OSCR Scottish charity profile

The National Autistic Society

Known as NAS

ActiveCharity number SC039427
Registered17 March 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC039427
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
1,807
Postcode
EC2A 3NH
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OSCR note: Email 15/12 advising 2022 return will be completed by end Jan 2023

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Objects are the development, delivery and promotion of the education, health, welfare, care and support of people with autism and related conditions ('people with autism').

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£102,017,000£97,555,0001,80724 November 2025
31 March 2024£95,410,000£96,162,0001,80723 October 2024
31 March 2023£99,142,000£123,043,0001,80717 November 2023
31 March 2022£95,633,000£94,834,0001,80731 January 2023
31 March 2021£86,305,000£84,456,0001,80716 December 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
WestonHouse, 42 Curtain Road, London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.autism.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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