The Rotary Club of Barnstaple Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Rotary Club of Barnstaple Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bideford. It was registered in January 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 Barnstaple Benevolent Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £6,703, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £6,127 to £11k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 148% 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 Barnstaple Benevolent Fund sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% 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 The Grips Branch Charity (£11k), United Municipal Charities (£11k) and The Orthodox Church of St Columba and St Kentigern (£11k).