DERBYSHIRE AUTISM SERVICES

Registered charity 1105525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBYSHIRE AUTISM SERVICES GROUP

MISSION STATEMENTTO PROMOTE THE WELLBEING OF PERSONS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS.TO INFORM AND SUPPORT PERSONS WITH AUTISM, THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND CARERS. TO RAISE AWARENESS OF AUTISM AND ITS IMPACT UPON INDIVIDUALS, CARERS AND THE PUBLIC. 0001

Causes: Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased activities on 30 November 2024 and merged with Autism East Midlands, resulting in a net expenditure of £114,917 for the year. Per the trustees' report, the merger was achieved without staff redundancies, and the charity's assets and liabilities transferred to the merged entity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05185463

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.

• WHITNEY, Lucia, Dr — director, appointed 02/01/2019on trustee list
• PIMM, Peter Julian — director, appointed 18/10/2017on trustee list
• WATSON, Collette Denise — director, appointed 18/10/2017on trustee list
• FREEBORN, Stephen — director, appointed 03/12/2015on trustee list
• JONES, Rosemary Frances — secretary, appointed 01/02/2015

Official officers record.

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.

CQC provider record: Derbyshire Autism Services Group — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 19/12/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (50% 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: 4.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Dennis Freebornchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• COLLETTE DENISE WATSON
• Dr Lucia Whitney
• PETER JULIAN PIMM · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROSEMARY FRANCES JONES

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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