The Orchid Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Orchid Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Orchid Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £18k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £37k to £22k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Orchid Charitable Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include (A) Opta - (Asian) Organisation for the Prevention and Treatment of Addiction (£22k), International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (Issdp) (£22k) and Taunton Hospital Radio (£22k).