Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

ROCHDALE CONNECTIONS TRUST 

Return disaffected people who are finding life difficult in some way,to education, training or employment.One to one mentoring activities to increase self esteem and self worth. Counselling adults and young people and providing domestic abuse support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 gender
Established: 25 years

www.r-c-t.co.uk

kathy.thomas@r-c-t.co.uk

01706345111

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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
01/04/23£756£754£1£4£331£3315.32448
01/04/22£609£556£53£0£329£3297.12392
01/04/21£667£555£112£20£276£27661762
01/04/20*£507£487£20£0£165£1654.11647
01/04/19£473£399£74n/an/an/an/an/a39
01/04/18*£414£384£30£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/17£289£356£-67£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/16£273£336£-63£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/15*£444£368£75£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/14£322£318£5£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/13*£290£345£-55£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/12£313£313£0£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/11£218£232£-14£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/10£267£236£31£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/09£231£241£-10£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/08*£215£210£5£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/07£229£279£-50£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/06*£171£212£-41£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/05£402£424£-21£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/04*£644£565£79£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bury, Lancashire, Oldham, Rochdale,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 24 employees
  • 48 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
National Lottery Community Fund£260,000
BBC Children in Need£122,610
National Lottery Heritage Fund£88,378
Henry Smith Charity£69,600
Lloyds Bank Foundation£60,025
Forever Manchester£21,575
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£20,000
AB Charitable Trust£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£1,027 21/10/2023
We would like to set up a peer support group for female victims of domestic abuse in the town of Heywood. The weekly session will provide a safe space for women to interact with other affected women.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Rochdale Connections Trust
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£2,107 22/10/2022
We would like to pay to recruit and train volunteer mentors to work with vulnerable young people, offering 1:1 weekly support and fun activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mentor-Motivator
£260,000 23/08/2022
This funding will be used to deliver a mentoring programme by Rochdale Connections Trust for YP across Rochdale who are adversely affected by the trauma and harms of Domestic Abuse. The funding will ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£88,378 28/03/2022
Rochdale - Heritage Happens Here
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£50,000 08/12/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Rochdale Connections Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 29/10/2021
Weston Charity Award Winner 2020/21 Bonus Award
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£2,231 23/10/2021
We plan to provide listening and counselling sessions for young people living in the Milnrow and Newhey areas, whose mental health has been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£15,000 21/01/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Rochdale Connections Trust was founded by a group of Youth Court Magistrates who were concerned by the number of young people coming before the courts who were ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£2,000 12/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£119,442 19/12/2020
This project will deliver a range of therapeutic interventions to children and young people affected by domestic abuse who are living in Rochdale. As a result, children will feel better able to cope, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£69,600 23/10/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of the 'Time to Change' project, providing support to families experiencing domestic abuse and impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Borough of Rochdale.
Forever Manchester - Happier Times
£16,800 21/09/2020
Domestic abuse support services
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£7,775 24/07/2020
Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£3,168 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund one-to-one Play Therapy and online group support for children and young people in Rochdale affected by domestic abuse, who are isolated due to Covid-19. This will ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 12/06/2020
Weston Charity Award Winner 2020/21
Forever Manchester - @ Home With You
£4,775 05/06/2020
Food parcels and equipment for people facing from domestic violence
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 04/06/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£3,267 15/11/2019
We want to take up to 20 young people aged 12-15 years who are experiencing difficulties on a residential trip to build confidence.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£15,200 07/02/2019
refurbishment of counselling rooms and kitchen for a charity which works with victims of domestic or sexual violence in Lancashire
Co-Op Foundation - Co-design offer
£3,000 20/12/2018
Consulting with young people who currently access their service to understand how they can integrate tackling loneliness into their existing work.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Codesign
£3,000 20/12/2018
Consulting with young people who currently access their service to understand how they can integrate tackling loneliness into their existing work.
National Lottery Community Fund - RCT Rejuvenated
£9,804 23/11/2018
12
The project aims to improve a space used by the community, helping to enhance the experience of those accessing the room. The funding will be used to rejuvenate a training room used for the delivery ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to RCT
£5,678 19/11/2018
We will work with parents and local schools to provide a project for up to 50 young people at serious risk of disengaging.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£4,156 19/11/2018
We want to buy decent Christmas presents for disadvantaged children and young people and present them at a party.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£75,000 16/10/2018
36
Core funding to deliver their services to women survivors of domestic abuse, including the Freedom & Freedom Forever programme, 1-2-1- casework, support groups and counselling.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£50,000 30/08/2018
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the running costs of the Time to Change programme working with perpetrators of domestic violence in Rochdale
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Expanding services and building organisational sustainability
£40,000 14/05/2018
24
Rochdale Connections Trust provides a range of services and early interventions for young people, including mentoring, coaching, one-to-one work and counselling. This grant will fund the CEO’s ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£65,400 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' salary of the Business Development Manager at a project providing social, family and health and wellbeing support to vulnerable and disadvantaged families in a deprived area of ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£9,900 07/09/2017
The history of Rooley Moor on Rochdale
Tudor Trust - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£50,000 12/08/2016
24
over two years towards the Strength to Change programme supporting perpetrators of domestic violence in Rochdale
National Lottery Community Fund - Rochdale Cares to Act
£473,350 01/06/2016
48
This is the development and continuation of a project that aims to deliver support to vulnerable children and young people living in and around Rochdale. The group will provide more creative ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£49,322 11/11/2015
24
To deliver a programme of support for women survivors of domestic abuse, including 1:1 casework, alongside attendance of the Freedom Programme where appropriate.
Comic Relief - Strength to Change
£115,500 30/09/2015
36
More than 1000 domestic abuse crimes have been recorded annually in Rochdale, and this is the highest rate per 1000 population in Greater Manchester. Addressing the behaviour of male perpetrators is ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - RCT Youth Support
£261,212 17/10/2012
36
The aim of the project will see Rochdale Connections Trust (RCT), Targeted Youth Services (TYS) and the LA deliver a coordinated early intervention consisting of an individual package to support ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Rochdale Connections Trust
£25,000 28/04/2011
the Volunteer Co-ordinator's salary costs
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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/03/1999, number: 1074736
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/11/1997, number: 03470182
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
20 returns made; AR20: 9 days late, AR18: 91 days late, AR15: 47 days late, AR13: 97 days late, AR08: 186 days late, AR06: 6 days late, AR04: 79 days late,
Main office

60-62 Drake Street
ROCHDALE
OL16 1PA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN ROCHDALE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE EX-OFFENDERS OR AT RISK OF OFFENDING, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUCH TRAINING FACILITIES AS WILL ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

ROCHDALE

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