PATH (YORKSHIRE) LTD

Registered charity 516786 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PATH provides Positive Action Training to Black and Minority Ethnic people.

Objects

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING, SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT FOR SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED, OR MAY SUFFER, DISADVANTAGE BY REASON OF THEIR COLOUR, RACE OR NATIONALITY OR BY REASON OF ANY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AS DEFINED BY THE EQUALITY ACT 2010, OR WHERE THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS MAY HINDER EDUCATIONAL, LEARNING OR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE WEST YORKSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£604k
Latest spending
£570k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a surplus of £34,124 on gross income of £604,436, resulting in total reserves of £598,563. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months. Free reserves were reported as £370,510, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 months of general running costs under specific assumptions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of the charities general running costs (held: £371k)
“The Management Committee has examined the charity's requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the organisation. It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should cover the following: 12 months of the charities general running costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Path Into Recruitment Ltd
“The company's investments at the balance sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: Path Into Recruitment Ltd” — page 24
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.

Corporate structure

PATH INTO RECRUITMENT LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £4,745,000

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£604k
Total spending
£570k
Reserves (reported)
£371k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · City Of York · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£604k£570k
31/03/2024£424k£421k
31/03/2023£491k£449k
31/03/2022£359k£361k
31/03/2021£383k£373k

Common questions

Is PATH (YORKSHIRE) LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a surplus of £34,124 on gross income of £604,436, resulting in total reserves of £598,563. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months. Free reserves were reported as £370,510, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 months of general running costs under specific assumptions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/12/2014£302kSecond Chance
The National Lottery Community Fund09/03/2011£245kPATH Outreach Work Retention Support (POWRS)