The Rochdale and District Blind Welfare Society
Registered charity 222139 Registered since 1963
Operates: Rochdale, Lancashire
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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.
5 trustees on the board
10.5y median 10.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Ashley Howard Dearnley since 2012
- Christine Duckworth since 2019
6.8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Ashley Howard Dearnley since 2012
- Christine Duckworth since 2019
Portfolio (3)
1
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Disability 5Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Arts and leisure 1
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.
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£30k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- OLD Rishworthian Scholarship Fund 1 shared trustee
- Rochdale Borough Shopmobility 1 shared trustee
- Rochdale Ancient Parish Educational Trusts 1 shared trustee
- The Norman Barnes Fund 1 shared trustee
- The Satterthwaite and Rusland Church of England Religious Education Fund 1 shared trustee
- Rochdale United Charity 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| hazelldavid684@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 01706352955 |
| Address | 62 Mountain Ash, Rochdale, OL12 7JF |
Finances
£30,411 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £41,188 | £36,372 |
| 2022 | £29,322 | £48,739 |
| 2023 | £31,698 | £66,435 |
| 2024 | £31,645 | £70,340 |
| 2025 | £30,411 | £84,971 |
What it does
What
DisabilityWho
People With DisabilitiesHow
Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesCharitable objects
TO PROVIDE, MAINTAIN, MANAGE AND CONTROL A SOCIAL CENTRE OR CLUB FOR THE BLIND AND ALL ACTIVITIES CONNECTED THEREWITH.
Governing document: SEE RULES AND REGULATIONS ON PAGES 2 TO 7 IN ANNUAL REPORT.
Trustees (5)
5trustees
68median age
0aged 70+
- Alderman Jane Gartside JP Chair
- Ashley Howard Dearnley since 2012
- Cllr James Gartside
- Christine Duckworthage band 65-69 since 2019
- Edward Geoffrey Lissant Collins
Connected charities (6)
- Rochdale United Charity 1 shared trustee
- The Norman Barnes Fund 1 shared trustee
- Rochdale Ancient Parish Educational Trusts 1 shared trustee
- The Satterthwaite and Rusland Church of England Religious Education Fund 1 shared trustee
- Rochdale Borough Shopmobility 1 shared trustee
- OLD Rishworthian Scholarship Fund 1 shared trustee
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