GOODWIN DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1098520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOODWIN DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED, HULL AMBASSABORS, HULL COMMUNITY WARDENS GOODWIN CENTRE, SURE START HYTON & ST ANDREWS SURE START NEWLAND &, WEST HULL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT

Children & Youngs Peoples Services, Community Services (Safer, Stronger Communities), Enterprise Employment & Training Services, Health & Social Care Provision.

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Latest income
£4.4m
Latest spending
£4.5m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £198,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to extensive cladding repairs. Despite this deficit and acknowledged operational challenges from the cost-of-living crisis, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient reserves and cash flows to continue operations for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The current economic and social environment (cost of living, energy prices, the War in Ukraine, the national debt) means that Goodwin Development Trust faces operational challenges in the short to midterm. This has resulted in the Trustees approving a small deficit budget for the year to 31 March 2026 and implementing a scheme of monitoring and appraising on-going operations with an intention to return a balanced budget.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Board member is a residential tenant
“At the date of these financial statements we had 1 Board member who is a residential tenant of the Company. We also have 2 Board members who are members of the Thornton Allotment Association who are a commercial tenant of Goodwin. All rents are made on an arms length basis.” — page 30
“At the date of these financial statements we had 1 Board member who is a residential tenant of the Company. We also have 2 Board members who are members of the Thornton Allotment Association who are a commercial tenant of Goodwin. All rents are made on an arms length basis.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Board members are commercial tenants
“At the date of these financial statements we had 1 Board member who is a residential tenant of the Company. We also have 2 Board members who are members of the Thornton Allotment Association who are a commercial tenant of Goodwin. All rents are made on an arms length basis.” — page 30
“At the date of these financial statements we had 1 Board member who is a residential tenant of the Company. We also have 2 Board members who are members of the Thornton Allotment Association who are a commercial tenant of Goodwin. All rents are made on an arms length basis.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Safeguarding serious incident reported to Charity Commission
“In February 2025 Goodwin was advised by Hull City Council Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) that a former member of staff should be referred to DBS to be included in the Barred from working with children list. While there were no direct safeguarding concerns for Goodwin, The Trustees instructed the Co-CEO to inform the Charity Commission as this met the threshold for serious incident reporting.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

24 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (18 freehold); recorded price paid £887k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Goodwin Development Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 10/05/2018. CQC record

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

Total income
£4.4m
Total spending
£4.5m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
144

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (43% 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.4m£4.5m
31/03/2024£4.2m£4.1m
31/03/2023£4.7m£4.8m
31/03/2022£4.6m£4.9m
31/03/2021£4.7m£4.6m

Common questions

Is GOODWIN DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £198,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to extensive cladding repairs. Despite this deficit and acknowledged operational challenges from the cost-of-living crisis, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient reserves and cash flows to continue operations for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Smailes Goldie.

Who funds GOODWIN DEVELOPMENT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GOODWIN DEVELOPMENT TRUST as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, HEY SMILE FOUNDATION, ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£41kGood Health and Wellbeing
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£14kReduced Inequalities
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kProgramme: Let's Create Jubilee Fund
HEY SMILE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2024£0Biffa Award Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2026£20kVilla Gardens: Rewild & Renew
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2025£46kDesign Create Connect: Hull Youth Media Lab
Sport England02/07/2025£8kThe active Estate
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2023£10kMH - Summer Of Opportunity
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£10kCovid 19 Response
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2019£295kBransholme Chat
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2016£6kNeeds Analysis - Refugees and Asylum Seekers Kingston Upon Hull
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2016£460kHaven Psychotherapy Team
Sport England02/06/2014£33kHumber Sports Partnership CSP Funding 2011/2015
Sport England15/08/2013£13kHumber Sports Partnership CSP Funding 2011/2015
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2013£284kHaven project Hull
Sport England23/01/2013£240kHumber Sports Partnership CSP Funding 2011/2015
Sport England20/10/2012£32kHumber Sports Partnership CSP Funding 2011/2015
Sport England28/04/2012£20kHumber Sports Partnership CSP Funding 2011/2015
Sport England15/02/2012£70kHumber School Games Level 3 County Festival
Sport England23/12/2011£197kHumber Sports Partnership CSP Funding 2011/2015
Sport England07/12/2011£20kHumber Sports Partnership CSP Funding 2011/2015
Sport England03/05/2011£477kHumber Sports Partnership CSP Funding 2011/2015
Sport England28/04/2011£20kHumber Sports Partnership CSP Funding 2011/2015
Sport England01/12/2010£200kHSP Core Funding 2009-2012
Sport England07/05/2010£41kCoaching Development Manager
Sport England22/04/2010£22kLeadership and Volunteering (SIS)
Sport England20/04/2010£5kPilot RIC
Sport England20/04/2010£214kHSP Extending Activities Delivery
Sport England29/01/2010£8kHull and East Yorkshire World Cup

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with London Development Trust Ltd.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GOODWIN DEVELOPMENT TRUST£4.4m——unclear—noted
London Development Trust Ltd FY2025£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
HOH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£194k—0unclear—no doubt
STROUD COURT COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£3.9m——below—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WINCHESTER ST LAWRENCE WITH ST SWITHUN-UPON-KINGSGATE FY2025£177k—0below—no doubt
GORSEINON DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt

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