are In Conditions Of Need, By Reason Of Their Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship Or Other Disadvantage And In Particular But Not Exclusively By The Provision Of Advice, Support And Information. (2) To Promote Social Inclusion For The Public Benefit By Preventing People From Becoming Socially Excluded, Relieving The Needs Of Those People Who Are Socially Excluded And Assisting Them To Integrate Into Society.for The Purpose Of This Clause ‘Socially Excluded’ Means Being Excluded From Society, Or Part Of Society, As A Result Of Being A Member Of A Socially And Economically Deprived Community

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Dorset, Wiltshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £42,659 £35,554
March 31, 2024 £19,189 £26,554
March 31, 2023 £34,004 £23,530
March 31, 2022 £20,518 £28,682
March 31, 2021 £42,546 £21,590

Trustees

Name Appointed
Andrew Stewart Baddeley (Chair) July 29, 2019
Alan Thomas Kirkham July 29, 2019
Helen Jupp May 1, 2021
Sheela Vishnu Upton Feb. 8, 2021
gordon clowrey July 1, 2022