HOUSING PATHWAYS TRUST

Registered charity 211053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EBCC, THE EALING AND BRENTFORD CONSOLIDATED CHARITY

Pathways Trust provides relief for persons in need, hardship or distress resident in our areas of benefit.In Ealing we provide housing for older people; manage allotments and make grants to local voluntary and community groups which benefit people.In Brentford we award grants to voluntary and community organisations engaged in appropriate work.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF BRANCH 1 ARE: (A) THE PROVISION OF RELIEF FOR PERSONS IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF WANDSWORTH, HACKNEY, WALTHAM FOREST, ENFIELD, HARINGEY, GREENWICH, NEWHAM, TOWER HAMLETS, LAMBETH, EALING AND HOUNSLOW WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING AND HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, INCLUDING ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION FOR BENEFICIARIES SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS IN SUBCLAUSES (C), (D) AND (E) BELOW AND PROVISION OF MEDICAL , DOMICILIARY AND OTHER CARE THROUGH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY; AND(B) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEE DECIDES.(C ) PREFERENCE FOR APPOINTING RESIDENTS IN THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES SHALL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OLD.(D) PREFERENCE FOR APPOINTING RESIDENTS IN THE WHEELER HOMES SHALL BE GIVEN TO PERSONS NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OLD AND MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.(E) THE TRUSTEE MUST RETAIN 33 OF THE JUBILEE PROPERTIES FOR USE BY BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE SINGLE WOMEN AND MUST RETAIN 50 OF THE JUBILEE PROPERTIES FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE.(F) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 33 (POWER TO DISPOSE OF AND REPLACE PURPOSE PROPERTY), THE LAND IDENTIFIED IN PART 1 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THIS SCHEME MUST BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR USE FOR THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY AS SET OUT IN THIS CLAUSE 5(1).(2) THE OBJECTS OF BRANCH 2 ARE TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF EALING.(3) THE OBJECTS OF BRANCH 3 ARE TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF EALING.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ealing, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net movement in funds of (£37,835) for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a deficit in almshouse accommodation activities. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,258,031, with general funds of £1,762,564 maintained to ensure ongoing trading and fund future capital costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Beever and Struthers. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~19.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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: 5.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (31/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (31/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Pegg · trustee of 3 other charities
• Fiona Howie · trustee of 2 other charities
• Joshua John Bramwell Reddaway · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah Woodbridge · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sophie Service · trustee of 2 other charities
• Tye McMahon · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Ealing · Hounslow

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE LTD.

• PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE LTD income £2.3m
• ROUTEWAYS CENTRE LIMITED income £687k
• BROADWAY COTTAGES TRUST CIO income £96k
• CROSSWAYS COMMUNITY income £1.8m
• FAIRWAYS ACCOMMODATION SUPPORT TRUST income £460k
• CROSSROADS TRUST income £80k

Side by side with its peers

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