Orangutan Appeal UK

Registered charity 1138538 · since 2010orangutan-appeal.org.uk·Sabah·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

If your work is rescue, rehabilitation, veterinary care, habitat protection or conservation education for orangutans in Borneo, it fits this funder's stated focus, and a Sabah project fits its stated priority.
Its annual report gives no grant range and no giving total that can be read, so any figure you ask for should be based on your own costs rather than on the funder's typical grant.
No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown for getting in touch and ask how it assesses projects.
It says projects are judged on merit and on impact, and that Sepilok is its primary focus, so a request tied to Sepilok or to a clear conservation benefit is best placed to be considered.

Overview

Orangutan Appeal UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1138538).

Orangutan Appeal UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to conserve the critically endangered orangutan and its rainforest habitat through rescue, rehabilitation and education. Its main focus is Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysian Borneo, and its education and community outreach programmes are an essential part of its conservation work.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Orangutan Appeal UK focuses on conserving critically endangered orangutans and their rainforest habitat in Borneo. It supports rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction, veterinary care, and habitat protection and restoration. Its education and community outreach work raises awareness and encourages communities to contribute to conservation. The foundation works with conservation partners and local teams, funding and resourcing specialist care and other work at Sepilok. Sepilok is the primary focus, while projects beyond the centre are considered where a clear conservation benefit can be demonstrated. Projects are assessed on merit and charitable funds are assigned on the basis of impact.

Themes

Orangutan rescue and rehabilitation
Rainforest habitat conservation
Conservation education and outreach

Geographic Focus

Priority: Sabah.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Projects are assessed on their merit, and charitable funds are assigned on the basis of impact.
Sepilok is the primary focus; projects beyond it are considered when a clear conservation benefit can be demonstrated.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Sabah

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 November 2021	£284,614	£187,486	—	Accounts for year to 30 November 2021
year to 30 November 2022	£226,245	£217,425	—	Accounts for year to 30 November 2022
year to 30 November 2023	£307,467	£575,114	—	Accounts for year to 30 November 2023
year to 30 November 2024	£664,982	£353,045	—	Accounts for year to 30 November 2024
year to 30 November 2025	£913,103	£696,835	—	Accounts for year to 30 November 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.