## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01.04.2024 Period start date To 31.03.2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Autus, The Hao2eu Foundation**
## **Charity registration number: 1153397**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
|---|---|---|
|SORP reference|||
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
For the public benefit, to relieve the needs of
people with autism and people with special
or complex educational needs, in particular but
not exclusively, by:
- the provision or facilitation of education and
training;
- the relief of unemployment;
- developing sustainable, innovative and user
led approaches to learning; and
- building the capacity of parents, teachers and
professionals to meet their
vocational training, employment and
development needs."|||
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.
Para 1.17 and
1.19
The organisation provides confidence building
and skills development programmes using our
innovative 3D online environment and
personalised delivery methods to improve the
prospects of people on Autistic spectrum and
with similar conditions. In addition to
workshops we offer a social job club, an
evening programme of activities and IT
training.|||
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In undertaking this work Autus trustees have
had regard to the guidance on public benefit as
issued by the Charity Commission.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|||**na**|
||Para 1.38||
|Policy on grant making|||
||||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**na**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Autus’s primary contribution is made by our
volunteer body comprised of individuals
who are themselves on the Autistic
Spectrum. They have progressed through
our programmes and go on to use their
acquired skills and confidence to help
others as peer mentors and Board
members.|
|Other||Autus is fully user led with a Board
comprised of its user body.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
|---|---|---|
|SORP reference|||
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|See our annual review which is posted on
our website for full details of the charity’s
work and achievements over the financial
year
**www.autus.org.uk**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|See the Autus annual review which is
available on the website:www.autus.org.uk|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Achieved a small pot of funding to support
delivery of our evening programme
Autus@Night for use in 25/26.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Funding means we can run programmes
without impacting on reserves. Priority for
this year is fundraising small projects and
capacity building the Board of Trustees|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We have a full reserves policy and have
complied with this. We have not fallen
below our reserves threshold (£4000) in the
year.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|5000|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Autus will need to cut some services should
new funding / charitable donations not be
achieved in the coming financial year.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Grants from charity trusts|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Without further funding we risk offering only
social job club until the funding landscape
improves for organisations such as ours.|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Application, interview and selection|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|We are members Attend.|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|We receive support from our founding
company. Support is in the form of
technical and infrastructure and training.|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name The Hao2eu Foundation
Other name the charity uses Autus
Registered charity number 1153397
Charity’s principal address c/o 174 Wilmot Road, Dartford DA1 3BS
Services such as training and workshops delivered online and
from Croydon Carers’ Centre
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Eleanor Fisk
2 Nigel Newbutt
3 John Alan Taylor
4 Ben Clayton
5 Toby Freeman Chair
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Patience Baptiste – Service Manager
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Nigel Newbutt ~~a~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** ~~es~~ **Date** 08.01.2026 ~~|~~
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||**Autus, The Hao2.eu Foundation**||**Autus, The Hao2.eu Foundation**||||||||||||
||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||||||||**CC16a**||
||**For the period**
**from**
ee||Period start date
1st April 2024
ee|||**To**
ee|||Period end date
31st March 2025|Period end date
31st March 2025|||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**||||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||
|Sales Receipts|**4,700**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**4,700**|**4,700**|||**600**||
|Donations & Awards|**6,860**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**6,860**|**6,860**|||**3,405**||
|Grants|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||||
||||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|
_**Sub total** (Gross income for_ **11,560 4,005** _AR)_ **[ 11,560 ] A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **-** _**Total receipts**_ **11,560 - - 11,560 4,005** =— ~~——~~ **A3 Payments** salaries and staff costs **9,262 - - 9,262 17,302** insurance and governance costs **1,530 - - 1,530 2,711** equipment/storage/rent costs **1,723 - - 1,723 1,058 - - - - - - - - - - - -** SSSSSSS= CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1
08/01/2026
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Sub total 12,515 - - 12,515 21,071
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A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - -
- - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 12,515 - - 12,515 21,071
Net of receipts/(payments) - 955 - - - 955 - 17,066
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 15,981 - - 15,981 33,047
Cash funds this year end 15,026 - - 15,026 15,981
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
Year end cash at bank
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**15,026**
**-**
**-**
**15,026**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
08/01/2026
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## **B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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## **Details**
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Fund to which Current value
Details Cost (optional)
asset belongs (optional)
Autus AIM GRID (10 year) licence starting AIM Grid - 35,399
2021
IT equipment AIM Grid - 500
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- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Fund to which Amount due When due
Details
liability relates (optional) (optional)
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CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
08/01/2026
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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Date of
Signature Print Name
approval
BEN CLAYTON
Ben Clayton
bensclayton@gmail.com Tel: 01432
851506
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
08/01/2026
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