Registered charity · London
Ambitious About Autism
- 7 trustees
- Income £43m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ambitious About Autism
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£43m£42m
- 2024£52m£40m
- 2023£28m£27m
Earlier years
- 2022£24m£23m
- 2021£23m£22m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 76% · Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, HEALTH, WELFARE AND CARE OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND/OR OTHER RELATED IMPAIRMENTS AND DISABILITIES.
Grants received
38 grants · £3,947,983 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
- Pears Foundation · £1,700,000 (6 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £569,300 (8 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £359,900 (2 grants)
- Joseph Levy Foundation · £324,565 (3 grants)
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £280,000 (7 grants)
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Andrew Forbes since 2021
- Anna Thatcher since 2023
- Eduardo Gutierrez-Garcia since 2021
- Ian Caplan since 2023
- Jack Welch since 2021
- Michael Clark since 2022
- Robert Bishop since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Andrew Forbes since 2021
- Anna Thatcher since 2023
- Eduardo Gutierrez-Garcia since 2021
- Ian Caplan since 2023
- Jack Welch since 2021
- Michael Clark since 2022
- Robert Bishop since 2024
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1063184
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/05/1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10/02/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/03/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 NOV 2018 as amended on 13 Dec 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 03375255 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02088155444 · finance@ambitiousaboutautism.org.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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