Rotary Club of Retford Percy Laws Memorial Fund

Analysis

Rotary Club of Retford Percy Laws Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Retford. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 Retford Percy Laws Memorial Fund reported income of £41k and spending of £55k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £33k to £41k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Rotary Club of Retford Percy Laws Memorial Fund sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Glacier Trust (£41k), Norwegian Locomotive Trust (£41k) and The Woodclyffe Hostel (£41k).