MIDDLETON DAY CENTRE

Registered charity 1004389 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRENTWOOD

Gp & Nurse/ Drug & Alcohol services/ Floating Support Team/ Community Drug Outreach Team/ Mental Health services/ Tenancy Support Teams/ social services/ Domestic Violence/ Victim Support/ Homelessness/ Housing/ Legal services/ Community Safety Hot Meals / Washing & Bathing facilities/ Laundry Washing & Drying facilities/ Tea & Coffee/ Needle Exchange/ Activities/ Computer Room/ T.V Lounge

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLETON AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION OF A DAY CENTRE PROVIDING FACILITIES CALCULATED TO PROVIDE SUCH RELIEF AS AFORESAID.

Area of benefit: MIDDLETON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£264k
Latest spending
£197k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £67,156 for the year ended 31/03/2025, with total income of £263,952 against total expenses of £196,796. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £96,038, which is above the stated policy target of holding in excess of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity relies heavily on core funding from Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and notes that current funding may not last in its current form, highlighting a dependency on securing additional financial resources.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: RMBC Funding (69% of income)
“RMBC Funding 182,748” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £96k)
“The policy agreed is to hold in excess of three months unrestricted expenditure in reserves to meet unexpected demands on the charity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Rochdale

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£264k£197k
31/03/2024£294k£202k
31/03/2023£84k£163k
31/03/2022£95k£160k
31/03/2021£240k£181k

Common questions

Is MIDDLETON DAY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £67,156 for the year ended 31/03/2025, with total income of £263,952 against total expenses of £196,796. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £96,038, which is above the stated policy target of holding in excess of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity relies heavily on core funding from Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council and notes that current funding may not last in its current form, highlighting a dependency on securing additional financial resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/12/2022£325kThe Blossom Project
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2016£515kThe Enhance Project
The National Lottery Community Fund27/10/2011£6kSupport and Motivation Group
The National Lottery Community Fund15/11/2006£25kHot Meal Provision/ Improved Health Initiative