Help Orphans

Analysis

Help Orphans is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Help Orphans reported income of £15k and spending of £19k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £68k to £15k (-77%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Help Orphans sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Stourbridge Charitable Trust (£15k), Rotary Club of Sittingbourne Invicta Trust Fund (£15k) and Romilly Forshall Foundation (£15k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.