THE FEDERATION OF GROUNDWORK TRUSTS

Charity Number: 291558
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Groundwork supports communities in need, working with partners to help improve the quality of peoples lives, their prospects and potential and the places where they live, work and play. Our vision is of a society of sustainable communities which are vibrant, healthy and safe, which respect the local and global environment and where individuals and enterprise prosper.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£21,306,994

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Donations and legacies £24.40k
Charitable activities £20.92m
Other trading activities £150.93k
Investments £210.05k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£22,625,010

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Raising funds £289.05k
Charitable activities £22.34m
Other £0

£119,276 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £3,500,277 from 7 government contract(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £289.05k
Charitable expenditure £22.34m

People

54 Employee(s)

14 Trustee(s)

18 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 2
£80k to £90k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 April 1985: Standard registration
  • 01 September 2022: Funds received from 1136139 RIVERSIDERS TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • GROUNDWORK UK (Working name)
  • GROUNDWORK FOUNDATION (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

14 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Andrew Thompson Trustee 13 March 2025
None on record
SARAH CLARKE Trustee 31 January 2025
GROUNDWORK FIVE COUNTIES
Received: On time
Oona Muirhead Trustee 21 June 2024
None on record
Tina Cunliffe Trustee 16 March 2023
None on record
KAREN BALMER Trustee 19 September 2022
CYCLING 4 ALL
Received: On time
Patrick Hughes Trustee 20 September 2021
None on record
Nigel Reader Trustee 21 July 2021
CYCLING 4 ALL
Received: On time
KING'S MILL COMMUNITY TRUST
Recently registered
Andrew Roy Thurston Trustee 27 January 2021
WIGAN DEANERY TRUST
Received: On time
GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST
Received: On time
stuart bonham Trustee 12 December 2019
GROUNDWORK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Received: On time
Anne-Marie Simpson Trustee 12 December 2019
None on record
Faiza Amin Trustee 16 September 2019
None on record
Jack White Trustee 16 September 2019
None on record
Antony Nelson Trustee 13 March 2019
None on record
Paul Roots Trustee 13 March 2019
GROUNDWORK CHESHIRE LANCASHIRE & MERSEYSIDE
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £25.17m £24.36m £21.67m £22.76m £21.31m
Total expenditure £24.23m £22.43m £21.65m £22.97m £22.63m
Income from government contracts £1.59m £8.51m £1.03m £972.70k £3.50m
Income from government grants N/A £1.26m £4.34m £4.41m N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £11.85k £19.34k £207.79k £76.06k £24.40k
Income - Other trading activities £189.61k £106.74k £135.00k £135.76k £150.93k
Income - Charitable activities £24.85m £24.20m £21.28m £22.42m £20.92m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £123.10k £30.29k £46.08k £128.33k £210.05k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £24.07m £22.30m £21.46m £22.76m £22.34m
Expenditure - Raising funds £157.06k £134.35k £185.58k £215.89k £289.05k
Expenditure - Governance £16.06k £455 £879.07k £951.87k £979.72k
Expenditure - Grants institution £19.65m £18.78m £17.75m £19.10m £17.51m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £2.23m £60.28k £37.63k £20.11k £10.97k
Long-term investments £0 £1.55m £2.11m £1.95m £2.07m
Other assets £19.74m £20.06m £22.20m £18.06m £13.52m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £18.55m £16.14m £18.74m £14.79m £11.56m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 08 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 08 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 25 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 25 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 04 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 04 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 15 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 15 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 MARCH 1985 AS AMENDED 10 SEPTEMBER 1991, 1 DECEMBER 1992, 20 DECEMBER 1996, 2 NOVEMBER 1999, 1 MARCH 2001, 1 AUGUST 2005, 13 SEPTEMBER 2005, 7 SEPTEMBER 2006, 11 SEPTEMBER 2007 AND 9 SEPTEMBER 2 as amended on 06 Dec 2018

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ANYWHERE IN THE UK AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. (2) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE LIVING OR WORKING ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (3) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND OTHER WAYS OF BETTER CONSERVING PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME WHERESOEVER. (4) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (5) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. (6) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. (7) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES IN THE DIRECT FURTHERANCE OF THEIR OBJECTS BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. (8) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS. FOR FULL DETAILS OF THE OBJECTS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WORLDWIDE

Contact information

Address:
Suite B2
The Walker Building
58 Oxford Street
Birmingham
B5 5NR
Phone:
01212368565
Email:
info@groundwork.org.uk
Website:

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