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Lonely Orphans

Lonely Orphans is a registered charity (number 1171230) based in London, governed by 3 trustees. Latest income £980k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £980k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 7 more
Where
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand, Turkey and more
Website
www.lonelyorphans.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Lonely Orphans
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£980k£1.0m
  • 2023£980k£1.1m
  • 2022£940k£1.0m
Earlier years
  • 2021£891k£877k
  • 2020£804k£626k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ORPHANS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION, ACCOMODATION, FOOD AND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

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 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

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 3Education 1Manufacturing 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£980k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.9 in 2020

11 from 10 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
1171230
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 MAY 2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 JUN 2013
Companies House
Company number 08528320 · Active
Contact on the register
0203 289 9289 · supportercare@lonelyorphans.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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