Overall GiG Score: 23 ?
Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 11
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

THE ORCHARD PROJECT (CAUSE) LTD 

The Orchard Project is dedicated to creating skilled communities to plant, care for and harvest fruit trees, connecting urban communities and increasing access to fruit. We work with people from all walks of life, with a specific focus on people living in poorer, inner city areas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 13 years

www.theorchardproject.org.uk

orchard@theorchardproject.org.uk

07977457395

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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
31/03/23£720£654£66£68£549£4778.71850
31/03/22£676£609£67£70£483£2985.918500
31/03/21£509£426£83£32£416£3118.8142,500
31/03/20£522£390£132£35£333£2226.8152,500
31/03/19£391£390£2n/an/an/an/an/a500
31/03/18£343£333£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£296£270£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£99£85£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£137£118£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£147£118£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£143£112£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£115£94£21£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 8.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 83.4
Asset Split ?
Comment: After a dip in funding due to a lack of consultancy work they provided in 2016 (offering support to other organisations who wish to develop or learn about community orchards), they secured major funding for 3 years from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Fundraising diversification is desirable as they have reliance on too few sources of income e.g. two major restricted sources of grant funding. This has been mitigated by new funding sources like individual giving donations, consultancy work and unrestricted revenue sources being investigated.

Source: Giving is Great

What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 18 employees
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£308,720
National Lottery Heritage Fund£93,800
John Ellerman Foundation£75,000
Greater London Authority£57,220
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Rank Foundation£38,000
Esmee Fairbairn£32,383
Dulverton Trust£32,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Orchard Project
£5,383 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Orchard Project
£281,900 12/12/2022
60
£281,900 over five years (£28,500; £55,800; £64,200; £60,800; £72,600) towards the cost to deliver urban community orchard planting and training activities in London. Funding does not cover ....more
Greater London Authority - Climate Resilient Schools
£17,120 02/12/2022
This project will plant two new orchards with rainwater harvesting and wildlife habitats for schoolchildren to connect with nature. The project will train 120 students and ten teachers to care for ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Core costs of creating and restoring urban community orchards, to conserve orchard habitat, enhance biodiversity, and connect people to nature
£75,000 28/07/2022
Core costs of creating and restoring urban community orchards, to conserve orchard habitat, enhance biodiversity, and connect people to nature
Wates Foundation - Core costs of creating and restoring urban community orchards ? to help conserve orchard habitat, enhance biodiversity, and connect people to nature for wellbeing - RWF May 2022
£7,000 19/05/2022
With this funding, we will engage beneficiaries, from urban deprived areas, in the following activities: - Conduct site assessments and surveys - Plant new fruit and nut trees including older and ....more
Rank Foundation - GOLDEN AWARDS THE ORCHARD PROJECT 2022
£20,000 23/03/2022
The Golden Award was given to The Orchard Project to use 'fruit trees' as a means of connecting people to growing, utilising green spaces across the UK, to 'grow' their network, as well as using ....more
Greater London Authority - Orchard Project
£20,000 11/12/2021
Forest Gardens of Columbia Estates
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Orchard Project (Cause) Ltd
£93,800 29/09/2021
Fruitful North Lanarkshire: Heritage Skills Training in Orchard Management
Stockport MBC - Grant to The Orchard Project
£10,000 01/02/2021
Development of Orchards and Training.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 27/11/2020
Urban community orchards to improve nature, wildlife and wellbeing
National Lottery Community Fund - Fruitful Penicuik
£5,000 12/10/2020
12
This project will create a community orchard consisting of 10 fruit trees with additional planting and features designed by the local community at the start of the project.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Orchard Project
£26,820 11/06/2020
£26,820.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Orchard Project
£27,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund The Orchard Project 2020
£18,000 24/04/2020
To support core costs
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£20,100 29/01/2020
Fruitful Feltham
Dulverton Trust - Orchards for Wildlife
£32,000 12/06/2019
Orchards for Wildlife
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 08/05/2019
Community Orchard City Hubs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Orchard Project
£215,827 12/02/2019
48
Towards unrestricted core costs for the creation, restoration and celebration of urban community orchards.
National Lottery Community Fund - Orchard Buddies
£10,000 07/02/2019
12
The project will provide training to community orchard volunteers. The aim is to ensure community orchards thrive.
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£13,550 31/01/2018
Capital Orchard City
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£20,000 18/01/2018
Community Orchard Green Spaces
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£20,000 18/01/2018
Community Orchard Green Spaces
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£20,000 18/01/2018
Community Orchard Green Spaces
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£20,000 18/01/2018
Community Orchard Green Spaces
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£20,000 18/01/2018
Community Orchard Green Spaces
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£20,000 31/12/2017
Community Orchard Green Spaces
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£20,000 31/12/2017
Community Orchard Green Spaces
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£20,000 31/12/2017
Community Orchard Green Spaces
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£1,500 27/11/2017
Providing training on orchards
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£6,000 01/11/2017
Contribution to HLF project Celebration of Orchards
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards salary of CEO and Fundraising Manager
£75,000 30/03/2017
36
Towards the salaries of the Chief Executive and Fundraising Manager to continue their work creating and restoring community orchards in the UK
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Orchard Project
£2,000 04/08/2016
Contribution to HLF project Celebration of Orchards
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Orchard Project
£117,500 06/11/2014
Towards the chief executive's and other salary costs associated with the launch of a UK urban-community orchard scheme to create a resilient fruit production and distribution system and to celebrate ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Orchard Project
£671,300 12/03/2014
A Celebration of Orchards
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-56
  • TIM ANDREWS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2011, number: 1139952
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/05/2009, number: 06902160
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

63/66 Hatton Garden
Fifth Floor Suite 23
London
EC1N 8LE

Objectives

1 TO ENCOURAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND EXPANSION OF ORCHARDS AND THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR GENETIC BIODIVERSITY, LANDSCAPE AND HERITAGE VALUE2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HEALTHY EATING3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HORTICULTURE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ORCHARD MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THROUGHOUT LONDON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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