The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Groundswell Network Support UK

Registered charity 1089987 Registered since 2002

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

4.4y median 2.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 8Education/training 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

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

Health and social care 9Finance 4Tech and media 3

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£2.1m 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.

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

44 from 32 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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.groundswell.org.uk
Emailinfo@groundswell.org.uk
Phone02077252851
AddressGroundswell, Canterbury Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London, SW9 6DE

Finances

£2,089,734 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,112,609£1,833,285
2022£2,059,700£2,183,162
2023£2,338,540£2,421,645
2024£2,231,051£2,229,705
2025£2,089,734£2,143,156

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY PARTICULARLY OF HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND 2. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31ST JANUARY 2001, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20TH DECEMBER 2001.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 APR 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 OCT 2017

Trustees (8)

8trustees
58median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Groundswell Network Support UK · 04151312 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 31/01/2001

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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