Registered charity · Bromborough
Autism Together
- 8 trustees
- Income £33m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Iain Nicholson CadmanChair · since 2016
- Carol CortonTrustee · since 2024
- Carole Anne Forrester BattersbyTrustee · since 2016
- Charlotte Rebecca SansomeTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher SmartTrustee · since 2020
- Edward BehanTrustee · since 2013
- Nuala Marie KennedyTrustee · since 2020
- Susan Mary LeechTrustee · since 2023
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
- Wirral, Wrexham, Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.autismtogether.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Autism Together
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£33m£31m
- 2024£30m£27m
- 2023£25m£25m
Earlier years
- 2022£25m£24m
- 2021£24m£23m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 97%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE, PROMOTE AND DEVELOP SERVICES FOR THE WELFARE, CARE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF THOSE CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS VARIOUSLY DIAGNOSED AS AUTISTIC, OR AS HAVING AUTISTIC TENDENCIES OR TRAITS, OR ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, WHETHER OR NOT THESE CONDITIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER CONDITIONS
Grants received
18 grants · £579,861 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £346,334 (7 grants)
- Three Guineas Trust · £90,714 (4 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £50,000
- BBC Children in Need · £28,149
- Architectural Heritage Fund · £20,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Iain Nicholson Cadman Chair since 2016
- Carol Corton since 2024
- Carole Anne Forrester Battersby since 2016
- Charlotte Rebecca Sansome since 2023
- Christopher Smart since 2020
- Edward Behan since 2013
- Nuala Marie Kennedy since 2020
- Susan Mary Leech since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Iain Nicholson Cadman Chair since 2016
- Carole Anne Forrester Battersby since 2016
- Edward Behan since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Iain Nicholson Cadman Chair since 2016
- Carol Corton since 2024
- Carole Anne Forrester Battersby since 2016
- Charlotte Rebecca Sansome since 2023
- Christopher Smart since 2020
- Nuala Marie Kennedy since 2020
- Susan Mary Leech since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Edward Behan since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 0.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1007878
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/10/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/03/2013AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/03/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22 JUN 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 02658268 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01513347510 · enquiries@autismtogether.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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