Orb Community Enterprise

Analysis

Orb Community Enterprise is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in December 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05297597). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Orb Community Enterprise reported income of £334k and spending of £384k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £344k to £334k (-2.9%), an average of -0.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Orb Community Enterprise sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National All Star Skills Academy (£334k), Redeemed Christian Church of God Fountain of Life Braintree Parish (£334k) and Institute of Medical Ethics (£334k).

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.