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Registered charity · Stockton-on-Tees

Daisy Chain Autism and Neurodiversity

4. The charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:4.1.1. the relief of individuals who have a disability or special needs, in particular to but not exclusive to autism, and the relief of carers of such individuals by...

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £3.8m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Amateur Sport, Animals and 1 more
Where
Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees and more
Website
www.daisychainproject.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Daisy Chain Autism and Neurodiversity
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.8m£3.9m
  • 2024£4.0m£3.7m
  • 2023£2.5m£2.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.4m£2.4m
  • 2021£1.8m£1.9m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

4. The charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:4.1.1. the relief of individuals who have a disability or special needs, in particular to but not exclusive to autism, and the relief of carers of such individuals by the provision of respite care;4.1.2. the provision of public education and training for individuals who have a disability or special needs, in particular to but not exclusively arising from autism; and4.1.3. the advancement of public education concerning the care of individuals whose disability or special needs arise out of autism by the publication of literature, the holding of conferences and seminars and such other means as are required to disseminate the relevant information.

Grants received

38 grants · £3,162,861 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

  • Postcode Children Trust · £1,900,000 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £521,500 (6 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £222,878 (5 grants)
  • Mercers' Charitable Foundation · £97,136 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £80,571 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Sport England £14,1742025-09-02
  • Postcode Children Trust £500,0002025-02-13
  • SHAREGIFT £10,0002024-11-12
  • Postcode Children Trust £500,0002023-12-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £299,0252023-03-15
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.

11 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 11Disability 11Education/training 11

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

Health and social care 12Dormant 1Education 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£3.8m 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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2021

151 from 87 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
1109792
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 NOVEMBER 2004 as amended on 14 Jan 2019 as amended on 09 Apr 2019 as amended on 14 May 2026
Companies House
Company number 04763989 · Active
Contact on the register
01642531248 · info@wearedaisychain.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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