The Rotary Club of Chislehurst Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Rotary Club of Chislehurst Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Rotary Club of Chislehurst Benevolent Fund reported income of £34k and spending of £33k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £5,743 to £34k (+499%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 1331%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Rotary Club of Chislehurst Benevolent Fund sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Brighouse Old People's Welfare Committee (£34k), Roslin Hall Endowment House Torquay (£34k) and Tutela Africa (£34k).