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POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR LEARNING CIO

Registered charity 1186125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PATHWAYS SCHOOL CIO, POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR LEARNING, Pathways School

The objectives of charity are:(1) To advance the education of children and young people with a diagnosis of autism and those with moderate to severe learning disabilities in particular by:(a) establishing an independent specialist secondary school;(b) providing training programmes for carers;(c) conducting an outreach programme to support specialist and mainstream schools.

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £151,423 for the year, driven by increased student numbers and careful cost control. However, free unrestricted reserves of £38,896 were significantly below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £352,113 (one term's expenditure). The accounts state that cash balances decreased due to the timing of fee receipts and capital investments, but the trustees conclude 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: School fees (93% of income)
“The main source of income continues to be school fees received from local authorities, which totalled £1,134,972 (2024: £870,812).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one school term's unrestricted operating expenditure (approximately £352,113) (held: £39k)
“it considers that free reserves (funds that are freely available for PBSL’s general purposes) equivalent to at least one school terms unrestricted operating expenditure (approximately £352,113 (2024: £277,702)) should be the target for the general fund.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bayar Hughes & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£287k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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 London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.2m£1.1m
31/08/2024£893k£833k
31/08/2023£550k£576k
31/08/2022£150k£144k
31/12/2021£95k£88k

Common questions

Is POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR LEARNING CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £151,423 for the year, driven by increased student numbers and careful cost control. However, free unrestricted reserves of £38,896 were significantly below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £352,113 (one term's expenditure). The accounts state that cash balances decreased due to the timing of fee receipts and capital investments, but the trustees conclude there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bayar Hughes & Co.

Who funds POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR LEARNING CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR LEARNING CIO as a grant recipient include THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION, The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2022£1k

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
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST1£40k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£25k
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£18k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY1£5k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MULTI AGENCY INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR LEARNING CIO£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
MULTI AGENCY INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FY2024£207k—0within—no doubt
LD:NORTHEAST FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
MORE EDUCATION FY2025£531k—0below—no doubt
CANTO LEARNING LIMITED FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt

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