Rotary Club of Christchurch Charities Fund

Analysis

Rotary Club of Christchurch Charities Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, 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 Christchurch Charities Fund reported income of £36k and spending of £49k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £17k to £36k (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 202% 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 Christchurch Charities Fund sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Our Space (Selby) (£36k), Care and Relief Foundation (£36k) and Ksmy Seva Trust UK (£36k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.