Groundwork Yorkshire Limited — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 15 February 1988
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02202681
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £6,273,323
Latest expenditure: £6,285,207
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: GROUNDWORK YORKSHIRE, ENVIRONMENT & BUSINESS CENTRE, MERLYN-REES AVENUE, MORLEY, LEEDS, LS27 9SL

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.groundwork.org.uk/yorkshire/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To bring about lasting environmental improvements through partnerships and contributing to the economic and social regeneration in the area we operate in.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 6 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 6 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £6,273,323
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,285,207

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 16 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 16 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £6,003,702
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,974,702

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 24 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 24 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £6,067,837
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,943,364

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 16 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 16 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £5,055,289
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,989,809

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 4 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 4 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,686,956
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,612,878
Accounts Qualified: Yes

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £6,273,323
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,285,207
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 65
Count Govt Grants: £13
Income From Government Contracts: 2462747
Income From Government Grants: £645,361
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £6,003,702
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,974,702
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 68
Count Govt Grants: £27
Income From Government Contracts: 744361
Income From Government Grants: £343,144
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 50

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 24 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £6,067,837
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,943,364
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 83
Count Govt Grants: £15
Income From Government Contracts: 1195133
Income From Government Grants: £727,063
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 248

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £5,055,289
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,989,809
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 40
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Income From Government Contracts: 819469
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 4 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,686,956
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,612,878
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 7
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £6
Income From Government Contracts: 74888
Income From Government Grants: £85,529
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 81

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 75944
Income Other Trading Activities: 1074838
Income Charitable Activities: 5038690
Income Investments: 83851
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6273323
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £1,226,510
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £5,058,697
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 6285207
Expenditure Investment Management: 72125
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 15081
Expenditure Support Costs: 1007943
Expenditure Depreciation: 18112
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,159,580
Assets Total Fixed: 1137929
Assets Own Use: 237929
Assets Long Term Investment: 900000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,630,500
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,813,909
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £954,520
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1394212
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 419697
Assets Cash: £388,945
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 954520
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 954520
Count Employees: 122
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 204707
Income Other Trading Activities: 875086
Income Charitable Activities: 4842449
Income Investments: 80887
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6003129
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £937,859
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £5,036,843
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 5974702
Expenditure Investment Management: 53542
Expenditure Grants Institution: 230464
Expenditure Governance: 19944
Expenditure Support Costs: 1064500
Expenditure Depreciation: 23309
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £66,404
Assets Total Fixed: 1148318
Assets Own Use: 248318
Assets Long Term Investment: 900000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,850,625
Assets Total Liabilities: £2,032,539
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £966,404
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1538923
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 493616
Assets Cash: £242,422
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 66404
Funds Restricted: 900000
Funds Total: 966404
Count Employees: 117
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 24 November 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 215521
Income Other Trading Activities: 865524
Income Charitable Activities: 4944592
Income Investments: 42200
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6067837
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £886,988
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,986,376
Expenditure Other: 70000
Expenditure Total: 5943364
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 25740
Expenditure Support Costs: 1079300
Expenditure Depreciation: 25564
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 1460000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: -350000
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £37,977
Assets Total Fixed: 1150797
Assets Own Use: 250797
Assets Long Term Investment: 900000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,800,523
Assets Total Liabilities: £2,013,343
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £937,977
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1441604
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 571739
Assets Cash: £385,474
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 37977
Funds Restricted: 900000
Funds Total: 937977
Count Employees: 67
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 198974
Income Other Trading Activities: 809238
Income Charitable Activities: 3940650
Income Investments: 71168
Income Other: 35259
Income Total Income And Endowments: 5055289
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £956,237
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £3,948,572
Expenditure Other: 85000
Expenditure Total: 4989809
Expenditure Investment Management: 121115
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 13665
Expenditure Support Costs: 900310
Expenditure Depreciation: 20554
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 985000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 1519384
Assets Own Use: 269384
Assets Long Term Investment: 1250000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -1390000
Assets Other Assets: £2,450,520
Assets Total Liabilities: £2,876,400
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: −£296,496
Creditors One Year Total Current: 2175309
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 701091
Assets Cash: £241,010
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: -1828767
Funds Restricted: 1532271
Funds Total: -296496
Count Employees: 101
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 4 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 56065
Income Other Trading Activities: 172620
Income Charitable Activities: 1283482
Income Investments: 32248
Income Other: 142541
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1686956
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £302,646
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,310,232
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1612878
Expenditure Investment Management: 30750
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 190436
Expenditure Depreciation: 8381
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 1500890
Assets Own Use: 250639
Assets Long Term Investment: 1250251
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -1495000
Assets Other Assets: £1,768,173
Assets Total Liabilities: £2,326,039
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: −£551,976
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1602693
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 723346
Assets Cash: £117,186
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: -1847692
Funds Restricted: 1295716
Funds Total: -551976
Count Employees: 89
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: Groundwork Yorkshire Limited
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1988-02-15T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/12/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/01/1993AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18/05/2010 as amended on 07 Jan 2021 as amended on 28 Aug 2021 as amended on 26 Sep 2023
Charitable Objects: The objects of the Company are: 2.1 To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in the Area. 2.2 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. 2.3 To advance public education in environmental matters and of the ways of better conserving, protecting and improving the same wheresoever. 2.4 To promote for the public benefit, urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation within the Area by all or any of the following means: 2.4.1 the relief of poverty in such ways as may be thought fit; 2.4.2 the relief of unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit including assistance to find employment; 2.4.3 the advancement of education, training or re-training particularly amongst unemployed people and providing unemployed people with work experience; 2.4.4 the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance, business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help: (a) in setting up their own businesses; or (b) to existing businesses; 2.4.5 the creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of work space, buildings and/or land for use on favourable terms; 2.4.6 the provision of housing for those who are in conditions of need and the improvement of housing in the public sector or in charitable ownership provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authorities or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housing; 2.4.7 the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities, including the provision of routeways such as footpaths and cycleways and access to main transport routes; 2.4.8 the preservation of buildings or sites of historic or architectural importance; 2.4.9 the provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large and/or those who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities; 2.4.10 the protection or conservation of the environment, including the reclamation of derelict land for use as open space; 2.4.11 the provision of public health facilities and childcare, including the provision of schemes to promote healthier lifestyles and crèche facilities to increase the ability of parents to take up employment; 2.4.12 the promotion of public safety and prevention of crime, including the alleviation of anti-social behaviour; 2.4.13 such other means as may from time to time be determined subject to the prior written consent of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales. 2.5 To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public within the Area by: 2.5.1 the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources; 2.5.2 the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and disadvantaged communities; 2.5.3 the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration. 2.6 To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment and to promote study and research in such subjects provided that the useful results of such study are disseminated to the public at large. Sustainable development in this Article and in Article 2.5 above means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” 2.7 To promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities within the Area in the direct furtherance of their objects (or any one of them) by the provision of information, advice and assistance in the establishment, administration and management of such charities including assistance of all types in connection with the raising and distribution of funds. 2.8 To promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the voluntary sector for the benefit of the public by the provision of information, support and advice to local community based groups anywhere in the Area.
Area Of Benefit: CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA.

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 507275
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: GROUNDWORK WAKEFIELD LIMITED

Charity Name Id: 256287
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE WAKEFIELD GROUNDWORK TRUST

Charity Name Id: 256295
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: WAKEFIELD GROUNDWORK TRUST LIMITED

Charity Name Id: 256280
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: GROUNDWORK WAKEFIELD

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Conflicting interests