Orangutan Foundation

Analysis

Orangutan Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04624177). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Orangutan Foundation reported income of £923k and spending of £646k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £679k to £923k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Orangutan Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include White Horse Stables-Horse Rescue (£920k), Cruelty Free International Trust (£928k) and The British Deer Society (£914k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87%, investments 7.8% and charitable activities 5.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £469k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 5.8%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 26 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.