The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Phoenix Autism Trust

Registered charity 1172227 Registered since 2017

Operates: Hackney, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets

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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

5.7y median 7y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (5)

6
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 7Disability 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

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

Education 11Health and social care 2Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£2.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

7.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 14.4 in 2021

29
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.
99%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone02089804740
AddressPhoenix Autism Trust, 2 Paton Close, LONDON, E3 2QD

Finances

£2,542,496 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£998,318£755,159
2022£1,161,369£888,640
2023£1,793,583£1,546,015
2024£1,859,288£1,815,166
2025£2,542,496£2,441,890

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND/OR LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION OR INTERACTION DIFFICULTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY ATTENDING OR SUPPORTED BY PHOENIX SCHOOL, TOWER HAMLETS, IN PARTICULAR BY:-A) DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF, PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS;B) ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING TEACHING FACILITIES AND/OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORTS THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND/OR LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION OR INTERACTION DIFFICULTIES; ANDC) DEVELOPING BROADER LIFE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND/OR LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION OR INTERACTION DIFFICULTIES BY PROVIDING TRAINING, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT, AND IMPROVING THEIR LIFE AND WORK SKILLS SO THEY MAY WORK TOWARDS A MORE INDEPENDENT LIFE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 AUG 2015

Trustees (7)

7trustees
65median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Phoenix Autism Trust · 09615159 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/05/2015

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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