THE ORRELL TRUST

Registered charity 1096549 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORRELL YOUTH PROJECT

Community based activities to increase community capacity and tackle issues of deprivation. Current activities include working in partnership with St John & St James Church to develop their new community facility.

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AND IN PARTICULAR IN ORRELL BOOTLE IN MERSEYSIDE BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTYB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING BY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR ESTABLISHMENTS IN ORRELL BOOTLE AFORESAID AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FITC) THE PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFED) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSINGE) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

Area of benefit: ORRELL, BOOTLE, MERSEYSIDE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£115k
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,520 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £84,197 to £74,677. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding six months of unrestricted expenditure, noting that unrestricted reserves of £55,778 significantly exceed the required £11,154. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months unrestricted expenditure (held: £56k)
“The charity has a reserves policy of holding sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet six months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 25

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Liverpool City · Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£115k£124k
30/04/2024£92k£124k
30/04/2023£106k£124k
30/04/2022£102k£96k
30/04/2021£113k£60k

Common questions

Is THE ORRELL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,520 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £84,197 to £74,677. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding six months of unrestricted expenditure, noting that unrestricted reserves of £55,778 significantly exceed the required £11,154. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE ORRELL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ORRELL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£75k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/08/2025£16kDown Orrell Hey
Postcode Lottery30/08/2024£20kMillionaire Street 2024 07w4
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£187kThe Orrell Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2020£13kThe Orrell Trust recovery after Covid-19
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2020£15kOrrell Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2015£9kSt John & St James Community Blast

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEWELL CENTRE ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ORRELL TRUST£115k—0above—no doubt
THE NEWELL CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2026£51k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LAUREL TRUST FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OAKLEA TRUST FY2025£10.7m£70,001 - £80,0002unclear—no doubt
THE ORWELL FOUNDATION FY2025£194k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OAKLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£79k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.