AUTISM HAMPSHIRE

Registered charity 288141 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HAMPSHIRE AUTISTIC SOCIETY, THE HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN AND ADULTS

Specialist support to adults with autism through provision of registered care homes, supported living, community and domiciliary care services. Community Access advice and support. University Mentoring services. Facilitating social groups to increase wellbeing. Training and campaigning to raise local and national government awareness of the challenges and needs of those with autism.

Objects

The Objects for which the Company is established are to support and promote, and to assist in the support and promotion of, the intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual welfare of children, young people, elderly people and adults with learning disabilities, complex needs, physical disabilities, sensory impairments, autism, mental illness and mental health needs.

Area of benefit: HAMPSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bexley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small operating deficit of £22,439 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £495,140. Free reserves stood at £956,821, which is below the Group's stated policy target of £1.5m, though total reserves were £1.67m. The trustees and auditors confirm the accounts are 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 audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Autism Hampshire Awarded Hampshire & Isle Of Wight Autism And ADHD Support Contract iwradio.co.uk · 13/02/2026
• Running for recognition: Ellis Crook takes on the London Marathon for Autism Hampshire portsmouth.co.uk · 22/04/2025
• Autism Hampshire extends insightful workshops to whole county dailyecho.co.uk · 16/06/2024
• Southsea school boy, 11, hands £300 cheque to Autism Hampshire after selling homemade baked goods to staff portsmouth.co.uk · 22/07/2022
• Ark Ayrton school boy with autism starts baking enterprise to raise charity cash for Autism Hampshire portsmouth.co.uk · 08/07/2022

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01710300

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Autism Hampshire (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• AECOM — “People supported by Autism Hampshire received a delightful surprise just ahead of Easter, thanks to a generous donation from the Southampton…” (source page)
• Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council — “Basingstoke Strengthening Communities Grant” (source page)
• Boshier-Hinton Foundation — “Boshier-Hinton Foundation Grant awarded to support autistic adults” (source page)
• The National Lottery — “National Lottery funding for community groups” (source page)
• The Co-operative Group — “Support Serendipity through the Co-op Local Community Fund” (source page)
• Virgin Unite — “Virgin Unite Local Legends Grant” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HUI, Luis — director, appointed 27/11/2025on trustee list
• FORD, Nicola — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
• LAND, Joanne — director, appointed 28/01/2025on trustee list
• RICH, Terence Andrew — director, appointed 01/11/2023on trustee list
• BROWN, Alistair Gordon — director, appointed 01/11/2023on trustee list
• GILVARRY, Evlynne — director, appointed 01/11/2023not on trustee list
• TURNBULL, Jayne — director, appointed 12/12/2017on trustee list
• OSMAN, Lauren — secretary, appointed 01/11/2023

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: Autism Hampshire — Registered, 16 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 28/07/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• West Hampshire DCA: Good (20/07/2026) · CQC record
• East Hampshire DCA: Not Rated · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/08/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Jessopchair · trustee of 5 other charities
• ALISTAIR BROWN · trustee of 5 other charities
• Jayne Turnbull
• Joanne Land · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lauren Stoner · trustee of 4 other charities
• Nicola Ford · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AUTISM PLUS LIMITED.

• AUTISM PLUS LIMITED income £13.3m
• AUTISM BEDFORDSHIRE income £2.5m
• AUTISM INITIATIVES GROUP income £93.1m
• EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED income £20.9m
• Autism Unlimited Limited income £15.6m
• RESOURCES FOR AUTISM income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.