ROCHDALE BOROUGHWIDE CULTURAL TRUST

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which presumes that the charitable company will continue to receive contracted financial investment from Rochdale Borough Council ('RBC'). RBC are contracted to use the charitable company's services until March 2032, by which date the contract will be reviewed. [...] As a consequence, the Trustees believe that the group is well placed to manage its business risks successfully, both in the short-term and over the life of the contract to 2032 (assuming the new Partnership Agreement is successfully completed and signed).”

Group structure

1. ROCHDALE BOROUGHWIDE CULTURAL TRUST · parent
   1. Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust Trading Company Limited 100% · England & Wales · Operation of civic centre and other trading activity

Significant events

• “As a result of a serious fire at Storage World, an adjacent building, Middleton Arena was closed to all staff and customers on Wednesday 18th June following the instructions of the Fire Service. Staff were re-deployed, and communications sent to all customers. Several events in the theatre were cancelled until further notice.”
• “The Arena re-opened on 30 June 2025 following close liaison with Rochdale BC colleagues and Storage World management. The Storage World building is now in the process of demolition and Your Trust's insurers have received a business interruption claim running to several thousands of pounds in lost income and the costs of event cancellation and refunds.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +27.9%

  £1,516,748 → £1,939,452

• Cash

  +12.6%

  £5,398,408 → £6,078,749

• Net assets

  -68.8%

  £18,270,102 → £5,698,283

• Employees

  -1.3%

  299 → 295

• Profit before tax

  -24.5%

  £2,136,703 → £1,614,181

• Wages

  +6.5%

  £6,147,837 → £6,545,027

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers