Olive Ridley Project

Analysis

Olive Ridley Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Olive Ridley Project reported income of £607k and spending of £706k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £366k to £607k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Olive Ridley Project sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The World Parrot Trust (£601k), The Northern Counties Horses and Smaller Animals Protection Society (£620k) and The Shire Horse Society (£595k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 65%, charitable activities 33% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £83k. Reserves of £100k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.