Action for Autism Barnsley

Registered charity 1197465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AFAAB – ACTION FOR AUTISM AND ASPERGER’S BARNSLEY

We are a small charity based in Barnsley, that provides social activities for adults with autism. Through our programme, we promote participation in meaningful and fun activity, nurture wellbeing and social connectivity and help reduce isolation and loneliness for individuals.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG ADULTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF THEIR AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, DROP-IN SESSIONS FOR ART-BASED THERAPIES, ADVICE AND SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT ISOLATION AND ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTERACTION.

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 reported a surplus of £7,270 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £32,338 and total expenditure of £25,068. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £15,602, which is above the stated policy target of £5,700 (equivalent to three months of operating costs). The charity employs no staff and holds no defined-benefit pension liabilities.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Creative Minds — “Our current funders are: Creative Minds, NHS South West Yorkshire Partnership” (source page)
• NHS South West Yorkshire Partnership — “Our current funders are: Creative Minds, NHS South West Yorkshire Partnership” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rhona Bywaterchair
• BENJAMIN HARVEY-WADE
• Helen Campbell
• JOANNE DAVINA MCCAUSLAND
• Paul Andrew Harries
• Richard Saunders
• SIMON DAVID TEWSON

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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