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Registered charity · Newton Aycliffe

Groundwork North East

Groundwork North East is a registered charity (number 1017706) based in Newton Aycliffe, governed by 10 trustees. Latest income £8.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Groundwork West Durham (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £8.2m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.groundwork.org.uk/northeast (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Groundwork North East
Registered
1993

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8.2m£7.9m
  • 2024£8.4m£8.5m
  • 2023£9.7m£9.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£9.1m£8.7m
  • 2021£6.5m£6.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 69%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(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)

Grants received

117 grants · £13,680,624 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £5,843,360 (18 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,849,388 (17 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £990,977 (23 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £613,104 (3 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £487,666

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Board analysis

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.

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

10
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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Economic/community Development/employment 8General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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 15Professional services 3Agriculture 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£8.2m latest income
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.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 9.0 in 2021

160 from 173 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1017706
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/03/1992 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 28/08/1992, 08/08/1996, 05/10/96, 25/08/2005, 24/05/2006, 10/10/2006 & 08/05/2009. CERT INCORPORATED NAME CHANGE 29/05/2009. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10/02/2011 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON02/04/2011 02/04/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2012NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 MAR 2016
Companies House
Company number 02702815 · Active
Contact on the register
01388662666 · north.east@groundwork.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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