Registered charity (CIO) · Cheshire
The Autism Assistance Dogs Charity
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.0m (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
- Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.autismdogs.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.0m£797k
- 2024£791k£641k
- 2023£521k£411k
Earlier years
- 2022£317k£167k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, EQUALITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM, BY PROVIDING DOGS TRAINED AS AUTISM ASSISTANCE DOGS AND FOR THE EDUCATION IN TRAINING OF THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM AND THEIR CARERS/GUARDIANS AND FAMILIES IN THE CARE AND WELFARE OF AUTISM ASSISTANCE DOGS AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES, FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM AND THEIR CARERS/GUARDIANS AND FAMILIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DEEM FIT.
Grants received
8 grants · £63,616 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 · £28,460 (2 grants)
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £20,156 (5 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £15,000
Most recent
- 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.
6 trustees on the board
- Tom Wilde Chair since 2025
- Janet Moore since 2025
- Jenifer Hamilton since 2025
- Liza Woodray since 2026
- Luke Stafford since 2024
- Matthew Salisbury since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Tom Wilde Chair since 2025
- Janet Moore since 2025
- Jenifer Hamilton since 2025
- Liza Woodray since 2026
- Luke Stafford since 2024
- Matthew Salisbury since 2025
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
- Narrow spread of causes across 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
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.7 in 2022
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1199343
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Jun 2022 as amended on 27 Jan 2026
- Contact on the register
- 01260591296 · carolinesparkspreston@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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