The Charitable and Benevolent Fund of the Rotary Club of Lewes

Analysis

The Charitable and Benevolent Fund of the Rotary Club of Lewes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shoreham-By-Sea. It was registered in September 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Charitable and Benevolent Fund of the Rotary Club of Lewes reported income of £41k and spending of £48k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £2,196 to £41k (+1789%), an average of +108% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 975%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Charitable and Benevolent Fund of the Rotary Club of Lewes sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% 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 Radley Charitable Trust (£41k), Say It with a Smile (£41k) and Knowle Green Village Hall (£41k).