Crescent Community Radio Ltd

Analysis

Crescent Community Radio Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05263352). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Crescent Community Radio Ltd reported income of £57k and spending of £51k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £92k to £57k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Crescent Community Radio Ltd sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whittington Music Festival (£57k), Fall Into Place Theatre (£57k) and Banbury Operatic Society (Bos) and Youth of Banbury Operatic Society (Yobos) (£57k).