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

Our vision is of a society of sustainable communities which are vibrant, healthy and safe, whichrespect the local and global environment and where individuals and enterprise prosper. We will focus on our three strategic priorities of People, Places & Prosperity

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06543150

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

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.

• KINNEAR, Iain — director, appointed 03/11/2025on trustee list
• WOODS, Joy Antonia — director, appointed 01/07/2024on trustee list
• EAST, Erica Rosanne — director, appointed 01/11/2023on trustee list
• THOMAS, Janet — director, appointed 01/11/2023not on trustee list
• COLLIER, Jack — director, appointed 01/11/2023on trustee list
• EVERETT, Stephanie Joanne — director, appointed 17/11/2022on trustee list
• MCCOMBE, Stewart Henry — director, appointed 17/11/2022on trustee list
• YATES, Joanne Elizabeth — director, appointed 11/11/2021on trustee list
• WILEY, Tessa Muriel — director, appointed 14/09/2021on trustee list
• BESFORD, Thomas Philip, Councillor — director, appointed 18/08/2020not on trustee list
• CUNLIFFE, Katrina — director, appointed 13/05/2019on trustee list
• CUNNINGHAM, Gary — secretary, appointed 08/10/2020

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Erica Rosanne East
• Iain Kinnear
• Jack Collier
• Janet Thomas OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Walker
• Joanne Yates
• Joy Antonia Woods
• Katrina Cunliffe
• Stephanie Everett
• Stewart Henry McCombe
• Tessa Muriel Wiley
• Tom Besford · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 CHESHIRE LANCASHIRE & MERSEYSIDE.

• GROUNDWORK CHESHIRE LANCASHIRE & MERSEYSIDE income £6.9m
• THE FEDERATION OF GROUNDWORK TRUSTS income £48.7m
• GROUNDWORK WALES income £1.4m
• GROUNDWORK CAERPHILLY income £421k
• GREATER MANCHESTER ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £1.1m
• Groundwork South and North Tyneside Limited income £2.9m

Side by side with its peers

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