Groundwork South and North Tyneside Limited

Registered charity 1007918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GROUNDWORK SOUTH TYNESIDE AND NEWCASTE-UPON-TYNE, GROUNDWORK SOUTH TYNESIDE AND NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, GROUNDWORK SOUTH TYNESIDE AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, SOUTH TYNESIDE GROUNDWORK TRUST

Working with communities to build stronger neighbourhoods.Working to realise the potential of young peopleThrough education, promoting learning, citizenship and sustainabilityWorking to reconnect people and placesWorking to provide training for employment and stimulating enterpriseWorking to help businesses succeed

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Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£3.0m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £52,298 for the year, which included £103,777 in depreciation charges. Per the trustees' report, the charity held total reserves of £2,697,422, with free net current assets totaling £333,401, indicating adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£3.0m
Cost of raising funds
£194k
Reserves (reported)
£333k
Employees
58

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 6.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.9m£3.0m
31/03/2024£2.6m£2.6m
31/03/2023£2.4m£2.5m
31/03/2022£2.0m£2.1m
31/03/2021£2.0m£1.8m

Common questions

Is Groundwork South and North Tyneside Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £52,298 for the year, which included £103,777 in depreciation charges. Per the trustees' report, the charity held total reserves of £2,697,422, with free net current assets totaling £333,401, indicating adequate resources to continue in operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds Groundwork South and North Tyneside Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Groundwork South and North Tyneside Limited as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LOCAL TRUSTFY2023£265kBig Local area: Central Jarrow
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMSFY2023£9kNew Stories New Audiences

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East26/06/2025£16kGrant to Groundwork South and North Tyneside
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2025£20kMarsden Says
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/03/2025£249k"Jarrow Archaeological Mission (JAM) – Phase 1"
Community Foundation North East09/05/2024£23kGrant to Groundwork South and North Tyneside
Community Foundation North East02/02/2023£8kGrant to Groundwork South and North Tyneside
Sport England29/11/2022£8kJubilee Fund - New Year - New You
Community Foundation North East24/11/2022£2kGrant to Groundwork South and North Tyneside
Community Foundation North East20/10/2022£10kGrant to Groundwork South and North Tyneside
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2022£10kGreen Doctor
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/03/2022£250k"Skills from the Past for the Future"
Community Foundation North East16/12/2021£5kA grant to Groundwork South and North Tyneside
Community Foundation North East10/11/2021£1kA grant to Groundwork South and North Tyneside
The National Lottery Community Fund04/10/2021£150kBulky Waste Sustainability Hub - Repair and Reuse Solutions
Sport England22/09/2021£5kCOVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2021£10kSummer of Play
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/06/2020£43k"COVID19: Groundwork South and North Tyneside"
The National Lottery Community Fund19/02/2020£193kMarsden Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kYoung peoples volunteering sessions
The National Lottery Community Fund03/09/2019£10kMarsden Road Youth Space
The National Lottery Community Fund18/10/2018£43kSouth Tyneside Green Space Forum
Community Foundation North East04/10/2018£2kSpring Clean Monkton Community Woodland
Community Foundation North East25/09/2018£12kWoodland Connectors
Community Foundation North East31/05/2018£5kFuture Proof Parks
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/12/2017£27k"Jarrow Hall Enterprise"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/08/2017£60k"Jarrow Hall Parent masterplan - Curating a resilient future for a revived heritage site"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GROUNDWORK CHESHIRE LANCASHIRE & MERSEYSIDE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Groundwork South and North Tyneside Limited£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
GROUNDWORK CHESHIRE LANCASHIRE & MERSEYSIDE FY2025£6.9m£90,000 - £99,9994unclear—no doubt
GROUNDWORK WALES FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE GROUNDWORK SOUTH TRUST LIMITED FY2024£9.4m—0unclear—noted
GROUNDWORK EAST FY2025£2.5m——above—no doubt
GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER FY2025£8.0m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.