SACAR

Registered charity 1085352 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work with adults on the Autistic Spectrum helping them develop their social and independent living skills. We offer a varied programme of activities and support into employment. We also provide training in Autistic Spectrum Conditions and advice, information and support to parents, carers and those working with this vulnerable client group.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO HAVE AUTISM AND ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING, RECREATION, SPORTS, ART AND COUNSELLING FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR CARERS

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £14,018 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,166,875 and expenditure of £1,152,857. Free reserves stood at £399,428, which the trustees note are needed to meet working capital requirements and provide a buffer against funding drops, though this is below the stated policy target of approximately £500,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Andrew S Parker. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03973158

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sacar - working for and with adults with Autism. (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• CRABTREE, Dawn Sadie — director, appointed 14/12/2020on trustee list
• WEALE, Janice — director, appointed 14/12/2020on trustee list
• ELLISON, Kelvin James — director, appointed 03/05/2019on trustee list
• ROWLAND, Jacqueline Mary — director, appointed 03/05/2019not on trustee list
• ROWLAND, Phillip Walter — director, appointed 03/05/2010not on trustee list
• CASSIDY, John — director, appointed 26/02/2004on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janice Wealechair
• Dawn Crabtree
• JOHN CASSIDY
• Jacqui Rowland
• Kelvin Ellison
• Philip Rowland

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Leeds City

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERKSHIRE AUTISTIC SOCIETY.

• BERKSHIRE AUTISTIC SOCIETY income £207k
• THE NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY income £102.0m
• CENTRE FOR ADHD AND AUTISM SUPPORT income £1.5m
• SUPPORTIVE SRC LTD income £5.9m
• SYCAMORE TRUST U.K. income £403k
• LEEDS AUTISM SERVICES income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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