The Greenland School and Orphanage Appeal, Uganda

Analysis

The Greenland School and Orphanage Appeal, Uganda is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Greenland School and Orphanage Appeal, Uganda reported income of £136k and spending of £87k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £136k (+356%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Greenland School and Orphanage Appeal, Uganda sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritans of Liverpool and Merseyside (£136k), University of the Third Age Farnborough and District (£136k) and The Rotary Club of Bath Trust Fund (£135k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.