GROOVE ON THE GREEN

Registered charity 1197993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Groove on the Green CIO runs an annual music event to raise money, to provide funding to enable us to give grants to local organisations for projects and activities that benefit our local community

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE OF WALGRAVE (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE), AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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

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Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a slight net expenditure of £151 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £33,869 to £33,718. The organization maintains cash reserves intended to cover two subsequent annual festivals, with total unrestricted funds currently standing at £33,718. No trustees received remuneration, and the charity employed no staff during the financial year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 15/03/2024, 136 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GARETH PAUL WHATMOREchair
• CRAIG JOHN EVANS
• JOANNE MARY SHORTLAND
• JOE McMANUS
• Jennie Evans
• Joseph Skinner
• MATTHEW CRAIG SHORTLAND
• SARAH ELIZABETH JONES
• SIMON PAUL BURCHELL
• SUSANNAH CHARLOTTE KEEPING · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LOWER GREEN COMMUNITY CIO.

• LOWER GREEN COMMUNITY CIO income £173k
• O/MODERNT FOUNDATION income £456k
• CHURCH ON THE GREEN NEIGHBOURHOOD FOUNDATION income £139k
• MUSIC DECLARES EMERGENCY CIO income £159k
• BOWLEE COMMUNITY ORGANISATION CIO income £40k
• S C CHOIRS CIO income £42k

Side by side with its peers

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