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Registered charity · London

Autistica

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £1.8m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.autistica.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Autistica
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.8m£2.5m
  • 2024£3.0m£1.9m
  • 2023£1.5m£1.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.5m£1.5m
  • 2021£2.0m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF AUTISM, INCLUDING BY (1) THE PROMOTION, FACILITATION AND SUPPORT OF RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF AUTISM AND (2) THE DISSEMINATION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS, SO AS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS REGARDING ALL ASPECTS OF AUTISM;TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF AUTISTIC PEOPLE, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH TRAINING, COURSES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK EXPERIENCE AND BY THE PROVISION (TO EMPLOYERS AND AUTISTIC PEOPLE) OF TRAINING AND FACILITIES TO ENABLE AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP SKILLS SO AS TO ENHANCE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE WORKPLACE;TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND RELIEVE SICKNESS, INCLUDING BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS, INTERVENTIONS AND RESOURCES TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG AUTISTIC PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES;THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH OPERATES TO BENEFIT AUTISTIC PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

Grants received

9 grants · £404,315 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,8302025-09-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £96,0822024-10-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9992021-10-15
  • CareTech foundation £160,0002021-01-21
  • CAF £20,4042021-01-05
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.

9 trustees on the board

3y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

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

Professional services 10Other services 3Business services 1

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£1.8m latest income
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.

2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.4 in 2021

30 from 18 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1107350
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 JULY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29 OCTOBER 2009 AND 18 DECEMBER 2009 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16 FEBRUARY 2006 21 DECEMBER 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 MAY 2018 as amended on 13 Nov 2018
Companies House
Company number 05184164 · Active
Contact on the register
02038574340 · info@autistica.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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