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Registered charity · Kent

The Kent Autistic Trust

(a) to provide assistance, advice, representations and services which will directly relieve the need or disability of autistic people, and people with associated neuro developmental conditions, in Kent; (b) to provide and maintain homes and day...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £10m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Disability, Accommodation/housing, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Kent, Medway
Website
www.kentautistic.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Kent Autistic Trust
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£10m£10m
  • 2024£9.4m£9.4m
  • 2023£8.9m£8.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.4m£8.3m
  • 2021£8.2m£8.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

(a) to provide assistance, advice, representations and services which will directly relieve the need or disability of autistic people, and people with associated neuro developmental conditions, in Kent; (b) to provide and maintain homes and day care/work facilities in Kent for autistic people and people with associated neuro developmental conditions, providing as normal a home and working life as possible; (c) to help autistic people and people with associated neuro developmental conditions to develop to their fullest potential according to each individual’s natural abilities and interests, and to become as self-sufficient as possible; (d) to provide training opportunities for people wishing to work with or understand more about autistic people and people with associated neuro developmental conditions (in a paid or voluntary capacity) and to increase knowledge of autism and the needs of autistic people and people with associated neuro developmental conditions.

Grants received

6 grants · £955,994 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 · £920,049 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £25,000
  • Department for Transport · £10,945

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £15,1252025-11-19
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £25,0002020-07-29
  • Department for Transport £10,9452020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £304,6102015-08-26
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £410,7682010-02-11
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.

8 trustees on the board

5.3y median 4.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
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 8Disability 8Other Charitable Purposes 8

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

Other services 8Finance 1Health and social care 1

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£10.5m 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.

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

251 from 236 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
801965
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17TH JULY 1989 as amended on 14 Oct 2019 as amended on 07 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 02404983 · Active
Contact on the register
01634405168 · office@kentautistic.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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