The Orwell Foundation

Analysis

The Orwell Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Orwell Foundation reported income of £194k and spending of £268k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £191k to £194k (+1.1%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Orwell Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beeches Pre-School (£194k), Relationship and Family Therapy (RAFT) Ltd (£194k) and The Society for Educational Studies (£193k).

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.