Good Samaritan Orphanage India and MFRP (Mission for the Rural People)

Analysis

Good Samaritan Orphanage India and MFRP (Mission for the Rural People) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carnforth. It was registered in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Good Samaritan Orphanage India and MFRP (Mission for the Rural People) reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £9,268 to £16k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 32%. 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, Good Samaritan Orphanage India and MFRP (Mission for the Rural People) sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forever Eight (£16k), Henry Smith Fund - Shere (£16k) and Yorkshire Band of Hope Union (£16k).