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PAUSE CREATING SPACE FOR CHANGE

Registered charity 1170310 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC049817 (OSCR)

Pause works with women who have experienced, or are at risk of, repeat removals of children from their care. We aim to break this cycle and give women the opportunity to develop new skills and responses that can help them create a more positive future.

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Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a planned deficit of £208,734 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £502,910. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £488,743 are sufficient to meet the stated reserves policy target of three months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed that there are 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

Largest income source: trusts and grants
“Pause received income of £2,418,065 of which £330,974 was from traded income and £2,087,188 from trusts and grants.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £489k)
“At the end of March 2025, Pause held £488,743 of unrestricted funds which is sufficient and therefore falls within the reserves policy.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pause Creating Space for Change (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.6m
Reserves (reported)
£489k
Employees
44

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (86% 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: 0.0% 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: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.4m£2.6m
31/03/2024£2.3m£2.5m
31/03/2023£2.2m£2.5m
31/03/2022£1.5m£2.5m
31/03/2021£4.8m£5.0m

Common questions

Is PAUSE CREATING SPACE FOR CHANGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a planned deficit of £208,734 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £502,910. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £488,743 are sufficient to meet the stated reserves policy target of three months of operating costs. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds PAUSE CREATING SPACE FOR CHANGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PAUSE CREATING SPACE FOR CHANGE as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£150kTowards core costs to support influencing work
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2025£131kWellbeing
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2023£60kTowards developing and testing a relational model of support for care-experienced young women so that they can build firm foundations for the future.
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k

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
BOLTON TOGETHER1£415k
THE WOOLDRIDGE CHARITABLE TRUST1£180k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES1£147k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£106k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£25k
LSEG Foundation1£20k
NORTH WEST YOUNG PEOPLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST1£20k
HIGHWAY ONE TRUST1£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TAKE A BREAK WARWICKSHIRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PAUSE CREATING SPACE FOR CHANGE£2.4m——below—no doubt
TAKE A BREAK WARWICKSHIRE LIMITED FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
SHIFT ORGANISATION LTD FY2025£2.8m——within—no doubt
FORTALICE LIMITED FY2025£2.2mmore than £60,0001below—no doubt
GOOD NEWS FAMILY CARE (HOMES) LTD FY2025£437k—0below—no doubt
THE WOMENS' CENTRE SUTTON FY2025£474k£0 - £43,0000unclear—no doubt

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