Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 13

GROUNDWORK WEST MIDLANDS

See Annual Report

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£3,241	£2,894	£347	£33	£1,530	£1,446	6	64	308
31/03/22		£2,702	£2,667	£35	£2	£1,261	£1,190	5.4	68	153
31/03/21		£1,544	£1,790	£-246	£33	£1,198	£1,106	7.4	60	507
31/03/20		£1,829	£2,838	£-1,008	£3	£1,242	£1,150	4.9	58	44
31/03/19		£1,989	£2,725	£-737	£53	£2,308	£2,217	9.8	74	44
31/03/18	*	£1,964	£2,808	£-843	£70	£2,921	£2,491	10.6	79	0
31/03/17		£1,834	£2,552	£-718	£38	£3,676	£2,914	13.7	57	0
31/03/16		£2,034	£2,598	£-564	£37	£3,922	£3,524	16.3	50	0
31/03/15		£3,010	£3,072	£-62	£28	£4,581	£4,264	16.7	57	0
31/03/14		£3,637	£3,604	£33	£75	£4,644	£4,315	14.4	64	0
31/03/13	*	£4,552	£5,531	£-979	£48	£4,611	£4,282	9.3	114	0
31/03/12		£11,669	£9,058	£2,610	£77	£5,590	£5,306	7	145	0
31/03/11		£17,555	£16,313	£1,242	£94	£2,980	£2,947	2.2	221	0
31/03/10	*	£8,108	£6,370	£1,738	£39	£1,738	£581	1.1	84	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 15 years

www.groundwork.org.uk/wm

wmgovernance@groundwork.org.uk

01215305500

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

64 employees
308 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	22/10/2021	Weston Charity Award Winners 2020/21 Bonus Award
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500	12/06/2020	Weston Charity Award Winners 2020/21
National Lottery Community Fund - Groundwork West Midlands IT project
£10,000	04/02/2020 2	The funding will be used to upgrade existing IT equipment and systems. The project aims to improve IT infrastructure to increase the efficiency of remote working and engaging with community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Fancy a Brew?
£60,768	19/02/2019 36	This resident-led programme of activities will be delivered within four tower blocks across Birmingham, which will bring people together and empower them to run their own activities and events for ....more This resident-led programme of activities will be delivered within four tower blocks across Birmingham, which will bring people together and empower them to run their own activities and events for their neighbours. This will include anything from coffee mornings to days out such as seeing a football match. An initial launch event for the project will be a pop up food event, which will encourage residents to use communal areas and have a chat and a free meal.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cook Together Eat Together
£294,122	31/08/2018 36	This project aims to support almost 3,000 older people, building their skills and knowledge so they can cook from scratch, maintain a healthy and balanced diet whilst also reducing social isolation. ....more This project aims to support almost 3,000 older people, building their skills and knowledge so they can cook from scratch, maintain a healthy and balanced diet whilst also reducing social isolation. Cooking courses will be provided which will bring people together to learn to cook and socialise. These participants will then have the opportunity to be trained so they can deliver their own cooking courses. The organisation will also attend people's homes who are unable to attend a cooking course.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Citizen Sunrise 18/19
£8,279	01/04/2018	Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Citizen Sunrise 18/19
£21,711	01/04/2018	Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork West Midlands
£57,200	25/04/2016	Silverdale - Our Story
National Lottery Community Fund - Birmingham's Active Neighbourhoods
£244,993	20/03/2014 24	This is a new project by Groundwork West Midlands (GWM) which will serve Birmingham and aims to empower residents to develop and run a programme of activities that increase participation in and the ....more This is a new project by Groundwork West Midlands (GWM) which will serve Birmingham and aims to empower residents to develop and run a programme of activities that increase participation in and the use of local green space which will ultimately reduce health inequalities and social isolation in the identified priority neighbourhoods.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork West Midlands Tipton
£10,000	26/11/2013	Identity tags

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-63

BRID ANNE BICKERTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Marketing Director

LYNDON CAMPBELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Diversity And Inclusion

PHILIP JOHN FARRELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

ANNE MARIE SIMPSON (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

IAN PRIEST Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Business Advisor

RITA TAPPIA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Hr Consultant, Other trusteeship: BIRMINGHAM LGBT,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/03/2009, number: 1128858
Registered at Companies House on 18/02/2009, number: 06823225

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR18: 5 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR10: 18 days late,

Main office

Groundwork West Midlands
First Floor
36-38 Owen House
Unity Walk
Tipton Shopping Centre
TIPTON

Objectives

FOR OBJECTS, PLEASE SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST MIDLANDS

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