Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +7

    ASPERGER EAST ANGLIA 

    ASPERGER EAST ANGLIA (AEA) PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED SERVICE FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME (AS) AND ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY AS. AEA WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STATUTORY SERVICES AND OTHER PARTNERS TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS. AEA PROVIDES SUPPORT GROUPS AND OFFERS INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON MANY ISSUES INCLUDING EDUCATION, TRAINING, BENEFITS AND EMPLOYMENT
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    Established: 25 years

    www.asperger.org.uk

    info@asperger.org.uk

    01603620500

    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
    UN SDGs
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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£412£410£1n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/22£399£430£-31n/an/an/an/an/a9
    31/03/21£551£385£166£8£173£1544.8291
    31/03/20£369£371£-2n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/19£337£361£-24n/an/an/an/an/a15
    31/03/18£327£336£-9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£318£296£23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£333£343£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£289£323£-34£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£355£344£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£287£344£-56£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12*£329£330£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£399£369£30£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£407£382£24£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£412£407£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£301£311£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£236£259£-23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£292£253£39£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£212£229£-17£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£176£146£30£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    Who works here?
    • 5 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People With Disabilities
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk,

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    DCMS£40,746
    Suffolk Community Foundation£30,268
    Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£29,895
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£13,040
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Aspire Project
    £9,992 16/12/2022
    Funding will be used to continue delivering support for adults living with autism and Asperger syndrome. This project aims to improve emotional wellbeing help overcome anxiety and depression and ....more
    Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
    £3,245 29/09/2022
    Covid response
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 17/06/2022
    Supporting people with Asperger syndrome and their family carers
    National Lottery Community Fund - Asperger East Anglia - Improving Wellbeing
    £10,000 06/08/2021
    The funding will be used to deliver specialist support for adults with Aspergers syndrome. The project aims to provide emotional support to improve mental health and wellbeing.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Doing things differently for people with Asperger syndrome.
    £1,180 05/03/2021
    Towards capital costs enabling the organisation to recommence their work in the community in Suffolk for those living with Autism.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 24/12/2020
    Supporting people with Asperger syndrome - a different way of approaching life
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £40,746 05/08/2020
    "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 ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Asperger East Anglia
    £13,040 23/07/2020
    Grant to Asperger East Anglia meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Core running costs
    £5,000 29/05/2020
    2
    To support core costs during the Coronavirus emergency. Covid19
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Carer Respite
    £19,656 27/05/2020
    11
    Supporting Carer Respite.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Crisis support for people with Autism
    £9,903 22/05/2020
    6
    The funding will be used to provide practical and emotional support for people with Asperger Syndrome and associated conditions. The project will support by helping with food bank and food parcel ....more
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Providing Personal Support to Adults with Autism living in Suffolk.
    £4,432 17/04/2020
    2
    To enable Asperger East Anglia to continue to provide an adapted personal support service to adults living with Autism in the Waveney area of Suffolk throughout the Covid 19 pandemic.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Asperger East Anglia
    £98,424 27/03/2019
    36
    AEA provides specialist support and advice to individuals and families affected by Aspergers Syndrome across Norfolk and Suffolk. From its workshops in Beccles it delivers a range of employment ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Moving On Project
    £10,000 21/03/2019
    12
    The project will use the funding to provide young people with Asperger Syndrome with a personal support worker who will help them gain the necessary skills needed to live independently. This will ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Employment and Training Workshop project
    £206,792 19/12/2018
    36
    The organisation offers personal, friendly assistance for people with Asperger syndrome and their carers. The project will use funding to increase the volume of young people with Asperger Syndrome ....more
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Supporting for those who Care Project
    £12,625 24/10/2018
    11
    Towards the "Support for Carers" programme with monthly carers groups in Beccles, Halesworth, Woodbridge and Bury St Edmunds.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £25,000 26/04/2018
    Asperger East Anglia
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Asperger East Anglia
    £10,000 02/03/2018
    refurbishment of supported accommodation for a charity which works with disabled people in Suffolk
    National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Skills for Life and Work project
    £9,030 10/01/2018
    12
    This project will provide a supportive learning environment for young people with autism and Asperger syndrome, increasing their self-esteem, confidence and skills for the future.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Asperger East Anglia
    £63,500 06/05/2015
    36
    supporting people with Asperger Syndrome by providing opportunities to undertake employment and volunteering placements and access pre-employment support which will enable more people to secure ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Asperger Workshop Project
    £299,199 18/12/2013
    60
    This is a development project based on a pilot scheme in a separate location by Asperger East Anglia (AEA). The project aims to help individuals with Aspergers Syndrome (AS) gain meaningful ....more
    Three Guineas Trust - Training workshop
    £159,250 31/05/2013
    Towards development of its training workshop.
    Three Guineas Trust - Education advice service
    £80,000 13/05/2010
    Towards the charity's education advice service.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/03/1999, number: 1074699
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR12: 13 days late, AR05: 148 days late, AR04: 67 days late,
    Main office

    Charing Cross Centre
    17-19 St. John Maddermarket
    NORWICH
    NR2 1DN

    Objectives

    TO RELIEVE CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO ARE DIAGNOSED AS SUFFERING FROM ASPERGER SYNDROME AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    THE WIDER REGION OF EAST ANGLIA.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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