Rochdale and District Mind

Analysis

Rochdale and District Mind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02210699). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rochdale and District Mind reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.9m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £943k to £1.8m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 and District Mind sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Retina UK (£1.7m), The Wave Project (£1.8m) and Build on Belief Ltd (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and trading 5.8%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £484k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.