Diverse UK

Registered charity 1170255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRISTOL ASPERGER SOCIAL GROUP, THE BRISTOL ASPERGER SOCIAL GROUP

Promote social inclusion, neurodiversity and community amongst autistic adults who are socially excluded from society in Bristol and the South West by provision of: - activities for building social confidence and independent living skills - social, leisure and employment opportunities - events and media that will reduce social isolation and promote social contact

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG ADULTS WITH AUTISM WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THE CONDITION IN BRISTOL AND THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND BY:1. PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES FOR BUILDING SOCIAL CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS FOR ADULTS WITH AUTISM2. PROVISION OF SOCIAL, LEISURE AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IMPROVING INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY FOR ADULTS WITH AUTISM3. PROVISION OF EVENTS AND MEDIA THAT WILL REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION, PROMOTE SOCIAL CONTACT, NETWORKING AND RELATIONSHIPS FOR ADULTS WITH AUTISM

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that income for the period was £90,447 against expenditure of £119,886, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £42,495, which are held to ensure it can discharge responsibilities in respect of grant-funded projects.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Diverse UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW GORDON POWELLchair
• Eleanore May Parkinson
• Iain Richard Sanderson
• Kay Robertson

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Gloucestershire · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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