The Orienteering Foundation

Analysis

The Orienteering Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Matlock. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Orienteering Foundation reported income of £16k and spending of £30k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £31k to £16k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Orienteering Foundation sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% 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 1st Tarvin Scout Group (£16k), Down Hatherley Village Hall (£16k) and Ranby Village Hall (£16k).