STAND OUT FOR AUTISM

Registered charity 1174844 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOFA

We are dedicated in establishing a community that provides support to people living with autism.Our aim is to raise awareness, provide support, create a community & build an annual activities schedule. Stand Out For Autism wants every person on the spectrum to feel as a valued member of our society & we aim to be able to create, build and establish resources & activities as the interest aris

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM (AND RELATED CONDITIONS) AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND PROMOTION OF ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT WHICH IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £25,513.33 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £35,304.59. The trustees confirmed that no serious incidents were reported to the Charity Commission during the year. The organization maintains adequate books of account as verified by the independent examiner.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stand Out For Autism (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Holly Clarke
• Jessica Cooper
• Laura Hobson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Phillips

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Reading · Slough · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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