Rotary Club of Blandford Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Rotary Club of Blandford Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in January 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 Blandford Benevolent Fund reported income of £17k and spending of £25k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £6,055 to £17k (+182%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 326%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Blandford Benevolent 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 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Lowestoft East Point Charity Trust Fund (£17k), The Brownlee Charitable Trust (£17k) and Mizpah Trust (£17k).