ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND
Registered charity 519916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND (INCLUDING BURY AND NORTH EAST LANCS)
To help people having mental health problems
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £124,776 for the year, with total income of £1,750,620 against total expenditure of £1,875,396. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased by £73,784 to £587,677, while the charity maintains a reserves policy target equivalent to six months of operating expenditure. The auditor 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: six months operating expenditure (held: £588k)
“The trustees consider that the minimum level of reserves should be equivalent to 6 months operating expenditure.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee invoiced £1,425 for work on charity policies.
“None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration during the year, but one trustee invoiced the charity a total of £1,425 (2024: one trustee invoiced £1,750) in relation to work on the charity’s policies.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 10. TRUSTEES
“None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration during the year, but one trustee invoiced the charity a total of £1,425 (2024: one trustee invoiced £1,750) in relation to work on the charity’s policies.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Rochdale & District Wellbeing Café Ltd
“The Group consists of Rochdale and District Mind, the parent charity, and Rochdale & District Wellbeing Café Ltd, the subsidiary trading company.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Royce Peeling Green Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rochdale and District Mind (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- BAIYEWU, Sakinat Tope — director, appointed 10/12/2025on trustee list
- ALAM, Mohammed Shahedul — director, appointed 17/04/2024on trustee list
- HOUSTON, Lee David — director, appointed 14/06/2023on trustee list
- DAVYS, Samantha — director, appointed 13/10/2021on trustee list
- SINCLAIR, Paul Alexander — director, appointed 15/07/2020on trustee list
- DAVIES POOLE, Kate — director, appointed 25/10/2016not on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£29k
Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Dr Sakinat Tope Baiyewu
- Kate Davies Poole
- Lee David Houston
- Mohammed Shahedul Alam
- Paul Sinclair
- Rachael Jane Hayden
- Samantha Davys
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bury · Rochdale
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £124,776 for the year, with total income of £1,750,620 against total expenditure of £1,875,396. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased by £73,784 to £587,677, while the charity maintains a reserves policy target equivalent to six months of operating expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Royce Peeling Green Limited.
Who funds ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT MIND as a grant recipient include MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH).
Known funders
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