GROUNDWORK LONDON

Registered charity 1121105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£27.9m
Latest spending
£28.2m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net loss of £433,034 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £27.857m and total expenditure of £28.186m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves covered 218 days of running costs at year-end, which is above the stated policy target of 180 days. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ (180 days) running costs (held: £10.1m)
The Board of Trustees has agreed a long-term aim of holding unrestricted, free reserves equivalent to six months’ (180 days) running costs. — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hartley Fowler.

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

Total income
£27.9m
Total spending
£28.2m
Cost of raising funds
£101k
Reserves (reported)
£10.1m
Employees
395

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£27.9m£28.2m
31/03/2024£32.4m£32.4m
31/03/2023£33.2m£32.9m
31/03/2022£28.2m£27.8m
31/03/2021£21.0m£20.9m

Common questions

Is GROUNDWORK LONDON financially healthy?

The accounts state that the group reported a net loss of £433,034 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £27.857m and total expenditure of £28.186m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves covered 218 days of running costs at year-end, which is above the stated policy target of 180 days. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hartley Fowler.

Who funds GROUNDWORK LONDON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GROUNDWORK LONDON as a grant recipient include THE PRUDENCE TRUST, Fuel Bank Foundation, EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE), THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION, Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/10/2019£54k"Full CIRCLE (Community Integration for Refugees through CuLturE)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/12/2013£50k"SOS London (Sounds of South London)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/07/2012£55k"Edgecombe Hall Pond Restoration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/03/2006£172k"Wild West - Nature Conservation for All in Hammersmith & Fulham"

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