PHOENIX AUTISM TRUST

Registered charity 1172227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAT

To advance the education of people with Autism and/or language, communication and interaction difficulties. This includes supporting post-19 education and other areas of activity.We operate mainly in East London.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND/OR LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION OR INTERACTION DIFFICULTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY ATTENDING OR SUPPORTED BY PHOENIX SCHOOL, TOWER HAMLETS, IN PARTICULAR BY:-A) DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF, PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS;B) ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING TEACHING FACILITIES AND/OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORTS THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND/OR LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION OR INTERACTION DIFFICULTIES; ANDC) DEVELOPING BROADER LIFE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND/OR LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION OR INTERACTION DIFFICULTIES BY PROVIDING TRAINING, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT, AND IMPROVING THEIR LIFE AND WORK SKILLS SO THEY MAY WORK TOWARDS A MORE INDEPENDENT LIFE.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £100,606 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,568,902. The Trustees consider these reserves adequate to cover contractual commitments and support future development, including the search for new premises. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months of expenditure, which it currently exceeds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RAA Audit LLP. Discloses 3 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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• STEWART HARRISchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW SCOTT LUSK · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathon Caunt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Malgorzata Dawson
• Michael Samuels · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Wojcik · trustee of 3 other charities
• Tina Sode

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

Operates in: Hackney · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PHOENIX TRUST (MILTON) LTD.

• THE PHOENIX TRUST (MILTON) LTD income £256k
• THE PHOENIX GROUP FOR DEAF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS income £136k
• EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED income £20.9m
• THE ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL TRUST income £2.2m
• THE JIGSAW TRUST income £6.4m
• PHOENIX COMMUNITY CARE LIMITED income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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