Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 13

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 15

GROUNDED COMMUNITY

To educate, share and grow, so we can reconnect members of our community with nature, with food and with each other.We want to work together to build an abundant, circular food system and a culture of storing, reusing and redistributing food surplus. To do this, we focus on four areas: education, community, access to food and environment.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£134,234	£115,429	£18,805	200
31/03/22?	£52,944	£61,169	£-8,225	130
31/05/21	£84,360	£60,206	£24,154	65

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.groundedcommunity.co.uk

admin@groundedcommunity.co.uk

07530987349

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Bournemouth, Dorset, Hampshire, Poole,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
200 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£308,457
DCMS	£36,248
Dorset Community Foundation	£24,000
Power to Change	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,104

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Grounded Community
£7,500	06/12/2022	Funds to boost Feed our Community food boxes which are in high demand, and to continue the Social Cantees piloted earlier this year, offering weekly community meals
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Grounded Community
£1,000	30/08/2022	Growing and wildlife gardening group for under 7s and their adult carers
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Grounded Community
£1,500	28/06/2022	Supporting a community garden fand community composting programme
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Grounded Community
£7,000	21/06/2022	Pilot of community meals to be offered at the Well Spring cafe on a low cost basis, plus core costs for existing food provision project; Feed our Community and Grounded Gatherers
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating Community Sufficiency
£308,457	03/02/2022	The project is using funding to support the community in organising its food provision through food surplus and resource management growing and preserving foods understanding biodiversity and ....more The project is using funding to support the community in organising its food provision through food surplus and resource management growing and preserving foods understanding biodiversity and environmental impact. The focus of the project is about connection and cooperation to each other and the planet.
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Grounded Community
£7,000	07/12/2021	Supporting Feed our Community and Community Gatherers projects – distributing unwanted food to those in need including food items prepared by volunteers using excess ingredients
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Grounded Community
£4,104	23/10/2021	We'd like to buy a van to expand our food collections, increase our delivery service to more sheltered housing units and to add community sustainability training and salaries for staff.
Power to Change - Crowdmatch - Grounded Community
£5,000	11/02/2021	Grant to Crowdmatch - Grounded Community
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£36,248	02/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ELIZABETH HELEN GIALIAS Appointed: 2021

JOHN HANSON (Chair) Appointed: 2020

MARK WILLIAM STIMSON Appointed: 2022

PETER DRYSDALE Appointed: 2021

JOHN RICHARDS Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/01/2020, number: 1187272

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

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Flat 5
Monaco Court
Charminster Road
BOURNEMOUTH
BH8 9QZ

Objectives

1. To advance the education of the public in subjects of sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment by teaching, demonstrating and supporting people how to grow food to improve health and well-being. 2. The relief of those in need, by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through the gathering, collection and distribution of food, the provision of support to grow food and the reduction of food waste.

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