AUTISM TOGETHER
Registered charity 1007878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIRRAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY, WIRRAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY LIMITED
Established in 1968 the charity is now a leading provider of specialist residential, day services, respite and family support to people with autism, based in Wirral.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £2,070k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 10.3% to £33,048k. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £3,764k, which is above the stated policy target of £3.5m, indicating a healthy financial position with sufficient liquidity to meet ongoing obligations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £3.5m (held: £3.8m)
“The target for free reserves has been set at £3.5m, this level has been set based on income security.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Autism Together (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Helen Bilton — Director of People and Culture (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.
- CORTON, Carol Ann — director, appointed 26/10/2024on trustee list
- SANSOME, Charlotte Rebecca — director, appointed 28/10/2023on trustee list
- LEECH, Susan Mary — director, appointed 28/10/2023on trustee list
- SMART, Christopher — director, appointed 10/10/2020on trustee list
- KENNEDY, Nuala Marie — director, appointed 10/10/2020on trustee list
- BATTERSBY, Carole Anne Forrester — director, appointed 24/09/2016on trustee list
- CADMAN, Iain Nicholson — director, appointed 24/09/2016on trustee list
- BEHAN, Edward — director, appointed 05/10/2013on trustee list
- HILL, Alison — secretary, appointed 22/06/2026
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £938k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Autism Together — Registered, 25 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 06/01/2022.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
£85k
Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter 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
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Woodland Grove: Requires improvement (26/05/2026) · CQC record
- The Ferns: Requires improvement (08/05/2026) · CQC record
- The Green: Requires improvement (19/05/2020) · CQC record
- Autism Together - 32 York Street: Good (03/12/2019) · CQC record
- Nelson's Croft: Good (19/07/2019) · CQC record
- Giles Shirley Hall: Good (15/05/2026) · CQC record
- The Maples: Good (27/06/2019) · CQC record
- Raby Hall: Good (20/05/2026) · CQC record
- The Bungalow: Good (15/05/2026) · CQC record
- Autism Together - 86 Allport Road: Good (26/01/2018) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Iain Nicholson Cadmanchair
- Carol Corton
- Carole Anne Forrester Battersby
- Charlotte Rebecca Sansome
- Christopher Smart
- Edward Behan · trustee of 1 other charity
- Nuala Marie Kennedy
- Susan Mary Leech
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Wirral · Wrexham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AUTISM TOGETHER financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £2,070k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 10.3% to £33,048k. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £3,764k, which is above the stated policy target of £3.5m, indicating a healthy financial position with sufficient liquidity to meet ongoing obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.
Who funds AUTISM TOGETHER?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AUTISM TOGETHER as a grant recipient include WIRRAL MAYORS CHARITY, SKELTON BOUNTY, THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, RAINFORD.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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