OPERATION ORPHAN

Registered charity 1136170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

Objects

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.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Broxtowe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £50,932 for the year ended 28th February 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £62,291. The directors acknowledge funding challenges but note that the charity maintained essential support for international projects and strengthened UK operations through its social enterprise. The trustees confirm that free reserves, combined with annual reviews of financial controls, are considered sufficient to continue fulfilling charitable objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• 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
• 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

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07148510

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Operation Orphan (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PLUMB, Hope Lyndsey — director, appointed 07/02/2023on trustee list
• LAWRENCE-GRAHAM, Jordan Daniel Alphonso — director, appointed 07/02/2023on trustee list
• LAWRENCE-GRAHAM, Kezia Kristal — director, appointed 07/02/2023on trustee list
• CURRIN, Jeremy John — director, appointed 29/10/2016on trustee list
• MOORE, Cyrilyn — director, appointed 05/02/2010on trustee list
• MOORE, Bradley Martin — director, appointed 05/02/2010not on trustee list
• BROUGHTON, Damian John — director, appointed 05/02/2010on trustee list
• BROUGHTON, Helen — director, appointed 05/02/2010not on trustee list
• MOORE, Bradley Martin — secretary, appointed 05/02/2010

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Broughton MBE DLchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• BRAD MOORE · trustee of 1 other charity
• CYRILYN MOORE
• DAMIAN BROUGHTON
• Hope Plumb
• Jeremy Currin · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jordan Lawrence-Graham
• Kezia Lawrence-Graham

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Derbyshire · Ghana · Jamaica · Kenya · Lancashire · Moldova · Nepal · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire · Sierra Leone · Uganda

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAVE AN ORPHAN (INTERNATIONAL).

• SAVE AN ORPHAN (INTERNATIONAL) income £3.3m
• SAVE THE ORPHAN PLEASE - INTERNATIONAL income £42k
• MOTHER - THE ORPHAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION income £66k
• ORPHANS IN NEED income £23.5m
• LONELY ORPHANS income £923k
• ORPHAN WELFARE TRUST income £40k

Side by side with its peers

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