THE KENT AUTISTIC TRUST
Registered charity 801965 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KAT
To develop specialised living services & day vocational/life skill opportunities for people with Autism Spectrum Condition whatever their need. To provide support and advocacy services for people with ASC and their families & carers. To identify and represent all people with ASC in Medway & Kent. To work with people to understand what they want and to stimulate local services to meet their needs.
Causes: Disability · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £189,727 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £10,456,676. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free cash reserves were £1,425,065, which is below the stated policy target of £1,542,769 (eight weeks' turnover), due to a late local authority payment. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with a strong balance sheet.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.4m; policy: eight weeks’ worth of (unrestricted) turnover)
“As at 31 March 2025, actual unrestricted free cash reserves, calculated as total cash at bank less restricted funds, were, £1,425,065, below target”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Jeffrey Altman & Company. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Kent Autistic Trust (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- HARRISON, William — director, appointed 28/09/2024on trustee list
- PICKERILL, Dee — director, appointed 25/03/2024on trustee list
- FOSKER, Paul Bryan — director, appointed 12/12/2022on trustee list
- FOSKER, John Edwin — director, appointed 14/08/2021on trustee list
- CONNOLLY, Martin — director, appointed 01/05/2018on trustee list
- AUGUST, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 30/09/2015on trustee list
- WARNER, Gary — director, appointed 25/11/2008on trustee list
- JONES, Helen — director, appointed 08/09/1997on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: The Kent Autistic Trust — Registered, 8 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 22/02/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (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).
- The Kent Autistic Trust - 11a Curlew Crescent: Good (21/04/2026) · CQC record
- The Kent Autistic Trust - 52a River Drive: Good (04/03/2025) · CQC record
- The Kent Autistic Trust - 165 Jemmett Road: Good (06/06/2018) · CQC record
- The Kent Autistic Trust - 9 Perrys Close: Good (01/05/2018) · CQC record
- The Kent Autistic Trust - 118 Beaver Lane: Outstanding (01/10/2019) · CQC record
- The Kent Autistic Trust - 14 High Street: Good (28/06/2019) · CQC record
- Dee Pickerill
- GARY WARNER
- HELEN JONES
- John Fosker
- Martin Connolly
- NICOLA JANE AUGUST
- Paul Fosker
- William Harrison
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent · Medway
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE KENT AUTISTIC TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £189,727 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £10,456,676. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free cash reserves were £1,425,065, which is below the stated policy target of £1,542,769 (eight weeks' turnover), due to a late local authority payment. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with a strong balance sheet. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Jeffrey Altman & Company.
Who funds THE KENT AUTISTIC TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE KENT AUTISTIC TRUST as a grant recipient include THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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