PURSUING INDEPENDENT PATHS
Registered charity 1088592 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PIP
Pursuing Independent Paths works together with adults with a learning disability and autism to develop people's vocational and life skills and achieve their ambitions. Our learners design their own self-directed learning programme, consisting of four pathways: Creative and Performing Arts, Employment and Training, Health and Wellbeing and Independent Living Skills.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £9,493 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a dilapidations provision, compared to a surplus in the prior year. However, unrestricted reserves increased to £750,642, which the trustees note is above their stated policy requirement of £718,384, indicating adequate financial resources to continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by HW Fisher Audit. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — PIP (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Denise — Chief Executive (source)
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.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Bowmark Capital — “Bowmark Capital really stepped up their support of PiP in 2019 as Bowmark sponsored Fruitful for a whole year for £72,000.” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- WEBB, Alice — director, appointed 25/06/2026on trustee list
- LAWRENCE, Joseph William — director, appointed 25/06/2026on trustee list
- LUPO, Tommaso Luigi — director, appointed 25/06/2026on trustee list
- SPICER, Gareth John — director, appointed 25/06/2026on trustee list
- VARGHESE BROOKS, Thara Liz — director, appointed 25/06/2026not on trustee list
- HENRY, Nicola Michelai — director, appointed 17/03/2026on trustee list
- CASH, Terri Veronica — director, appointed 06/12/2022on trustee list
- WILCOX, Judith Anne — director, appointed 15/05/2019on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£108k
Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Alice Webb
- Gareth Spicer
- Joseph Lawrence
- Judith Anne Wilcox
- Nicola Henry
- Terri Cash
- Thara Liz Varghese Brooks
- Tommaso Lupo
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Brent · City Of Westminster · Kensington And Chelsea
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PURSUING INDEPENDENT PATHS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £9,493 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a dilapidations provision, compared to a surplus in the prior year. However, unrestricted reserves increased to £750,642, which the trustees note is above their stated policy requirement of £718,384, indicating adequate financial resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HW Fisher Audit.
Who funds PURSUING INDEPENDENT PATHS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PURSUING INDEPENDENT PATHS as a grant recipient include KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION, WESTMINSTER AMALGAMATED CHARITY, LONDON CATALYST, THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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