The Little Orchard Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Little Orchard Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thatcham. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Little Orchard Charitable Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £58k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £925k to £1.2m (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 2274%. Over the whole period it spent 8.4% 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 Little Orchard Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Olympic Foundation (£1.2m), Society of Christ (Great Britain) (£1.2m) and The Balcombe Charitable Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 5.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.1m. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £40k. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 740 months of spending at that rate.