LANDWORKS

Registered charity 1166057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

LandWorks is a ground-breaking resettlement charity working with those in prison, or at risk of going to prison. Using the structure of a working day to teach transferable skills and work intensively on a 1-2-1 basis, we help them develop a crime-free identity, move away from offending and back into jobs and the community. We have proven we can break the crime-prison-release-prison cycle.

Objects

TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Hams, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£471k
Latest spending
£402k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £471,098 from £392,220 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £69,292. The charity holds total reserves of £433,326, with unrestricted reserves at £404,124, which the trustees assess as sufficient to cover running costs and maintain going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: over £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“There was 1 employee in receipt of emoluments exceeding £60,000.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“There was 1 employee in receipt of emoluments exceeding £60,000.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months to twelve months of running costs (held: £404k)
“The trustees’ reserves policy is to build reserves equal to a minimum of six months and maximum of twelve months running costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £1,000 — grants £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £471,098 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 8

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£471k£402k
31/03/2024£392k£396k
31/03/2023£421k£368k
31/03/2022£386k£327k
31/03/2021£299k£282k

Common questions

Is LANDWORKS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £471,098 from £392,220 in the prior year, resulting in a net surplus of £69,292. The charity holds total reserves of £433,326, with unrestricted reserves at £404,124, which the trustees assess as sufficient to cover running costs and maintain going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of LANDWORKS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the over £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds LANDWORKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LANDWORKS as a grant recipient include THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST, The Goldsmiths' Foundation, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, The Considered Ask Foundation, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£110k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£40k
The Goldsmiths' FoundationFY2025£30kPrisoner Resettlement
The Goldsmiths' FoundationFY2023£30kPrisoner Resettlement
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30k
The Goldsmiths' FoundationFY2024£30kCharity Committee - Prisoner Resettlement
The Considered Ask FoundationFY2024£23k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£15kSupported route back into employment
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£13kAdvance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community Education (Advance)
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£8k
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2025£5kTo help fund prisoners learn transferable skills (landscaping, gardening, woodwork) in a supportive environment.
SPIELMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2024£2kTo help fund prisoners learn transferable skills (landscaping, gardening, woodwork) in a supportive environment.
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2023£2kTo help prisoners learn transferable skills (landscaping, gardening, woodwork) in a supportive environment.
TOTNES AND DISTRICT SHOW SOCIETYFY2025£1k
TOTNES AND DISTRICT SHOW SOCIETYFY2024£250

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2026£20kLandWorks
The Mercers' Company07/10/2025£30kGrant to LandWorks
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2021£190kLandWorks - Reducing Reoffending Transforming Lives
UK government08/07/2020£14kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2019£10kLandWorks
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2018£10kLandWorks Ceramics
A B Charitable Trust24/04/2018£10kA grant to LandWorks
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2016£173kDartington LandWorks

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 WALES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LANDWORKS£471kover £60,0001unclear—no doubt
GROUNDWORK NORTH WALES FY2025£2.9m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
GROUNDWORK EAST FY2026£2.3m——unclear—no doubt
GROUNDWORK WALES FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE FEDERATION OF GROUNDWORK TRUSTS FY2025£48.7m——unclear—no doubt
CHARITYWORKS FY2025£443k—0within—no doubt

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