Registered charity · Hampshire
Orangutan Appeal UK
- 3 trustees
- Income £913k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Hampshire, Indonesia, Malaysia
- Website
- www.orangutan-appeal.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Orangutan Appeal UK
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£913k£697k
- 2024£665k£353k
- 2023£307k£575k
Earlier years
- 2022£226k£217k
- 2021£285k£187k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF THE WILD ORANG-UTAN AND THE BORNEAN PYGMY ELEPHANT IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT, TO PROMOTE THEIR LONG TERM WELFARE AND TO PROTECT THEM FROM EXTINCTION WORLDWIDE.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY, PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE WILD ORANG-UTAN AND THE BORNEAN PYGMY ELEPHANT.
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Jacha Potgieter Chair since 2020
- Hugh Edward Holman since 2020
- Saph Frances Gordon since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Jacha Potgieter Chair since 2020
- Hugh Edward Holman since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Jacha Potgieter Chair since 2020
- Hugh Edward Holman since 2020
- Saph Frances Gordon since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
25.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1138538
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 06 AUGUST 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 APR 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 07338954 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01590623443 · info@orangutan-appeal.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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