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.
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
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
Related-party transaction: Bradley Moore received salary
“Director Mr. Bradley Moore received £34,500 (2023/24: £34,500) in salary related payments in managing and administering the Charity in furtherance of the Charity's objects.” — page 20
“Director Mrs. Cyrilyn Moore received £10,080 (2023/24: £10,080) in salary related payments in her capacity as executive Director of Operation Orphan in furtherance of the Charity's objects.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Cyrilyn Moore received salary
“Director Mr. Bradley Moore received £34,500 (2023/24: £34,500) in salary related payments in managing and administering the Charity in furtherance of the Charity's objects.” — page 20
“Director Mrs. Cyrilyn Moore received £10,080 (2023/24: £10,080) in salary related payments in her capacity as executive Director of Operation Orphan in furtherance of the Charity's objects.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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 — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).
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
Common questions
Is OPERATION ORPHAN financially healthy?
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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds OPERATION ORPHAN?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OPERATION ORPHAN as a grant recipient include THE SF CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST, J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST, THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY, LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND).
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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