Orphaids UK

Analysis

Orphaids UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Etchingham. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Orphaids UK reported income of £43k and spending of £49k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £71k to £43k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Orphaids UK sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upper Beeding and Bramber Village Hall (£43k), Kingsbridge Youth For Christ (£43k) and Clee Fields Management Company Ltd (£43k).