Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust

Analysis

Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 2007, 19 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 company (Companies House number 06052980). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust reported income of £15.7m and spending of £14.1m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8.2m to £15.7m (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (£15.7m), The Football League (Community) Limited (£15.7m) and St Gemma's Hospice (£15.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70% and trading 12%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.