Open Doors UK & Ireland

Registered charity 1125684 · since 2008opendoorsuk.org·International·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£11.2M

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Open Doors UK & Ireland's work fits best with Christians living under restriction or facing persecution for their faith, and with churches that want to pray, give and speak out for them.
Neither its annual report nor its register entry publishes an application process, and no grant range is stated, so a realistic request size cannot be read from them.
The charity says the local church determines the need and that it works with that church to find answers, so a request framed around a need identified by a local church, made through the contact shown, is the most sensible route.
The process appears relationship-led, as nothing published describes how applications are assessed or when they are considered.

Overview

Open Doors UK & Ireland is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1125684).

Open Doors UK & Ireland exists to strengthen and equip Christians living under restriction or facing persecution because of their faith in Jesus Christ, and to encourage their involvement in world evangelism. Across more than 70 countries, it supplies Bibles and Christian resources, provides emergency relief and trains Christians and church leaders, working through local churches and church partners. Its annual giving is £11,200,622, and one of its programmes is making grants to its worldwide ministry for allocation to projects that meet the charity's objectives. No split of that giving between programmes is given.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Open Doors UK & Ireland strengthens and equips Christians living under restriction or facing persecution because of their faith in Jesus Christ. Across more than 70 countries, it supports persecuted believers by supplying Bibles and Christian resources, providing emergency relief, and helping them stand strong over the long term. Its work also includes training Christians and church leaders. The ministry works through local churches and church partners, responding to requests from the local church and equipping it to serve its community. In the UK and Ireland, it helps churches pray, give and speak out for persecuted Christians. Its approach is to respond to local needs and provide practical support.

Themes

Christian resources
Emergency relief
Christian training

Geographic Focus

Throughout the world.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The local church determines the need, and Open Doors works with it to find answers to those needs.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Open Doors UK & Ireland.

Voice of Persecuted ChristiansNo public processGave £1.3M St Giles NorthamptonNo public process Mothers’ UnionNo public processGave £291k ICC MissionsNo public processGave £68,165 Intercontinental Church SocietyNo public processGave £32,847 Rccg the SanctuaryNo public process The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Giles', Normanton by Derby Carlton Pentecostal ChurchRollingGave £10,501 Hockliffe Street Baptist Church, Leighton BuzzardNo public processGave £23,875 Christ Church BedfordNo public processGave £26,946

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£16,527,707	£16,622,528	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£15,876,568	£15,353,567	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£17,042,457	£16,446,902	£9,747,670	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£17,093,596	£16,328,476	£9,039,131	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£18,027,017	£18,520,256	£11,200,622	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2023

£9.7M grants

YE 2024

£9M grants

YE 2025

£11.2M grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.