Registered charity · Manchester
Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust
- 12 trustees
- Income £16m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Councillor Sameena ZaheerTrustee · since 2018
- David GelsthorpeTrustee · since 2020
- Gillian BishopTrustee · since 2020
- Joanne AliTrustee · since 2026
- Justin AxonTrustee · since 2023
- Keith MaddockTrustee · since 2024
- Martin CresswellTrustee · since 2025
- Paul O'NeillTrustee · since 2024
- Priscilla Louise BaynesTrustee · since 2022
- William PurserTrustee · since 2025
- Zoe StaniczenkoTrustee · since 2025
- Zulfiqar AliTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 4 more
- Where
- Bury, Oldham, Rochdale
- Website
- www.yourtrustrochdale.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£16m£14m
- 2024£14m£12m
- 2023£13m£14m
Earlier years
- 2022£12m£12m
- 2021£8.2m£8.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government contracts 20% · Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
OBJECTS3. THE CHARITABLE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PRIMARILY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS TO THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ROCHDALE AND SURROUNDING AREAS BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, ARTS, HERITAGE AND HISTORY INCLUDING THE PROVISION F LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, LEARNING AND INFORMATION CENTRES, ARCHIVES AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES; AND/OR(B) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE SUCH FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SAVE THAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED TO PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES; AND/OR(C) THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION; AND/OR(D) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE DIRECTOR TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE (THE "OBJECTS").
Grants received
20 grants · £1,680,104 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £669,499 (5 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £650,000 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £308,943 (9 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £40,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,570
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Councillor Sameena Zaheer since 2018
- David Gelsthorpe since 2020
- Gillian Bishop since 2020
- Joanne Ali since 2026
- Justin Axon since 2023
- Keith Maddock since 2024
- Martin Cresswell since 2025
- Paul O'Neill since 2024
- Priscilla Louise Baynes since 2022
- William Purser since 2025
- Zoe Staniczenko since 2025
- Zulfiqar Ali since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Councillor Sameena Zaheer since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Councillor Sameena Zaheer since 2018
- David Gelsthorpe since 2020
- Gillian Bishop since 2020
- Joanne Ali since 2026
- Justin Axon since 2023
- Keith Maddock since 2024
- Martin Cresswell since 2025
- Paul O'Neill since 2024
- Priscilla Louise Baynes since 2022
- William Purser since 2025
- Zoe Staniczenko since 2025
- Zulfiqar Ali since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1118610
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 JANUARY 2007MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/12/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 06052980 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01706926319 · admin@yourtrustrochdale.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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