DEVON AND CORNWALL AUTISTIC COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1026475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPECTRUM

The provision of residential care, day services and education for people with autistic spectrum disorders, asperger syndrome, ADHD and other behaviourally linked disorders.

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Latest income
£14.4m
Latest spending
£18.2m
Registered
1993

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Charity Commission inquiry

The report states the inquiry is ongoing and no conclusions have been reached; therefore, no final findings or outcomes exist to summarize.
“The Commission has not made any conclusions and the opening of the inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing.”
Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

The charity’s company has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: liquidation).
creditors-voluntary-liquidation — 2024-09-03
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

Corporate structure

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.

CQC provider record: Spectrum (Devon and Cornwall Autistic Community Trust) — Deregistered, 29 registered locations, last inspected 05/08/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2021)

Total income
£14.4m
Total spending
£18.2m
Cost of raising funds
£4k
Reserves (reported)
£2.2m
Employees
445

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 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 (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025——
30/09/2024——
30/09/2023——
30/09/2022——
30/09/2021£14.4m£18.2m