Autism Unlimited Limited
Registered charity 1000792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AUTISM WESSEX, THE WESSEX AUTISTIC SOCIETY
Principal activities are:Education, care and short break services for children and young people with autism, learning difficulties or associated mental health difficulties.Social care services to adults, children and families whose lives are affected by autism, learning difficulties or associated mental health difficultiesInformation, advice and advocacy services.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £532,535 for the year, with total income increasing to £15,633,405. Free reserves were held at £6.1 million, which the trustees confirmed was in line with their target of three to six months' expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Education contracts (98% of income)
“Education contracts: £9,938,042”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 51.5% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Fundraising: £54,306”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months' annual expenditure (held: £6.1m)
“the Trustees have targeted a free reserve holding of between three and six months' annual expenditure.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Rothmans Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Autism Unlimited (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Anna Hewitt — Headteacher (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- BLAGBROUGH, Catherine — director, appointed 24/03/2026on trustee list
- CLAYFORTH-CARR, Michael William John — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
- HAWKER ROUDIANI, Tara Katyusha — director, appointed 01/09/2025not on trustee list
- KING, Andrew James — director, appointed 19/12/2023on trustee list
- THURGOOD, Janet Mary — director, appointed 27/06/2022not on trustee list
- BRAZIER, James Henry — director, appointed 06/02/2020on trustee list
- WEARN, Donna — secretary, appointed 01/01/2026
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £1.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Autism Unlimited Limited — Registered, 16 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 05/06/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£54k
Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (01/08/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Andrew James King
- Catherine Blagbrough
- James Henry Brazier
- Janet Mary Thurgood MBE · trustee of 3 other charities
- MALCOLM FARRELL
- Mark Beresford Jones
- Michael William John Clayforth-Carr
- Tara Katyusha Hawker Roudiani
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Hampshire · Poole · Somerset · Southampton City · Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Autism Unlimited Limited financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £532,535 for the year, with total income increasing to £15,633,405. Free reserves were held at £6.1 million, which the trustees confirmed was in line with their target of three to six months' expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rothmans Audit LLP.
Who funds Autism Unlimited Limited?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Autism Unlimited Limited as a grant recipient include THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST, THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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