Overall GiG Score: -10 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +4

THE LEEDS GROUNDWORK TRUST 

Groundwork Leeds is part of a national federation of Trusts that was set up to champion grassroots environmental activity. Groundwork Leeds works with communities, local partners and businesses to improve the environment; it educates and engages children and young people about environmental matters, and strives to improve the quality of life for those in deprived areas.
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Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 37 years

http://www.groundwork.org.uk/leeds

leeds@groundwork.org.uk

0113 2380601

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UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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£140£190£-50n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£787£735£52£0£129£901.503
31/03/21?£575£568£7£0£77£591.2770
30/09/20?£2,409£2,388£21£0£70£700.41425
31/03/19£1,658£1,680£-22£0£49£2531.817300
31/03/18£1,487£1,501£-14£0£110£1100.9310
31/03/17*£1,506£1,522£-16£0£120£1200.9340
31/03/16*£1,374£1,496£-122£0£116£1160.9350
31/03/15*£1,491£1,640£-148£412£187£1871.4450
31/03/14£1,717£1,805£-88£140£411£4112.7480
31/03/13£2,168£2,258£-90£230£356£3561.9580
31/03/12£3,005£3,143£-139£1,086£516£5162960
31/03/11£3,854£3,595£259£249£857£7502.51160
31/03/10£3,113£3,132£-20£302£387£3791.5720
31/03/09£3,072£3,036£36£800£875£8623.4570
31/03/08£3,078£3,038£40£774£839£8233.2610
31/03/07£2,804£2,769£35£732£799£7993.5480
31/03/06£2,119£2,098£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£2,869£2,833£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,975£1,926£49£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,

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
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Groundwork Yorkshire
£25,000 11/03/2021
We are offering free fun outdoor activity sessions this Easter, including a free healthy packed lunch aimed at alleviating holiday hunger and inactivity and reducing social and emotional isolation by ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Groundwork NEWY
£9,994 18/09/2020
11
Sport Talk is a pilot project that will use sport as the vehicle for providing support and social interaction for men who are at risk of suicide or experiencing bereavement as a result of suicide, ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£5,000 08/04/2020
1
Grant to Groundwork NEWY
Leeds Community Foundation - Go Wild
£4,896 04/03/2019
3
Our Go Wild Summer environmental outdoor activity programme for young people and families in Bramley and Seacroft offers fun weekly sessions for all including a free healthy lunch.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Groundwork North, East and West Yorkshire
£80,400 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'Men in Sheds' project using woodworking to support and engage vulnerable and isolated older men in Leeds
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Yorkshire Septic Tank Pollution Project
£10,000 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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Improving Yorkshire's Industrial Estates - Bradford / Westbrook Beck
£30,000 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Groundwork Leeds
£58,800 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Men in Sheds' project providing engagement and support to vulnerable and isolated men in Leeds
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/11/1986, number: 518154
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/10/1986, number: 02064992
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 44 days late, AR16: 0 days late, AR15: 73 days late, AR05: 15 days late,
Main office

GROUNDWORK YORKSHIRE
ENVIRONMENT & BUSINESS CENTRE
MERLYN-REES AVENUE
MORLEY
LEEDS
LS27 9SL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO PROMOTE FIRSTLY THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE LEEDS AREA WHICH CONSISTS OF ALL WARDS IN THE LEEDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND SECONDLY 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 OR WORKING OR RESORTING TO THE LEEDS AREA AND THIRDLY TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND OF THE WAYS OF BETTER CONSERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME WHERESOEVER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ALL WARDS IN THE LEEDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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