The Orwell Park School Foundation

Analysis

The Orwell Park School Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Orwell Park School Foundation reported income of £27k and spending of £12k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £93k to £27k (-71%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Orwell Park School Foundation sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rhondda Tunnel Society (£27k), Creating Natures Corridors (£27k) and The Pembridge Amenity Trust (£27k).