PATA (UK)

Registered charity 1124222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PATA

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £98,656 for the year ended 31 August 2023, a significant reduction from the previous year's surplus. The trustees report that total free reserves stood at £203,000, which is below the stated policy target of six months' core running costs. The financial position was impacted by lower income from managed groups and training, alongside increased staffing costs due to National Living Wage rises.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
At the year end, PATA held total funds of 6356k (2022: 6455k). Of this, F38k is restricted (2022: F48k), 2105k is designated (2022: F123k) and f213k is unrestricted (2022: 8284k). The charity has total free reserves of E203k (2022: F272k). It aims to keep the equivalent of six month's core running costs in unrestricted funds — page 13
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffiths Marshall.

What the charity says about itself (2024-2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report— the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The report covers the period 2024-2025.
Impact Report 2024-2025
PATA processed 859 employee payrolls in the period.
859 Employee Payrolls processed
PATA facilitated 658 hours of CPD training.
658 CPD training hours facilitated
PATA had a financial surplus of £16,372 for the year.
In the financial period 2024-25 PATA had a surplus of £16,372.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£324k
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Monmouthshire · Oxfordshire · South Gloucestershire · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.1m£1.1m
31/08/2024£966k£986k
31/08/2023£865k£964k
31/08/2022£1.1m£992k
31/08/2021£782k£819k

Common questions

Is PATA (UK) financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £98,656 for the year ended 31 August 2023, a significant reduction from the previous year's surplus. The trustees report that total free reserves stood at £203,000, which is below the stated policy target of six months' core running costs. The financial position was impacted by lower income from managed groups and training, alongside increased staffing costs due to National Living Wage rises. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Griffiths Marshall.

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