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2022-03-31-accounts

Groundwork Greater Manchester

Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021/22

Charity registration no. 1124508 Company registration no. 06543150

Registered Office Trafford Ecology Park, Lake Road Trafford Park Manchester M17 1TU

CONTENTS

Page

Overview

Activity highlights

Our plans for the future

Financial performance

Principal risks and uncertainties

Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities

24 Cash flow statement

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TRUSTEES REPORT, INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

The Board of Trustees presents its report for the year ended 31 March 2022. Statements about Groundwork (page 3), governance (page 5), objectives and public benefit (page 7), our plans for the future (page 11), financial review 2021-22 (page 13), advisors (page 33) and the details of the Board of Trustees, Committees and senior management team (page 34) form part of this report.

ABOUT GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER

Groundwork Greater Manchester is a well-established and highly respected social enterprise and registered charity, delivering a range of environmentally focused activities and services in Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Our activities are spread across five broad service areas, reflecting our vision of creating a greener, more resilient city region with stronger, healthier communities, responsible businesses and enhanced prospects for all local people . We do this by delivering a wide range of services, projects and programmes across the following cross cutting themes:

Our work is underpinned by three key principles – Partnerships; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and addressing the Climate & Nature Emergencies .

We have clear and ambitious aspirations around the breadth and depth of our impact, the social value we deliver and the improvements we want to make to the sustainability of local communities, businesses and individuals. We also offer internal and corporate volunteering opportunities across a range of activities and we actively recruit local volunteers to support specific projects and programmes.

Our head office base is Trafford Ecology Park, a designated local nature reserve and Site of Biological Importance - a green oasis in the heart of Europe's largest industrial estate. We also have office bases and depots at Birchcroft, just outside Ashton under Lyne and Hamer Vale in Rochdale, as well as numerous project delivery sites around Greater Manchester.

The current structure of Groundwork Greater Manchester is the result of successful local delivery and growth over many years, and of mergers between previous smaller Groundwork trusts across the southern half of Greater Manchester in 2008; the addition of Pennine Lancashire to our area of operation in 2013 and finally the merger between Groundwork MSSTT (Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford) and Groundwork BBOR (Bolton, Bury, Oldham and Rochdale) in August 2020.

The Trust remains a leading member of the Groundwork Federation of charitable businesses operating locally, regionally and nationally throughout the UK, responding to the diverse needs of its stakeholders but working to the shared aspirations and common goals set out in the Groundwork 2020 -23 vision.

Further details about the impact of Groundwork Greater Manchester’s activities during 2021-22 can be found on pages 9 and 10. Our work is designed to address the needs of all sections of the community and we provide equal access to our services regardless of race, gender, disability or sexual orientation.

For further details about our work visit https://www.groundwork.org.uk/hubs/greatermanchester/

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CHAIR’S STATEMENT

Groundwork Greater Manchester is now one of two Groundwork Trusts operating in the Northwest, as part of a wider national Federation of like-minded organisations. The economic and policy climate in which we operate moving into 2022-23 will be dominated by the huge and unprecedented social and economic challenges facing the country as we emerge from the Covid 19 crisis and start to face the challenges of the cost of living crisis.

The past twelve months has seen the Trust take further steps along our journey towards long term sustainability and growing both the scale of our services and the positive social impact we generate. As mentioned over the past few years, the opportunities to secure income from our historical public sector markets have been very much reduced and there is increased competition for grant funding and commissioned services. We have had to learn to be more agile and more commercially focussed, whilst retaining our charitable ethos and that fundamental Groundwork ‘DNA’.

Over the past year we have strengthened our relationships with key private sector clients, whilst also seeking to reinvigorate our partnerships with our local authorities, social housing providers and, via the Groundwork Federation, with central Government and national corporates. In many ways, the Covid crisis highlighted the key strengths of Groundwork and brought our work around green spaces; resilient communities and helping young people achieve their potential into sharp focus. Put simply, we have been ‘rediscovered’ by many historical partners!

We have made good progress towards delivering our exciting five year ‘Vision’, which sets out our aspirations and ambitions for the scale, quality and impact of our work across the City Region between 2018 and 2023. This will directly support the national aspirations of the Groundwork 2020 Strategy.

Groundwork Greater Manchester continues to grow in scale and impact following the successful merger process between the former Groundwork MSSTT and Groundwork BBOR Trusts in August 2020, with around 100 permanent staff now in post and a turnover of £5.5 million. It is also pleasing to note the strong financial performance in both accounting periods since merger and the consistent generation of surpluses that can be re-invested.

It has also been extremely pleasing to have provided work experience and employment opportunities to over 100 young people this year through the Kickstart programme and the National Year of Service initiative – the outcomes and routes of progression have been very positive.

The Trust has also undertaken a major governance review which resulted in the recruitment of three new Trustees and three new Associate Trustees during 2021-22 – this has significantly enhanced Board diversity and skills.

Looking ahead to 2022-23 we will continue to pursue sustainable growth of the organisation; further embed good governance principles and carry out a refresh of our strategic vision.

My fellow Trustees and I support the Executive Team to follow a rigorous performance monitoring and risk management process to ensure we remain within the financial operating parameters set by the Board and to protect our resilience moving forwards.

Finally, my fellow trustees and I would like to pay a personal tribute to all the dedicated staff at Groundwork Greater Manchester who work so hard to support people in some of our most disadvantaged neighbourhoods and who help local communities and businesses to become more sustainable.

Tony Berry, Chair - June 2022

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GOVERNANCE

Registration numbers

Charity Registration Number: 01124508 Company Registration Number: 06543150

Structure and organisation

Groundwork Greater Manchester is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. The governing documents are its Memorandum and Articles of Association, which were last amended at a General Meeting of the Members of the company held on 18[th] February 2021.

The Board meets quarterly and retains authority for the overall strategy and policy of the Trust and approves the Strategic Vision and the annual Operational Delivery and Business Development Plan, delegating development of the planning process to the Executive Team, whilst retaining responsibility for overall scrutiny of performance.

An Executive Director is appointed by the Board to lead the day-to-day operations of the Trust and supported by a Director of Finance and Resources. To facilitate effective operations, the Executive Director has delegated authority, approved by the Board, for a range of operational matters including finance, human resources and service delivery. The Executive Director of the trust until September 22 was Mike Ormerod when he was succeeded by Deborah Murray.

The Trust is a very active member of the Groundwork Federation, a national organisation with some 14 members and our previous Executive Director, Mike Ormerod, chaired the national Federation Executive Team while Deborah Murray sits on the Groundwork Federation Board. The Trust and the Federation, however, recognise that the performance of their programmes and their behaviours can and do impact on each other and the Federation as a whole.

In order to make most effective use of the goodwill of the Groundwork name and reputation, and to ensure the highest possible common standards, each Trust signs a Membership Agreement with the Federation which sets down the obligations of the Trust to the Federation and vice versa. There is an ongoing direction of travel to consolidate structures across the Federation and to operate more collaboratively in both service delivery and the provision of business support functions.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is comprised of up to 12 Directors, 11 of whom are also individual Company Members. Groundwork UK is the 12[th] Company Member and is able to nominate one Trustee to represent them on the Board.

The Board following a review of Governance has a very clear intention to provide a balance of skills, knowledge and experience whilst also better representing the diverse communities we work with.

We take our governance responsibilities very seriously, recognising the need to ensure as much of our resource as possible is expended on delivering our charitable mission while ensuring our organisation is strong, well-managed and financially viable in the long term.

New Trustees are provided with an induction to the organisation, which includes a specific focus on their role and responsibilities as a Trustee. There is also a comprehensive mandatory training programme for all Trustees, covering issues such as Safeguarding; Data Protection and EDI

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There are currently eleven individual Trustees (who are also Directors and Company members), along with one Trustee (and Director) nominated by Groundwork UK, as a “corporate” Company Member. We have an ongoing process of trustee retirements and appointments, with a clear aspiration to enhance the diversity of the overall Board whilst maintaining the appropriate breadth of skills, experience and knowledge.

The appointment of trustees can be for a fixed or indeterminate period of time provided that this does not exceed 3 years. A retiring Trustee or a Trustee whose term of office has come to an end may be reappointed provided that if a Trustee has served as such for a continuous period exceeding six years his / her reappointment shall: (i) be subject to a rigorous review by the Trustees taking into account the need for progressive refreshing of the Board of Trustees; and (ii) explained in the Trustees’ annual report.

Trustees are responsible for ensuring a full suite of organisational systems, processes and policies is maintained and embedded in the way Groundwork Greater Manchester is managed. This includes policies governing our fundraising standards, our investments and our responsibilities to our staff, volunteers and beneficiaries. We pay particular attention to issues of Quality, Health & Safety, Environment and Safeguarding and maintain comprehensive business continuity and risk management arrangements. We review the skills and experience of our Board to ensure we have access to the expertise needed to run our business efficiently, effectively and safely. We are also striving to ensure our Board better reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.

The work of our Board is supported by an Audit & Risk Committee; a Remuneration & Staffing Committee and a Compliance & Performance Committee along with internal management groups for issues such as Safeguarding and Health & Safety.

We also have a number of Associate Trustees who support the Trust on specialist areas such as Health & Safety, business development and safeguarding.

Groundwork Greater Manchester’s Senior Management Team is led by the Executive Director and includes senior staff members responsible for financial and business support functions; business development, programme/project management; marketing; communications, quality/compliance and fundraising. This team is fully accountable to the Board and its Committees. It operates through powers outlined in our Scheme of Delegation and Financial Regulations and provides regular reports to the Board on financial and operational performance and compliance.

Related party transactions

The Trust is supported by Groundwork UK and the national Federation of Groundwork Trusts and has strong links and collaborative working arrangements with other Trusts within the Federation. Each Trust is an independent charity, but they all share a similar ethos. Each Trust is responsible for its own management and administration, and for developing and delivering projects that meet its objectives and core purposes. The Trust’s former Executive Director, Mike Ormerod, was Chair of the national Federation Executive Team until he stepped down from the post on his resignation.

The elected trustees of the Federation Board are, by definition, also trustees of Groundwork Trusts. However, the SORP determines that a charity is not necessarily related to another charity simply because a particular person happens to be a trustee of both. It will only be related if one charity subordinates its interests to the other charity in any transaction because of this relationship. The Federation of Groundwork Trusts and other Groundwork Trusts are therefore not considered to be related parties under the definition of the SORP and the grants made by the Federation to individual Trusts do not require separate disclosure.

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OBJECTIVES AND PUBLIC BENEFIT

In accordance with SI7(5) of the Charities Act 2011, the Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning future activities.

Our charitable objectives set down in our Memorandum of Association are for public benefit as set out below:

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Sustainable development in this Article and in Article 1.5 above means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.

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a) OVERVIEW

2021-22 was a positive year for Groundwork Greater Manchester, with further growth in the scale, breadth and impact of our activities and consolidation of our re-focussed business model. Financial performance was strong, with an unrestricted surplus of around £46,000.

In broad terms over the past five years, we have stabilised our position in the context of ongoing public sector austerity, along with the continuing and emerging economic uncertainties around Brexit; the emerging cost of living crisis and the legacy of the Covid 19 pandemic respectively and move into 2022-23 with a sense of cautious optimism as we sustainably grow our services to better serve our communities.

Our free cash reserves remain strong and within the Trust’s reserves policy and all our operational delivery service areas delivered healthy contributions towards overhead costs. As a recently merged organisation the Trust now has significantly enhanced capacity and resilience compared to the previous position

We have therefore actively pursued opportunities to sustainably grow the Trust’s operational delivery capacity and to maintain and enhance our extensive Groundwork service offer through continual improvement of our products and services, recruitment where necessary and more collaborative working and structural consolidation with other Trusts. We currently maintain a permanent staff team of around 100, supported by sessional staff and Associates.

Significant efforts have also been made to engage with new clients; to increase the level of collaborative and partnership working and to generally raise the profile of the organisation, including the expansion of our digital delivery capacity and our online presence.

In year we carried out a gender pay review, the outcome of which was extremely positive, with a very small (less than 1%) gap in favour of female employees; The top quartile of salaries showed a 9:7 split in favour of female employees (i.e., based on senior management team posts).

Despite the challenges facing the Trust we have delivered a wide range of successful projects and programmes, supporting individuals and communities in some of our most disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Staff morale, as evidenced by a very positive staff survey in November 2021, has remained consistently high despite the challenges of Covid 19 and the emerging cost of living crisis

Our successes in the year have been made possible by the energy, commitment and passion of our staff team and through the support of the Board of Trustees.

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b) ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS

Our full current Impact report is available at: https://www.groundwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Groundwork-GM-Impact-Report-21-22.pdf

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c) OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

At the time of writing, we have finally emerged from the Covid 19 crisis and immediately stepped into the worst cost of living crisis in forty years. The next few years will undoubtedly present huge challenges for communities across the UK, but especially in areas with high levels of deprivation such as those found in parts of Greater Manchester and Pennine Lancashire. As the economy slowly recovers, pressures on public spending and the added uncertainties around Brexit and the war in Ukraine mean there is a huge risk of greater social inequality and greater geographic disparity – indeed latest official figures show an absolute increase in child poverty and a widening of the gap between the poorest and richest in society. Covid 19 has highlighted the importance of high quality of public realm and green spaces in helping maintain good health and wellbeing within communities.

There are, however, opportunities as well as challenges – post Covid there will be huge pressure to support those most badly affected economically, in particular young people and those in marginal employment sectors. We also need to work hard to ensure the environmental benefits of lockdown are maintained – better air quality; less car journeys and the appreciation of green space. Groundwork stands ready to support a green skills led economic bounce back and we have launched our own ambitious journey towards carbon net zero.

The GM City Mayor has clear and challenging objectives around environmental improvements and carbon reduction and we are playing a full role in helping deliver these plans, including a number of pledges around our work in green spaces; with businesses and with young people. We now have an ambitious five-year Environment Plan for the City Region, which includes numerous ‘pegs’ onto which we can hang our services.

We fully support the ongoing work of the Groundwork Federation to create a more sustainable and financially secure Federation, which will be achieved through increased consolidation and collaboration around service delivery, along with more robust and consistent approaches to risk management; communications and business development. Groundwork Greater Manchester is at the leading edge of collaboration between Trusts, both regionally and nationally.

During the year, to help manage these challenges and opportunities we continued to build on our existing and well-established business planning and performance/risk management systems. These processes and procedures include clear priorities around service and product development; stretching income targets and a very visible, inclusive role for Trustees and all the staff in the organisation. In year we successfully retained or secured a wide range of accreditations including our ISO 9001 and 14001 standards; CHAS (Health and Safety); Investors in People; Matrix and the Carbon Literate Organisation Gold standard – this supports our aspiration to be recognised as a high quality service provider

The Groundwork movement was established at a time of political, social and economic challenge as an innovative solution to harnessing public, private and voluntary sector resources to help communities cope with change and work together to make their lives and neighbourhoods better. That experience and that spirit of enterprise and innovation is as important now as it ever was.

Looking ahead, the priority for Groundwork Greater Manchester in 2022-23 is to continue to maintain our positive financial performance and to achieve at least an operational break-even position by the end of the financial year, so maintaining our Reserves Policy. We will also continue to implement plans to develop our staff and sustainably grow our operational delivery teams and to diversify income streams, in particular some of the larger grant programmes that we have and to broaden the range of our “enterprise” based activities.

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During 2021-22 the Federation’s key performance measures were based around the commitments set out in the Groundwork 2020-23 Vision. Our collective ambition is to build our visibility, our reputation and our resource base so that we can be a significant, radical, national force for driving change in attitudes, behaviours, places and prospects in the local communities that need it most.

The Groundwork Federation 2020-23 Vision can be viewed here:

The Groundwork Greater Manchester 2020-23 Vision can be viewed here: https://www.groundwork.org.uk/hubs/greatermanchester/about/

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d) FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Groundwork Greater Manchester’s total incoming resources for 2021-22 totalled £5.6 million, with an unrestricted trading surplus of £46,078.

Reserves

Groundwork Greater Manchester Trustees and senior management team have reviewed the Reserves Policy and the Board has agreed that a reasonable level of unrestricted reserves (3-6 months running costs) is required for the following reasons:

The above needs for reserves have to be balanced against the following factors:

Having reviewed the above criteria, the Trustees have determined that Groundwork Greater Manchester should aim to retain sufficient free reserves to provide cover for approximately 3 months in relation to known liabilities & working capital requirements. This currently would be approximately £600k The current level is calculated as:

Total Unrestricted Funds; £1,651,561
(less) tangible fixed assets for charity use; £983,504
Total free reserves; £668,059

This excess is considered important in the recovery in the aftermath of the COVID emergency period.

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Investments

The majority of the programme funds obtained by the Trust are provided against specified projects for particular needs and are initially financed from reserves. Therefore, any funds that are built up in advance of expenditure need to be kept as liquid as possible, whilst making every effort to maximise any available investment return.

To minimise risk such funds are kept on deposits with reputable banks where immediate access has to be balanced against available interest rates. Rates available from the whole banking sector are kept under regular review and every effort is made to maximise any potential return, whilst minimising risk in the investment portfolio, in an effort to obtain all possible funding for all projects.

Principal funding sources

The major sources of funding during the year are set out below.

Total income for the year was £5.6m;

The major sources of funding during the year were:

Private Sector contracts - £1.95m; Housing providers - £1.34m; Government Agencies & EU - £0.85m; Local Authorities - £0.62m; Big Lottery - £0.47m; Other Income - £0.3m;

There were brought forward Landfill Tax revenues of £35,644 from Veolia. £13,893 of which was carried forward into 2022/23 on the ongoing Roch Valley project

Funds held in trust

The trust holds a balance on behalf of the Brinnington Big Local Partnership (Big Lottery). This partnership aims to:

The cash balance at year end was £60,309 (2021 - £13,660) and is shown in other creditors.

Also, the trust holds a balance of £85,855 (2021 - £90,175) on behalf of the Irwell Rivers Trust, to be spent by the Irwell Catchment Partnership (ICP), of which Groundwork Greater Manchester are members.

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TRUSTEES REPORT, INCORPORATING THE STRATEGIC REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 e) PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

Risk Assessment & Management

The Board of Groundwork Greater Manchester fully accepts its responsibilities under the Charity Commission's Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) for ensuring that the major risks to which the charity is exposed are identified and reviewed, and that there are systems in place to mitigate them.

Major risks are those that have a high probability of occurring, and would if they occurred, have a severe impact on either operational performance or achievement of purposes, or could damage Groundwork's reputation.

The risk management process, which operates as both a top-down and bottom-up mechanism, is designed to enable the Board to conclude whether the major risks to which the charity is exposed have been identified and reviewed, and that systems have been established to mitigate these risks.

The system involves the Executive & Senior Management Team:

The major areas of risk identified to date, potential impact and mitigations are:

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The Trust recognises that risk management and mitigation is an essential part of good business practice and an effective mechanism of good governance.

The Board is committed to ensuring that risk management processes are embedded through the Trust, and that these processes are used to help identify at an early stage issues that affect performance or achievement of purpose.

The Board does recognise that a risk management system can only seek to manage rather than eliminate risk of failure, and that it should therefore be only one of the tools that the Board and Executive uses to provide effective control and management of the administration of the Trust.

Financial instruments

The Trust's financial risk management objective is broadly to seek to make neither profit nor loss from exposure to currency or interest rate risks. Our policy is to finance working capital through retained reserves. The Trust does not use hedge accounting. Its policy is to finance fixed assets through borrowings for a term broadly expected to match the useful economic lives of the assets.

The Trust's exposure to the price risk of financial instruments is therefore minimal. As the counterparty to all financial instruments is its bankers, it is also exposed to minimal credit and liquidity risks in respect of these instruments.

The Trustees do not consider any other risks attaching to the use of financial instruments to be material.

Auditor

Beever and Struthers are deemed to be re-appointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

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f) STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees (who are also directors of Groundwork Greater Manchester) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice)

Company Law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees

Tina Cunliffe Chair Date: 8[th] December 2022

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the members of Groundwork Greater Manchester

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Groundwork Greater Manchester “the charitable company” for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise Statement of Financial Activities including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustee’s use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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In connection with our audit of the financial statements our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees’ Responsibilities Statement set out on page 17, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s web-site at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

We identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and then design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

In identifying and addressing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:

Due to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, as with any audit, there remained a higher risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations and cannot be expected to detect all fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

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Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Sue Hutchinson FCCA

(Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of BEEVER AND STRUTHERS Statutory Auditor One Express 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

Date: 16 December 2022

Groundwork Greater Manchester

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Statement of financial activities including the Income and Expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2022

Note
Income:
Donations and legacies
3
Exceptional income on combination
3
Investment income
4
Income from charitable activities:
Land & Neighbourhood regeneration
Community Development & Youth
Training and Coaching for Employment
Sustainable Business/Energyworks
Total income
Expenditure:
Costs of raising funds:
Commercial trading operations
5
Expenditure on charitable activities:
Land, Design and Build
6
Community Development & Youth
Training and Coaching for Employment
Sustainable Business/Energyworks
Total expenditure
Net incoming resources
10
Net movement in funds
Fund balances brought forward at 1 April
2021
18
Fund balances carried forward at 31
March 2022
18		 2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
106,972
-
38,766
1,231,335
1,082,016
2,431,255
765,825
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5,656,169
___
35,278
1,255,789
1,067,305
2,629,677
622,042
___
5,610,091
___
46,078
___
46,078
1,605,485
___
1,651,563
 2022
Restricted
Funds
-
___
-
___
-
___
-
___
-
___
-
65,257
___
65,257
 2022
Total
£
106,972
-
38,766
1,231,335
1,082,016
2,431,255
765,825
___
5,656,169
___
35,278
1,255,789
1,067,305
2,629,677
622,042
___
5,610,091
___
46,078
___
46,078
1,670,742
___
1,716,820
 2021
Unrestricted
and Total
£
499,632
82,848
36,949
664,640
668,769
1,175,327
400,425
_
3,528,890
_
26,204
722,574
820,532
1,429,915
360,646
_
3,359,871
_
169,019
___
169,019
1,501,723
___
1,670,742

Incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing operations.

The company has no other recognised gains or losses other than those passing through the statement of financial activities.

The notes on pages 25 to 34 form part of these financial statements.

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Groundwork Greater Manchester

Charity balance sheet at 31 March 2022

Note
2022
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
Current assets
Debtors
12
1,156,579
Cash at bank
1,250,818
___
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
13
1,674,081
___
Net current assets
Total assets less current
liabilities
Net assets
17
Reserves
Restricted funds:
General funds
18		 2022
2021
£
£
983,504
___
983,504
873,380
1,315,568
_
1,552,369
_
733,316
___
1,716,820
___
1,716,820
___
65,257
1,651,563
___
1,716,820
 2021
£
1,034,163
_
1,034,163
636,579
_
1,670,742
___
1,670,742
_
65,257
1,605,485
_
1,670,742

These financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on November 17[th] and were signed on its behalf by:

Tina Cunliffe Chair

Date: 8[th] December 2022

Company registration no. 06543150

The notes on pages 25 to 34 form part of these financial statements.

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Groundwork Greater Manchester

Cash flow statement for the year ended 31 March 2022

2022 2021
£
£		 £
£
Reconciliation of net incoming resources before
transfers to net cash inflow from operating
activities
Net incoming (outgoing) resources before transfers 46,078 169,019
Interest receivable (412) (1,388)
Rental income (38,354) (35,561)
Depreciation 64,270 60,600
(Increase)/Decrease in debtors (283,199) (430,438)
Increase/(Decrease) in creditors 121,712 945,047
-------------------------- --------------------------
Net cash outflow from operating activities (89,905) 707,279
Cash flow from financing activities
Repayment of loans & borrowings (-) (-)
------------------------- -------------------------
Net cash inflow from financing activities (-) (-)
Cash flows for investing activities
Interest received 412 1,388
Rental income 38,354 35,561
Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets (13,611) (79,212)
Receipts from sale of tangible fixed assets - -
------------------------- -------------------------
Net cash inflow from capital expenditure 25,155 (42,263)
-------------------------- --------------------------
(Decrease)/Increase in cash (64,750) 665,016
================= ================
2022 2021
£ £
Increase (Decrease) in cash in the period (64,750) 665,016
------------------------- -------------------------
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April 2021 1,315,568 650,552
------------------------- -------------------------
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2022 1,250,818 1,315,568
================= =================

The notes on pages 25 to 34 form part of these financial statements.

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Groundwork Greater Manchester

Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022

1 Accounting policies

The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the financial statements.

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2018) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Groundwork Greater Manchester meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

b) Going Concern

There are no other material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue, therefore, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.

c) Grants and other income

Donations and legacies including grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. Such income is only deferred when:

Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the statement of financial activities at the same time as the gift to which they relate.

Investment and rental income is recognised on a receivable basis.

Income from commercial trading activities is recognised on a recoverable basis.

Income from charitable activities includes income received under contract or where entitlement to grant funding is subject to specific performance conditions is recognised as earned (as the related goods or services are provided). Grant income included in this category includes income received specifically for project activities and is recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Income is deferred when project funding is received in advance of expenditure being incurred on the various projects where delivery of the project gives the Trust entitlement to the income.

d) Funds

Unrestricted funds are those which are available for use at the discretion of the Board of Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

Restricted Funds - Roch Valley Primrose Hill Farm Heywood Roch Valley is a site of biological importance and is part of the wider green corridor following the River Roch through the heart of Rochdale. It is nestled between Queens Park and Springfield Park and is a remote haven for wildlife. Roch Valley consists of a lowland hay meadow adjacent to the river with scattered trees and hedgerows across the site.

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Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

Groundwork Greater Manchester

Groundwork bought the site on 30th May 2014 using funds provided by Rochdale Council (RMBC) via a local S106 agreement and the purchase included an £100,000 endowment for Groundwork to maintain and develop the land in the future and we have since developed the space into a valuable community amenity. Endowment funds remaining are £65,257.

e) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.

Costs of raising funds are the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.

Expenditure on charitable activities comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of resources expended for which it was incurred.

f) Allocation of support costs

Support costs include central functions such as back-office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs. These have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.

g) Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are initially recorded at cost.

The trustees have a policy of periodically reviewing fixed assets for impairment over and above their carrying value. Any reductions in the net book value of impaired fixed assets are treated as additional depreciation charges, which are reported within the appropriate resources expended section of the Statement of Financial Activities. Assets under construction are not depreciated until completed.

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:

Land and Buildings 2% per annum using the straight-line method Ecology Park Main Building 10% per annum using the straight-line method Fixtures, Fitting and Equipment 25% per annum using the straight-line method Motor Vehicles 25% per annum using the straight-line method

h) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

i) Cash at hand and in bank

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

j) Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past

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Groundwork Greater Manchester

Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

k) Financial Instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

l) Pensions

The charity is a member of a multi-employer scheme (Greater Manchester Pension Fund) for employees in service on 1 June 2008. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Trust but these assets and liabilities are not separately identifiable hence no value in the accounts. The regular cost of providing pension and related benefits is charged to the statement of financial activities over the employees’ service lives on the basis of a constant percentage of earnings.

The charity also operates two other defined contribution pension schemes for employees joining after 1 June 2008. Contributions are charged in the statement of financial activities as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

2 Legal status of the Trust

The charity is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the members is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation. The charity is incorporated in the United Kingdom and its registered address is: Trafford Ecology Park, Lake Rd, Manchester, M17 1TU.

3 Income from donations and legacies

2022
Unrestricted
£
Miscellaneous Income
10,970
Support Income
Furlough Income
-
96,002
___
106,972
___
Unrestricted
Exceptional Income on combination–
Transfer of opening balances on
merger – 5 Aug 2020
-		 2022
2021
Total
Unrestricted
and Total
£
£
10,970
10,247
-
96,002
11,165
478,220
___
___
106,972
499,632
_
_
Restricted
Total
-
82,848		 2022
2021
Total
Unrestricted
and Total
£
£
10,970
10,247
-
96,002
11,165
478,220
___
___
106,972
499,632
_
_
Restricted
Total
-
82,848
___
Total
82,848

On 7 August 2020, there was a transfer of undertakings from Groundwork Bury, Bolton, Oldham and Rochdale (‘Groundwork BBOR’) into the company and the excess of fair value of the assets acquired over the fair value of the liabilities assumed from Groundwork BBOR has been recognised as exceptional income.

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Groundwork Greater Manchester

Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

4
Investment income
2022
2022
Unrestricted
Total
£
£
Bank interest
412
412
Rental income
38,354
38,354
___
___
38,766
38,766
_
_
5
Cost of generating funds
2022
2022
Unrestricted
Total
£
£
Marketing Costs
35,278
35,278
___
___
35,278
35,278
_
_
6
Charitable activities
Direct
Costs
Employment
Costs
Governance
Costs
(note 7)
Support
&
Other Costs
£
£
£
£
Analysis of
expenditure
on charitable
activities
Land Design
and Build.
655,220
527,742
2,638
70,189
Community
Engagement
& Youth.
500,855
506,906
2,157
57,387
Training and
Coaching for
Employment.
1,290,648
1,193,376
5,275
140,378
Sustainable
Business/
Energyworks
236,119
343,325
1,542
41,056
___
___
___
___
2,682,842
2,571,349
11,612
309,010



 2021
Unrestricted
and Total
£
1,388
35,561
___
36,949
_
2021
Unrestricted
and Total
£
26,204
_
26,204
___
Total
2022
Total
2021
£
£
1,255,789
722,574
1,067,305
820,532
2,629,677
1,429,915
622,042
360,646
___
___
5,574,813
3,333,667

Note: Support and other costs are allocated on a % head count based on the members of staff in that area. These include administration, accommodation, transport, depreciation and communication costs.

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Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

7 Governance costs

2022
Unrestricted
£
Legal and professional
844
Audit and accountancy fees
10,768
___
11,612
 2022
2021
Total
Unrestricted
and Total
£
£
844
9,448
10,768
9,260
___
___
11,612
18,708

Governance costs are apportioned into Note 6 based on staff numbers per area

8 Employees

The number of employees during the year, analysed by category, was as follows.

Direct charitable
Management and administration
Fundraising and publicity		 2022
2021
2022
2021
Headcount
Headcount
FTE
FTE
80
53
77
50
2
2
2
2
7
6
7
6
89 61
86
58

The aggregated cost of these persons was as follows:

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs (see note 15)		 2022
£
2,252,595
201,846
116,908
___
2,571,349
 2021
£
1,559,757
130,747
93,923
___
1,784,427

The emoluments of employees (excluding NI/pension contributions) over £60,000 per annum are as follows:

£60,000 - £70,000
£70,000 - £80,000
£80,000 - £90,000		 2022
£
1
-
1
___		 2021
£
-
-
1
___

Total contributions under defined contribution schemes on behalf of these were £6,260 (2021 - £1,751).

Payments made to Key Management Personnel amounted to £225,237 (2021: £214,059). These payments were to the executive officers only. No amounts were paid to Trustees

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Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

9 Transactions with Trustees

No Trustees received any remuneration or expenses for services performed on behalf of the trust.

10
Net incoming resources
Net incoming resources for the year is stated after charging:
Audit of the charity’s annual accounts
Depreciation
11
Tangible assets
Freehold
Ecology
Ecology
Interest in
Park
Park
Land and
Main
Timber
Buildings
Building
Building
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2021
607,018
125,993
379,052
Additions
-
3,109
-
Disposals
-
-
-
_
_________
_________
At 31 March 2022
607,018
129,102
379,052
_
_
___
Depreciation_
At 1 April 2021
66,130
89,496
-
Eliminated on
disposals
-
-
-
Charged for the year
12,141
12,600
7,581
______
_
_
At 31 March 2022
78,271
102,096
7,581
_
_
_
Net Book Value
At 31 March 2022
528,747
27,006
371,471
_
_
_
Net Book Value
At 31 March 2021
540,888
36,497
379,052


 2022
£
10,000
64,270
_
Office and
Motor
Computer
Vehicles
Equipment
£
£
73,025
198,114
10,500
-
-
-
_
______
83,525
198,114
_
___
19,972
173,441
-
-
18,631
13,317
_
_
38,603
186,758
_
______
44,922
11,356
__
___
53,053
24,673

 2022
£
10,000
64,270
_
Office and
Motor
Computer
Vehicles
Equipment
£
£
73,025
198,114
10,500
-
-
-
_
______
83,525
198,114
_
___
19,972
173,441
-
-
18,631
13,317
_
_
38,603
186,758
_
______
44,922
11,356
__
___
53,053
24,673

 2021
£
8,750
57,653
__
Total
£
1,383,202
13,609
-
_
1,396,811
_
349,039
-
64,270
_
413,309
_
983,502
_
1,034,163
___

_		 _
198,114
_
173,441
-
13,317
_
186,758
_
11,356
___
24,673

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Groundwork Greater Manchester

Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

12
Debtors
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
13
Creditors
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Taxation and social security		 2022
£
540,803
615,776
___
1,156,579
___
2022
£
191,566
368,778
971,633
142,104
___
1,674,081
 2021
£
505,856
367,524
___
873,380
_
2021
£
112,818
386,274
913,615
139,662
_
1,552,369

14 Greater Manchester Pension Scheme

The scheme available to staff in service on 1 June 2008 was the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF). The GMPF is a final salary defined benefit scheme, the assets of Groundwork Greater Manchester are pooled with similar institutions for actuarial valuation purposes. The pension contributions made by Groundwork GM to the scheme for the year ended 31 March 2022 were £53,765 (2021 - £45,852). The agreed employer contribution rate was 24.7% for the period April 2020 to March 2021, 25.1% for April 2021 to March 2022 and 25.4% for April 2022 to March 2023

In the event of any deficit, the trust would be liable for its proportionate share of any shortfall. As stated below, at the last actuarial valuation funding stood at 102%.

The pension cost is assessed every three years in accordance with the advice of an independent qualified actuary. The latest actuarial valuation of the scheme was at 31 March 2019. (Note: There has been another valuation undertaken in 2022 but the final report is not expected to be issued until early 2023 – it is currently anticipated that this will have little significant impact on the Trust) The assumptions and other data, used in the 2019 valuation, that have the most significant effect on the determination of the contribution levels are as follows:

Actuarial method Projected unit method
Rate of increase in pensions 2.3% pa
Discount Rate 3.6% pa
Market value of the assets at the date of last valuation £23.8 m
Value of Liabilities £23.3m
Proportion of members' accrued benefits
covered by the actuarial valuation 102%
Funding level change since last valuation 9% increase

Employees joining after 1 June 2008 have been entitled to join defined contribution pension schemes administered by AEGON and Peoples Pension.

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Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

15 Related parties

As per Note 8 no other related party transactions have occurred in the period

16 Analysis of net assets at 31 March 2022

Unrestricted
Funds
£
Tangible fixed assets
983,504
Current assets
2,407,397
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(1,674,081)
___
1,716,820
_
17
Analysis of funds
Unrestricted
Funds
2022
£
At 1 April 2021
1,605,485
Incoming resources
5,656,169
Resources expended
(5,610,091)
Transfer between funds
-
_
At 31 March 2022
1,651,563
 Restricted
Total Funds
2022
£
-
983,504
2,407,397
(1,674,081)
___
___
-
1,716,820
_
_
Restricted
Unrestricted
Funds
2022
Funds
2021
£
£
65,257
1,501,723
-
3,461,633
-
(3,357,871)
-
-
_
_
65,257
1,605,485

 Total Fund
2021
£
1,034,163
2,188,948
(1,552,369)
_
1,670,742
_
Restricted
Funds
2021
£
-
67,257
(2,000)
-
___
65,257

18 Capital Commitments

The Trust had no Capital Commitments at the end of March 2022 (2021 - £ None)

19 Net Debt

Cash/Cash equivalents
Cash
Overdrafts
Cash Equivalent
Total
Borrowings
Debt Due
Total		 At 1 Apr 21
£
Cash Flows
£
Other non-cash
Changes
£
At 31 Mar 22
£
1,315,568
(64,750)
-
1,250,818
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,315,568
(64,750)
-
1,250,818
-
-
-
-
1,315,568
(64,750)
-
1,250,818
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Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 (continued)

Advisors

Auditors

Beever and Struthers One Express 1 George Leigh Street Manchester M4 5DL

Bankers

Santander Corporate Banking 298 Deansgate Manchester M3 4HH

Solicitors

Shoosmiths The XYZ Building 2 Hardman Boulevard Spinningfields Manchester M3 3AZ

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The Board of Trustees

The Trustees (who are the directors of the company in accordance with the Companies Act 2006) on the date of approval of this report, or who served as Trustees at any time during the year reported on, are as follows:

Nominated
Trustees		 Member First appointed Last appointed Resigned
Tony Berry (Chair) Groundwork UK June 2008 June 2020 Nov 2022
Co-opted Trustees
Peter Styche Co-opted November 2016 November 2019 Nov 2022
Lisa Kean Co-opted November 2016 November 2019 Nov 2022
Tina Cunliffe (Chair
from Nov 22)		 Co-opted May 2019 June 2022
John Bland (Vice
Chair from Nov 22)		 Co-opted August 2020
Howard Sykes Co-opted August 2020
Ian Whittaker Co-opted August 2020
Cllr Neil Reynolds Co-opted May 2018 May 2021
Thomas Besford Co-opted August 2020
Maureen Whilby Co-opted September 2021
Tessa Wiley Co-opted September 2021
Stewart McCombe Co-opted November 2022
Steph Everett Co-opted November 2022

Company Secretary

Gary Cunningham

Audit and Risk Committee

Peter Styche (Chair) – Resigned Nov 22 Howard Sykes (Vice-chair) Tina Cunliffe – Resigned Nov 22 John Bland – Appointed Chair Nov 22 Ian Whittaker Tom Besford Stewart McCombe – Appointed Nov 22 Steph Everett – Appointed Nov 22

Executive Director

Michael Ormerod (resigned 9 Sept 22) Deborah Murray (9 Sept 22 onwards)

Key Management Personnel

Deborah Murray Michael Ormerod (resigned 9 Sept 22) Gary Cunningham

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