ROCHDALE AFC FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1121850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £165,918, which is above the charity's stated policy target of holding three months of reserves. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £7,601 for the year, supported by £391,981 in restricted grant income and £59,225 in fundraising income.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rochdale AFC Community Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (37% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROL HOPKINSchair
• Anthony John Pockney
• Diane Higgins
• Joanne Haworth-King
• Kevan James Hopwood
• Mark Bond
• Susan Margaret Ayres · trustee of 1 other charity
• Toni Louise Carter

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Rochdale

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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