The Rotary Club of Hailsham Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Rotary Club of Hailsham Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hailsham. It was registered in October 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 Rotary Club of Hailsham Benevolent Fund reported income of £23k and spending of £24k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £12k to £23k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Rotary Club of Hailsham Benevolent Fund sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Playing Field (£23k), Aunty Ruth's (£23k) and Bhagat Hari Singh Charitable Hospital (£23k).