Rotary Club of Falmouth Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Rotary Club of Falmouth Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rotary Club of Falmouth Benevolent Fund reported income of £25k and spending of £12k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £8,698 to £25k (+185%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 65% 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 Falmouth Benevolent Fund sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Town Estate (£25k), Balmoral Community Centre Association (£25k) and NDS Community Services (£25k).