Registered charity (CIO) · Wakefield
Beat Autism
- 5 trustees
- Income £27k (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, Recreation
- Where
- City Of Wakefield
- Website
- www.beatautism.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£27k£35k
- 2024£61k£49k
- 2023£56k£60k
Earlier years
- 2022£39k£52k
- 2021£39k£65k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN, THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES AND CARERS BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1. CARRYING OUT TRAINING SESSIONS FOR PARENTS AND CARERS THAT GIVE THEM AN UNDERSTANDING OF AUTISM AS WELL AS STRATEGIES TO DEAL WITH COMMUNICATION, SENSORY AND BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES AND SLEEP;2. DELIVERING FAMILY ACTIVITIES FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN, THEIR SIBLINGS AND THEIR PARENTS/CARERS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ENHANCE THEIR SKILLS AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY NEW PLAY ACTIVITIES AND MAKE FRIENDSHIPS.
Grants received
8 grants · £81,689 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £57,299 (5 grants)
- People's Health Trust · £19,864
- Sir George Martin Trust · £3,000
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £1,526
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Robert Lawrence Eaton Chair since 2016
- Claire Marie Firth since 2022
- David Christopher Bell since 2016
- Ian Christopher Orange since 2022
- John Firth since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Lawrence Eaton Chair since 2016
- David Christopher Bell since 2016
- John Firth since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Robert Lawrence Eaton Chair since 2016
- Claire Marie Firth since 2022
- David Christopher Bell since 2016
- Ian Christopher Orange since 2022
- John Firth since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1167456
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED ON 03 JUN 2016
- Contact on the register
- 07932122734 · beatautismuk@aol.com
- 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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