Common questions about Newground Together's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Newground Together a good charity? +
Newground Together scores 81 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 61% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Newground Together a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Newground Together as a registered charity (charity number 702800). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=702800&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Newground Together's charity number? +
Newground Together's charity number is 702800. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Newground Together's charity rating? +
Newground Together scores 81 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Newground Together have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Newground Together. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Newground Together? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 61% of Newground Together's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Newground Together's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 26% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 27% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Newground Together. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.
How much income does Newground Together receive? +
Newground Together reported £8.6m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are Newground Together's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-09). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Newground Together based? +
Newground Together's registered contact address is in Blackburn (BB1 1JD). It tells the regulator it operates in Manchester City, Salford City, Sheffield City, Bradford City, Calderdale, Lancashire, with a focus on environment.
Where does Newground Together's money come from? +
Newground Together reported £8.6m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £3.8m (44%), trading and fundraising events £3.4m (40%), donations and legacies £1.3m (15%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Newground Together? +
The register does not record Newground Together as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Newground Together's trustees paid? +
Newground Together's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Newground Together previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Newground Together: Blackburn Groundwork Trust; Groundwork Blackburn; Groundwork Pennine Lancashire Trust.
When was Newground Together registered as a charity? +
Newground Together was entered on the register on 6 July 1990. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02501885).
How does CharityCompare score Newground Together? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Newground Together's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Newground Together's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.