GROUNDED COMMUNITY
Registered charity 1187272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To educate, share and grow, so we can reconnect members of our community with nature, with food and with each other.We want to work together to build an abundant, circular food system and a culture of storing, reusing and redistributing food surplus. To do this, we focus on four areas: education, community, access to food and environment.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity received total receipts of £157,920 against payments of £144,788, resulting in a net surplus of £13,132 for the year. Cash funds increased from £31,582 at the start of the period to £48,604 at the end. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy is to hold three months of running costs or a minimum of £10,000.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months general core costs or a minimum of £10K (held: £49k)
“It is the policy of the Charity to hold in reserves the equivalent of three months general core costs or a minimum of £10K to cover our regular monthly outgoings” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The document states: 'In May 2024, our Treasurer resigned as Trustee and Treasurer with immediate effect. The resignation led to delays in financial operations, difficulties in accessing and maintaining the financial information on Sharepoint, and also created issues with accessing funds and making payments until we were able to change all passwords and signatories.'
“The resignation led to delays in financial operations, difficulties in accessing and maintaining the financial information on Sharepoint, and also created issues with accessing funds and making payments until we were able to change all passwords and signatories.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- Mark William Stimsonchair
- Eleanor Beatrice Wills
- Elizabeth Helen Gialias
- Joanna Ciuk
- John Hanson
- Mayu Rouco Santos
- Michael John French
- Theresa McManus
- john richards
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Hampshire · Poole
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GROUNDED COMMUNITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received total receipts of £157,920 against payments of £144,788, resulting in a net surplus of £13,132 for the year. Cash funds increased from £31,582 at the start of the period to £48,604 at the end. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy is to hold three months of running costs or a minimum of £10,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds GROUNDED COMMUNITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GROUNDED COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION.
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