Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

P.A.T.H. (PLYMOUTH ACCESS TO HOUSING) LIMITED 

Offers advice and assistance to people in housing need including those who are street homeless. Provides temporary and settled accommodation and offers support services to vulnerable people who have a tenancy to help them sustain that tenancy.Specialises in assisting people into the Private Rented sector.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 21 years

www.pathdevon.org

info@pathdevon.org

01752255889

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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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£2,673£2,326£346£0£1,336£1,0015.2490
31/03/22£2,117£2,053£64£0£989£8795.1450
31/03/21£1,934£1,631£302£0£925£7835.8400
31/03/20£1,363£1,257£106£0£623£5385.1382
31/03/19£1,140£1,052£88£0£568£4955.6372
31/03/18£748£719£29£-711£442£3686.1200
31/03/17£759£761£-2£0£413£3165240
31/03/16£738£750£-12£0£415£3135250
31/03/15£799£752£47£8£426£3746270
31/03/14£1,031£945£86£144£375£3644.6310
31/03/13£938£905£33£125£289£1081.4350
31/03/12£848£814£35£150£256£2473.6290
31/03/11£724£701£23£82£221£2153.7250
31/03/10£728£711£18£22£198£1923.2240
31/03/09£699£699£0£79£180£1783.1240
31/03/08£701£702£-1£42£180£1793.1190
31/03/07£610£581£28£39£181£1753.6200
31/03/06£579£587£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£562£563£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£277£254£23£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 5.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 49 employees
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon, Plymouth City,

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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£81,010
Crisis UK£70,000
DCMS£10,000
Devon Community Foundation£1,995
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Circles SW training provision - Preventing Sexual Harm
£1,995 12/01/2022
To provide training for 35 TIPN members
Crisis UK - Grant to Path
£70,000 02/11/2020
Path is working to increase the amount of good quality, affordable private rented sector options for people moving out of temporary accommodation. In this project, Path is leasing homes in order to ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 24/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£81,010 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
Co-Operative Group - Grant to PATH
£2,916 19/11/2018
We hope to be able to provide our homeless clients with tenancy starter and bedding packs as they become housed.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to P.A.T.H. (Plymouth Access to Housing)
£60,375 21/07/2016
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Providing housing support (including supporting people into private rented accommodation) to vulnerable groups including rough sleepers, ex-offenders, ex-Services personnel and refugees, The grant ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to P.A.T.H. (Plymouth Access to Housing)
£19,400 26/04/2013
The charity provides housing support across Plymouth and South Devon. It seeks funding for its women ex-offenders housing support work. This enables women to re-integrate into community life in a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-80
  • JOANNE BEER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Nurse/Director
  • KEITH CHAPMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Health Service Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/06/2003, number: 1097772
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/07/2002, number: 04478819
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 36 days late,
Main office

MIKE TAYLOR
28-42 HARWELL COURT
PLYMOUTH
PL1 1PY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH AND BEYOND BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN HOUSING NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PLYMOUTH AND BEYOND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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