Rochdale Education and Learning Trust

Analysis

Rochdale Education and Learning Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04529622). It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rochdale Education and Learning Trust reported income of £287k and spending of £328k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £299k to £287k (-4.2%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Rochdale Education and Learning Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Andrew Lee Jones Fund Limited (£287k), Dunnington Children (£287k) and Pound Hill Playgroup (£286k).

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.