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Registered charity · Tyne and Wear

Education and Services for People With Autism Limited

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £21m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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
Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Sunderland, Durham, Middlesbrough
Website
www.espa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Education and Services for People With Autism Limited
Registered
1994

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21m£19m
  • 2024£19m£18m
  • 2023£18m£16m
Earlier years
  • 2022£16m£15m
  • 2021£15m£14m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 97% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, LEARNING DISABILITIES, COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL CONDITIONS BY ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BY: · PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCH PEOPLE AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF OTHERS IN AUTISM, LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL OR BEHAVIOURAL CONDITIONS; · PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS; · THE CARRYING OUT OR COMMISSIONING OF RESEARCH INTO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AUTISTIC PEOPLE AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Grants received

1 grant · £25,400 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £25,400

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £25,4002012-11-26
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.

7 trustees on the board

18.9y median 15y
average tenure
32y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

23.1y
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.

Accommodation/housing 7Disability 7Education/training 7

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 8Arts and leisure 2Health and social care 1

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.

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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£20.9m 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.

8.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 6.9 in 2021

582 from 585 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.
97%
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
1037868
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18 MAR 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 AUG 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 JUL 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 AUG 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 MAY 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 DEC 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 30 AUG 2022
Companies House
Company number 02909953 · Active
Contact on the register
01915165080 · karl.hardy@espa.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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