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THE NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 269425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION FOR AUTISM, AUTISM UK, NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY, NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN · also registered in Scotland as SC039427 (OSCR)

Latest income
£102.0m
Latest spending
£97.6m
Registered
1975

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£102.0m
Total spending
£97.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£5.7m
Employees
2,265

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£102.0m£97.6m
31/03/2024£95.4m£96.2m
31/03/2023£99.1m£123.0m
31/03/2022£95.6m£94.8m
31/03/2021£95.5m£93.5m

Common questions

Who funds THE NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY as a grant recipient include CULLUM FAMILY TRUST, MOTABILITY, PROJECT GIVING BACK, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
CULLUM FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£768k
MOTABILITYFY2025£606k
PROJECT GIVING BACKFY2024£511k
CULLUM FAMILY TRUSTFY2022£306k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£90k
THE RAYNE FOUNDATIONFY2022£75k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£63k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£63k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£50k
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£45k
THE GREENCLIFFE FOUNDATION LTDFY2024£25k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2022£13k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE STELLA MCCARTNEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2023£2k
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE CHERUBY TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEYFY2022£600
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEYFY2025£560
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEYFY2024£400
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN EAST HORSLEYFY2023£385
ARIMATHEA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£300
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£188
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BEXHILLFY2021£119
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024—
THE ASHMORE FOUNDATIONFY2025—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/08/2022£245k"Sixty years of the National Autistic Society - the story of autism so far: voices, journeys and lives"