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Autism East Midlands

To improve the quality of life for people on the autism spectrum and their families, by providing an environment where they are recognised, understood and valued, as well as providing the support and services they need throughout their lives. To...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £18m (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.autismeastmidlands.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Autism East Midlands
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£18m£17m
  • 2024£16m£14m
  • 2023£14m£15m
Earlier years
  • 2022£15m£14m
  • 2021£13m£12m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 89% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To improve the quality of life for people on the autism spectrum and their families, by providing an environment where they are recognised, understood and valued, as well as providing the support and services they need throughout their lives. To improve the lives of individuals on the autism spectrum by responding to their needs, enabling them to live their lives with dignity, choice and independence.

Grants received

11 grants · £1,023,408 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.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £593,402 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £260,000 (2 grants)
  • BBC Children in Need · £110,006 (3 grants)
  • Three Guineas Trust · £60,000

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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.

12 trustees on the board

4.8y median 2.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 12General Charitable Purposes 12Education/training 11Other Charitable Purposes 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 14Other services 2Tech and media 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£17.9m 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.

8.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

467 from 411 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.
90%
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
517954
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/09/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/02/1991AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/12/2002AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08/10/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21/11/2014 as amended on 05 Mar 2021
Companies House
Company number 02053860 · Active
Contact on the register
01909506678 · enquiries@aem.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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