Rotary Club of Godalming Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Rotary Club of Godalming Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rotary Club of Godalming Benevolent Fund reported income of £13k and spending of £7,856, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £6,202 to £13k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Rotary Club of Godalming Benevolent Fund sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shahjalal Bangladesh Islamic and Cultural Association Reading (£13k), Balham and Tooting Community Association (£13k) and Cor Meibion Glyn Nedd (Glynneath Male Choir) (£13k).