AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
Charity Number: 1191599
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The activities of the charity include providing clinical and social care services for autistic people and advancing education, training or employment opportunities in the field of autism research. The activities further include the encouragement, support and promotion of research into autism and related subjects.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024
Total income: £414,673
Total expenditure: £1,493,438
People
12 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
- People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 02 October 2020: Standard registration
- 12 October 2023: Funds received from 1136737 AUTISM RESEARCH TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- AUTISM ACTION (Working name)
- ACE (Previous name)
- AUTISM CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- 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
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
12 Trustee(s)
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| Fraser Hardie | Chair | 01 April 2021 |
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| Prof Jason Atta Kwei Arday | Trustee | 30 March 2024 |
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| JOANNA HELENA PENROSE BUCKLEY | Trustee | 03 November 2023 |
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| Elias Sakellis | Trustee | 30 October 2020 |
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| Anna Maria Lewy | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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| Andrew James Buisson | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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| Professor Simon Baron-Cohen | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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| Elizabeth Norah Binks | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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| Dr LEWIS OWENS | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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| Iain Vyvyan Pocock | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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| Dr Ian Sebastian Hall | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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| Dr Jonathan Leslie Tobin | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 30/06/2021 | 30/06/2022 | 30/06/2023 | 30/06/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £2.07m | £911.18k | £886.13k | £414.67k | |
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Total expenditure | £34.34k | £579.51k | £809.75k | £1.49m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £2.07m | £897.74k | £855.51k | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £30.62k | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £13.44k | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £34.34k | £579.51k | £809.31k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | £0 | £447 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £8.85k | £5.49k | £6.63k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £333.33k | £385.44k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 30 June 2024 | 30 April 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2024 | 30 April 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 June 2023 | 29 April 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2023 | 29 April 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 June 2022 | 28 April 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2022 | 28 April 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 30 June 2021 | 30 April 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 30 June 2021 | 30 April 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |