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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.

Objects

TO PROVIDE, PROMOTE AND DEVELOP SERVICES FOR THE WELFARE, CARE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF THOSE CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS VARIOUSLY DIAGNOSED AS AUTISTIC, OR AS HAVING AUTISTIC TENDENCIES OR TRAITS, OR ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, WHETHER OR NOT THESE CONDITIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER CONDITIONS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£33.0m
Latest spending
£31.0m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

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 (reserves figure: £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 its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £32,059,000 — contracts £32,059,000 (35); 97% of the £33,048,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £28,496,000 — contracts £28,496,000 (36); 95% of the £29,965,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£70,001–£80,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Government income: £24,643,000 — contracts £24,638,000 (45), grants £5,000 (1); 98% of the £25,090,000 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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.

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 (17,558 followers) · instagram (3,387 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£33.0m
Total spending
£31.0m
Cost of raising funds
£85k
Reserves (reported)
£3.7m
Employees
906

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 (3.7%) (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).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Wirral · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£33.0m£31.0m
31/03/2024£30.0m£27.2m
31/03/2023£25.1m£25.3m
31/03/2022£24.5m£23.8m
31/03/2021£23.7m£22.8m

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 SKELTON BOUNTY, SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND, THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, RAINFORD.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WIRRAL MAYORS CHARITYFY2024Unverified read£11k
SKELTON BOUNTYFY2024£2k
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2021£2k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUSTFY2021£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, RAINFORDFY2024£25

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/11/2025£20kRaby Hot Tubs
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2021£5kAutism Together Advice Sessions
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£28kConnected Club
Sport England20/08/2018£30kChanging room refurbishment
Sport England21/05/2014£162kAutismability Sports Project
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2011£265kSTEP INTO WORK
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2010£10kGiles Shirley Hall, Information Technology Project
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2007£9kInformation Technology
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/11/2004£15k"The History of Wirral Autistic Society"
Northern Rock Foundation11/08/1998£10kGrant awarded to Wirral Autistic Society (North West)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£10k
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO1£1.1m
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£250k
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£188k
THE HARPUR TRUST1£91k
THE AMATEURS TRUST1£88k
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST1£65k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY1£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AUTISM TOGETHER£33.0m——unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED FY2025£20.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE TRANSFORMING AUTISM PROJECT FY2026£201k—0unclear—no doubt
TOGETHER OUR COMMUNITY FY2026£413k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON AUTISM GROUP CHARITY FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FY2025£263k——above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.