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.

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

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income)
“Income from charitable activities includes income received both from the supply of services under contractual arrangements and from performance-related grants which have conditions that specify the provision of particular services.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of running costs (held: £205k)
“The Trust is aiming to secure and maintain six months of running costs as a reserve.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£226k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 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 (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.1m£1.0m

Common questions

Is GROUNDWORK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Infinitas Accountants Limited.

Who funds GROUNDWORK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GROUNDWORK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LOCAL TRUSTFY2023£287kBig Local area: Kingsbrook and Cauldwell
LOCAL TRUSTFY2023£166kBig Local area: Inner East Preston
MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kEnvironment and regeneration
MICHAEL GUEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kEnvironment and regeneration

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2026£279kGo Greener @ Green Patch
The National Lottery Community Fund06/11/2025£47kNN Creative Streets
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2022£314kCome Together @ Green Patch
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/10/2021£158k"Corby Pole Fair 2022"
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2021£10kGreen Rangers
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/04/2021£80k"Wellingborough Stories"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/06/2020£10k"#Digital3 Corby Pole Fair - Digital Confidence Fund"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/01/2020£26k"Corby Pole Fair 2022 Development Phase"
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2018£56kconnecting corby
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/10/2017£10k"Living Legends: Hidden Histories"
The National Lottery Community Fund13/10/2016£10kThe Green Patch Communit Food Festival
The National Lottery Community Fund01/06/2016£171kJAM Indoors
The National Lottery Community Fund24/11/2011£10kThe Green Patch
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2011£212kCorby JAM Team
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/03/2006£48k"West Glebe Park Heritage Project"

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 NORTH EAST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GROUNDWORK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE£1.4m—0above—no doubt
GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST FY2025£8.2m——unclear—no doubt
THE GROUNDWORK SOUTH TRUST LIMITED FY2024£9.4m—0unclear—noted
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.7m—1unclear—no doubt
NEW HORIZONS COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE FY2025£1.2m£100,001 - £110,000—above—no doubt
GROUNDWORK EAST FY2025£2.5m——above—no doubt

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