Registered charity (CIO) · Dorset
Grounded Community
1. To advance the education of the public in subjects of sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment by teaching, demonstrating and supporting people how to grow food to improve health and...
- 9 trustees
- Income £158k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mark William StimsonChair · since 2022
- Eleanor Beatrice WillsTrustee · since 2024
- Elizabeth Helen GialiasTrustee · since 2021
- Joanna CiukTrustee · since 2025
- John HansonTrustee · since 2020
- John RichardsTrustee · since 2020
- Mayu Rouco SantosTrustee · since 2025
- Michael John FrenchTrustee · since 2024
- Theresa McmanusTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Bournemouth, Dorset, Hampshire, Poole
- Website
- www.groundedcommunity.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£158k£145k
- 2024£146k£132k
- 2023£134k£115k
Earlier years
- 2022£53k£61k
- 2021£84k£60k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. To advance the education of the public in subjects of sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment by teaching, demonstrating and supporting people how to grow food to improve health and well-being. 2. The relief of those in need, by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through the gathering, collection and distribution of food, the provision of support to grow food and the reduction of food waste.
Grants received
13 grants · £431,440 total360Giving 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 Community Fund · £328,422 (2 grants)
- Dorset Community Foundation · £46,770 (8 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £36,248
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
- Power to Change Trust · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Mark William Stimson Chair since 2022
- Eleanor Beatrice Wills since 2024
- Elizabeth Helen Gialias since 2021
- Joanna Ciuk since 2025
- John Hanson since 2020
- Mayu Rouco Santos since 2025
- Michael John French since 2024
- Theresa Mcmanus since 2024
- John Richards since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- John Hanson since 2020
- John Richards since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Mark William Stimson Chair since 2022
- Eleanor Beatrice Wills since 2024
- Elizabeth Helen Gialias since 2021
- Joanna Ciuk since 2025
- John Hanson since 2020
- Mayu Rouco Santos since 2025
- Michael John French since 2024
- Theresa Mcmanus since 2024
- John Richards since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1187272
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Jan 2020 as amended on 23 Jan 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07771804980 · admin@groundedcommunity.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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