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Groundwork Five Counties

Registered charity 1003426 Registered since 1991

Operates: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Derby City, Nottingham City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

1.4y median 1y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 10Education 2Agriculture 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

28 from 41 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
36%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.groundworkgreaternottingham.org.uk
Emailgn@groundworknottingham.org.uk
Phone01159788212
Address16 Commerce Square, Lace Market, Nottingham, NG1 1HS

Finances

£1,193,166 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,243,634£3,187,676
2022£3,068,097£3,167,281
2023£4,619,324£4,728,281
2024£1,400,140£1,989,201
2025£1,193,166£1,307,528

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

3.(A) THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO; (I) PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ANYWHERE IN THE AREAS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND (II) 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 AREAS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND (III) ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND OF THE WAYS OF BETTER CONSERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME WHERESOEVER AND (IV) PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION IN THE AREAS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY: (I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT; (II) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY THOUGHT TO BE FIT INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; (III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONGST UNEMPLOYED AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE; (IV) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORK SPACE, BUILDING AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS; (V) 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; (VI) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES; (VII) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE; (VIII) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES; (IX) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; (X) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; (XI) 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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 NOVEMBER 1990 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 6 OCTOBER 2010.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 JUL 2016

Trustees (9)

9trustees
44median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Groundwork Five Counties · 02556957 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/11/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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