AUTISTIC SOCIETY GREATER MANCHESTER AREA
Registered charity 1089527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASGMA, I AM Celebrating Autism in Greater Manchester
Support to people affected by Autism in Greater Manchester.
Objects
TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS VARIOUSLY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER.
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: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Trafford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £5,500 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising by more than 10% compared to the previous year. The trustees confirm that net assets were £152,209 at year-end, allowing them to remain confident in the organisation's long-term viability and status as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £31k)
“The trustees aim to maintain designated reserves within unrestricted funds at a level which equates to a minimum of three months with a target of six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- 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
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- 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
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: 1
- Government income: £39,776 — grants £39,776 (3); 11% of the £349,279 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 1
- Government income: £31,928 — grants £31,928 (2); 11% of the £301,496 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Government income: £27,788 — grants £27,788 (2); 9% of the £297,474 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — I AM Celebrating Autism in Greater Manchester (matched by registered charity number).
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- Claire Smith
- David Smith
- Dr Debra Susan Bradley
- Isaadore McDonald Dzuranyama
- Peter Matthew Howard Howarth
- Professor William Jonathan Davies
- Sherree Schaefer · trustee of 1 other charity
- Toby James Smith
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AUTISTIC SOCIETY GREATER MANCHESTER AREA financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £5,500 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising by more than 10% compared to the previous year. The trustees confirm that net assets were £152,209 at year-end, allowing them to remain confident in the organisation's long-term viability and status as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds AUTISTIC SOCIETY GREATER MANCHESTER AREA?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AUTISTIC SOCIETY GREATER MANCHESTER AREA as a grant recipient include THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST, BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES, THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST, THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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