Orchard

Analysis

Orchard is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Orchard reported income of £179k and spending of £158k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £161k to £179k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Orchard sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northamptonshire Titans Foundation (£179k), British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians (£180k) and Friends of K. J. P. School (£179k).