Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

AUTISM EARLY SUPPORT TRUST LIMITED 

TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE, ON BOTH A LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL, BEST PRACTICE EARLY INTERVENTION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND OTHER COMMUNICATION NEEDS.1ST SEPT 2011 OUR ACTIVITIES WERE TRANSFERRED FROM THE UNINCORPORATED TRUST, PUZZLE CENTRE CHARITABLE TRUST 1107426, TO THIS NEWLY INCORPORATED LIMITED COMPANY. 7TH AUG 2020 RENAMED AUTISM EARLY SUPPORT TRUST LIMITED
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/08/23£604£720£-116£81£524£1101.8287
31/08/22£655£692£-37£82£640£1262.21510
31/08/21£529£553£-24£63£677£1533.31550
31/08/20£526£529£-3£60£701£17641540
31/08/19£480£490£-10n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/08/18£458£443£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£338£439£-100£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£896£390£506£53£799£2527.890
31/08/15£409£351£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£327£335£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£290£333£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£652£366£286£50£286£2779.1100

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 21%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 8.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 13 years

www.autismearlysupport.org.uk

info@autismearlysupport.org.uk

01296733900

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 28 employees
  • 7 volunteers

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
Garfield Weston Foundation£75,000
The Foyle Foundation£50,000
The Rayne Foundation£45,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,900
DCMS£13,598
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£40,000 10/07/2023
to support low income families to access services over the next 12 months
National Lottery Community Fund - Speech and Language Therapy at the Circle Centre Nursery
£9,900 19/05/2023
The funding will be used to cover the salary of a speech and language therapist for children living with autism. The project aims to develop the child’s communication skills at the earliest stage ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Autism Early Support Trust Limited - 16/03/22
£2,500 07/04/2022
Core Funding
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£10,000 08/07/2021
towards music, messy play and sensory sessions at Circle Centre specialist nursery for children with autism and other communication difficulties
National Lottery Community Fund - Outreach services for children with autism and other communication difficulties
£10,000 11/06/2021
The funding will be used to provide therapy and early intervention support to children with autism and/or other communication difficulties. The project aims to improve ability to communicate needs ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Autism Early Support Trust
£4,000 08/06/2021
purchase of iPad equipment for a charity supporting Children with autism and learning difficulties in Buckinghamshire
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,598 17/08/2020
"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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 22/05/2020
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 ....more
CAF - Grant to Puzzle Centre Trust Ltd
£5,000 28/04/2020
3
Grant to Puzzle Centre Trust Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000 13/03/2020
Early Years Autism
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Autism Early Support Trust Limited
£45,000 09/03/2020
36
Towards the expansion of its Autism Early Support Services for children with autism or other communication difficulties.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 05/06/2018
Giving children with autism and other communication difficulties the best chance to reach their potential, through early intervention and family support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Beginnings: Promoting early intervention, specialist education,
£9,941 10/05/2017
12
This project will run a conference for early years practitioners, providing an informative and educational session on working with children who have autism and other complex needs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Puzzle Centre Trust Ltd
£55,000 12/03/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing speech and language therapy to children with autism in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Puzzle Centre Trust
£25,000 28/02/2014
The Puzzle Centre Trust provides specialist pre-school education and activities for children with autism and social communication disorders and support for their families. This funding request is for ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-80
  • DR MICHAEL DADA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Clinical And Forensic Psychologist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/05/2011, number: 1141868
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/03/2011, number: 07553552
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Internal risk management 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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE OLD SCHOOL
MIDDLE CLAYDON
BUCKINGHAM
MK18 2ET

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION AND AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN PARTICULAR BY MAINTAINING, CARRYING ON, MANAGING AND DEVELOPING A PRE-CHOOL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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