Malawi Orphan Fund

Analysis

Malawi Orphan Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in July 2005, 21 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.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Malawi Orphan Fund reported income of £87k and spending of £91k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £81k to £87k (+7.6%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Malawi Orphan Fund sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Mary's Waqf (£87k), Melin Community Trust (£87k) and Dorridge Village Hall Association (£87k).