Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3

OPERATION ORPHAN 

Operation Orphan is a charity designed to create brighter futures for orphans and vulnerable children in our world.Our work is carried out under five strands; education, health, sustainable development, poverty relief and spiritual and psychosocial care.We strengthen the care structure of the children by operating in the context of the culture and employing a holistic approach to each project.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 14 years

www.operation-orphan.org

info@operation-orphan.org

01158969942

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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
28/02/23£579£411£168£0£226£882.65134
28/02/22£321£311£10n/an/an/an/an/a29
28/02/21£242£246£-4n/an/an/an/an/a230
29/02/20£328£359£-31n/an/an/an/an/a450
28/02/19£301£281£20n/an/an/an/an/a517
28/02/18£286£270£16£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/17£260£243£16£0£0£0n/a00
29/02/16£257£274£-17£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/15£302£290£12£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/14£245£234£11£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/13£125£92£32£0£0£0n/a00
29/02/12£69£54£15£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/11£25£19£6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 25.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 5 employees
  • 134 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Congo (Democratic Republic), Derbyshire, Ghana, Hungary, Jamaica, Kenya, Lancashire, Moldova, Nepal, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-62
  • BRAD MOORE Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Managing Director Of Operation Orphan
  • HOPE PLUMB Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/06/2010, number: 1136170
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/02/2010, number: 07148510
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

143 Attenborough Lane
Attenborough
Beeston
NOTTINGHAM
NG9 6AA

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE RESTRICTEDTO THE FOLLOWING:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HARDSHIP AMONG ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDRENIN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SHELTER, FOOD, HEALTH,EDUCATION AND OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROMTIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(B) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFEIN SOCIALLY AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(II) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTHAND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THEPRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWNNEEDS.THE ABOVE OBJECTS ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITHOUTDISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION AS THE TRUSTEES MAYFROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

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