The Eastbourne Rotary Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Eastbourne Rotary Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in September 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Eastbourne Rotary Benevolent Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £115k, spending 960% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £25k to £12k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 201%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Eastbourne Rotary Benevolent Fund sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tenterden Parent Teachers Association (Tepta) (£12k), The Lipson Vale Trust (£12k) and Friends of North Dorset Women's Refuge (£12k).