# OPEN HOUSE SHAFTESBURY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1184625
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 26, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1184625


## Contact

- **Address:** OPEN HOUSE, CHRISTYS LANE, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET
- **Postcode:** SP7 8PH
- **Phone:** 01747852994
- **Email:** info@openhouseshaftesbury.co.uk
- **Website:** www.openhouseshaftesbury.co.uk



## Activities

**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

**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.




## 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

- Dorset
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £42659 | £35554 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £19189 | £26554 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £34004 | £23530 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £20518 | £28682 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £42546 | £21590 | — | — |



## Trustees

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