01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 8 July 2019
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 11717349
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £1,071,922
- Latest expenditure
- £1,251,068
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 16 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3ED
Website recorded by the regulator: www.open-for-business.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, the promotion of equality and diversity throughoutthe world by:- the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of gender or sexual orientation, especially withinbusiness and commerce;- advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity;- conducting or commissioning research on equality and diversity issues
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 September 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,071,922
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,251,068
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,664,015
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,838,893
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £894,370
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £865,020
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 7 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 7 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £621,729
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £561,492
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 August 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £522,207
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £330,288
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £1,071,922
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,251,068
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £329,428
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- Yes
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 15 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,664,015
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,838,893
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £296,498
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £894,370
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £865,020
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 100001 110000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 110001 120000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 130001 140000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 140001 150000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 150001 200000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 200001 250000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 250001 300000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 300001 350000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 350001 400000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 400001 450000
- 0
- Count Salary Band 450001 500000
- 0
- Count Salary Band Over 500000
- 0
- Count Volunteers
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £621,729
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £561,492
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- Yes
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 3
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 9 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £522,207
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £330,288
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 5
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 September 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 767743
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 304179
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1071922
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,251,068
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1251068
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 34140
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 283845
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £228,135
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £374,444
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £146,309
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £228,135
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 146309
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £186,905
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 228135
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 228135
- Count Employees
- 8
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 15 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1288776
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 375239
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1664015
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,838,893
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1838893
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 29140
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 231490
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £286,726
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £724,862
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £317,581
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £407,281
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 317581
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £441,371
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 286726
- Funds Restricted
- 120555
- Funds Total
- 407281
- Count Employees
- 6
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 339081
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 90469
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 365820
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 795370
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 339081
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £865,020
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 865020
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 246399
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £145,000
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £465,724
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £0
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £465,724
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 0
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £465,724
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 85102
- Funds Restricted
- 380622
- Funds Total
- 465724
- Count Employees
- 3
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 7 July 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 618396
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 3333
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 621729
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £561,492
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 561492
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 15752
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 290758
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £402,628
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £553,361
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £27,400
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £525,961
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 27400
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £550,347
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 402628
- Funds Restricted
- 123333
- Funds Total
- 525961
- Count Employees
- 2
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 9 August 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 507222
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 14985
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 522207
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £330,288
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 330288
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 15485
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 197574
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £380,622
- Assets Total Fixed
- 0
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £508,653
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £42,929
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £465,724
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 42929
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £479,724
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 380622
- Funds Restricted
- 85102
- Funds Total
- 465724
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Hungary
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Kenya
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Africa
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Barbados
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- North America
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- United States
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- North America
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- OPEN FOR BUSINESS LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2019-07-08T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 DEC 2018 as amended on 16 Mar 2023
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY:(A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ESPECIALLY WITHIN BUSINESS AND COMMERCE;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(C) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES RELATING TO LGBT PEOPLE AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures