Rotary Club of the Channel Trust Fund

Analysis

Rotary Club of the Channel Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hythe. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rotary Club of the Channel Trust Fund reported income of £22k and spending of £28k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £32k to £22k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rotary Club of the Channel Trust Fund sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Mendip Trust Fund (£22k), Smawthorne Community Project (£22k) and Wajir Mission (£22k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.