AUTISM SUPPORT ALLERDALE AND COPELAND

Registered charity 1180100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide a variety of activities, workshops, day trips for children and young people who have Autism. Have themed parties and craft workshops, visit museums etc to aid the education for our group members. Day trips in and out of Cumbria as some members have never been out of Cumbria, this helps give experiences of what other things are available for families with children on the Autistic Spectrum.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM, THEIR PARENTS, FAMILIES AND CARERS IN ALLERDALE AND COPELAND BY:1. RESEARCHING AND GATHERING THE COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES, CONCERNS, VIEWS AND SOLUTIONS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY AUTISM;2. PROVIDING SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE AND RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES;3. ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AUTISTIC SPECTRUM CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR AMONG THOSE WHO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM CONDITIONS.

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 that the charity generated a surplus of £17,541, bringing total unrestricted funds to £42,167. The trustees consider this level of reserves appropriate to support planned expenditure, ongoing running costs, and service continuity. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SHIRLEY MURPHYchair
• Claire Marie Jardine
• Lesley Anne Little
• Melanie Jane Askew
• Michael Hawkins
• Michelle Corlett
• Stacey Louise Loy
• Toni Bayles

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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