AUTISM INITIATIVES GROUP

Registered charity 1170634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Group activities are to ;- provide assessment, care, education, employment and meaningful activity to individuals with autism spectrum condition.- provide information and support to individuals with ASC, their families and carers- expand education and care provisionParent company activities are to provide estate, administration and corporate support services to the charitable subsidiaries

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£93.1m
Latest spending
£93.2m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a small deficit of £0.1m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 8.4% to £93.1m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stand at £20.5m, though the trustees note that combined free reserves of £8.8m fall short of their aspirational target of circa £34.9m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £20.5m)
“The trustees are aware that combined free reserves of £8.8m falls short of the aspirational target that they have set”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mr Brian Williams received £25,000 in remuneration.
“As permitted in the Charity’s governing document, an amount of £25,000 (2024: £25,000) was paid to Mr Brian Williams in respect of remuneration.” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Remuneration paid to trustee Brian Williams.
“As permitted in the Charity’s governing document, an amount of £25,000 (2024: £25,000) was paid to Mr Brian Williams in respect of remuneration.” — page 47
“At the year-end Autism Initiatives Ireland owed £3k to Autism Initiatives (UK), £8k to Autism Initiatives Northern Ireland and £2k to the parent company, Autism Initiatives Group.” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amounts owed by subsidiary Autism Initiatives Ireland to other group entities.
“As permitted in the Charity’s governing document, an amount of £25,000 (2024: £25,000) was paid to Mr Brian Williams in respect of remuneration.” — page 47
“At the year-end Autism Initiatives Ireland owed £3k to Autism Initiatives (UK), £8k to Autism Initiatives Northern Ireland and £2k to the parent company, Autism Initiatives Group.” — page 47
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Independent governance review commissioned in September 2024 identified areas for development and improvement.
“In September 2024, the Board of Autism Initiatives Group commissioned an independent governance review. The review identified areas for development and improvement, and the Board has committed to implementing the recommendations in phases.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DSG Audit. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

14 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £705k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (11,592 likes) · instagram (3,146 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£93.1m
Total spending
£93.2m
Cost of raising funds
£700k
Reserves (reported)
£8.8m
Employees
2,881

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£93.1m£93.2m
31/03/2024£85.9m£86.3m
31/03/2023£76.8m£76.1m
31/03/2022£71.2m£69.7m
31/03/2021£68.0m£63.3m

Common questions

Is AUTISM INITIATIVES GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group reported a small deficit of £0.1m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 8.4% to £93.1m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stand at £20.5m, though the trustees note that combined free reserves of £8.8m fall short of their aspirational target of circa £34.9m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DSG Audit.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AUTISM INITIATIVES (UK).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AUTISM INITIATIVES GROUP£93.1m——below—no doubt
AUTISM INITIATIVES (UK) FY2025£72.6m——below—no doubt
EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED FY2025£20.9m——unclear—no doubt
Autism Unlimited Limited FY2025£15.6m——within51.5%no doubt
AUTISM SPECTRUM CONNECTIONS CYMRU FY2025£547k—0below—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE GROUP HOMES LIMITED FY2025£1.7m——unclear—no doubt

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