ASCAPE

Registered charity 1197590 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ASCape is the only charity of its kind dedicated to improving the lives of autistic children and young adults (4-25) in West Dorset. We support children and their families through a range of family-based activities, offering a successful program of social groups and family activities free or at low-cost for all age ranges, from the very youngest children through to young people over the age of 18.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £10,509 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £41,712. Per the trustees' report, the charity retains sufficient unrestricted funds to cover staff notice periods and closure costs, supported by secured core funding from the National Lottery for five years.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janet Susan Tolleychair
• Andrew Penman
• Elizabeth Rutherford
• Ella-Louise Fitzgerald
• Eloise Bladon
• Gloria Davies-Coates
• Lisa Finnemore
• Mark Rixon
• Peter James Glock

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

Operates in: Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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