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SIGNPOSTS (LUTON)

Registered charity 1040860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PATHWAYS

To provide residential and supportive services for those who for many reasons and circumstances are unable to obtain appropriate accomodation to meet their needs.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£3.2m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £441,029 at the end of the financial year, which is below the trustees' stated optimum target of £500,000 to £550,000. Despite this shortfall, the trustees confirmed they have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“Number of employees who received emoluments of £70,000 - £80,000: 1 (2024: 1). Number of employees who received emoluments of £60,000 - £70,000: 2 (2024: 0).” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 3
“Number of employees who received emoluments of £70,000 - £80,000: 1 (2024: 1). Number of employees who received emoluments of £60,000 - £70,000: 2 (2024: 0).” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 431.1% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Raising funds 95,191” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £500,000 to £550,000 (held: £441k)
“The level of reserves that would be optimum is therefore in the region of £500,000 to £550,000.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Signposts (Luton) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£3.2m
Cost of raising funds
£95k
Reserves (reported)
£441k
Employees
47

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.2m£3.2m
31/03/2024£3.5m£3.4m
31/03/2023£3.4m£3.4m
31/03/2022£3.4m£3.4m
31/03/2021£3.1m£3.0m

Common questions

Is SIGNPOSTS (LUTON) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £441,029 at the end of the financial year, which is below the trustees' stated optimum target of £500,000 to £550,000. Despite this shortfall, the trustees confirmed they have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of SIGNPOSTS (LUTON) earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 3 employees earned over £60,000.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND1£17k
THE COALFIELDS REGENERATION TRUST1£12k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST1£7k
UTILITA GIVING1£7k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£5k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION1£5k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£4k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIGNPOST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SIGNPOSTS (LUTON)£3.2m£70,001 - £80,0003unclear431.1%no doubt
SIGNPOST FY2025£256k—0above—no doubt
SIGNPOST (COLCHESTER) LIMITED FY2025£394k—0unclear—no doubt
SIGNPOSTED CYMRU LTD FY2025£173k—0unclear—no doubt
EBENEZER REFORMED CHAPEL, LUTON FY2025£148k£23,7750above—no doubt
Signpost For Carers FY2025£911k——below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.