GROWING WORKS

Registered charity 1160003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Growing Works vision is to nurture lives to empower vulnerable people to build resilience. We don?t only grow vegetables, we grow people. We run outdoor therapeutic activities for children and adults, volunteers and other members of the community Activities include growing, cooking, eating, drinking, foraging, planting, crafting, bush craft, making and learning.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£124k
Latest spending
£127k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,091 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £133,441 to £130,350. The trustees consider reserves of £48,334 to be acceptable against a policy target of four months' operating costs or a minimum of £40,000. The charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit under small company and charity regulations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (91% of income)
“Grants 4 - 112,377 112,377 134,634” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£124k£127k
31/03/2024£144k£151k
31/03/2023£142k£134k
31/03/2022£130k£110k
31/03/2021£86k£72k

Common questions

Is GROWING WORKS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,091 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £133,441 to £130,350. The trustees consider reserves of £48,334 to be acceptable against a policy target of four months' operating costs or a minimum of £40,000. The charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit under small company and charity regulations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GROWING WORKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GROWING WORKS as a grant recipient include CLA CHARITABLE TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CLA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£4k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2024£1kRound Three - Food Poverty

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2026£20kBud Therapeutic Outdoor Sessions
Postcode Lottery29/04/2024£17kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund05/01/2024£20kBud at Wakefield Road
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2022£10kBud Therapeutic Gardening
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2022£77kSprout - Strong Parents Reaching Out
The National Lottery Community Fund23/07/2021£10kFamily Outdoor Fun
UK government06/08/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund28/02/2019£10kSPRout (Strong Parents Reaching Out)
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2016£9kBudding Up - Getting Together to Enjoy the Outdoors
The National Lottery Community Fund07/01/2015£8kSprout -Taylor Hill
The National Lottery Community Fund01/03/2012£9kSPROUT - Strong Parents Reaching Out