The Orrell Trust

Analysis

The Orrell Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bootle. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04425137). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Orrell Trust reported income of £115k and spending of £124k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £113k to £115k (+1.8%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Orrell Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Nicholas' Educational Trust (£115k), Power of Zero (£115k) and Cylch Meithrin Deiniolen (£114k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.