Helping organisations get better with data.

Data Orchard combines specialist skills in research, statistics, and data with a passion for making the world a better place socially, economically, and environmentally.

We are an award-winning social enterprise with a mission to enable every nonprofit organisation to use data effectively to achieve their goals. We are values driven and use our profits and assets for public good. Our values are: honesty, quality, collaboration, respect and openness.

We have three aims:

To build organisations’ data skills and capabilities
To gather, explore and analyse data for organisations
To promote the importance and value of data for good

Our services include data maturity assessment, data strategy, training and capacity building, impact measurement, research and analysis, mapping and evaluating data assets. We also offer an outsourced data team service.

Data Orchard Services. Build data skills and capabilities (data maturity assessment, data strategy, training and capacity building, impact measurement); Gather, explore and analyse data (outsourced data team, map + evaluate data, research +analysis)

Who we work with

Since 2013, we’ve worked with hundreds of nonprofit organisations across the UK to help them get better with data.

Our clients include charities, social enterprises, and public sector organisations working in diverse fields such as housing and homelessness, children and young people, health and wellbeing, poverty, employment, environment, volunteering, arts and culture, animals, government, and transport. We’ve reached thousands more through our learning events, community, research, and resources to promote the importance and value of data for good.

Our clients to date have included:

Nonprofit organisations: charities, social enterprises, communities, co-operatives
Housing associations (Wales) and Registered Providers of social housing (England)
Public sector organisations: local and national governments
Funders: charitable trusts and foundations, public sector grant programmes
Ethical businesses

Our vision

Our vision is a world enriched and empowered through data.

Our mission

Our mission is to enable every nonprofit organisation to use data effectively to achieve their goals. To acheive this our aims are to:

Build organisations’ data capabilities and skills: We help leaders understand how their organisations are doing with data and how to improve. We measure data maturity, develop data strategies, define and measure organisational impact, and support teams to better manage and develop their data capabilities for themselves.
Gather, explore and analyse data for organisations: We design and deliver research; identify the right questions and approaches to data collection; analyse data; and deliver high quality accessible reports and recommendations. We also map and evaluate data assets and offer an outsourced data team service.
Promote the importance and value of data for good: We champion data for social good through production of research and resources, sharing best practice, organising events, and public speaking.

Our values

You can read about how we live our values here. Our values are:

Honesty: We believe in being truthful and fair. We can be trusted to provide integrity and objectivity. We take responsibility and keep our promises.
Quality: We bring together highly qualified, knowledgeable and experienced people. We apply high standards of professionalism in our methodologies and approach. This ensures our work meets legal and ethical standards and is quality assured.
Collaboration: Teamwork, trust, co-operation, listening and communication are key to the way we work: with each other, with clients and with our partners.
Respect: We show mutual respect and consideration for one another. We believe everyone has the right to have a voice. We work to ensure people’s diverse backgrounds, ideas and opinions can be heard.
Openness: We believe that by being open and transparent we create a culture of trust and shared learning. We challenge ourselves and are open to being challenged by others. We are inquisitive and receptive to discussion, new ideas and ways of doing things.

Our credentials

We are an approved provider on the following national programmes:

Our impact

In 2022-23 we worked on 43 projects to help clients get better with data. In September we celebrated our 10th birthday. Here are our reflections on a decade of data for good.

You can also read more about our theory for change, and how we evidence our impact here.