AUTISM MATTERS

Registered charity 1171140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Group sessions where the rewards of friendship and communication with other similar to you are well worth it.Short breaks are fun but challenging, and really help develop new life skills, such as sharing, cooperation, patience, and self worth.One to one support is a unique opportunity to explore real life goals, such as managing money, working, volunteering, being more independent.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The provided document is a system-generated activity report confirming the transmission of a file on 31 October 2025. It contains no financial statements, trustee reports, or operational data regarding the charity's financial position or performance.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£168k
Employees
67

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.3m£1.2m
31/12/2023£991k£1.0m
31/12/2022£759k£737k
31/12/2021£546k£508k
31/12/2020£368k£302k

Common questions

Is AUTISM MATTERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The provided document is a system-generated activity report confirming the transmission of a file on 31 October 2025. It contains no financial statements, trustee reports, or operational data regarding the charity's financial position or performance.

Who funds AUTISM MATTERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AUTISM MATTERS as a grant recipient include The Teesside Charity.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Teesside CharityFY2024£5k
The Teesside CharityFY2025£5kDirect costs

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2023£10kAutism Matters Newcastle
UK government02/10/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund15/11/2018£10kAutism Angels

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AWEN CULTURAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AUTISM MATTERS£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
AWEN CULTURAL TRUST FY2025£7.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CARERS CENTRE FOR BRIGHTON AND HOVE LIMITED FY2025£668k—0unclear—no doubt
GOOD THINGS FOUNDATION FY2025£8.1m——within—no doubt
FRIENDS OF LEWES VICTORIA HOSPITAL FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
HOMEFIELD PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.4m——unclear—no doubt

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