Orphans International

Analysis

Orphans International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in April 2012, 14 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 company (Companies House number 07997246). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Orphans International reported income of £23k and spending of £46k, spending 194% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £23k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 198%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Orphans International sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bait - Ul - Yatamaa (£23k), Pastures New Racehorse Rehabilitation (£23k) and Kujali (£23k).