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AUTISTICA

Registered charity 1107350 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AUTISM SPEAKS, NAAR (UK), NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR AUTISM RESEARCH (UK)

Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £2,995,880, driven by a £1 million unrestricted gift and strong performance from trusts and corporate partners. Free reserves stood at £1,089,441, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £750,000, indicating a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £750,000 (held: £1.1m)
“consider the charity should hold free reserves of approximately £750,000”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Autistica (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.

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

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£2.5m
Cost of raising funds
£642k
Reserves (reported)
£600k
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£2.5m
31/03/2024£3.0m£1.9m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.8m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2021£2.0m£1.6m

Common questions

Is AUTISTICA financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £2,995,880, driven by a £1 million unrestricted gift and strong performance from trusts and corporate partners. Free reserves stood at £1,089,441, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £750,000, indicating a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds AUTISTICA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AUTISTICA as a grant recipient include JINGLE JAM, BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION, DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
JINGLE JAMFY2024£197k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£150k
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATIONFY2023£150k
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£130k
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£125k
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATIONFY2024£75k
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£49k
CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£37k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£20k
MOTABILITYFY2025£17k
BC Partners FoundationFY2023£7k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2022£5k
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2023£5k
ANOTHER WAY WOMEN'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£4k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£4k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
JOHNNIE JOHNSON TRUSTFY2021£3k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500

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
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST3£40k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED2£44k
THE INMAN CHARITY2£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND2£9k
FRAZER TRUST2£5k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST2£3k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALE2£1k
ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY1£6.0m

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