Action for Neurodiversity

Registered charity 1148790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION FOR ASPERGER'S, AFA

To provide specialist counselling to neurodivergent individuals and those close to them, delivered by counsellors with relevant personal or professional experience and/or additional qualifications, ensuring a deeper understanding of client experiences.

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Latest income

£150k

Latest spending

£157k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable financial position by reducing expenditure while sustaining income levels during the reporting period. The service remains donation-led, with the CEO contributing personal funds and trustees working voluntarily to keep operations running. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and accounts complied with legal requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“AfN remains a donation-led service. Donations from clients for our services, along with a generous donation from Buckles Solicitors, Peterborough, have kept the charity financially stable this year.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action for Neurodiversity (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Max Daniel Lowensteinchair
ANTHONY MATHIESON
Anthony Lewis Hall
John Galvin
Sonia Owen
Steve Watkins
Suzanne Styles

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£150k	£157k
30/09/2024	£152k	£132k
30/09/2023	£214k	£217k
30/09/2022	£194k	£213k
30/09/2021	£229k	£208k

Common questions

Is Action for Neurodiversity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a stable financial position by reducing expenditure while sustaining income levels during the reporting period. The service remains donation-led, with the CEO contributing personal funds and trustees working voluntarily to keep operations running. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and accounts complied with legal requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Action for Neurodiversity?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Action for Neurodiversity as a grant recipient include THE STRANGWARD TRUST, THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED, THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITED	FY2021	£5k	Funded counselling sessions for clients with Asperger's across Northamptonshire
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/01/2024	£10k	Teenaged counselling service
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/07/2021	£8k	Asperger's & Autism Counselling
UK government	08/07/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/07/2018	£9k	Action For Aspergers