Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
(no info on trustees)
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +8

STAFFORDSHIRE PATHWAY PROJECT 

Domestic violence service provision including women's refuge accommodation, drop in centre, floating support services, children's services, counselling service, parenting service, group work and training provision.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Established: 32 years

www.pathway-project.co.uk

wendyd@pathway-project.co.uk

01543442610

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£986£946£40£4£551£4595.83222
31/03/22£833£861£-28£3£511£43262715
31/03/21£903£780£123£2£539£4286.6294
31/03/20£691£729£-38£4£415£3605.93121
31/03/19£874£887£-13£4£453£4345.93016
31/03/18£1,050£902£148£2£466£4415.9400
31/03/17£828£813£15£4£319£2794.1320
31/03/16£711£740£-30£5£304£2624.2240
31/03/15£714£797£-83£15£333£2904.4210
31/03/14£663£789£-126£16£417£3685.6210
31/03/13£813£865£-53£18£437£300.4220
31/03/12£827£792£35£18£489£1782.7210
31/03/11£827£786£41£16£455£1452.2190
31/03/10£841£772£69£17£413£1141.8220
31/03/09£698£675£22£15£345£711.3210
31/03/08£777£636£141£7£322£651.2200
31/03/07£613£625£-12£7£182£781.5200
31/03/06£560£544£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£417£373£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£252£215£36£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 5.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 13.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 32 employees
  • 22 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£494,081
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£100,698
DCMS£52,857
Charles Hayward Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out
£434,870 24/03/2022
The funding will be used to continue and expand the delivery of its service to help those experiencing and recovering from domestic abuse and / or sexual violence in Staffordshire. The Staffordshire ....more
Smallwood Trust - Funding for distribution as grants to individuals
£7,500 16/12/2021
This initiative seeks to shift grant making power directly to local women’s organisations and services. Smallwood provides a block grant and organisations then award hardship grants to individual ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - NICS NUTRITION
£5,543 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Hope Centre
£9,550 25/02/2021
7
The funding will be used to carry out some refurbishment works to the group's centre ensuring it is COVID-19 safe and upgrade their telephone system to provide outreach provision to adults and ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Burntwood Pathway Project
£3,200 23/06/2020
purchase of brochures and leaflets for a charity that supports domestic and sexually abused women and children in Staffordshire
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Pathway Project
£2,508 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant is for activities and equipment. It will benefit children and young people living in a refuge after experiencing domestic violence and are currently in lockdown due to Covid-19. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID 19 Burntwood Pathway Project
£39,661 11/06/2020
10
A community service supporting victims and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse for men women and children. It provides refuges a 24 hour helpline sexual violence support free legal clinics ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£50,349 05/06/2020
Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis
DCMS - Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund
£50,349 05/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,508 22/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£50,349 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Burntwood Pathway Project
£20,000 24/03/2020
Salary of a Risk Reduction Worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Website and IT upgrade
£10,000 25/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to re-design the group's website and develop a share point. The project aims to make the site more accessible and up to date for their users.
National Lottery Community Fund - WGI stage 2
£555,000 22/03/2016
60
Women and girls who are experiencing or affected by domestic abuse will be supported through refuge, counselling and outreach. Independent Domestic Violence Advisors and Independent Sexual Violence ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Burntwood Pathway Project
£39,200 20/10/2011
the Hope House Project - the salary of the part time Receptionist/Administrator, utilities (gas, electric, phones and water) office costs (stationery, photocpier)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/11/1991, number: 1005976
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/08/1991, number: 02635912
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hope Centre
3 Quonians Lane
LICHFIELD
Staffordshire
WS13 7LB

Objectives

3. The ObjectThe Object (the Object) of the Charity shall be:3.1 To relieve the physical, mental, emotional, social, financial and sexual distress among adults of all ages and/or their children, who have been maltreated or controlled by their partners, family members or persons with whom they were living or having a relationship with, or had made acquaintance of, specialising in gender-based abuse against women and girls.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE WEST MIDLANDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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