THE ROCHDALE FUND FOR RELIEF IN SICKNESS

Registered charity 222652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q124813935 · also known as THE ROCHDALE DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION

Provision of help for residents of Rochdale who are in need through sickness.

Objects

(1) RELIEVING IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM. (2) IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME CANNOT BE APPLIED AS IN (1) IT MAY BE APPLIED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS WHOSE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH IS LIKELY TO BE IMPRIRED BY REASON OF POVERTY, DEPRIVATON OR OTHER ADVERSITY.

Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE

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

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Registered contact address: Rochdale, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of negative £12,969 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,877,565. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Total expenditure of £92,620 exceeded total income of £67,311, driven primarily by grant funding of £66,418.

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 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY RICHARD SHACKLETONchair
• ANNE ELIZABETH TUNSTALL RIPLEY
• HILARY ELIZABETH COLLINS
• Lisa Jayne Parton
• NIGEL GRAHAM ADAMSON
• RUTH HORRIDGE
• TIMOTHY JAMES PORRITT

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Rochdale

Income and spending

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• HOSPICE IN ROSSENDALE income £1.1m
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• RICHARD PLATT'S RELIEF-IN-NEED CHARITY income £26k
• RACHEL'S TABLE income £32k

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