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Oru Paanai

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1136376StourbridgeHealth and saving lives
Income£225k2025-12-31
Spending£214ksame year
Spent / received100%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2010Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Oru Paanai is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stourbridge. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oru Paanai reported income of £225k and spending of £214k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £112k to £225k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 56%. 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, Oru Paanai sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Headway Central Lancashire (£225k), Kulan Somali Organisation (£225k) and Walsingham College (Yorkshire Properties) Ltd (£225k).

Income and spending

£0£56k£112k£169k£225k2021 Income: £111,9222021 Spending: £77,96720212022 Income: £174,5462022 Spending: £210,36720222023 Income: £184,3262023 Spending: £190,94420232024 Income: £183,5232024 Spending: £183,15620242025 Income: £224,9782025 Spending: £214,4642025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

ORU PAANAI FUNDS 391 SCHOOLS IN NORTH SRI LANKA TO PROVIDE A MID DAY MEAL FOR OVER 43,000 CHILDREN. THE SCHOOL PREPARES A MEAL OF RICE AND VEGETABLES FOR ITS STUDENTS. THE RICE AND LENTILS ARE PROVIDED BY THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME. THE HELP WE GIVE ENABLES THE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE A WHOLESOME AND PALATABLE RICE MEAL TO THE CHILDREN WHO LARGELY COME FROM HOMES LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.

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CharityLocationIncome
Headway Central LancashirePreston£225k
Kulan Somali OrganisationLondon£225k
Walsingham College (Yorkshire Properties) LtdNorth Yorkshire£225k
The John Hartson FoundationSwansea£225k