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Orbis Charitable Trust

2 The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:2.1 The relief of persons suffering from blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions and the prevention and cure of blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £5.1m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India and more
Website
www.orbis.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Orbis Charitable Trust
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£5.1m£5.6m
  • 2023£6.5m£6.1m
  • 2022£6.2m£6.0m
Earlier years
  • 2021£6.0m£6.6m
  • 2020£6.4m£5.7m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

2 The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:2.1 The relief of persons suffering from blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions and the prevention and cure of blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions by the provision of training, education and counselling;2.2 The relief of sickness of persons suffering from blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions by, but not limited to, the provision of healthcare services and medical treatment;2.3 The conduct of research into the causes and cure of blindness, sight deficiencies and other medical conditions and the publication of the useful results of that research.

Grants received

4 grants · £9,500 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 12Education/training 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 14Professional services 3Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.3 in 2020

31 from 35 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1061352
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 17 JANUARY 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION IN 29 SEPTEMBER 1997, 12 JUNE 2002 AND 22 DECEMBER 2005 as amended on 17 Apr 2020
Companies House
Company number 03303689 · Active
Contact on the register
020 7608 7260 · info@orbis.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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