# EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1037868
- **Other names:** EUROPEAN SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM LIMITED, ESPA LTD
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 25, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1037868


## Contact

- **Address:** North House, Ferryboat Lane, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
- **Postcode:** SR5 3RL
- **Phone:** 01915165080
- **Email:** karl.hardy@espa.org.uk
- **Website:** www.espa.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, LEARNING DISABILITIES, COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL CONDITIONS BY ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BY: ·       PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCH PEOPLE AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF OTHERS IN AUTISM, LEARNING DISABILITIES AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL OR BEHAVIOURAL CONDITIONS; ·       PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION AND SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS; ·       THE CARRYING OUT OR COMMISSIONING OF RESEARCH INTO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AUTISTIC PEOPLE AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

**Activities:** The charity provides high quality specialist residential, educational, training and employment, and day services for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and related conditions.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Durham
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- Sunderland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £20926613 | £19053316 | £22724900 | 582 |
| March 31, 2024 | £19020545 | £17784639 | £20851603 | 578 |
| March 31, 2023 | £17619619 | £16117816 | £19615697 | 562 |
| March 31, 2022 | £16118180 | £14817535 | £17883663 | 570 |
| March 31, 2021 | £15332054 | £14169147 | £16583018 | 585 |



## Trustees

- **PAUL EDWARD GILBERT SHATTOCK OBE** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 28, 1994
- GRAEME CHARLES YOUNG — appointed April 23, 2013
- PHILIP MICHAEL MOXON — appointed Aug. 20, 2002
- PROFESSOR RITA JORDAN — appointed April 14, 2011
- Prof Malcolm Hooper — appointed Sept. 15, 2005
- STEPHANIE ROBINSON — appointed Sept. 25, 2012
- Thomas Peter Berney — appointed Sept. 19, 2013