2022-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date Period end date

To

01 04 2021 31 3 2022

Section A Reference and administration details

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Charity name

Autism Aware UK

Other names charity is known by

AAUK

Registered charity number (if any)

1154287

Charity's principal address

49 Moorside Road

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Werrington

Postcode – ST9 0JF

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)

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Jon Southall

Kimberley Southall

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Kelly Gradwell

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

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Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Trust Deed - signed 17/10/2013

How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trust - consisting of 3 trustee’s

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Trustee’s are appointed or reappointed at the AGM in October

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To promote the relief of persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families, locally and nationally, in particular by not exclusively by: (1) providing advice, support and help to families who are connected with ASD and those awaiting diagnosis.

(2) providing grants and funding to educational institutions to provide educational tools that educate and support people with ASD.

(3) advancing the education of the general public by raising awareness in all matters relating to ASD.’

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings.

Providing advice and support to families who are connected with asd and those awaiting support is still our main focus, This benefits the public as we connect with people from across the country on a daily basis through our social networking platforms.

We have also provided funding to several educational institutions who have then used the funds to purchase educational equipment which in turn benefits the public.

We raise awareness of ASD daily which also educates the public on a daily basis by sharing news and stories across our social networking platforms, which currently reaches over 25,000 people.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D	Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year	Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, AAUK’s annual face to face fundraising activities where forced to cease until the pandemic had ended.
	Despite this our supporters continued to support us by donating
	via platform such as paypal fund and individual fundraisers
	through just giving.
	Due to our supporters continued online support they helped
	raise thousands of pounds so that we could continue to provide
	funding to schools / groups and organisations.
	AAUK continued to grow on social media platforms and
	continued to provide online support and information and advice
	to people afected by ASD.
	AAUK continued to providing grants to schools/groups/
	organisations.
Section E	Financial review
	We aim to hold at least £5,000 in reserves by year end.
Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on
reserves
Details of any funds materially in defcit	N/A
Further fnancial review details (Optional information)
Youmay chooseto include additional information, where relevant about:  the charity’s principal	Our main source of funding is through our supporters fundraising and our annual fundraising events when we are able to promote them. Funds raised have then been spent on supporting one of our key objectives of the charity, in providing educational tools to educational establishments.
sources of funds
(including any
fundraising);
 how expenditure has
supported the key
objectives of the charity;

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• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Future Plans

Following the withdrawal coronavirus guidance to allow people to gather in public spaces again, we were able to schedule in a charity mud run and fundraising charity ball in later on in 2022.

During 2022 we hope to continue to successfully grow Autism Aware UK as a national charity, and to continue raising autism awareness and funds through our events, to ensure that we can support as many funding requests as possible sent to us from schools / groups and organisations that support people with ASD.

To achieve this, we aim to increase our advertising and marketing campaigns online across our social media platforms.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Jon Southall

Kimberley Southall

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Full name(s)

Jon Southall Kimberley Southall

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Trustee

Date

31[st] January 2023

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	Autism Aware UK	Autism Aware UK	Autism Aware UK	Autism Aware UK	Autism Aware UK	1154287	1154287	1154287	CC16a
	For the period from		01/04/2021		To		31/03/2022
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 4,050 22,630 - - - - - - 26,680 - - - 26,680 4,670 - - - - 486 34 - 216 400 123 - - -		Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -		Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -		Total funds to the nearest £ 4,050 22,630 - - - - - - 26,680 - - - 26,680 4,670 - - - - 486 34 - 216 400 123 - - - 5,929 1,138 - 1,138 7,067 19,613		Last year to the nearest £
Donations	4,050								1,422
Fundraising& sponsorship	22,630								20,902
Event income	-								-
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)	26,680								22,324
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Sub total	-								-
Total receipts A3 Payments
									22,324
Charitablegiving	4,670		-		-		4,670		2,500
Premises costs - rent	-		-		-		-		-
Costs ofgeneratingincome	-		-		-		-		-
Marketing	-		-		-		-		500
Entertaining0%	-		-		-		-		-
Travel & Accomodation	486		-		-		486		104
Stationery	34		-		-		34		130
Merchandise	-		-		-		-		-
Subscriptions	216		-		-		216		360
Professional fees	400		-		-		400		-
Charges	123		-		-		123		-
General expenses	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
**Sub total **	5,929		-		-		5,929		3,594
	1,138 - 1,138 7,067 19,613 - 50,941 70,554		- - - - - - - -		- - - - - - - -
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	1,138								-
	-								-
**Sub total **	1,138								-
Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
									3,594
	19,613		-		-		19,613		18,730
	-		-		-		-		-
	50,941		-		-		50,941		32,211
	70,554		-		-		70,554		50,941

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

27/01/2023

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Details Details Details Bank Account Paypal Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 70,534 20 -		Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - -	Endowment funds to nearest £
		70,534		-	50,921
		20		-	20
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		70,554		-	50,941
		OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates		OK	OK
				Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) - - - - -	Endowment funds to nearest £
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature

Print Name

Date of approval

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

27/01/2023

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages	Charity Name Autism Aware UK	Charity Name Autism Aware UK	Charity Name Autism Aware UK
	31 March 2022	Charity no (if any)	1154287
	3-4 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2022 . Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”) .

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or

• the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or

• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 27/01/2023

Signed: Name: Karen Lewis Relevant professional ACCA qualification(s) or body (if any):

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Oct 2018

IER

Address: Key Accountancy Services 319a Uttoxeter Road Stoke on Trent, ST11 9QA

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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IER