GROUNDWORK NORTH WALES

Registered charity 1004132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GROUNDWORK WREXHAM, GROUNDWORK WREXHAM & FLINTSHIRE

Groundwork works in partnership with the private, public and voluntary sectors, to enable people to change their own lives for the better, by engaging them in physical environmental activities and helping them to gain green skills and jobs.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING THAT WHICH IS OF EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR WITHIN WHICH THE WILDLIFE IS IN NEED OF PROTECTION AND INCLUDING THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC PARKS IN WALES & ENGLAND. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND IN ALL MATTERS CONCERNING WILDLIFE AND NATURE CONSERVATION, IN THE WAYS OF BETTER CONSERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME WHERE SO EVER. TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BEST PRACTICABLE ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION IN WALES & ENGLAND THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION OF AREAS IN SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, BY RELIEVING POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THROUGH; IMPROVING THE EMPLOYABILITY OF DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE; THE PROVISION OF WORK PLACEMENT, AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, TRAINING AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, THE PROVISION OF QUALITY AFFORDABLE FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS, THE PROVISION OF ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADVICE THROUGHOUT WALES AND ENGLAND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THEY ARE INTENDED IN WALES AND ENGLAND. TO ADVANCE CULTURAL WELL-BEING THROUGH PEOPLES ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTS AND THE NATIONS BUILT AND NATURAL HERITAGE IN WALES AND ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: PLEASE SEE OBJECTS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £220,550 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,948,172 against total expenditure of £2,727,622. The trustees report that the required minimum level of unrestricted reserves policy has been met, holding £696,540 in unrestricted reserves against a target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by M. D. Coxey and Co. Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Groundwork North Wales (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Tesco — “The Tesco Fruit & Veg grant programme has now officially launched alongside Tesco’s national strategy campaign: ‘Free Fruit & Veg for School…” (source page)
• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The National Lottery Heritage Fund has already backed the project at Stage 1, with a potential £1.26m full award if the project is successfu…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (45% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carl Ryan Stephens
• Dr Stan Moore · trustee of 1 other charity
• HELEN ELIZABETH WRIGHT
• Kenneth Rodney Taylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas Charles Ringrose
• Nicola Jane Said · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel Frederick Reader CBE · trustee of 3 other charities
• Sarah Overson · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GROUNDWORK WALES.

• GROUNDWORK WALES income £1.4m
• GROUNDWORK CAERPHILLY income £421k
• GROUNDWORK EAST income £2.3m
• GROUNDWORK CHESHIRE LANCASHIRE & MERSEYSIDE income £6.9m
• THE FEDERATION OF GROUNDWORK TRUSTS income £48.7m
• Groundwork South and North Tyneside Limited income £2.9m

Side by side with its peers

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