Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 7

ASPERGER LONDON AREA GROUP (ALAG)

ALAG provides invaluable social support to high functioning but vulnerable adults on the autism spectrum. We support individuals to understand their diagnosis and provide the social and emotional support essential to their well-being. ALAG offers information, advice and guidance to our members and associates, supporting them to access services and engage in their community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 4 trustees

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: 9 years

www.alag.org.uk

info@alag.org.uk

07435560568

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£251	£144	£106	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/22		£181	£94	£87	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21		£60	£28	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20		£15	£11	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19		£11	£7	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/18		£11	£3	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£3	£3	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£34	£25	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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

Camden Giving	£30,000
Cloudesley	£12,000
Cripplegate Foundation	£5,000
London Catalyst	£700

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to ALAG/Autism Hub Islington
£2,000	21/10/2021	Grant Support Fund - Towards the inputting of data and other information onto the new case management system and monitoring system
Camden Giving - ALAG/Autism Hub
£30,000	28/04/2021	Community Ideas Project
London Catalyst - AUTISM HUB Islington/ALAG (Asperger's London Area Group) - 3
£700	16/04/2021	The Autism Post-Diagnostic Support Project P4H + SHST additional grant for Covid costs & evaluation
Cloudesley - Grant to ALAG/Autism Hub Islington
£10,000	23/02/2021	Partners for Health-Covid Response Project
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Asperger London Area Group (ALAG) /Autism Hub Islington
£5,000	30/06/2020	Partners for Health Autism Post Diagnostic Project
London Catalyst - AUTISM HUB Islington/ALAG (Asperger's London Area Group) - 1
£5,000	04/09/2018	Autism Hub Islington
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Asperger London Area Group (ALAG) /Autism Hub Islington
£5,000	06/03/2018	Towards an Islington Autism Hub

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR JASON CRABTREE Appointed: 2016

JOHN HARRISON (Chair) Appointed: 2014

JESSIKA RITTSTIEG Appointed: 2020

NICHOLAS STONE Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2015, number: 1160477

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR16: 16 days late,

Main office

ALAG
c/o Voluntary Action Islington
200A Pentonville Road
N1 9JP

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ADULTS WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME AND RELATED CONDITIONS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND ADVICE.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ASPERGER SYNDROME AND RELATED CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR AMONG THOSE WHO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUCH CONDITIONS.

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