Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

GROWING WORKS

Growing Works vision is to nurture lives to empower vulnerable people to build resilience. We don?t only grow vegetables, we grow people. We run outdoor therapeutic activities for children and adults, volunteers and other members of the community Activities include growing, cooking, eating, drinking, foraging, planting, crafting, bush craft, making and learning.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/24£144£151£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£142£134£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£130£110£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£86£72£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£108£93£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£67£82£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£60£58£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£159£90£70n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years
(13 years as a company)

www.growingworks.org.uk

info@growingworks.org.uk

07883907452

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,
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£96,500
BBC Children in Need£31,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£12,638
Sir George Martin Trust£11,500
Allen Lane Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£2,879
Cheshire Community Foundation£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Growing Works
£2,500 15/03/2024
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Growing Works
£1,220 21/10/2023
We would like to provide craft workshops in an accessible outdoor environment in Dalton, where people can come together to connect with nature, learn new skills and improve their wellbeing.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Bud - Dig, cook, eat
£2,000 20/12/2022
Bud - Dig, cook, eat
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 16/12/2022
24
Growing Works, Nurturing Healthy Lives Outdoors
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Growing Works
£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’
National Lottery Community Fund - Bud Therapeutic Gardening
£10,000 23/09/2022
The funding will be used to provide a nurturing environment for participants who may not be able to access work or mainstream volunteering opportunities due to their mental or physical health disabilities caring responsibilities or people seeking ....more
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Growing Works
£3,000 07/07/2022
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Growing Works
£3,000 07/07/2022
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Growing Works
£3,000 07/07/2022
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
National Lottery Community Fund - Sprout - Strong Parents Reaching Out
£76,500 24/03/2022
The funding will be used to run outdoor social support groups for families who have children with a range of additional needs called The Sprout Project (Strong Parents Reaching Out). The aim is to nurture and empower vulnerable people and help them ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Growing Works
£1,659 23/10/2021
We aim to hold 4 seasonal events for the community to gain the benefits of an outdoor environment. We offer chance to socialise, share food, enjoy bushcraft, build strength, improve wellbeing.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Growing Works
£30,500 30/07/2021
This three year project will provide personal development programmes to children and young people with additional needs in Kirklees. The project will increase skills and self belief and reduce Covid-19 anxiety.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Outdoor Fun
£10,000 23/07/2021
The funding will be used to deliver outdoor bush-craft skills nature craft and gardening activities for children of pre-school age and those who are educated at home as well as their families. The project aims to improve the social networks of ....more
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Growing Works
£5,000 11/03/2021
24
£5,000 over two years (£2,500 pa) as a contribution to salaries of the Bud Project, therapeutic outdoor sessions for adult with mental health issues in West Yorkshire
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 09/07/2020
"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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,638 29/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 03/09/2019
24
SPRout and Young Shoots
National Lottery Community Fund - SPRout (Strong Parents Reaching Out)
£10,000 28/02/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver outdoor activities such as outdoor cooking and bush crafts, for children with additional needs and their families. Participants will engage with others and develop confidence whilst learning new skills and ....more
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Growing Works
£2,500 29/06/2018
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Growing Works
£2,500 29/06/2018
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 26/04/2018
Sprout
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing works for people and places
£9,900 21/02/2018
12
The group will provide a therapeutic gardening programme to help people enjoy the outdoors, learn new skills, make new friends and socialise.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-52
  • GEMMA KAY FOWLER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Quality And Patient Safety
  • KEVIN CHRISTOPHER EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Technology Officer
  • RICHARD BLACKBURN (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Customer Service Advisor
  • SARAH SHAW Appointed: 2024, Occupation: University Lecturer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/01/2015, number: 1160003
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/11/2011, number: 07832832
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

C/O The Mistel
Northgate
Honley
HOLMFIRTH
HD9 6QL

Objectives

(A) TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AMONGST THE COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY EXERCISE AND CREATIVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;(B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, ESPECIALLY THOUGH THE PROVISION OF OUTDOOR THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY FOR FAMILIES WITH COMPLEX NEEDS, PEOPLE IN ISOLATED AND VULNERABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES;(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE SEASONS THROUGH GARDENING AND UTILISATION OF THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; AND IN PARTICULAR TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES SO THEY MAY BE ENABLED TO BETTER PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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