Rotary Club of Cheltenham Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Rotary Club of Cheltenham Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rotary Club of Cheltenham Benevolent Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £8,794 to £11k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Rotary Club of Cheltenham 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 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1170 (£11k), The Hamilton Charitable Trust (£11k) and Halesworth United Charities (£11k).