THE ROSSENDALE TRUST LIMITED
Registered charity 1146771 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ROSSENDALE TRUST
Provider of Supported Living Services (including support with leisure/learning activities), within the Cheshire & Buxton areas across 9 sites. Also provision of day activities through our Oakwood Day Service.
Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a total surplus of £258,445 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a gain on the revaluation of an investment property. The trustees report that free unrestricted reserves stood at £217,158, which is above their stated policy target of four weeks of expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: four weeks of expenditure (held: £217k)
“Reserves are held within unrestricted funds and set at a level equivalent to four weeks of expenditure” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Harts Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Rossendale Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £815k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Rossendale Trust Limited — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 08/05/2019. CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (31/05/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Adam Schofieldchair
- Andrew Jack Rockett
- David Rutley
- Ian Michael Poynton
- John Ward
- MAGGIE HARWOOD
- MARION GODDARD
- Michael Paul Crewdson
- Philip Andrew Richards · trustee of 2 other charities
- Richard Thomas Lano Ainley
- Rosalind Elizabeth Bevan
- Sarah Ruth Gaffney
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire East · Derbyshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE ROSSENDALE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a total surplus of £258,445 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a gain on the revaluation of an investment property. The trustees report that free unrestricted reserves stood at £217,158, which is above their stated policy target of four weeks of expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Harts Limited.
Who funds THE ROSSENDALE TRUST LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ROSSENDALE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE SWALLOW TRUST, CRH CHARITABLE TRUST, BAIN CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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