P.A.T.H TORBAY

Registered charity 1173039 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PATH

Path Torbay runs a food and support service from 172 Union Street, Torquay. Anyone facing homelessness and crisis in Torbay is welcome to this drop in service 5 days a week, Mon - Fri 1pm - 6pm. PATH provides packed lunches, toiletries and equipment. PATH is a member of the Torbay Food Alliance and runs a busy emergency food bank for anyone struggling in Torbay.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN TORBAY AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR MAY SOON BE HOMELESS OR WHO ARE INADEQUATELY HOUSED BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ADVICE REGARDING ACCOMMODATION AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD, ITEMS AND FACILITIES FOR HYGIENE AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£118k

Latest spending

£77k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £90,828 at the end of the period, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £25,000 (nine months of commitments). The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nine months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £91k)

“The Charity should hold in reserve, sufficient funds to support its commitments (rent, utilities etc) for at least nine months which equates to around £25,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Contractor Will Do Ltd, owned by Will Friedrich (son of trustee Kath Friedrich), received £11,869 for building works.

“Regarding essential work on PATH Torbay’s building, it was fully transparent, documented in minuted meetings and unanimously agreed by trustees that the contractor used would be Will Do Ltd, owned by Will Friedrich, son of trustee Kath Friedrich. A total of £11,869, paid for invoices sent to PATH’s email, were bank transferred by treasurer Ann Jenkins, paid directly into the business account of Will Do Ltd.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/08/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adline Lewis
Ann Jenkins
Christine Hannuth-Savill
Joanne Castle
Kath Katherine
Polly Jurksaitis
Rebecca Gingell

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

Operates in: Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£118k	£77k
30/04/2024	£91k	£67k
30/04/2023	£38k	£66k
30/04/2022	£101k	£65k
30/04/2021	£127k	£125k

Common questions

Is P.A.T.H TORBAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £90,828 at the end of the period, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £25,000 (nine months of commitments). The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/03/2024	£20k	Path Torbay Foodbank
UK government	05/06/2020	£32k	Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CRISIS UK	1	£500k
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£101k
THE PILMUIR ESTATE	1	£70k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£65k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£62k
WHEELER MILL FOUNDATION	1	£59k
London Homelessness Foundation	1	£30k
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with P.A.T.H. (PLYMOUTH ACCESS TO HOUSING) LIMITED.

P.A.T.H. (PLYMOUTH ACCESS TO HOUSING) LIMITED income £3.9m
WINDMILL TORBAY income £203k
THE TORBAY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS income £547k
THE GREAT YARMOUTH PATHWAY income £208k
TORBAY TIGERS BASKETBALL CLUB income £102k
Together Church Torbay income £111k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
P.A.T.H TORBAY	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
P.A.T.H. (PLYMOUTH ACCESS TO HOUSING) LIMITED FY2025	£3.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WINDMILL TORBAY FY2025	£203k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE TORBAY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS FY2025	£547k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GREAT YARMOUTH PATHWAY FY2025	£208k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TORBAY TIGERS BASKETBALL CLUB FY2025	£102k	—	below	—	noted

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