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The Orchid Children's Trust

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £2k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
Where
Sri Lanka, Rwanda
Linked company
The Orchid Children's Trust
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2k£34
  • 2024£764£0
  • 2023£274£134
Earlier years
  • 2022£466£25k
  • 2021£1k£25k
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS FORMED SHALL BE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG CHILDREN IN SRI LANKA, INDIA AND AFRICA WHO BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTH AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNAL FACILITIES AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

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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.

2 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 2Overseas Aid/famine Relief 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2

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 2

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  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1116161
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 JUNE 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 MAR 2018AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09 MAR 2018
Companies House
Company number 05834728 · Active
Contact on the register
02072240658
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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