The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Autism Unlimited Limited

Registered charity 1000792 Registered since 1990

Operates: Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Bournemouth, Poole, Southampton City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

2.3y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 7Education/training 7Accommodation/housing 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 9Retail and trade 4Health and social care 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£15.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 15.2 in 2021

357 from 366 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
98%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.autism-unlimited.org
Emailenquiries@autism-unlimited.org
Phone01202483360
Address446 Commercial Road, AVIATION BUSINESS PARK, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 6NW

Finances

£15,633,406 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,593,312£10,713,285
2022£12,250,253£11,658,000
2023£12,608,787£12,068,112
2024£14,475,255£12,926,022
2025£15,633,406£15,100,870

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

For the public benefit for the provision of education services, social care, assessment, training, advocacy and support in preparing for adulthood including employment and other support services to people with autism, with or awaiting a formal diagnosis, and other similar complex needs and their families and carers, whether or not these conditions are associated with other disabilities or medical conditions.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/05/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/12/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07/02/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/02/2013NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21/11/2013 as amended on 19 Dec 2018 as amended on 22 Nov 2021 as amended on 29 May 2026 as amended on 11 May 2026

Trustees (7)

7trustees
64median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Autism Unlimited Limited · 02506982 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 31/05/1990

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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