# COMMON GROUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 326335
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 23, 1983
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=326335


## Contact

- **Address:** Edwards & Keeping, Unity Chambers, 34 High East Street, DORCHESTER, Dorset
- **Postcode:** DT1 1HA
- **Phone:** 01305 251333
- **Email:** ADRIAN@COMMONGROUND.ORG.UK
- **Website:** www.commonground.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:- (A) TO PROMOTE & ENCOURAGE THE CONSERVATION OF VALUED PLACES, LANDSCAPES & WILDLIFE (B) TO EMPHASIZE THE VALUE & CHARM OF COMMON PLANTS & ANIMALS, OF LOCAL LANES & WORDS, & OF OTHER PLACES OF LOCAL NATURAL HISTORY, CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST. (C) TO STIMULATE PEOPLE IN ALL SIDES OF THE ARTS TO CELEBRATE & DEFEND THEIR INSPIRATIONAL SOURCES IN NATURE & THE COUNTRYSIDE. (D) TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO PROTECT & CONSERVE THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE. (E) TO UNDERTAKE, SUPPORT & CO-ORDINATE WORK IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, PUBLICATION & TRADING. (F) TO TAKE ANYOTHER LAWFUL ACTION TO PROMOTE THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** Common Ground links nature and culture, working to inspire, inform and involve people in learning about and becoming active in their own locality. Nationally we have initiated Parish Maps, Apple Day, Community Orchards, Local Distinctiveness. We champion popular involvement and celebration as ways of grounding sustainability. www. commonground.org.uk

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £26270 | £12026 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £25124 | £25134 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £28769 | £26858 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £3025 | £6909 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £19016 | £12758 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Julian Francis** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 12, 2016
- NEIL SINDEN — appointed Sept. 17, 2014
- STEPHEN BOYCE — appointed Sept. 16, 2019