Finance Score: -9

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 3

Qualified accounts: -3
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

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -14

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.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 2 trustees?
Why is the Board completely male?
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

The latest accounts were qualified
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
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
?31/03/23		£140	£190	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
?31/03/22		£787	£735	£52	£0	£129	£90	1.5	0	3
?31/03/21?		£575	£568	£7	£0	£77	£59	1.2	7	70
?30/09/20?		£2,409	£2,388	£21	£0	£70	£70	0.4	14	25
31/03/19		£1,658	£1,680	£-22	£0	£49	£253	1.8	17	300
31/03/18		£1,487	£1,501	£-14	£0	£110	£110	0.9	31	0
31/03/17	*	£1,506	£1,522	£-16	£0	£120	£120	0.9	34	0
31/03/16	*	£1,374	£1,496	£-122	£0	£116	£116	0.9	35	0
31/03/15	*	£1,491	£1,640	£-148	£412	£187	£187	1.4	45	0
31/03/14		£1,717	£1,805	£-88	£140	£411	£411	2.7	48	0
31/03/13		£2,168	£2,258	£-90	£230	£356	£356	1.9	58	0
31/03/12		£3,005	£3,143	£-139	£1,086	£516	£516	2	96	0
31/03/11		£3,854	£3,595	£259	£249	£857	£750	2.5	116	0
31/03/10		£3,113	£3,132	£-20	£302	£387	£379	1.5	72	0
31/03/09		£3,072	£3,036	£36	£800	£875	£862	3.4	57	0
31/03/08		£3,078	£3,038	£40	£774	£839	£823	3.2	61	0
31/03/07		£2,804	£2,769	£35	£732	£799	£799	3.5	48	0
31/03/06		£2,119	£2,098	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£2,869	£2,833	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£1,975	£1,926	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 38 years

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

leeds@groundwork.org.uk

0113 2380601

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Leeds City,

Who it helps

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.

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 encouraging families to get out of the house and ....more 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 encouraging families to get out of the house and be physically active this Easter.
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, with the aim of improving confidence and resilience ....more 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, with the aim of improving confidence and resilience through the development of sustained friendships.
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 and deliver other EA objectives
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: 59-73

ADRIAN CURTIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director

TREVOR LINCOLN (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

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

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