Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Disaster Recovery Trust

Analysis

Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Disaster Recovery Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Alcester. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Disaster Recovery Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £36k, spending 236% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £8,564 to £15k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 2659%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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 International in Great Britain and Ireland Disaster Recovery Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Whitby Trust Fund (£15k), Romilly Forshall Foundation (£15k) and Rotary Club of Wellington Trust Fund (£15k).