## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 6 Apr 2023 Period start date To 5 Apr 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Autism Bucks** ## **Charity registration number: 1182603** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To relieve the needs of people who are**
**on the autistic spectrum, their parents,**
**families and carers in Buckinghamshire**| |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|**1. The provision and management of a**
**website to provide advice, guidance,**
**support and information to those**
**affected by autism**
**2. Providing support, education and**
**practical advice and recreational and**
**leisure time activities provided in the**
**interest of social welfare, designed to**
**improve their conditions of life and**
**which develop their skills, capacities**
**and capabilities**
**3. Advancing the education of the public**
**in autistic spectrum conditions, in**
**particular among those who work with**
**people who have autistic spectrum**
**conditions.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees confirm that they have had**
**regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit**
**when exercising their duties. The**
**trustees regularly review the charity's**
**activities to ensure they meet the public**
**benefit requirements and are aligned**
**with the charity’s objectives.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Autism Bucks thrives thanks to the**
**dedication of its volunteers, who play a**
**crucial role in assisting the trustees in**
**achieving our core objectives. They**
**contribute by helping facilitate member**
**social groups, supporting fundraising**
**efforts, and managing some of our**
**social media platforms.**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **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|**Autism Bucks membership reached 270**
**in April 2024 – a rise of 35% over the**
**previous reporting year.**
**In FY23-24, Autism Bucks held 11 Zoom**
**meetings and 8 face-to-face meetings**
**for its members.**
**On top of this there were 8 other social**
**events:**
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**Go-karting**
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**Boat trip**
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**Silverstone Museum visit**
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**Road Farm visit**
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**Catch-22 Jazz Jam Session**
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**Model railway visit**
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**Amersham Guided Walk**
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**Christmas Party.**
**Trustees worked with Buckinghamshire**
**County Council on its revised Autism**
**Strategy.**
**Autism Bucks was invited to speak at**
**the Amersham Women’s Institute**
**Autism, Bucks was nominated for an**
**Anna Kennedy Online Award**
**The Autism, Bucks YouTube Channel**
**showing interviews with AB members**
**was launched.**
**Over the period 2022-24 Autism Bucks**
**responded to over 120 web queries from**| |**concerned individuals and**| |---| |**organisations.**| |**Our Social Media Channels grew in**| |**numbers:**| |•
**Facebook followers: 1,309**| |•
**LinkedIn Followers: 67**| |•
**Twitter (“X”) followers: 2,576**| |•
**YouTube followers: 89**| |•
**YouTube total views: 3,449.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Autism Bucks ended the FY in a strong**
**financial position, with income of £2,900**
**exceeding our outgoings of £2,770.**
**This left a closing balance of £9,100,**
**well ahead of our planned reserves.**
**This was primarily due to donations in**
**excess of £600, and fund-raising in**
**excess of £2,000.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**It is the practice of the charity to hold**
**sufficient reserves to cover operational**
**costs for a minimum of 6 months. This**
**is to provide a level of resilience against**
**the possibility of unforeseen expense,**
**to protect against loss of external**
**sponsorship, and to provide funds to**
**enable us to take advantage of**
**opportunities that might arise.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£4,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**| ## **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|**Frederick Lawson Lodge - £300**
**Bucks Lottery: £298**
**Amersham Xmas Market Stall: £596**
**Amersham Round Table: £150**
**Active Fund-Raising Events: £909**
**Rothschild Foundation: £200**
**Late Beryl Broadbent: £173**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|•
**Loss of the key trustees that are**
**important to our ability to deliver**
**the core charity operation (Chair,**
**Treasurer) and its key operational**
**activities (Member social groups).**
•
**Loss of main sponsorship**
**funding sources.**
•
**Loss of support from volunteers.**
•
**Loss or corruption of IT such as**
**our website.**
•
**Major hit on reputation for**
**whatever reason.**
•
**Competition from other autism**
**charities in Buckinghamshire,**| **who might compete for funding, members etc.** • **Competition from larger autism charities in neighbouring counties that are well established and might chose to expand their territory. n/a** Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 22 Mar**
**2019**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Autism Bucks is a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation (CIO) under**
**the association model and registered on**
**22 March 2019. It is governed by a**
**constitution that establishes its objects**
**and powers and member voting rights.**
**In the event of the CIO being wound up**
**members have no liability.**| |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|**Candidate Trustees are subject to**
**interview by one, preferably two existing**
**trustees in the first instance and**
**appointment on their recommendation**
**subsequently ratified by vote by all**
**trustees at a board meeting. Applicants**
**are also required to provide two**
**character references.**
**Confirmation of appointment made**
**when the candidate attends their first**
**board meeting.**
**All trustees subject to a current DBS**
**check being established.**
**Appointment to key role such as**
**treasurer or secretary by similar voting**
**process.**
**Board meetings are held at least once**
**every 6 weeks throughout the year.**
**All trustees invited to stand for a further**
**year at the AGM and these**
**appointments confirmed by vote that**
**includes voting by the members**
**present.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **n/a** Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees **n/a** The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**| |---|---|---| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Autism Bucks| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1182603| |Charity’s principal address|50 Somerset Way,
Iver
Bucks
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Robert Neil Cary|Chair||| ||Paula Strawbridge|Secretary||| ||Paulette Hunn|Treasurer||| ||Anupkumar
Taterao Jadhav||Resigned 24 Jan 2024|| ||Yin Ling Denise
Voon||Resigned 27 Mar 2024|| ||Laura Lynn Hobbs||Started 14 Sep2023|| ||Martin Richard
Hollett|||| ||Samantha Dawn
Hinson||Started 28 Feb 2024|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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|n/a| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|n/a| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
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**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **n/a** ## **Other optional information** **n/a** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Paula Strawbridge **Full name(s)** Robert Neil Cary **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 26 Sep 2024 Autism Bucks Independent Examiners Report For the Charitable Incorporaled Organisalion no. 1182603 registered 22nd March 2019 06 April 2023 - 05 April 2024 Index Actlvltles, Objectlves, Trustees Income & Expendlture Balance Sheet Transactions durlng perlod Independent Examlner's Report Activities AUTISM BUCKS aims lo raise awareness and provide infomiation of services that may improve communty access for those experiencing autk8m in Buckinghamshire. Objectives: To relieve the needs of people who are on the autislK spectrum, their parents, families and carers in Buckinghamshire in particular but not exclusively by: 1. The provision and management of a wébsite to Provi￿ guKlance, 8UPPOrt and infomiation to those affected by autism. 2. Providing support, education and practical advice and recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest ol social welfare, designed lo improve Iheir conditions ol life and which develop their skills. capacities and capabilities. 3. Advancing the education of the public in autistic spectrum conditions, in particular among thos8 who work with people who have autistic spectrum conditions. Trustees at 5111 Aprll 2024: Neil Cary {Chairpersonl Samantha Daym I linaon {Irom 20 Fob 2024} Laura Lyn Hobbs Itrom 14 Sep 2023) Martin Richard Hollett Paulètte Hunn ITreasurerl Paula SlrawbTidge {S8cretaryl Autism Bucks (cio 1182603 registered 22ThJ March 2019, CE016921) Financial peno¢J: 61412023 10 514r2024 21f23124 2022123 9.016 7,698 614 FundRwsWx Vae Ldtqry 132 ism 591 597 259 150 larch in Mwch Y24 1S0 Clh GraNs •rrhAn¢liq•.QA•A 15? 40 In$w•rK• 59 S9 42 Mwk•i*¥J MemÈ4rnM••tirvd5 525 585 475 391 TMspwt 15 16S M•r¢h￿Seco8ts 91 Preserter Feas 125 710 Tr8irYg 172 Fund Balances at close UR 0￿ratIOnS RF5 Bucks CC. Awareness Pro1￿t 2 RFO Rulli￿lI1￿lè- M¥iiib¥i MI￿1•1y> Totsl 8al•n 121 9.145 Autism Bucks {GIo 1182603 registered 22M March 2019, CE0169211 Financial period: 61412023 to 51412024 Balance Sheet As al 5th April 2024 0510412024 Cash at bank and in hand Y.145 Net Current A88tt$ Total AM•l• Represented by General Funds ReslriGled Funds 8.892 253 Totsl Fund• Approved by the Board of Trustees 21 Sop 2024 arKI $ignod on its b8haM: Ichairpetson) Neil Cary (Secretary) Paula Strawbridge Autisrn Buoks 2023 12024 Aotual Incornc and Expcnditure 25 J•41 4a CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Autism Bucks On aecounts for the year ended 6th April 2023 to 5th Apiil 2024 Charity no (if any) 1182603 Set out on page5 3,4and5 I rew>rt io the iTusiees ort my examil￿tIOn of the accounts of the aE¥)ve LhI￿LlY I'the Th1s1"I for ihe ended 0510412024. R￿ponsibl]it1￿ and basis As the charity s tru5tee5, you are reS￿nsible for ihe prepardtion of ihe of report acctyjnts in &cordance with the requirements of the Chariiies Act 2011 {"the Act"). I rew>rt in of my examination of the Tru4t's &¢ount4 ok￿ri¢d out under seciion 145 of ihe ?01 l Aci and in carrying oui my exdminaiion. have followed all ihe applicable Threciions given by the Chariiy Commission utK1er wtlon 14313Xbl of the A¢1. Independent I have compleied my examinaiion. I confirni ihai no maierial macle￿ have examlner's ststement come lo my attention in conneciion with ihe examination which gives me ¢0 beli¢v¢ that in. any material re%p¢ct- Ihe accounling r￿ordS were noi ke￿ in accordance wilh section 130 of the Chariiies Act: or the accounis did noi accord with ihe xcouniing record8: or the accounls did not comply with the applicable requiremen15 concerning the fonn and conieni of xcounis sei oui in Ihe Chariiies (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2(Y)8 other than any requirement Ihai the accoun15 give a '(nJe and faÈr' view which is not a matier considered as pan of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no oiher matters in conneciion with ihe examination lo which attentlOD should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts io be re&hed. Signed: Date: 201912024 NwD¢: Jonathan Bullock CGMA. ACMA Relevant profession81 qualificationls} or body (if any): Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Addrtss: 5 W¢y)dley Hill Chesham Buckinghamshire HPS 1SL Section B Disclosure Only complete il the exarniner needs lo highlight material matters ol concem Isee CG32. Independent examirbatson ol chaiily accounts.. diraclions and guidance lor examiners). Give here briefdetalls of any items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. I he Chanty was in¢orpJraied on 22," Marctt 2019 as a ChaNrabie Incorporat8d Organisation (CIO). The financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2024 have been prgpargd on a cash ￿•1Pv•xP￿nditU10 basis. My review has included an examination of bank slalements and sample invoices received and income receipts lor the period 0610412023 to 0510412024. The Grant of £200 from Rothschild Foundation in the y8ar was confimied lo the agreement. and is the final instalmenl lo be received. Please also note. that the actsvty of mullimedia seNi¢88 for this financial year under examination was undertaken inhouse. A r¢wew wats aloo modo of tho transa¢tion$ of April and May aftar tha period end date. The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the guidance issued in the revised Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting by Charities, issued in January 2015 (Yhe Charities SORP FRS102-1.