OpenCharities

The Open University

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC038302
Status
Active
Registered
June 1, 2007
Legal form
Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

Address

Address
The Vice-Chancellors Office
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Contact

Website
open.ac.uk
Screenshot of the The Open University website

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education'

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The objects of the University shall be the advancement and dissemination of learning and knowledge by teaching and research by a diversity of means such as broadcasting and technological devices appropriate to higher education, by correspondence tuition, residential courses and seminars and in other relevant ways, and shall be to provide education of University and professional standards for its students and to promote the educational well-being of the community generally.

Geography

Main operating location
Outwith Scotland
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
July 31, 2025 £578,500,000 £605,500,000 9,123
July 31, 2024 £582,300,000 £440,200,000 10,060
July 31, 2023 £561,900,000 £535,100,000 10,526
July 31, 2022 £554,000,000 £777,500,000 10,597
July 31, 2021 £561,500,000 £519,800,000 9,602