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Registered charity · London

Project Orchid Limited

Project Orchid Limited is a registered charity (number 1141057) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Joseph Ssali Ssentongo since 2020. Latest income £958k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Orchid Project (Charity Commission)

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £958k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment and 2 more
Where
Throughout London, Denmark, India, Kenya and more
Website
www.orchidproject.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Project Orchid Limited
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£958k£1.1m
  • 2024£853k£1.2m
  • 2023£1.6m£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.4m£1.2m
  • 2021£822k£908k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS IN PARTICULAR FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING ("FGC") AS AN INFRINGEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(B) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;(C) RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;(D) RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;(E) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;(F) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;(G) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;(H) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;(I) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;(J) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;(K) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; AND(L) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC RELATING TO FGC.(3) TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF FGC.

Grants received

2 grants · £25,000 total

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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.

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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

Education 5Professional services 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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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£958k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.1 in 2021

6 from 10 in 2021
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
1141057
Status
Registered
Governing document
INCORPORATED 13/12/2010
Companies House
Company number 07467568 · Active
Contact on the register
020 3752 5503 · info@orchidproject.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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