Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 18

ROCHDALE BOROUGHWIDE CULTURAL TRUST

Provision of Sport, Leisure, Health, Wellbeing and Cultural Services

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£12,799	£13,758	£-959	£34	£13,865	£12,337	10.8	259	100
31/03/22		£11,677	£11,844	£-167	£34	£2,636	£886	0.9	269	100
31/03/21		£8,248	£8,439	£-191	£47	£-3,112	£-4,089	-5.8	273	0
31/03/20		£11,884	£12,339	£-455	£62	£1,885	£1,048	1	309	319
31/03/19		£11,307	£11,912	£-605	£62	£1,281	£616	0.6	0	35
31/03/18		£10,747	£11,656	£-909	£62	£-3,065	£-3,850	-4	225	0
31/03/17		£10,434	£10,492	£-59	£408	£-3,107	£-3,835	-4.4	252	0
31/03/16		£10,541	£10,605	£-64	£1,063	£-1,647	£-2,312	-2.6	198	0
31/03/15		£10,743	£10,468	£275	£794	£-4,099	£-4,628	-5.3	206	0
31/03/14	*	£10,636	£10,109	£527	£648	£-1,235	£-1,806	-2.1	222	0
31/03/13	*	£9,978	£10,238	£-260	£714	£-3,272	£-3,700	-4.3	190	0
31/03/12	*	£9,613	£9,467	£146	£882	£-1,454	£-1,946	-2.5	189	0
31/03/11	*	£9,761	£9,760	£0	£1,014	£178	£-316	-0.4	240	0
31/03/10		£9,046	£9,006	£40	£982	£-5,669	£-6,230	-8.3	247	0
31/03/09		£8,643	£8,305	£337	£761	£-748	£-1,275	-1.8	222	0
31/03/08	*	£7,885	£7,689	£196	£691	£246	£70	0.1	224	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 10.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 17 years

www.yourtrustrochdale.co.uk

admin@yourtrustrochdale.co.uk

01706926319

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Sports activities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bury, Oldham, Rochdale,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

259 employees
100 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

DCMS	£983,933
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£210,600
Garfield Weston Foundation	£40,000
Sport England	£18,582

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust
£120,000	30/08/2023	Civic Dining Room (Working Title) Co-Curation Project
Sport England - Inclusive Cycling and Multi-sport
£3,932	27/07/2021 17	Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Inclusive Cycling and Multi-sport. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Inclusive Cycling and Multi-sport. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£40,000	09/07/2021	Building on the Legacy of Dippy on Tour
Sport England - TGC CF Your Fitness Your Way
£9,650	07/01/2021 11	This project will deliver sessions of exercise and fitness for women and girls aged 16+.
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Fund - Supporting Paddling
£5,000	05/10/2020 49	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund - Supporting Paddling. This project is a Stand Up Paddle Boarding project, with a focus ....more Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund - Supporting Paddling. This project is a Stand Up Paddle Boarding project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Link4Life Ltd
£90,600	14/07/2020	COVID19: The Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust (trading as Link4Life)
DCMS - Rochdale Cultural Recovery
£666,475	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Rochdale Cultural Recovery 2
£317,458	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Sport England - Flow
£8,535	29/04/2019 18	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Flow. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Trust Collaboration Review
£5,000	07/03/2019 6	Funding under Sport England's Strategic Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled Trust Collaboration Review. This project lists its main activity as Exercise & Fitness
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Link4Life Ltd
£249,100	07/12/2017	Dippy on Tour - A natural history adventure across the North West
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Link4Life Ltd
£29,900	28/09/2017	That Festival Feeling
National Lottery Community Fund - Darnhill DSC and Community Aspiration project
£9,570	03/04/2017 12	The group will recruit, train and support young people to take up volunteering opportunities on community based activity projects. This will act as a diversionary activity to reduce involvement in ....more The group will recruit, train and support young people to take up volunteering opportunities on community based activity projects. This will act as a diversionary activity to reduce involvement in antisocial behaviour and promote community cohesion.
Sport England - More than Dance
£47,920	20/04/2015 18	Funding under Sport England's Make Your Move funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'More than Dance'. This project lists its main activity as Movement & Dance.
Sport England - Activ8te ME
£204,681	30/04/2013	Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Activ8te ME'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-71

ZULFIQAR ALI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Executive

ANJUM AHMED Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Commercial Director

JUSTIN AXON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Extended Schools' Coordinator

KEITH MADDOCK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired

PRISCILLA LOUISE BAYNES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Theatre Director

SHAUN BURKE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Delivery Manager

CELIA MAKIN-BELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Arts Manager

CHRISTOPHER DAVISON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Manager

COUNCILLOR SAMEENA ZAHEER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Local Authority Councillor, Other trusteeship: ROCHDALE UNITED CHARITY,

DAVID GELSTHORPE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Museum Curator

GILLIAN BISHOP Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Ceo Local Government Organisation

RINA PAOLUCCI-ESCOBAR CLLR Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Primary Care Improvement Officer

JANICE ALLEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Teacher, Other trusteeship: EARLY BREAK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/2007, number: 1118610
Registered at Companies House on 15/01/2007, number: 06052980

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late,

Main office

Middleton Arena
Lcpl Joel Halliwell Vc Way
Middleton
Greater Manchster
M24 1AG

Objectives

OBJECTS3. THE CHARITABLE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PRIMARILY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS TO THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE AND SURROUNDING AREAS BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, ARTS, HERITAGE AND HISTORY INCLUDING THE PROVISION F LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, LEARNING AND INFORMATION CENTRES, ARCHIVES AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES; AND/OR(B) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE SUCH FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SAVE THAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED TO PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES; AND/OR(C) THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION; AND/OR(D) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE DIRECTOR TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE (THE OBJECTS).

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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