OUTSIDE IN PATHWAYS LTD

Registered charity 1187684 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We design and deliver arts and heritage-based projects for people with complex needs (e.g. learning disabilities and autism) inspired by the collections of museums, galleries and religious and royal palaces. Established artists, performers and designers to work alongside them to produce art and performance. Our work promotes social inclusion and accessibility to culture for disadvantaged groups.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT ("THE OBJECT") IS:THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY AMONGST PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE ON THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM, THROUGH THE FUNDING OF ARTS BASED EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THEIR PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVE THEIR ACCESS TO THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE THROUGH MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£68k
Latest spending
£79k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £10,858 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £1,815 from £12,673 the previous year. The independent examiner reported that accounting records were not kept as required because trade debtors, trade creditors, and the bank were not properly reconciled on a regular basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Donations and legacies 40,612” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Audit opinion: qualified
“The following matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: * accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act insofar as - trade debtors and trade creditors were not properly reconciled on a regular basis; - the bank has not been properly reconciled on a regular basis.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Independent examiner reported that trade debtors and trade creditors were not properly reconciled on a regular basis and the bank has not been properly reconciled on a regular basis.
“accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act insofar as - trade debtors and trade creditors were not properly reconciled on a regular basis; - the bank has not been properly reconciled on a regular basis.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £59,499 — contracts £40,149 (3), grants £19,350 (2); 73% of the £81,587 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £91,461 — contracts £46,174 (1), grants £45,287 (1); 73% of the £125,446 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 16/04/2025, 75 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£68k£79k
31/03/2024£82k£93k
31/03/2023£125k£103k
31/03/2022£68k£70k
31/03/2021£100k£104k

Common questions

Is OUTSIDE IN PATHWAYS LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit of £10,858 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £1,815 from £12,673 the previous year. The independent examiner reported that accounting records were not kept as required because trade debtors, trade creditors, and the bank were not properly reconciled on a regular basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OUTSIDE IN PATHWAYS LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OUTSIDE IN PATHWAYS LTD as a grant recipient include THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHRISTOS LAZARI FOUNDATIONFY2022Unverified read£83kFunding the Charity's work in helping children with hidden disabilities in participating in cultural venues and having short heritage breaks.
THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£9kOutside in Pathways Ltd

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2025£20kStepping Stones: Art and Heritage Placements
City Bridge Foundation14/06/2024£100kGrant to Outside In Pathways
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2023£10kCoronation and Windrush
City Bridge Foundation04/08/2022£31kGrant to Outside In Pathways
The National Lottery Community Fund05/11/2021£10kT.V. and Me
The National Lottery Community Fund30/04/2020£10kTreasure Hunt: participatory arts for children with autism
The National Lottery Community Fund07/12/2018£9kThe Speed Of The City
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2010£35k"Our lives, past, present and future"

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OUTSIDE IN ART.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OUTSIDE IN PATHWAYS LTD£68k—0unclear—no doubt
OUTSIDE IN ART FY2025£572k—0below—no doubt
PURSUING INDEPENDENT PATHS FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE LTD FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY ARTS FY2025£365k—0unclear—no doubt
IN BETWEEN TIME FY2026£109k—0below—no doubt

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