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Registered charity · Christchurch

Autism Unlimited Limited

Autism Unlimited Limited is a registered charity (number 1000792) based in Christchurch, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £16m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

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...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £16m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Accommodation/housing
Where
Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire and more
Website
www.autism-unlimited.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Autism Unlimited Limited
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16m£15m
  • 2024£14m£13m
  • 2023£13m£12m
Earlier years
  • 2022£12m£12m
  • 2021£12m£11m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 95% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

14 grants · £468,715 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

2y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

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 8Education/training 8Accommodation/housing 7The 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1000792
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 02506982 · Active
Contact on the register
01202483360 · enquiries@autism-unlimited.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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