Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

GROUNDWORK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Environmental and Regeneration Charity: Encouraging community involvement in promoting and enhancing the physical environment and social welfare, and providing advice to support the charitable sector within the beneficial area*.*The 'beneficial area' is Northamptonshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,416£1,388£28£0£199£1991.722410
31/03/22£1,387£1,373£14£0£171£1711.529104
31/03/21£1,067£1,036£31£0£157£160.220150
31/03/20£998£986£12£0£126£1261.525500
31/03/19£925£928£-3£0£109£0n/a24357
31/03/18£884£882£2£0£112£1121.5240
31/03/17£1,042£1,037£5£0£110£1101.3230
31/03/16£975£1,000£-26£0£105£1051.3270
31/03/15£1,038£1,034£4£13£131£1311.5250
31/03/14£719£816£-97£13£127£1271.9210
31/03/13£743£816£-72£8£224£2243.3230
31/03/12£804£837£-33£9£296£2964.2220
31/03/11£939£842£97£8£329£3294.7280
31/03/10£673£647£26£7£231£2314.3240
31/03/09£574£536£38£9£205£2054.6160
31/03/08£434£576£-142n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£990£681£309£6£309£1582.880

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 67%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 19 years

www.groundwork.org.uk/sites/northamptonshire

gwknorthants@groundwork.org.uk

01536526453

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£323,533
National Lottery Heritage Fund£115,400
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£103,421
DCMS£55,569
Youth Music£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Green Patch
£1,291 22/10/2022
We'd like to open up our site to the wider community on weekends, allowing access to our amazing community garden. Hundreds more people could potentially visit us if we opened on Sundays.
National Lottery Community Fund - Come Together @ Green Patch
£313,626 20/10/2022
The funding will enable the organisation to meet the increased demand on their services for Young People volunteers and vulnerable disengaged community members at The Green Patch (TGP) a large community garden based in Kettering North ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Groundwork Northamptonshire
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Kingswood and Hazel Leys Small Urban Green Spaces Enhancement Project
£5,000 30/06/2022
Kingswood and Hazel Leys Small Urban Green Spaces Enhancement Project
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - support families with pre-school age children by providing Parents & Tots group, drop-ins and Baby Rangers project
£26,921 08/04/2022
support families with pre-school age children by providing Parents & Tots group, drop-ins and Baby Rangers project
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Community Tree of Hope
£10,000 22/03/2022
To provide a series of artist led workshops and to celebrate the Jubilee with a weekend picnic and celebration
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Green Patch Workshop
£38,500 08/03/2022
Green Patch Workshop
National Lottery Community Fund - Green Rangers
£9,907 30/09/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a range of activities based around nature and the outdoors for children. The project aims to provide a positive social setting for people to improve their emotional wellbeing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork Northamptonshire
£79,600 30/04/2021
Wellingborough Stories
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Better Together Hub
£20,000 29/03/2021
Better Together Hub
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grow project
£3,000 11/02/2021
continuation of our previous ‘Grow’ projects
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£24,569 09/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Groundwork Northamptonshire
£4,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This project will deliver fortnightly home actvity packs and online mindfulness activities during Covid-19 for children with a range of disabilities. Children will have more fun and maintain friendships to support their mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork Northamptonshire
£10,000 12/06/2020
#Digital3 Corby Pole Fair - Digital Confidence Fund
DCMS - Creative People and Places Loneliness Projects
£31,000 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more
Youth Music - Jammin
£30,000 06/03/2020
Jammin
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork Northamptonshire
£25,800 23/01/2020
Corby Pole Fair 2022 Development Phase
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Groundwork Northamptonshire
£28,550 08/08/2019
36
This project will provide activities for disabled children in the school summer holidays. Outcomes include increased confidence, improved relationships and improved physical wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 18/06/2019
Creative Green Spaces
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,820 01/04/2019
Expansion project based in Corby, Northamptonshire, East Midlands delivering environmental, youth work and community led arts activities, the organisation has good experience of providing these services and have good strong connections within the ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,820 05/01/2019
Expansion project based in Corby, Northamptonshire, East Midlands delivering environmental, youth work and community led arts activities, the organisation has good experience of providing these services and have good strong connections within the ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
Developing space and activities at several community centres
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£10,000 20/12/2018
Developing space and activities at several community centres
National Lottery Community Fund - connecting corby
£55,541 26/11/2018
36
connecting corby
National Lottery Community Fund - Capture Commission: Diverse Communities
£10,000 22/11/2017
12
This group will work with immigrant communities to deliver a series of art workshops, community conversations, and a film which will conclude with an event that celebrates their diverse cultural heritages. The exact content of the event will be ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork Northamptonshire
£10,000 24/10/2017
Living Legends: Hidden Histories
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Groundwork Northamptonshire
£56,792 17/10/2017
36
This project will provide a range of environmental and outdoors activities for disabled children in and around Northamptonshire. The project will improve emotional wellbeing, improve family relationships and provide the opportunity for personal ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - JAM Indoors
£171,300 01/06/2016
36
Through Jam Indoors children and young people aged 8-21 will be able to access indoor activities 365 days per year to deter them from negative social behaviours and help increase their chances of future employment. Activities will be young ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Green Patch
£10,000 24/11/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Kettering. The group will use the funding to provide capacity building workshops for their volunteers. The workshops will enable the beneficiaries to aquire food growing, landscaping and life skills, improving ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Corby JAM Team
£211,830 14/09/2011
60
The projects will work with young people who are at of being involved in anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Corby. A rapid response service will engage with young people on the streets and engage them with training courses and opportunities to get ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-68
  • ANNE LEE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Translator
  • GAIL CHAPMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • MAXINE CIGLIANO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Learning & Development Manager
  • PINDER CHAUHAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: County Councillor
  • STEVEN NORTH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Councillor
  • STUART BONHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/05/2006, number: 1114205
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/01/2006, number: 05679933
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE BUSINESS EXCHANGE
ROCKINGHAM ROAD
KETTERING
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
NN16 8JX

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN CORBY BOROUGH, EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DISTRICT AND KETTERING BOROUGH AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (THE BENEFICIAL AREA). 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 BENEFICIAL AREA.TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND OTHER WAYS OF BETTER CONSERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME WHERESOEVER.TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE BENEFICIAL AREA. TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN CORBY BOROUGH, EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DISTRICT, KETTERING BOROUGH AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES; THE PROVISION OF 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 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CORBY BOROUGH; EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DISTRICT, KETTERING BOROUGH AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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