01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- New
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 19 August 2025
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- Not supplied – Not supplied
- Latest income
- Not supplied
- Latest expenditure
- Not supplied
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: OPENING DOORS, 38A BULL CLOSE, NORWICH, NR3 1SX
Website recorded by the regulator: www.openingdoors.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Opening Doors CIO is a user led self advocacy organisation run by and for adults with a learning disability. Our main aim is for adults with learning disabilities to be confident people, making their own decisions and controlling their own lives with support from people they can trust. We run self advocacy groups and provide training to people with, and without learning disabilities.
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Norfolk
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Suffolk
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- OPENING DOORS CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2026-08-21T00:00:00
- Reason
- Funds transferred (incor)
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 1060002
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1060002
- Assoc Charity Name
- OPENING DOORS
- Charity Name
- OPENING DOORS CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2025-08-19T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 19 Aug 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES SO THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY SKILLS, CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS; B) PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES ABOUT THE NEEDS, RIGHTS AND CHALLENGES OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling