## **Trustees ’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] May 2024 Period start date To 30[th] April 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: PATH Torbay**
## **Charity registration number: 1173039**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The relief of poverty in Torbay, among**
**people who are homeless, or may soon**
**be homeless, or who are inadequately**
**housed, by providing support and advice**
**regarding accommodation and essential**
**items such as food, facilities and**
**essentials for hygiene and other basic**
**needs, and services to individuals or**
**charities and other organisations working**
**to prevent or relieve poverty. **|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**PATH continues to work with Torbay**
**Food Alliance and the Torbay Helpline to**
**provide emergency food parcels to those**
**in crisis within the bay. The premises in**
**Union Street is open 5 days a week for**
**takeaway packed lunches and dinners, **
**clothing, hygiene products & personal**
**equipment eg sleeping bags, tents etc.**
**Service users can also find someone to**
**talk to, kind and gentle advice and**
**advocacy and signposting to statutory**
**services.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees have taken their roles**
**seriously and complied with their duty to**
**have due regard to the Commission’s **
**public benefit guide.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment
|including program related
investment|||
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**PATH is managed and operated solely by**
**volunteers, without whom nothing would**
**have been achieved.**|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Operating 5 days a week, including over**
**bank holidays, PATH secured Fair Share**
**funding for the food bank through**
**membership of Torbay Food Alliance;**
**raised additional funding through**
**individual and corporate donations and**
**grants; collected end of day & public**
**donations from a number of**
**supermarkets and food outlets.**
**As a drop in service, PATH provides**
**invaluable support to people of a wide**
**variety of backgrounds who are facing**
**homelessness and/or food poverty.**
**Several of the service users also**
**volunteer at the centre providing them**
**with support, a safe space and a sense of**
**value within the community. PATH**
**operates solely on volunteers with no**
**paid staff.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The financial position at the end of the**
**period was extremely healthy with**
**£90,828held in the bank. There was**
**greater expenditure than usual during**
**this financial period due to essential work**
**being carried out within the centre to**
**keep it compliant with food and hygiene**
**regulations and major building works to**
**keep the premises operational. **
**Successful grant applications as well as**
**contributions from National Lottery funds**
**have helped a great deal with the**
**additional expenditure during this**
**financial period.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Charity should hold in reserve,**
**sufficient funds to support its**
**commitments (rent, utilities etc) for at**
**least nine months which equates to**
**around £25,000.**|
|Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**£90,828**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Election**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Regarding essential work on PATH**
**Torbay’s building, it was fully**
**transparent, documented in minuted**
**meetings and unanimously agreed by**
**trustees that the contractor used would**
**be Will Do Ltd, owned by Will Friedrich,**
**son of trustee Kath Friedrich.A total of**
**£11,869, paid for invoices sent to PATH’s **
**email, were bank transferred by treasurer**
**Ann Jenkins, paid directly into the**
**business account of Will Do Ltd. It was in**
**the best interest of the charity, as no**
**other contractor could agree to the work**
**in the allotted time or quotes came in too**
**high.**|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|PATH Torbay|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|PATH|
|Registered charitynumber|1173039|
Charity ’ s principal address 172 Union Street Torquay TQ2 5QP
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Kath Friedrich|Chair|||
||PollyJurksaitis|Treasurer / Secretary|||
||Ann Jenkins|Treasurer|||
||Jo Castle|Safeguarding|||
||Rebecca Gingell||||
||Christine Hannuth-
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity ’ s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity ’ s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees ’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity ’ s trustees**
|**Signed** **on behalf of the**
**harity’s trustees**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|_Kath Friedrich_|_Polly Jurksaitis_|
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||Katherine Friedrich|Polly Jurksaitis|
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||Chair|Treasurer & Secretary|
||5.5.26||
||5.5.26||
||**Charity Name**
**P.A.T.H. Torbay**
|**Charity Name**
**P.A.T.H. Torbay**
|**Charity Name**
**P.A.T.H. Torbay**
|**Charity Name**
**P.A.T.H. Torbay**
|**Charity Name**
**P.A.T.H. Torbay**
|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**||Period start date
1.5.2024|**To**|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**A1 Receipts**|||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Grants|**109,349**||**-**|**-**|**109,349**
**948**
**7,498**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**117,795**|**68,042**
**1,005**
**21,465**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**90,512**|
|Torbay Lottery|**948**||**-**|**-**|||
|Donations from individuals and companies|**7,498**||**-**|**-**|||
||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
|**117,795**||**-**|**-**|||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**117,795**|**-**
**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||||||||
|||||**-**||**90,512**|
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|Food and Drink|**22,304**||**-**|**-**|**22,304**
**660**
**-**
**110**
**4,832**
**4,210**
**44,280**
**155**
**76,551**|**23,356**
**2,257**
**25**
**335**
**6,009**
**3,712**
**31,353**
**307**
**67,354**|
|Transport and fuel|**660**||**-**|**-**|||
|Clothing & Personal Equipment|**-**||**-**|**-**|||
|Temporary Accommodation|**110**||**-**|**-**|||
|PATH equipment and consumables|**4,832**||**-**|**-**|||
|Waste management|**4,210**||**-**|**-**|||
|Premises Costs incl. storage|**44,280**||**-**|**-**|||
|Admin & Training|**155**||**-**|**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**76,551**||**-**|**-**|||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**76,551**
**41,244**
**-**
**-**
**41,244**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|||
||||||||
|||||**-**||**67,354**|
||||||||
||**41,244**|||**-**||**23,158**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**
**-**
**23,158**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|||
||**41,244**||**-**|**-**|||
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
20/05/2026
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**When due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of approval
21.4.26
**21.4.26**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Print Name
Kath Friedrich
KATH FRIEDRICH
Polly Jurksaitis
POLLY JURKSAITIS|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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Agreement Error
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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**asset belongs**
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**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**When due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of approval
21.4.26
**21.4.26**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Print Name
Kath Friedrich
KATH FRIEDRICH
Polly Jurksaitis
POLLY JURKSAITIS|
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|||Date of approval|
||Kath Friedrich|21.4.26|
||Polly Jurksaitis|**21.4.26**|
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
20/05/2026
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Internal
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** P.A.T.H Torbay **On accounts for the year** 30/04/2025 **Charity no** 1173039 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **30/04/2025** .
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
- of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Date:** 14/05/2026 **Signed: Name:** Steven Paul Scott **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 13 Cromwell Road Ascot Berkshire SL5 9DG
1
**October 2018**
**IER**
Internal
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
2
**October 2018**
**IER**