GROUNDSWELL ARTS

Registered charity 1198895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Groundswell Arts is a London based organisation that designs and delivers creative education programmes for 0 to 11 year olds their families and teachers.We value an inclusive approach to creative learning, which supports and nurtures the wellbeing of children. Our initiatives are designed to reduce educational disadvantage and develop teachers confidence to embed creativity and the arts

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Latest income

£253k

Latest spending

£293k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total free reserves were £90,728, with unrestricted free reserves of £45,828. The trustees report that these unrestricted reserves are currently lower than their stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure, as reserves are still being rebuilt post-pandemic.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £46k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)

“These are currently lower then our target due to reserves still being built back up post pandemic”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity is dependent on the continued support of grant aiding bodies. The trustees believe that the charity will continue to receive this support and accordingly consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07359937

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.

BARTON-KING, Anna Sushila — director, appointed 05/12/2025on trustee list
CLAYTON, Gareth James — director, appointed 20/03/2024on trustee list
ASHMAN, Lydia — director, appointed 20/03/2024on trustee list
MERRITT, Natalie Sarah — director, appointed 20/03/2024on trustee list
CROMPTON, Sarah Helen — director, appointed 05/01/2022on trustee list
BURBEDGE, Matthew Ian — director, appointed 27/11/2021on trustee list
GRIMES-VIORT, Blaise Adrien Victor Jerome — director, appointed 10/10/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Natalie Merrittchair
Anna Sushila Barton-King
Blaise Grimes-Viort
Gareth Clayton
Lydia Ashman
Matthew Ian Burbedge
Sarah Crompton

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£253k	£293k
31/03/2024	£279k	£259k
31/03/2023	£315k	£208k

Common questions

Is GROUNDSWELL ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's total free reserves were £90,728, with unrestricted free reserves of £45,828. The trustees report that these unrestricted reserves are currently lower than their stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure, as reserves are still being rebuilt post-pandemic. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GROUNDSWELL ARTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GROUNDSWELL ARTS as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST, GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	FY2025	£157k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	FY2023	£142k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£20k	Sing Our Story
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	FY2024	£15k	Physical activity programme
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£5k	Physical activity programme
MAGDALEN HOSPITAL TRUST	FY2024	£2k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Greater London Authority	16/03/2021	£2k	London Community Story Grant