Rochdale Connections Trust

Analysis

Rochdale Connections Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03470182). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Rochdale Connections Trust reported income of £618k and spending of £671k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £667k to £618k (-7.3%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rochdale Connections Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Our Future (£618k), Anjuman-E-Hamidi (Manchester) (£618k) and Newstarts (£617k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and trading 9.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £218k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.