STOWMARKET ASD SATURDAY CLUBS

Registered charity 1151141 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing social activities for children and teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Encourage the young people to develop friendships and social networks and increase their independence, self-confidence, self-esteem and social skillsEncourage inclusion and seek opportunities for the young people to take an active part in the communitySupport and a break for parents and siblings

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AN AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER IN PARTICULAR BY:A) PROVIDING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AGED 5-18 YEARS, LIVING IN STOWMARKET AND SURROUNDING AREAS.B) ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND INCREASE THEIR INDEPENDENCE, SELF-CONFIDENCE, SELF-ESTEEM AND SOCIAL SKILLS.C) ENCOURAGING SOCIAL INCLUSION AND SEEK OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKEAN ACTIVE PART IN THE COMMUNITY.2. PROVIDING RELIEF AND RESPITE TO THE FAMILY AND CARERS OF THE BENEFICIARIES DESCRIBED ABOVE

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

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Registered contact address: Mid Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£69k

Latest spending

£69k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £797 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £54,019. The trustees state that the charity has experienced a 'much more financially stable year' and have added to their reserves, which are currently held at £43,027 in the reserve fund. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 4 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.

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Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £400 — grants £400 (1); under 1% of the £69,424 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 11
Government income: £50,128 — grants £50,128 (3); 46% of the £110,006 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £16,454 — grants £16,454 (3); 47% of the £35,311 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stowmarket ASD Saturday Clubs (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

BBC Children in Need — “We are primarily funded by BBC Children in Need and are very grateful for the local communities support in fundraising and in attending our …” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

SCARLETT ANSTEE-PARRYchair
ALISON HOLLOWAY
Andrew James Donnelly · trustee of 1 other charity
CAROLINE LOUISE GROVE
CHRISTINE HOBART
Joanna Susan Bradbury
ROBIN CHARLES DRAIN
Russell Langley
STEVE CROOKS

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£69k	£69k
31/10/2024	£110k	£57k
31/10/2023	£35k	£47k
31/10/2022	£36k	£42k
31/10/2021	£9k	£27k

Common questions

Is STOWMARKET ASD SATURDAY CLUBS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £797 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £54,019. The trustees state that the charity has experienced a 'much more financially stable year' and have added to their reserves, which are currently held at £43,027 in the reserve fund. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	29/07/2024	£10k	Unrestricted Funding

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£524k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£300k
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation	1	£165k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£100k
JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION	1	£70k
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST	1	£66k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£55k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY	1	£15k

Charities like this

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

RESOURCES FOR AUTISM income £2.5m
SNOWFLAKE SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM LIMITED income £2.8m
SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME income £68k
AUTISM VENTURES income £871k
STAND OUT FOR AUTISM income £37k
THE MONDAY NIGHT CLUB income £146k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STOWMARKET ASD SATURDAY CLUBS	£69k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RESOURCES FOR AUTISM FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
SNOWFLAKE SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM LIMITED FY2025	£2.8m	£80,001 - £90,000	2	above	—	no doubt
SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME FY2025	£68k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AUTISM VENTURES FY2025	£871k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STAND OUT FOR AUTISM FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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