Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

SKY AUTISM SUPPORT

1. Parents support meetings with professional speakers to help educate parents of ASD children2. Mentoring group for 10-17 year olds with ASD led by trained leaders and parents3. Friendship group for over 18 year olds led by trained leaders and parents
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/10/23£47£35£12n/a
31/10/22£9£20£-11n/a
31/10/21£28£26£2n/a
31/10/20£20£15£5n/a
31/10/19£12£13£-1n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

skyautismsupport.com

ruth@skyautismsupport.com

07767247500

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
BBC Children in Need£29,999
Three Guineas Trust£22,390
National Lottery Community Fund£22,357
DCMS£12,200
Herefordshire Community Foundation£3,075
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Three Guineas Trust - Holiday playscheme 2024
£12,390 16/04/2024
12
Holiday playscheme 2024
Three Guineas Trust - Holiday Playscheme 2023
£10,000 18/05/2023
Holiday Playscheme 2023
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sky Autism Support (Special Kind of Youth)
£29,999 27/02/2023
36
The grant will fund a support group in Worcestershire that provides out of school social and community activities for children and young people with autism. The intended outcomes are improved emotional and social well-being.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - 18+ Social Group
£3,075 27/01/2023
Grant to SKY Autism Support
National Lottery Community Fund - Sky Autism Support
£9,965 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to create social groups and opportunities to improve the confidence social skills and future chances of people with autism and their families.
National Lottery Community Fund - SKY Autism Support - Malvern
£2,408 23/09/2021
Funding will support additional staffing costs that have been the result of unprecedented growth in demand for the services of the organisation who provide support for people with autism and their parents/carers.
National Lottery Community Fund - SKY Autism Support - Malvern
£9,984 02/07/2021
The funding will be used to providing support to autistic people and their families. The project aims to improve anxiety around change and transition social relationships and engagement with the local community.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,200 02/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 14/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sky Autism Support
£9,998 18/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to run sessions for young people living with autism. The project aims to improve confidence, social skills and future chances in life.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTINA WALKER Appointed: 2022
  • REBECCA SALVATIERRA Appointed: 2022
  • SIMON MACAULAY Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/12/2018, number: 1180954
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

47 ALEXANDRA ROAD
MALVERN
WR14 1HE

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE IN MALVERN, AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR AUTISM AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO MAXIMISE THEIR POTENTIAL;B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING AUTISTIC PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;C) PROVIDING SUPPORT GROUPS, FORUMS, ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT FOR AUTISTIC PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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