Overall GiG Score: 1 ?
Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified

ORBIS CHARITABLE TRUST 

Orbis Charitable Trust, known as Orbis UK is based in the UK and is an affiliate of Orbis International. Orbis International is a nonprofit global development organisation dedicated to saving sight and transforming lives. Our mission is to preserve and restore sight by strengthening the capacity of local institutions in their efforts to prevent and treat blindness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 27 years

www.orbis.org.uk

info@orbis.org.uk

020 7608 7260

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£6,187£6,014£173£1,782£2,755£2,2114.43018
31/12/21£5,954£6,587£-633£1,736£2,582£2,1383.9351
31/12/20£6,413£5,665£748£1,321£3,215£3,0566.5351
31/12/19£8,422£8,897£-474£1,455£2,466£1,7032.3311
31/12/18£7,478£8,275£-797£1,187£2,941£1,7052.53230
31/12/17£8,103£7,538£565£1,312£3,740£2,0793.3330
31/12/16£7,598£7,497£101£1,045£3,175£1,6022.6290
31/12/15£4,759£5,749£-990£1,190£3,072£1,5943.3280
31/12/14£5,742£5,579£162£1,129£4,062£2,9226.3260
31/12/13£4,714£4,132£582£847£3,900£2,9598.6230
31/12/12£4,947£3,874£1,073£998£3,318£2,9409.1210
31/12/11£3,715£3,624£91£996£2,245£1,6505.5190
31/12/10£3,089£2,931£158£866£2,154£1,6916.9170
31/12/09£3,467£2,904£563£896£1,996£1,4516150
31/12/08£3,621£4,191£-571£867£1,433£8292.4120
31/12/07?£3,645£2,763£882£1,105£2,004£1,5836.9150
28/02/06£3,036£3,311£-275£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/05£2,898£2,948£-50£0£0£0n/a00
29/02/04£3,009£2,408£601£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 28.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 42%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 4.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 30 employees
  • 18 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Orbis
£25 21/01/2021
Donation from A C Storrar

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-79
  • NICK FOX (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Communications/Media
  • YVETTE DUNNE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/03/1997, number: 1061352
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/01/1997, number: 03303689
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE GUTHRIE ESSAME CHARITABLE TRUST on 14/05/2021
  • Asset transfer in from THE NUTMEG CHARITABLE TRUST on 09/06/2022
Main office

Orbis Charitable Trust
41-42 Craven Street
LONDON
WC2N 5NG

Objectives

2 The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:2.1 The relief of persons suffering from blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions and the prevention and cure of blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions by the provision of training, education and counselling;2.2 The relief of sickness of persons suffering from blindness, sight deficiencies or other medical conditions by, but not limited to, the provision of healthcare services and medical treatment;2.3 The conduct of research into the causes and cure of blindness, sight deficiencies and other medical conditions and the publication of the useful results of that research.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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