**Triple A Project (All About Autism) 1177317 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/01/2024 **To** 31/12/2024 **from**
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Endowment
Restricted funds Total funds Last year
funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations 60 - - 60 225
Grants 50,000 109,324 - 159,324 179,823
Income from ASC & Health contracts 59,618 - - 59,618 -
Training sales 2,550 - - 2,550 5,094
Bank Interest - - - - -
Income from self funded clients 3,124 - - 3,124 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 115,352 109,324 - 224,676 185,142
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 115,352 109,324 - 224,676 185,142
A3 Payments
Staff Costs 92,246 102,385 - 194,631 183,252
Rent and Rates 3,825 2,175 - 6,000 5,330
Heat, Light and Electricity - - - - -
Insurance 899 511 - 1,410 1,248
Telephone and Internet 1,464 831 - 2,295 6,323
Print, Stationery, Admin and Equipment 9,353 5,313 - 14,666 9,539
Services, training & consultation 10,252 5,828 - 16,080 -
Charitable Activities 655 14,221 - 14,876 1,488
- - - -
Sub total 118,694 131,264 - 249,958 207,180
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 118,694 131,264 - 249,958 207,180
Net of receipts/(payments) - 3,342 - 21,940 - - 25,282 - 22,038
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 39,550 85,414 - 124,964 147,002
Cash funds this year end 36,208 63,474 - 99,682 124,964
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Bank Account|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**36,208**
**-**
**-**
**36,208**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**63,474**
**-**
**-**
**63,474**
OK
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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|||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**When due**
**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name
Sheila Gregory|Date of approval
28/10/2025|
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|**Trustees' Annual Report**|||||**for theperiod**|||
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Section A Reference and administration details
|**Charity name**
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**|
Triple A Project (All About Autism)|
Triple A Project (All About Autism)|
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Triple A||
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The Resource Centre||
||Sandgate||
||Penrith||
||**Postcode**|CA11 7TP|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Sheila Gregory|Chair|||
||Kenneth Ford-
Powell|Treasurer (Outgoing)|1stJan – 31stDecember||
||Andrew Asquith-
Vallance|Secretary|||
||Stephen Edward
Prior|Trustee|||
||Louise Galloway|Trustee (incoming
treasurer)|From 31stDecember||
||Sarah Burrows|Trustee|||
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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**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charity Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Trustees Trustee selection methods
- (eg. trust, association, company)
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **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**
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|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**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)**|The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit amongst autistic
individuals who are socially excluded from society, or parts of society, as
a result of being autistic by: 1. Raising public awareness of the issues
affecting autistic individuals and their families, both generally and in
relation to their social exclusion; 2. Provide education opportunities and
information to support and enable autistic people and their families to
maximise their educational, social, and economic opportunities; 3.
Providing social and recreational facilities and opportunities for autistic
people; 4. Provide workshops, forums, mentoring and general support for
autistic and non-autistic people.|
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||A summary of the main activities undertaken by the charity to carry out its
charitable purposes for the public benefit include:
informing public about autism by training, social media, speaking
at public events, speaking at statutory meetings
establishing volunteering and personal development opportunities
for autistic adults through training, design and delivery of
Discovery Your Autism programme and other programs,
facilitation of social groups, focus groups and involvement in lived
experience centred research
developing peer-mentoring for autistic people through Navigator
Programme to offer intense and bespoke support for autistic
people;
Providing social and recreational opportunities for autistic people
through social and shared interest groups.
Delivery of employment related support and personal
development opportunities through the inclusion programme and
pilot Employability Confidence workshops.|
## **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
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## Section D Achievements and performance
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|Over the past year Triple A Project has worked hard to provide and
enhance our services to the autistic community in Cumbria. We are
pleased to be able to support around 220 autistic people across
our Navigator peer-mentoring Programme, social and shared
interest groups , post diagnosis Discover Your Autism courses, and
Inclusion@work programme.
Some members access just one of our services, whilst others are
involved in multiple Triple A activities. The NHS funded Post
Diagnosis courses and peer support saw its fourth year of delivery,
with available course spaces for newly diagnosed autistic adults
increasing from 72 annually to 96 during 2024. We offer both in
person and online sessions. We are delighted to continue
providing this programme and are interested to note that 60% of
newly diagnosed course attendees were female in 2024, which
runs counter to historical comparative diagnosis rates between
genders. We are also seeing an increase in non-cis-gendered
members across our services. Our Navigator Programme
continues to change lives with a pioneering approach that offers
specialist, person-centred support to autistic people who may be
feeling isolated, struggling with specific life-skills, have found
themselves on the wrong side of the law or been the victim of
crimes such as ‘cuckooing’ or mate crime. We have also been able
to provide NHS funded urgent signposting and advocacy sessions
to those who may be in crisis or at risk of crisis, to help those who
have found difficulty connecting to appropriate services.
Social groups: Our social groups have undergone a gentle rebrand
and we are no longer using the name “Positive Pals”. Our groups
seek to tackle social isolation and social exclusion by providing a
safe and accepting space for autistic individuals to meet socially
and feel comfortable “unmasking” and being their authentic
selves. Most of our groups are facilitated by autistic peers and we
continue to expand our range of shared interest groups, motivated
by the success of the Dungeons and Dragons groups established
by one of our Navigatees. The social groups vary in character
depending on the needs and interests of the group, ranging from
the purely social to something closer to a peer support group.
Many positive friendships have been formed throughout Cumbria,
improving wellbeing, building confidence and self-esteem. Our
online women's group continues to be popular with the facilitator
sending out excellent blog-like session round ups detailing the
interesting and far-ranging topics of discussion.
Our Discover Your Autism programme is funded in the North of
Cumbria by the Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS
Foundation Trust. This is a post diagnosis support programme that
is facilitated by autistic members of the Triple A team. The
programme consists of a series of six 2- hour psychoeducational
workshop and discussion sessions, which are centred around lived
experience. These programmes were written by autistic people, for
autistic people about autism – to enable the newly diagnosed to
learn, explore and understand their autism and how it impacts their
lives and to identify and develop coping strategies which are
tailored to their individual challenges and needs. Some course
attendees go on to serve as co-facilitators on future courses and
2024 saw the co-facilitator role shift from a volunteer role to a|
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## Section D Achievements and performance
casual paid opportunity. We also saw two former attendees move through co-facilitator roles into the role of lead facilitator for the first time in 2024, having gained experience in the role and proven themselves to be extremely gifted trainer facilitators. As well as support for individuals we provide Autism Awareness Training to groups and companies: The Triple A Team has delivered autism awareness training to a range of organisations recently, garnering some extremely positive feedback. Participant recommendations continue to generate new bookings and our new trainer/facilitators have helped keep up with this demand. Inclusion @Work- saw the completion of the final year of a threeyear Big Lottery award. Providing support for autistic people to gain employment. The programme project was created to support autistic individuals to identify, prepare for and apply for employment. Simultaneously we work with employers to provide the right environment to support their autistic staff. The project has shifted towards a 50/50 split between support for those seeking work and support and advocacy for those who are in work and struggling. We could not end our report without acknowledging the sad and untimely death of our much-loved CEO Marc Crank in October of 2024. Marc will be much missed by staff, trustees and service users alike and we continue to wish his family well. Former Operations Manager Susan Prior served as interim CEO for the remainder of 2024 and was confirmed in post as CEO at the AGM at the end of the year. The Board of Triple A recognises that the charity could not deliver the pioneering and life-changing services it offers without the support and encouragement of its funders and the dedication and hard work of Triple A’s staff and volunteers. Thanks to all.
March **2012**
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## **Section E Financial review**
Trustees have set a target of three months of total operating costs, which **Brief statement of the** would currently equate to approximately £53k. After defining accurate **charity’s policy on reserves** relationships between restricted and unrestricted income and expenditure, the Trustees are content that we meet the target stated and are in a healthy financial position to take the charity forward.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Sheila Gregory **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 28/10/2025
March **2012**
**TAR**
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Triple A Project (All About Autism) **On accounts for the year** 31/12/2024 **Charity no** 1177317 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-2 (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 December 2024** .
**Responsibilties 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 examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have 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. _._
**Signed: Date:** 28/10/2025 **Name:** MARTIN BORRADAILE **Relevant professional** ACA, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** Dodd & Co Limited, FIFTEEN, Montgomery Way, Rosehill Industrial Estate CARLISLE, CA1 2RW
**Oct 2018**
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**IER**
## **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** .
**Oct 2018**
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