Registered charity (CIO) · Macclesfield
Space4Autism
- 6 trustees
- Income £721k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester
- Website
- www.space4autism.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£721k£561k
- 2024£585k£579k
- 2023£552k£582k
Earlier years
- 2022£751k£489k
- 2021£0£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 3% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND THEIR FAMILIES PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE AREA OF CHESHIRE EAST BOROUGH COUNCIL, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF ASC (AUTISTIC SPECTRUM CONDITION) BY:(A) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE PARENTS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ASC TO MAXIMISE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR OFFSPRING;(B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ASC AND THEIR FAMILIES, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;(C) PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ASC AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Grants received
17 grants · £619,023 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 · £552,534 (7 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £31,000 (2 grants)
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £20,064 (3 grants)
- Sport England · £4,590
- Steve Morgan Foundation · £3,835
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Pauline Girdwood Chair since 2022
- Emma Jones since 2024
- Laura Jayne Beresford since 2022
- Lauren Elaine Janine Killilea since 2020
- Sharon Spear since 2026
- Sophie Booth since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Lauren Elaine Janine Killilea since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Pauline Girdwood Chair since 2022
- Emma Jones since 2024
- Laura Jayne Beresford since 2022
- Lauren Elaine Janine Killilea since 2020
- Sharon Spear since 2026
- Sophie Booth since 2026
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189689
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 28 May 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01625617884 · info@space4autism.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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