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Who we are

Common Wealth Common Ground is more than a charity.

It is a new way of organising community life — where neighbours help each other, where land is held in trust for the people, where nobody is left cold or hungry or alone, and where the community itself decides what happens next.

Here is how it all fits together.

One charity, one mission

How it all fits together.

Common Wealth Common Ground

Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Common Wealth Common Ground is the national charity that runs everything — the platform, the Kindness Exchange, the heating programme, the community funds, and the partnerships.

All donations flow into the charity. All programmes flow out to the community.

We operate a strict 1:3 pay ratio — the highest paid person earns no more than three times the lowest. This is published openly and reviewed annually.

Our mission is simple: nobody cold, nobody hungry, nobody without community, land held in trust for everyone.

Learn more about our structure

County Land Trusts

Land held for the people

As donations grow, Common Wealth Common Ground establishes County Land Trusts — one per county.

Each trust receives land from the charity and holds it for the people of that county with ongoing community stewardship.

The land cannot be sold privately. It cannot be taken by councils or corporations. It is governed by the community itself.

This is where Sanctuary Farms live — places of food, healing, recovery, worship, and resilience.

Learn about Sanctuary Farms

Where everything goes.

  1. 1People join CommonGrounds.world
  2. 2They exchange Kindness with neighbours
  3. 3They donate to their local community fund
  4. 4Common Wealth Common Ground (CIO) manages everything
  5. 5Funds support heating, food, community support, resilience
  6. 6Surplus donations build the county's Sanctuary Farm fund
  7. 7Charity acquires land for that county
  8. 8Land transferred to the County Land Trust
  9. 9Community stewards the land together
  10. 10Food, healing, shelter, worship, resilience
  11. 11More people join CommonGrounds.world

It feeds itself. It grows itself. It heals itself.

We pay fairly. Openly. Always.

In Common Wealth Common Ground, the highest paid person earns no more than three times the lowest paid person. This is a rule — written into our constitution and published here for everyone to see.

If the lowest paid role earns £15,000, the highest paid earns no more than £45,000.

More people working. More skills. More money staying in the community where it belongs.

RoleHoursAnnual salary
Community SupportPart time£15,000
Developer / SafetyPart time£20,000
Founder / DirectorFull time£30,000
Maximum allowed (3x lowest)£45,000

Our current pay structure is published here and updated annually. If you believe our pay structure has breached the 1:3 ratio, contact us at pay@commonwealth-common-ground.world. Every concern is reviewed.

What we are working toward.

  • Nobody cold.
  • Nobody hungry.
  • Nobody without shelter.
  • Nobody without community.
  • Land held for everyone.
  • Communities governing themselves.

These are not slogans. They are the measures by which we judge everything we do. Every heater installed, every Sanctuary Farm acquired, every Kindness exchanged moves us closer.

Built by real people.

Common Wealth Common Ground was founded in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire in 2025. It grew from a simple belief: that communities already have everything they need to look after each other — they just need the tools, the trust, and the structure to do it.

We are not a startup. We are not backed by venture capital. We answer only to the community — and to the mission.

N

Neil

Founder

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire

Full bio coming soon.