Groundwork Yorkshire Limited

Analysis

Groundwork Yorkshire Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02202681). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Groundwork Yorkshire Limited reported income of £6.3m and spending of £6.3m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £6.3m (+272%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Groundwork Yorkshire Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Homeless Oxfordshire Limited (£6.3m), Salford Community & Voluntary Services (£6.4m) and The Five Lamps Organisation (£6.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, trading 17%, investments 1.3% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 122 people.