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NORTH EAST AUTISM SOCIETY

Registered charity 1028260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7055180 · Wikipedia · also known as TYNE AND WEAR AUTISTIC SOCIETY

Working together to inspire, support, celebrate and equip autistic and neurodivergent people to fulfil their potential in life

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE, DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE AFFECTED BY AUTISM WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£36.7m
Latest spending
£35.4m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records and safeguarding assets. The independent auditor's report confirms that audit procedures were carried out to gain evidence regarding financial statements, including testing journal entries and verifying income recognition. The report concludes that the engagement team had appropriate competence to identify irregularities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by S&W Audit. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission; Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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: 60
  • Government income: £35,984,165 — contracts £34,997,434 (558), grants £986,731 (9); 98% of the £36,717,191 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 14 (£60,001–£70,000: 8; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £34,797,153 — contracts £34,324,185 (511), grants £472,968 (9); 98% of the £35,362,174 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 10 (£60,001–£70,000: 5; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 65
  • Government income: £30,909,852 — contracts £30,469,688 (418), grants £440,164 (5); 98% of the £31,514,278 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2023 (received 05/04/2024, 36 days after the 29/02/2024 due date); year ending 30/04/2022 (received 27/04/2023, 58 days after the 28/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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 — North East Autism Society (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)

28 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (25 freehold); recorded price paid £3.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: North East Autism Society — Registered, 18 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 10/02/2024.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£36.7m
Total spending
£35.4m
Cost of raising funds
£189k
Reserves (reported)
£7.4m
Employees
1,034

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.5% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£36.7m£35.4m
30/04/2024£35.4m£33.8m
30/04/2023£31.5m£30.9m
30/04/2022£27.9m£26.0m
30/04/2021£25.3m£23.1m

Common questions

Is NORTH EAST AUTISM SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records and safeguarding assets. The independent auditor's report confirms that audit procedures were carried out to gain evidence regarding financial statements, including testing journal entries and verifying income recognition. The report concludes that the engagement team had appropriate competence to identify irregularities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by S&W Audit.

Who funds NORTH EAST AUTISM SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH EAST AUTISM SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE REECE FOUNDATION, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE TEESSIDE FAMILY FOUNDATION, HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£250k
THE REECE FOUNDATIONFY2025£100k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£30kChurch & Communities Programme
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kGrant
THE TEESSIDE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kMinibus
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2021£5kCharitable Or anisations
CLA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2024amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2026£20kAutism Hub: North Tyneside
Community Foundation North East17/04/2025£4kGrant to North East Autism Society
The National Lottery Community Fund05/01/2024£20kAutism Support Hub: North Tyneside
Sport England25/10/2023£6kCycle-Discover-Repeat_2
Community Foundation North East10/02/2023£10kGrant to North East Autism Society
Sport England17/06/2022£4kJubilee fund - Cycle-Discover-Repeat
Community Foundation North East26/05/2022£3kGrant to North East Autism Society
The National Lottery Community Fund20/05/2022£10kAccessible play equipment
Community Foundation North East13/01/2022£5kA grant to North East Autism Society
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kFamily Days for autistic children and families
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2019£10kAffinity Youth Club
Sport England16/09/2019£4kThe Power of Glove
The Mercers' Company04/07/2019£90kGrant to North East Autism Society
UK government01/04/2019£25kPeterlee Job Hub
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/01/2019£66k"Rootstock"
UK government24/10/2018£25kPeterlee Job Hub
UK government01/04/2018£38kJourney to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2016£10kAffinity Youth Club*
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2013£9kVolunteer Training & Development Project
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2011£10kInteractive Communication at Thornhill (ICT)
The National Lottery Community Fund01/10/2004£5kThornbeck College Cycling Project
UK government—£52kJobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)

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
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£188k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£87k
THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS1£70k
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION1£32k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION1£30k
TRUST FOR LONDON1£20k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
BC Partners Foundation1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Action for Neurodiversity.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH EAST AUTISM SOCIETY£36.7m——unclear—no doubt
Action for Neurodiversity FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt
SUVAI DEAF EAST COMMUNITY FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AUTISM TRUST LIMITED FY2025£61k—0above—no doubt
NORTH STAFFS ASPERGER / AUTISM ASSOCIATION FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt
STAND OUT FOR AUTISM FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt

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