Save an Orphan Global Trust

Analysis

Save an Orphan Global Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough, Berkshire. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Save an Orphan Global Trust reported income of £296k and spending of £289k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £234k to £296k (+27%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Save an Orphan Global 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 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sir Edward Lewis Foundation (£296k), The Anthony Seddon Fund (£296k) and Talk to SARA Ltd (£296k).