Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside

Analysis

Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancs. It was registered in February 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01764848). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside reported income of £6.9m and spending of £6.4m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.8m to £6.9m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cellar Trust (£6.9m), Omf International (UK) (£6.9m) and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy (£6.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 93 people.