The Rotary Club of Saddleworth Trust Fund

Analysis

The Rotary Club of Saddleworth Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in August 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, overseas aid/famine relief, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Rotary Club of Saddleworth Trust Fund reported income of £13k and spending of £9,692, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £2,055 to £13k (+551%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 426%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Rotary Club of Saddleworth Trust 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 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gateway Christian Fellowship (£13k), Gloucestershire Puja and Cultural Association (£14k) and Rotary Club of Halifax Trust Fund (£13k).