SYCAMORE TRUST U.K.

Registered charity 1116697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARENT OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN TOGETHER IN BARKING & DAGENHAM, PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN TOGETHER

The charity provides support for people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Learning Difficulites and associated disorders, their carers and families through the provision of advice, advocacy,support, information and educational activities aiding them towards equal opportunities and social integrations. The charity also provides training to individuals and groups.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD), LEARNING DISABILITIES AND RELATED DISORDERS, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AIDING THEM TOWARDS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. BARKING AND DAGENHAM. HAVERING. REDBRIDGE

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Barking and Dagenham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £19,410 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an improvement from the prior year's deficit. Free reserves of £199,452 are reported, which the trustees confirm meet their policy target of maintaining six months' worth of expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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.

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
• 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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sycamore Trust U.K (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Hobson
• Daniel French
• Maryam Gabriella Berhane
• Nina Nawinder Kandola
• Philip Michael Allum
• Ramandeep Kaur Basson
• Richard George
• Terry Hurley

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Havering · Redbridge

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AUTISM HAMPSHIRE.

• AUTISM HAMPSHIRE income £7.1m
• RESOURCES FOR AUTISM income £2.5m
• THE AUTISM TRUST LIMITED income £61k
• THE ALDINGBOURNE TRUST income £9.4m
• EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED income £20.9m
• SACAR income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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