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.

Objects

PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 0-25 YEARS WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM CONDITION (ASC) AND/OR SOCIAL ANXIETY, ESPECIALLY LIVING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET, WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR CONDITION BY:1. HELPING SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS BECOME BETTER SOCIALISED AND LESS ISOLATED THROUGH THE FACILITATION OF PEER SUPPORT AND SUPPORTED SOCIALISATION.2. SUPPORTING CARERS AND FAMILIES, INCLUDING SIBLINGS, OF SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING PEER SUPPORT VIA GROUPS AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES, ENCOURAGING SHARING OF IDEAS, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT WITHIN AND BETWEEN THESE GROUPS.3. PROMOTING AWARENESS ABOUT ASC AND SOCIAL ANXIETY AND CHALLENGING FEAR AND PREJUDICE.

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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Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Janet Susan Tolleychair
• Andrew Penman · trustee of 1 other charity
• 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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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASPIE LIMITED.

• ASPIE LIMITED income £168k
• APASEN income £15.0m
• ASPENS CHARITIES income £20.1m
• ASD FAMILY HELP income £255k
• S.A.F.E. ESSEX (SUPPORTING ASPERGER FAMILIES IN ESSEX) income £29k
• SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME income £68k

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