The Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund

Analysis

The Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.2m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.4m (+1.6%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kef Kids (£1.4m), Autism Matters (£1.4m) and The Baked Bean Charity (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 59% and donations and legacies 41%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £108k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 8.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10k. Reserves of £31.2m would cover about 278 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.