The Orchard Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Orchard Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 2016, 10 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The Orchard Charitable Foundation reported income of £36k and spending of £37k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £13k to £36k (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 158% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Orchard Charitable Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samburu Trust UK (£36k), Prospect Benevolent Fund (£36k) and The William Arthur Weddell Trust (£36k).

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.