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Registered charity (CIO) · Sheffield

The PDA Society

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £412k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.pdasociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£412k£412k
  • 2024£356k£243k
  • 2023£183k£181k
Earlier years
  • 2022£172k£115k
  • 2021£96k£84k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE (PDA) AN AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO THOSE PERSONS WITH PDA, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS INCLUDING THOSE AWAITING DIAGNOSIS; ANDB) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE, TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF PDA BY RAISING AWARENESS IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO PDA.

Grants received

2 grants · £22,488 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 Community Fund · £19,988
  • SHAREGIFT · £2,500

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9882024-12-19
  • SHAREGIFT £2,5002024-12-16
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

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 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.

Health and social care 2Professional services 2Business services 1

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.

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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£412k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1165038
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 05 Jan 2016
Contact on the register
0333 002 0781 · info@pdasociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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