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Registered charity (CIO) · London

The Orwell Foundation

The objects of the CIO are: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL EVENTS, DEBATES, ONLINE RESOURCES, AND ANNUAL PRIZES. 2. THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £194k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.orwellfoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£194k£268k
  • 2024£222k£267k
  • 2023£205k£236k
Earlier years
  • 2022£128k£175k
  • 2021£191k£127k
Charitable objects

The objects of the CIO are: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL EVENTS, DEBATES, ONLINE RESOURCES, AND ANNUAL PRIZES. 2. THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

11 trustees on the board

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

5
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 11

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

Arts and leisure 4Education 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£194k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
1161563
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 06 MAY 2015AMENDED ON 04 APR 2017AMENDED ON 15 FEB 2018 as amended on 13 May 2020 as amended on 13 May 2020 as amended on 13 May 2020 as amended on 15 May 2025
Contact on the register
02031081618 · jeremy.wikeley@orwellfoundation.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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