The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Groundwork North East

Registered charity 1017706 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
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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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.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.groundwork.org.uk/northeast
Emailnorth.east@groundwork.org.uk
Phone01388662666
AddressGroundwork N E & Cumbria, Unit 14 - Parsons Court, Welbury Way, Aycliffe Business Park, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 6ZE

Finances

£8,192,304 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,506,484£6,472,805
2022£9,141,508£8,683,643
2023£9,652,214£9,558,898
2024£8,420,552£8,475,730
2025£8,192,304£7,914,471

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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)

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

Trustees (10)

10trustees
48median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Groundwork North East · 02702815 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/03/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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