The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Rycroft Children's Fund

Registered charity 231771 Registered since 1963

Operates: Manchester City, Trafford, Leeds City, Cheshire East, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Cheshire West & Chester

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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.

6 trustees on the board

8.8y median 10y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

3
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 3Health and social care 2Business services 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
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2025
incomespending£35k 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.

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.rycroftchildrensfund.co.uk
Emailrycroftchildrensfund@outlook.com
Phone07778671012
AddressLower Dunishbooth House, Smallshaw Road, Rochdale, OL12 6BH

Finances

£35,107 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£82,037£50,423
2022£36,039£107,375
2023£14,225£52,072
2024£38,859£48,572
2025£35,107£59,327

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTIES OF CHESHIRE, DERBYSHIRE, GREATER MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND WEST YORKSHIRE.PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS QUALIFIED AFORESAID WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE CITIES OF MANCHESTER AND SALFORD AND THE BOROUGH OF TRAFFORD.

Governing document: SCHEME OF 25 SEPTEMBER 1985

Trustees (6)

6trustees
73median age
2aged 70+

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