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OLIVE RIDLEY PROJECT

Registered charity 1165905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORP

ORP is on a mission to protect sea turtles and their habitats. We do this through rescue and rehabilitation of injured sea turtles, scientific research, and education and community outreach. Our rescue and rehabilitation facilities include a fully-equipped, veterinary run marine turtle rescue centre with laboratory and surgical facilities, and a sea turtle rehabilitation centre in the Maldives .

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Latest income
£574k
Latest spending
£671k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £95,828 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £487,635. The trustees confirm the charity remains in a strong financial position with adequate resources to continue operations, noting that current funds are in excess of the minimum reserve requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and Legacies (61% of income)
“Donations and Legacies: £351,972” — page 15
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants were provided to Olive Ridley Project - Maldives.
“During 2024 grants were only provided to our sister organisation in the Maldives, Olive Ridley Project - Maldives, that shares our mission and values.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£574k
Total spending
£671k
Cost of raising funds
£77k
Reserves (reported)
£100k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% 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: 13.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Germany · India · Kenya · Maldives · Oman · Pakistan · Seychelles · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£574k£671k
31/12/2023£694k£617k
31/12/2022£560k£383k
31/12/2021£366k£128k
31/12/2020£52k£64k

Common questions

Is OLIVE RIDLEY PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £95,828 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £487,635. The trustees confirm the charity remains in a strong financial position with adequate resources to continue operations, noting that current funds are in excess of the minimum reserve requirements. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OLIVE RIDLEY PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OLIVE RIDLEY PROJECT as a grant recipient include BELVEDERE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BELVEDERE TRUSTFY2023£1k
BELVEDERE TRUSTFY2024£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
MRS D M FRANCE-HAYHURST FOUNDATION1£5k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£4k
THE CAMBRIDGE CHRYSALIS TRUST1£3k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
THE MARTIN LAING FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BORNEO ORANGUTAN SURVIVAL UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OLIVE RIDLEY PROJECT£574k—0above—no doubt
BORNEO ORANGUTAN SURVIVAL UK FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
MABLETHORPE WILDLIFE RESCUE FY2025£700k—0above—no doubt
OTTERSPOOL ANIMAL HAVEN FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt
MALDIVES WHALE SHARK RESEARCH PROGRAMME LIMITED FY2024£250k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE OUSE HEADWATERS PROJECT FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt

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