Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

ROCHDALE AFC FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST 

To promote participation in healthy sport/recreation by providing activities involving football/sport capable of improving health and education to groups in the local community who have such need by reason of age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interest of social welfare and with the object of improving their lifestyle.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/12/22*£556£516£39£0£230£2305.32055
31/12/21£470£470£0n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/12/20£448£422£26n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19£278£264£14n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18£266£254£11£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£241£274£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£250£232£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£281£240£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£245£220£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£201£186£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£198£219£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£232£251£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£241£226£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£219£218£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£203£203£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

www.rochdaleafccommunity.org

Ryan.bradley@rochdaleafc.co.uk

01706643836

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire, Rochdale,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 55 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£19,157
Ministry of Defence£18,700
DCMS£10,000
The MSE Charity£7,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The MSE Charity - Grant to Rochdale AFC Community Trust
£7,700 29/03/2024
Funding the delivery of their financial capability workshop programme, for individuals with autism and learning difficulties reaching 80 people over the year.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH Sport 4 All
£9,407 11/08/2023
The funding will allow Rochdale Youth Service to deliver a sporting leadership programme with local young people. It will run for 25 weeks with 8 hours of delivery per week across 4 identified kick ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,500 18/06/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
National Lottery Community Fund - ActivAge
£9,750 19/03/2021
11
The funding will be used to deliver a project that supports older people (65+) living in the most deprived areas of Rochdale to be more physically and socially active. The project aims to improve ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 16/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,200 14/08/2020
Small grants of up to £10,000 towards creative and engaging projects, that can be delivered under social restrictions, for people from Armed Forces communities who are isolated as a result of the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-65
  • SIMON GAUGE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • MARK BOND Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Operations Manager
  • STEVE HILL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Recruitment Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/12/2007, number: 1121850
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/10/2007, number: 06394327
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR22: 72 days late, AR08: 72 days late,
Main office

Sandy Lane
Rochdale
OL11 5DR

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF ROCHDALE, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS:-1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS CLAUSE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);2) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ROCHDALE, GREATER MANCHESTER AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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