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The National Autistic Society

5 (1) The Objects are the development, delivery and promotion of the education, health, welfare, care and support of autistic people and of people with related conditions ("autistic people").

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £102m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
Education/training, Disability, Accommodation/housing
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
WWW.AUTISM.ORG.UK (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The National Autistic Society
Registered
1975

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£102m£98m
  • 2024£95m£96m
  • 2023£99m£123m
Earlier years
  • 2022£96m£95m
  • 2021£95m£94m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 78% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

5 (1) The Objects are the development, delivery and promotion of the education, health, welfare, care and support of autistic people and of people with related conditions ("autistic people").

Grants received

110 grants · £9,105,265 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.

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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.

13 trustees on the board

1.9y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

13
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 13Disability 13Education/training 13

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 32Construction 3Property 2

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£102.0m latest income
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.

0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 4.6 in 2021

2265 from 2706 in 2021
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.
79%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
269425
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27/03/1975; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) 02/10/1982; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/1992; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/11/1993; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/10/1994; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/1995; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/11/1997; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/11/1998; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/11/2003; BYE-LAWS AMENDED 17/01/2004; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/11/2007; AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/11/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/11/2015 as amended on 18 Nov 2023 as amended on 06 Dec 2024
Companies House
Company number 01205298 · Active
Contact on the register
0207 833 2299 · supportercare@nas.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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