The Old Orchard Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Old Orchard Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Old Orchard Charitable Trust reported income of £42k and spending of £11k, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £67k to £42k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 274%. Over the whole period it spent 21% 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 Old Orchard Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Israel Norman Smith Charitable Trust (£42k), The Horn of Africa Street Children Limited (£42k) and The Arthur Crick Trust (£42k).