About CommonGround

Built for co-parents, by co-parents

CommonGround was created by people who know what co-parenting is actually like.

The handovers. The school dates. The last-minute changes. The messages you need to find again three weeks later. The letter that somehow ends up in the wrong house. The small pieces of information that matter to both parents but are easily missed.

None of those things sound particularly difficult on their own. But when you’re managing them across two homes, every week, alongside work, family life and everything else, they quickly add up.

That’s why CommonGround was built.

Not to tell parents how to co-parent, and not to put one parent in control of the other. It exists to make the practical side simpler — giving both parents an equal place to communicate, organise and share the things that matter.

We also believe communication about your children shouldn’t depend on what you can afford. That’s why messaging will always be free.

CommonGround is built in the UK, around the realities of UK families, and shaped by real co-parenting experience. The aim is simple: less confusion, better organisation and more focus on the people at the centre of it all — your children.

Because CommonGround isn’t just something we built for other families. It’s something we built for families like ours.

What we're trying to do

Separation is hard enough without the admin.

Most of the hard parts of co-parenting are small ones. A school letter that only went to one address. A handover time you each remember differently. Not being sure whether the passport is at the other house.

CommonGround is here to take that hassle away, so your energy goes on your children instead of on the admin.

What we believe

Both parents, equally. Neither of you owns the account. Neither of you controls what the other sees. An app that gives one parent the upper hand isn't helping the children.

Calm beats clever. We're not trying to have the most features. We're trying to be the app that doesn't add to your load.

Children don't use it. Children don't have accounts and never see any of this. We build for the grown-ups doing the organising.

We don't take sides. We don't watch, judge or step in between two parents. That isn't us being shy. It's the only fair way for an app like this to work.

Where we're going

CommonGround started in the UK and is built around UK schools, term dates and family law. That is deliberate, and it is the reason we haven't rushed anywhere else.

We are looking at other countries where family life after separation works in a similar way. Wherever we go next, it will be built around how families and courts actually work there — not our version with the words changed.

Company details

CommonGround Parenting Ltd is registered in England and Wales, company number 17058823.
Registered office: First Floor, Swan Buildings, 20 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JW, United Kingdom

General enquiries: hello@commongroundparenting.co.uk