CHESHIRE AUTISM PRACTICAL SUPPORT LTD

Registered charity 1149624 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHAPS, CHESHIRE ASPERGERS PARENTS SUPPORT LTD, CHESHIRE AUTISM PRACTICAL SUPPORT

To support families with Autism Spectrum Condition or Aspergers Syndrome, whether diagnosed or not, living in Cheshire

Objects

TO PROMOTE, PROTECT, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, WELFARE, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTISTIC PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH RELATED CONDITIONS (WHETHER DIAGNOSED OR NOT) AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN CHESHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £69,401 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds falling to a deficit of £17,112. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient resources for the foreseeable future and prepared the statements on a going concern basis. Total assets at year-end were £151,120, comprising cash at bank of £119,980 and debtors of £31,140.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2024 (received 21/10/2025, 143 days after the 31/05/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08262460

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cheshire Autism Practical Support (ChAPS) (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• MULVILLE, Shelley Danielle — director, appointed 23/02/2026on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Nicola Faye, Dr — director, appointed 11/02/2026on trustee list
• STONEY, Amy — director, appointed 06/10/2025on trustee list
• JOSEPHS, Gillian Lesley Ann — director, appointed 04/04/2025on trustee list
• THOMAS, James — director, appointed 04/04/2025on trustee list
• THOMAS, Joanne — director, appointed 05/01/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (52% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Lesley Josephschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amy Stoney
• Dr Nicola Faye Edwards
• James Thomas
• Joanne Thomas
• Shelley Danielle Mulville

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Warrington

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERKSHIRE AUTISTIC SOCIETY.

• BERKSHIRE AUTISTIC SOCIETY income £207k
• AUTISM BEDFORDSHIRE income £2.5m
• CHESHIRE DEAF SOCIETY income £2.8m
• ASD FAMILY HELP income £255k
• THE AUTISM GROUP income £111k
• AUTISTIC SOCIETY GREATER MANCHESTER AREA income £349k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.