Overall GiG Score: 27 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 13
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST 

To promote for the public benefit, urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation within the Area.To advance public education in environmental mattersTo promote the conservation, protections and improvement of physical and natural environment within the Area
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 31 years

www.groundwork.org.uk/northeast

north.east@groundwork.org.uk

01388662666

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£9,652£9,559£93£668£4,719£3,4094.32307,992
31/03/22£9,142£8,684£458£600£4,626£3,2374.52124,200
31/03/21£6,506£6,473£34£0£4,847£2,8955.4173168
31/03/20£8,829£8,815£14£0£4,825£3,0074.1169115
31/03/19£8,994£9,209£-214£0£4,811£2,7703.6179120
31/03/18£8,984£8,366£618£0£4,880£3,1604.51740
31/03/17£7,912£8,054£-142£0£4,263£3,0284.51530
31/03/16£8,151£8,482£-330£610£4,955£3,7545.31540
31/03/15£8,960£9,657£-697£52£5,285£4,0695.11550
31/03/14£7,674£7,826£-151£73£6,127£4,4186.81430
31/03/13*£10,409£10,739£-330£55£6,278£4,1614.61480
31/03/12*£10,928£10,773£155£545£5,096£2,70431980
31/03/11£13,635£12,955£680£439£5,181£2,4922.31990
31/03/10£11,710£11,092£617£475£4,501£1,80621550
31/03/09£4,286£4,435£-149£466£3,143£6791.8600
31/03/08£3,480£3,166£314£407£3,268£8113.1600
31/03/07£3,346£2,863£483£350£2,922£6632.8500
31/03/06£5,279£2,617£2,662£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£4,009£3,901£108£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£3,066£2,906£160£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 230 employees
  • 7,992 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs£415,000
National Lottery Community Fund£273,699
DCMS£221,494
National Lottery Heritage Fund£26,300
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Groundwork North East
£1,830 21/10/2023
We will run seasonal environmental activities for local communities to enjoy, such as nature walks, building wildlife havens, campfire cooking, conservation work, and orienteering.
The Shears Foundation - Groundwork NE & Cumbria
£4,715 12/10/2023
The Wilds of Wanney
County Durham Community Foundation - Reunite & Reconnect
£1,500 22/03/2023
To provide a warm space in Newton Aycliffe.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Fit Mamas
£1,200 23/01/2023
This 12 month project will provide coach fees for a weekly programme of post-natal exercise sessions to support the needs of the local population tackling isolation, loneliness, physical and mental ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Eden Hill Together
£273,699 18/01/2023
This funding will be used to deliver a community support project in Eden Hill in partnership with Eden Hill People’s Centre and Horden and Peterlee Rugby and Football Club. It will support the ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Pegswood Community Park Conservation
£5,000 20/12/2022
To support the Pegswood Community Park Conservation.
County Durham Community Foundation - Groundwork Charity Ball - Community Fund
£450 21/10/2022
Donation towards charity ball.
DCMS - GRCF2021: Revitalising Our Estuaries
£199,575 16/07/2021
The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and retaining a range of jobs. It is open to environmental charities and their ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - a project that will support, train and raise the career aspirations of eight young people through volunteering at parks/green spaces across Gateshead, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Sunderland
£4,536 18/03/2021
a project that will support, train and raise the career aspirations of eight young people through volunteering at parks/green spaces across Gateshead, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Sunderland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - a community environmental project in Lynemouth
£2,750 07/01/2021
a community environmental project in Lynemouth
County Durham Community Foundation - Community Coming Together
£8,363 30/11/2020
To support the Community Coming Together project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Norton Enrichment
£3,000 27/11/2020
To provide support to families who are struggling with food poverty.
County Durham Community Foundation - Youth IT Support Project
£2,738 26/06/2020
To support a Youth IT Support Project.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork NE & Cumbria
£26,300 16/06/2020
COVID19: Groundwork NE
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0607-CF969 - Esk Estuary-BEACH £30K-2021, £60K-2122
£30,000 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0558-CF977 - Wildes of Wanney (wansbeck NLHF development)
£25,000 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0549-CF1073 - Blyth Estuary 2021
£20,000 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0585-CF1135 - Tyne estuary Partnership £120K(2021) ,£50K (2122), £20K (2223), £10K (2324)
£120,000 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0559-CF1136 - Wansbeck Barrage
£40,000 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - PGW0560-CF1152 - Wear Estuary project 2021
£60,000 01/04/2020
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Producing a walking leaflet of safe routes in Redesdale, Northumberland
£3,000 21/02/2020
Producing a walking leaflet of safe routes in Redesdale, Northumberland
Cumbria Community Foundation - Cook well on a budget
£4,000 09/01/2020
Cook well on a budget
Co-Op Foundation - The #IWILL Co-research Challenge
£10,000 10/05/2019
Young people from Middleborough will undertake research to better understand the role that social action plays in reducing loneliness amongst young people.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Tyne Estuary (inc MetroGreen)
£85,000 01/04/2019
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Wear Estuary Mitigation Project
£35,000 01/04/2019
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,919 01/04/2019
Expansion of a pilot project in Middlesbrough which provides Men's Shed sessions. It will increase its impact by engaging a further 120 individuals and introduce 32 outreach sessions to engage a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Lifelong Learning Conduit / Active Play & Grow
£263,227 21/03/2019
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Lifelong Learning Conduit / Active Play & Grow
County Durham Community Foundation - Greening the Twizell
£5,000 15/01/2019
To support Greening the Twizell project.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Restoring the River Derwent
£3,207 10/01/2019
Restoring the River Derwent
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,919 08/01/2019
Expansion of a pilot project in Middlesbrough which provides Men's Shed sessions. It will increase its impact by engaging a further 120 individuals and introduce 32 outreach sessions to engage a ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Northern Navigators
£70,000 29/11/2018
Young people previously not in employment, education or training will become "Northern Navigators" supporting their peers to access health, wellbeing and employability services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Men in Sheds: Urban Heroes!
£55,794 26/11/2018
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Men in Sheds: Urban Heroes!
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Groundwork NE & Cumbria
£6,437 19/11/2018
Funding would be for staff time, resources, activities, and training for men, to continue running our sessions.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Cresswell Woodland Improved
£4,048 25/09/2018
Cresswell Woodland Improved
County Durham Community Foundation - Green Links - Darlington
£9,976 23/08/2018
To deliver a well-established Green Links programme across Darlington.
National Lottery Community Fund - Murton Youth Project
£10,000 03/08/2018
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The funding will provide a wide range of activities to tackle issues such as antisocial behaviour and high levels of school exclusion.
County Durham Community Foundation - Crook- Our Place Through Our Eyes
£4,694 12/07/2018
Towards the Crook- Our Place Through Our Eyes project
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Tyne Estuary Mitigation Measures and Landowner Feasibility
£10,000 01/04/2018
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Rowletch Burn Restoration- Birtley Grange 18/19
£29,993 01/04/2018
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - MetroGreen - Intertidal River Derwent, habitat enhancements and MetroGreen - River Tyne enhancements 18/19
£55,000 01/04/2018
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Tyne Estuary Habitat Vision 18/19
£65,000 01/04/2018
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - ALB - Environment Agency - Rowletch Burn improvement Project 18/19
£70,000 01/04/2018
Partnership Grants for England (PG) is a payment mechanism enabling us to provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations for projects which protect and enhance the water environment ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork North East
£45,200 28/03/2018
Greening the Twizell
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Urban Community Carbon Capture Garden
£15,000 22/03/2018
Urban Community Carbon Capture Garden
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Urban Community Carbon Capture Garden
£15,000 22/03/2018
Urban Community Carbon Capture Garden
County Durham Community Foundation - Pegswood Moor Country Park
£22,000 13/03/2018
Towards the Pegswood Country Park Phase 1 project.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork NE
£38,900 31/01/2018
Catchment in Crisis
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch - Groundwork North East
£9,000 31/10/2017
A prototype and development phase to refine Make a Change (MAC) service design in partnership with Innovation Unit (IU)
County Durham Community Foundation - Little Seedlings
£9,350 29/08/2017
Towards the Little Seedlings project.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Groundwork North East & Cumbria
£148,950 17/08/2017
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Through the #iwill Take Action fund, Groundwork will support young people aged 11-15 to take social action. They will create opportunities for young people to campaign, volunteer and fundraise to ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork NE
£9,500 27/04/2017
The Reclaimed Lands
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Rowletch Burn Improvement Project
£5,000 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Rowletch Burn Improvement Project
£25,000 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Ouseburn River Restoration
£45,000 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Ouseburn River Restoration
£49,601 01/04/2017
To provide capital and revenue grants to third sector organisations to deliver projects to protect and enhance the water environment and deliver other EA objectives
County Durham Community Foundation - Healthy Parks Healthy People - Trimdon
£49,938 02/03/2017
Towards the Healthy Parks Healthy People - Trimdon project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cum/2/1 - Choices
£733,288 03/02/2017
35
People who are the hardest to reach will benefit from this project, such as those with multiple and complex needs, unemployed, over 50-year-olds, carers and ex-offenders. They will be provided with ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Ouseburn River Restoration Project
£3,930 26/01/2017
Towards Ouseburn River Restoration Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork North East
£49,800 26/01/2017
The Fighting Bradfords of Witton Park
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork North East
£10,000 26/01/2017
Tees Steel: Bridging the World Heritage
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork North East
£703,700 01/12/2016
Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre
County Durham Community Foundation - Breathing life into the Riverside Water Garden
£18,850 18/11/2016
Towards breathing life into the Riverside Water Garden.
County Durham Community Foundation - Discover the Dene
£13,750 07/07/2016
Towards the Discover the Dene project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Pegswood Moor Country Park
£25,000 07/07/2016
Towards the Pegswood Moor Country Park project.
National Lottery Community Fund - NE/1/2 - Reaching Out Across Durham (ROAD)
£999,989 12/05/2016
36
This project will support people aged 24 plus in South and Central London with long-term health problems or disabilities into sustained and meaningful employment in the open labour market. It will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Cum/2/1 - Choices
£49,500 26/04/2016
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a project that target people who are hardest to reach, people with multiple, complex barriers, over 50s, carers and ex-offenders and will provide ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Expanding the Friendship Group in Lobley Hill including gardening and lunch clubs Year 2
£8,020 01/04/2016
Towards Expanding the Friendship Group in Lobley Hill including gardening and lunch clubs Year 2
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork NE
£58,600 17/12/2015
Miners' Memorial Meadows
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Men's Shed in Pegswood
£6,074 25/11/2015
Towards Men's Shed in Pegswood
National Lottery Community Fund - NE/1/2 Reaching Out Across Durham (ROAD)
£47,000 06/11/2015
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a project to engage the hardest to reach, helping individuals, their peers and wider communities to overcome barriers to access training, education, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Community Hub @ Lobley Hill
£355,404 25/09/2015
36
This is a new project which aims to increase community participation through the provision of a hub designed to provide activities for older people, healthy lifestyle programmes and opportunities to ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Expanding the Friendship Group in Lobley Hill including gardening and lunch clubs Year 1
£13,603 25/06/2015
Towards Expanding the Friendship Group in Lobley Hill including gardening and lunch clubs Year 1
National Lottery Community Fund - Street Eats
£178,679 23/04/2015
36
This project will address the health inequalities of disadvantaged people through supporting them to grow their own food, teaching them cooking and promoting healthy lifestyle choices. Households ....more
Nesta - AC00412
£80,017 12/08/2014
Rethinking Parks programme grant to Groundwork North East Grant Ref AC00412
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Groundwork North East
£2,390,000 22/10/2013
Derwent Valley Landscape Partnership: The Land of Oak and Iron
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Play
£327,868 29/04/2013
36
This is a new project by Groundwork North East (GNE) in Darlington aims to improve the confidence, wellbeing and self-esteem of young people living in five of the most deprived towns in the region, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reconnect
£252,471 15/08/2012
36
This project will deliver a three-tiered service to disadvantaged children and young people in Durham. Trained youth workers will operate in a number of locations delivering youth club events aimed ....more
Sport England - Gainford Football Pitch Development
£35,300 09/08/2012
Funding under Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Gainford Football Pitch Development'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-71
  • SAMUEL NEILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Development Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/03/1993, number: 1017706
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/03/1992, number: 02702815
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 23 days late, AR12: 105 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Groundwork N E & Cumbria
Unit 14 - Parsons Court
Welbury Way
Aycliffe Business Park
NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 6ZE

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE NORTH EAST AND CUMBRIA REGIONS OF ENGLAND (THE 'AREA');(2) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE LIVING IN OR WORKING IN OR RESORTING TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT; (3) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND OTHER WAYS OF BETTER CONSERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME WHERESOEVER; (4 TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH EAST AND CUMBRIA AREAS OF ENGLAND

Data Sources

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