Sidcup Rotary Club Benevolent Trust

Analysis

Sidcup Rotary Club Benevolent Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dartford. It was registered in July 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. 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, Sidcup Rotary Club Benevolent Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £58k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £303k to £51k (-83%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sidcup Rotary Club Benevolent Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grenfell Tower Trust (£50k), Cynon Valley P.a.l.s. Play and Leisure for Children with Disabilities (£51k) and Astriid (£50k).

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.