SOUTH WEST COAST PATH ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 1163422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
To secure the protection, improvement and conservation of the South West Coast Path and public access to it, in order to improve the health and well-being of the general public.To educate the general public to a greater knowledge of, respect and care for the coast and countryside, by promoting the South West Coast Path.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income exceeded £1 million for the first time, reaching £1,102,898, while total expenditure was £1,059,513, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £157,000, which the trustees report meets their policy target of covering up to six months of operational costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants & Trusts (51% of income)
“Grants & Trusts £565,439 51%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of operational costs (held: £157k)
“The Charity’s reserves policy is intended to ensure the Charity has sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet up to 6 months of our day to day running (“operational”) costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — South West Coast Path Association (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£95k
Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Hilary Jane Dinsdalechair
- Giles Taylor
- Hannah Kentish-Game
- Julie Weston
- Katie Ash
- Kevin Thomas
- Philip Spencer · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rachel Smith
- Ruth Adams
- Zoe Kibbey
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Plymouth City · Somerset · Torbay
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOUTH WEST COAST PATH ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income exceeded £1 million for the first time, reaching £1,102,898, while total expenditure was £1,059,513, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £157,000, which the trustees report meets their policy target of covering up to six months of operational costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SOUTH WEST COAST PATH ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH WEST COAST PATH ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST.
Known funders
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