PROJECT ORCHID LIMITED

Registered charity 1141057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORCHID PROJECT

We work to shape the dialogue around female genital cutting (FGC) and advocate for prioritisation of the issue, communicate the scale and impact of FGC and how it is ending, and support the efforts of organisations working towards abandonment in practising countries.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS IN PARTICULAR FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING ("FGC") AS AN INFRINGEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;(B) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;(C) RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;(D) RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;(E) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;(F) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;(G) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;(H) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;(I) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;(J) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;(K) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; AND(L) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC RELATING TO FGC.(3) TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF FGC.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £122,128 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a restructuring that reduced staff from 16 to 10. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £273,601, which is in excess of the stated policy target of £171,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KM. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07467568

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Orchid Project (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Alexandria Bancorp (The Boda Trust) — “Our Supporters With thanks to: Roger Ross, Andreas E. Zielke, Alexandria Bancorp (The Boda Trust), Vanessa Stephens, Maggie & Andrew Gallagh…” (source page)

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.

• HIRSCH EL-KABBANY, Carina-Carmelina Maria Petra — director, appointed 01/01/2024not on trustee list
• FELDWICK, Alice Nassimbwa — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
• ZIELKE, Andreas Ernst, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
• RIVE, Delphine Anne — director, appointed 08/07/2022on trustee list
• FARAG, Dimiana Kamal — director, appointed 22/04/2022on trustee list
• SSENTONGO, Joseph Ssali — director, appointed 17/07/2020on trustee list
• PEART, Fiona — secretary, appointed 01/08/2025

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 9.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joseph Ssali Ssentongochair
• Alice Nassimbwa Feldwick
• Carina-Carmelina Maria Petra Hirsh El-Kabbany
• Delphine Anne Rive
• Dimiana Kamal Farag
• Dr Andreas Ernst Zielke

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

Operates in: Denmark · India · Kenya · Malaysia · Senegal · Somalia · Tanzania · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ORCHARDS.

• ORCHARDS income £362k
• THE ORCHARD PROJECT (CAUSE) LTD income £628k
• GLOBAL GIRL PROJECT income £155k
• ONE25 LIMITED income £1.1m
• FFCC LIMITED income £695k
• WOMEN AND GIRLS NETWORK income £7.3m

Side by side with its peers

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