GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER

Charity Number: 1124508
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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. We will focus on our three strategic priorities of People, Places & Prosperity

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£6,546,641

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Donations and legacies £0
Charitable activities £6.48m
Other trading activities £0
Investments £13.75k
Other £57.16k

Total expenditure:
£6,536,317

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Raising funds £27.87k
Charitable activities £6.51m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £1,501,001 from 20 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 £27.87k
Charitable expenditure £6.51m
Retained for future use £10.32k

People

120 Employee(s)

10 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£70k to £80k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

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

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
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 Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • Lancashire
  • Manchester City
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Salford City
  • Stockport
  • Tameside
  • Trafford

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 June 2008: Standard registration
  • 06 December 2022: Funds received from 514726 GROUNDWORK OLDHAM AND ROCHDALE
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • GROUNDWORK MANCHESTER SALFORD STOCKPORT TAMESIDE AND TRAFFORD (Previous name)
  • GROUNDWORK MANCHESTER, SALFORD, TAMESIDE AND TRAFFORD (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Joy Antonia Woods Trustee 01 July 2024
None on record
Janet Thomas Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Jack Collier Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Erica Rosanne East Trustee 01 November 2023
None on record
Stephanie Everett Trustee 17 October 2022
None on record
Stewart Henry McCombe Trustee 17 October 2022
None on record
Joanne Yates Trustee 11 November 2021
None on record
Tessa Muriel Wiley Trustee 14 September 2021
None on record
Councillor Tom Besford Trustee 18 August 2020
None on record
Katrina Cunliffe Trustee 13 May 2019
None on record

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 £2.17m £3.53m £5.66m £6.13m £6.55m
Total expenditure £2.35m £3.36m £5.61m £6.11m £6.54m
Income from government contracts £338.52k £712.70k £1.13m £705.52k £1.50m
Income from government grants £141.65k £101.18k £21.55k £557.00k N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £45.72k £499.63k £106.97k £0 £0
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £2.05m £2.91m £5.51m £6.09m £6.48m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £75.44k £36.95k £38.77k £5.64k £13.75k
Income - Other £0 £82.85k £0 £36.84k £57.16k
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £2.34m £3.33m £5.57m £6.07m £6.51m
Expenditure - Raising funds £17.05k £26.20k £35.28k £33.87k £27.87k
Expenditure - Governance £38.12k £18.71k £11.61k £11.75k £28.74k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
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 £1.02m £1.03m £983.50k £933.63k £927.26k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £1.09m £2.19m £2.41m £2.56m £2.73m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £607.32k £1.55m £1.67m £1.75m £1.90m

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 01 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 01 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 09 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 09 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 20 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 20 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 07 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 07 December 2020 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 INCORPORATED 15/05/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/04/2009 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/07/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/09/2013 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 DEC 2017 as amended on 16 Oct 2020 as amended on 08 Dec 2020 as amended on 21 Apr 2021 as amended on 13 Dec 2021

Charitable objects

1.1. To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bolton, Bury Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford; the Unitary Borough of Blackburn with Darwen and the Districts of Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale and Ribble Valley and such other areas as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine from time to time (“the area of benefit”); 1.2. To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for those living in or working in or resorting to the area of benefit; 1.3. To advance public education in environmental matters and of the ways of better conserving, protecting and improving the same wheresoever; 1.4. To promote urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation within the area of benefit by all or any of the following means: 1.4.1. the relief of poverty in such ways as may be thought fit; 1.4.2. the relief of unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit including assistance to find employment; 1.4.3. the advancement of education, training or re-training particularly amongst unemployed people and providing unemployed people with work experience; 1.4.4. the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance, business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help: 1.4.4.1. in setting up their own businesses; or 1.4.4.2. to existing businesses; 1.4.5. the creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of work space, buildings and / or land for use on favourable terms; 1.4.6. the provision of housing for those who are in conditions of need and the improvement of housing in the public sector or in charitable ownership provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authority or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housing; 1.4.7. the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities; 1.4.8. the preservation of buildings or sites of historic or architectural importance; 1.4.9. the provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large and / or those who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities; 1.4.10. the protection or conservation of the environment, and the promotion and maintenance of sustainable community based projects; 1.4.11. the provision of public health facilities and childcare; 1.4.12. the promotion of public safety and prevention of crime; 1.4.13. such other means as may from time to time be determined subject to the prior written consent of the Commission; 1.5. To promote sustainable development within the area of benefit by: 1.5.1. the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources; 1.5.2. the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially disadvantaged communities; 1.5.3. the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration; 1.6. To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment and to promote study and research in such subjects provided that the useful results of such study are disseminated to the public at large Sustainable development in this Article and in Article 1.5 above means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.

Area of benefit

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

METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS OF BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN, MANCHESTER, SALFORD, STOCKPORT, TAMESIDE, TRAFFORD AND THE DISTRICTS OF BURNLEY, HYNDBURN, PENDLE, ROSSENDALE & RIBBLE VALLEY

Contact information

Address:
Trafford Ecology Park
Lake Road
Trafford Park
MANCHESTER
M17 1TU
Phone:
01612201000
Email:
greatermanchester@groundwork.org.uk
Website:

https://www.groundwork.org.uk/greatermanchester/ Open in new window