The Orchard Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Orchard Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Orchard Family Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £24k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2,872 to £15k (+428%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 359%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Orchard Family Charitable Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% 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 The Erwood Market Hall (£15k), The Medburn Trust (£15k) and The Benno's Boobs Foundation (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.