AUTISTICA — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 20 December 2004
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05184164
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £1,845,400
Latest expenditure: £2,509,590
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Suite B, 6 Honduras Street, London, EC1Y 0TH

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.autistica.org.uk/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

We are the UK's leading autism research and campaigning charity. Our Mission is to create breakthroughs that enable all autistic people to live happier, healthier, longer lives. We do this through research, shaping policy and working with autistic people to make more of a difference.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 13 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 13 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,845,400
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,509,590

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 9 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 9 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,995,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,900,053

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 17 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 17 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,543,626
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,797,914

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 27 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 27 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,501,242
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,497,067

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 11 November 2021
Date Accounts Received: 11 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £2,011,577
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,591,119

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 13 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,845,400
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,509,590
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 25

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 9 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,995,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,900,053
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £408,034
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 17 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,543,626
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,797,914
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £103,218
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,501,242
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,497,067
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: Yes
Charity Agreement Commerical Participator: Yes
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 2
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 11 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £2,011,577
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,591,119
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: Yes
Charity Agreement Commerical Participator: Yes
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 2
Count Volunteers: 50

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 13 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 1716397
Income Other Trading Activities: 75800
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 53203
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1845400
Income Legacies: 30985
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £641,521
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,868,069
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2509590
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 30854
Expenditure Governance: 92970
Expenditure Support Costs: 187027
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £600,000
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,345,093
Assets Total Liabilities: £363,838
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,981,255
Creditors One Year Total Current: 363838
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £2,110,235
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1081362
Funds Restricted: 899893
Funds Total: 1981255
Count Employees: 30
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 9 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 2955079
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 40801
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2995880
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £476,955
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,423,098
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1900053
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 723472
Expenditure Governance: 65410
Expenditure Support Costs: 25244
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,089,441
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,039,834
Assets Total Liabilities: £394,389
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,645,445
Creditors One Year Total Current: 329037
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 65352
Assets Cash: £2,786,820
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1585038
Funds Restricted: 1060407
Funds Total: 2645445
Count Employees: 21
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 17 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1527079
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 16547
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1543626
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £302,483
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,495,431
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1797914
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 774398
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 285179
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: -26956
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £841,439
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,869,943
Assets Total Liabilities: £320,325
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,549,618
Creditors One Year Total Current: 285647
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 34678
Assets Cash: £1,600,572
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 841439
Funds Restricted: 708179
Funds Total: 1549618
Count Employees: 21
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 27 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 1496886
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 4356
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1501242
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £252,326
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,210,522
Expenditure Other: 34219
Expenditure Total: 1497067
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 250960
Expenditure Governance: 42426
Expenditure Support Costs: 155009
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 41885
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,830,862
Assets Total Fixed: 501542
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 501542
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,669,364
Assets Total Liabilities: £340,044
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,830,862
Creditors One Year Total Current: 305366
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 34678
Assets Cash: £1,560,880
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1459905
Funds Restricted: 370957
Funds Total: 1830862
Count Employees: 24
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 11 November 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 1775238
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 32586
Income Investments: 5755
Income Other: 197998
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2011577
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £281,972
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,309,147
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1591119
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 740873
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 119027
Expenditure Depreciation: 161
Gain Loss Investment: 77264
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,379,794
Assets Total Fixed: 459657
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 459657
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,156,601
Assets Total Liabilities: £831,457
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,784,801
Creditors One Year Total Current: 662446
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 169011
Assets Cash: £1,920,084
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1461794
Funds Restricted: 323007
Funds Total: 1784801
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: AUTISTICA
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2004-12-20T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 JULY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29 OCTOBER 2009 AND 18 DECEMBER 2009 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16 FEBRUARY 2006 21 DECEMBER 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 MAY 2018 as amended on 13 Nov 2018
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF AUTISM, INCLUDING BY (1) THE PROMOTION, FACILITATION AND SUPPORT OF RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF AUTISM AND (2) THE DISSEMINATION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS, SO AS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS REGARDING ALL ASPECTS OF AUTISM;TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF AUTISTIC PEOPLE, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH TRAINING, COURSES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK EXPERIENCE AND BY THE PROVISION (TO EMPLOYERS AND AUTISTIC PEOPLE) OF TRAINING AND FACILITIES TO ENABLE AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP SKILLS SO AS TO ENHANCE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE WORKPLACE;TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND RELIEVE SICKNESS, INCLUDING BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS, INTERVENTIONS AND RESOURCES TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG AUTISTIC PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES;THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH OPERATES TO BENEFIT AUTISTIC PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 409086
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: AUTISM SPEAKS

Charity Name Id: 409098
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: NAAR (UK)

Charity Name Id: 409106
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR AUTISM RESEARCH (UK)

Charity Name Id: 409083
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: AUTISM SPEAKS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management