EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED
Registered charity 1037868 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ESPA LTD, EUROPEAN SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED
The charity provides high quality specialist residential, educational, training and employment, and day services for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and related conditions.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £1.873m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £20.927m. Per the trustees' report, the organisation maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £13.22m, which exceeds the stated policy target of £9.40m.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Trading subsidiary: Autism Works Limited, ESPA Research Limited
“The Charity has two wholly owned subsidiary undertakings, ESPA Research Limited and Autism Works Limited, both trading companies.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
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.
- MASKEY, Morag Anne, Dr — director, appointed 01/07/2021not on trustee list
- YOUNG, Graeme Charles — director, appointed 23/04/2013on trustee list
- ROBINSON, Stephanie — director, appointed 25/09/2012on trustee list
- JORDAN, Rita, Professor — director, appointed 14/04/2011on trustee list
- HOOPER, Malcolm, Professor — director, appointed 15/09/2005on trustee list
- MOXON, Philip Michael — director, appointed 20/08/2002on trustee list
- SHATTOCK, Paul Edward Gilbert — director, appointed 28/06/1994not on trustee list
- HARDY, Karl Thomas — secretary, appointed 30/09/2006
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold); recorded price paid £2.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Education and Services for People with Autism Limited — Registered, 19 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 24/10/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reserves (reported)
£13.2m
Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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).
Care Quality Commission ratings
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- PAUL EDWARD GILBERT SHATTOCK OBEchair
- GRAEME CHARLES YOUNG
- PHILIP MICHAEL MOXON
- PROFESSOR RITA JORDAN
- Prof Malcolm Hooper
- STEPHANIE ROBINSON
- Thomas Peter Berney · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Durham · Middlesbrough · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Sunderland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £1.873m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £20.927m. Per the trustees' report, the organisation maintains a strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £13.22m, which exceeds the stated policy target of £9.40m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
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