GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER

Registered charity 1124508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GROUNDWORK MANCHESTER SALFORD STOCKPORT TAMESIDE AND TRAFFORD, GROUNDWORK MANCHESTER, SALFORD, TAMESIDE AND TRAFFORD · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£8.0m
Latest spending
£7.9m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £53,684 on total incoming resources of £7.95 million, maintaining a strong financial position. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £857,756, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £900,000, indicating adequate liquidity to manage risks and working capital needs.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around £900k (held: £858k)
we have calculated the minimum level of reserves as £750k: However, given the current rate of inflation and financial climate we consider that an additional 20% should be added to create a Reserves Level of around £900k for the Business Plan Period.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP.

Corporate structure

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

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

Total income
£8.0m
Total spending
£7.9m
Cost of raising funds
£26k
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
137

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Lancashire · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£8.0m£7.9m
31/03/2024£6.5m£6.5m
31/03/2023£6.1m£6.1m
31/03/2022£5.7m£5.6m
31/03/2021£3.5m£3.4m

Common questions

Is GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £53,684 on total incoming resources of £7.95 million, maintaining a strong financial position. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £857,756, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £900,000, indicating adequate liquidity to manage risks and working capital needs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council31/10/2022£2kVoluntary Sector Grant to Lostock and Groundwork
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council30/04/2022£2kVoluntary Sector Grant to Goundwork/Lostock High School
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/06/2014£10k"Widening our wider communityÂ’s awareness/understanding of the local area's social/industrial and natural history"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/03/2010£21k"Discovering our past"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/02/2005£25k"History of Angel Meadow"

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