GROUNDWORK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Registered charity 1114205 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GROUNDWORK NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, GROUNDWORK NORTH NORTHANTS

Environmental and Regeneration Charity: Encouraging community involvement in promoting and enhancing the physical environment and social welfare, and providing advice to support the charitable sector within the beneficial area*.*The 'beneficial area' is Northamptonshire.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN CORBY BOROUGH, EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DISTRICT AND KETTERING BOROUGH AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (THE BENEFICIAL AREA). 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 IN OR WORKING IN OR RESORTING TO THE BENEFICIAL AREA.TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND OTHER WAYS OF BETTER CONSERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME WHERESOEVER.TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE BENEFICIAL AREA. TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN CORBY BOROUGH, EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DISTRICT, KETTERING BOROUGH AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES; THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: CORBY BOROUGH; EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DISTRICT, KETTERING BOROUGH AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £9,606 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £225,822. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £204,566, which is above the stated policy target of six months of running costs. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Infinitas Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gail Morrison Chapmanchair
• Anne Lee
• Eleanor Chambers
• Gillian Scoular
• Maxine Cigliano
• Steven North

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 NORTH EAST.

• GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST income £8.2m
• NORTHCLIFFE ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERPRISES TEAM income £728k
• WARRINGTON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £987k
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.7m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL income £246k
• NORTH SOUTHWARK ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £108k

Side by side with its peers

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