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2025-09-30-accounts

LETS UNITE FOR AUTISM LIMITED

TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Reference and Administrative Details

Trustees:

Hawa Osman, Abdurrahman Omar Ahmed Mustaf Mohamud

Company Number: 11577160 Charity Number: 1188299

Registered Office: Dawes Road Hub 20 Dawes Road London SW6 7EN

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Lets Unite for Autism remains committed to supporting autistic children, young people and families. Throughout 2025 the organisation focused on accessibility, inclusion, wellbeing, community engagement and partnership working. The charity continues to respond to increasing demand and develop services that improve outcomes and opportunities for beneficiaries

Strategic Report

2025 was a year of significant growth. Increased funding enabled expansion of year-round accessible youth provision, stronger stakeholder relationships and wider support for autistic children, young people and families.

This year, our work focused on four core areas:

1.Support for Young People with SEND: We delivered an inclusive, year-round multisport activities tailored for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). These sessions supported physical health, social engagement, and emotional wellbeing in a safe and welcoming space.

2.Household Support Fund: We provided direct financial assistance to vulnerable families, helping them manage essential costs such as food, utilities, and transport. This initiative was a crucial lifeline for many households impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.

3.Annual Autism Awareness Campaign: Our 2025 campaign reached thousands of people through events, school partnerships, and media outreach. The campaign focused on challenging stigma, promoting neurodiversity, and encouraging inclusive practices across workplaces and public services.

4.Women’s Empowerment and Financial Literacy: In response to the compounded impact of the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly on women in low-paid work and unpaid caregiving roles

Highlights from 2025 include

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Impact in 2025

250 young people supported.

300 families supported.

81 sessions delivered.

Financial Review

Income increased from £100,811 in 2024 to £116,666 in 2025.

Funders:

  1. BBC Children in Need £29,744

  2. Go London £19,020

  3. Small Wood Trust £19,368

  4. Brent Health Matters £9,984

  5. LBHF £9,960

  6. Hammersmith & Fulham £6,400

  7. LMP £7,740

  8. Violence Reduction Unit £2,650

  9. Young Brent Foundation £1,800

  10. Awards for all £10,000

Our income was derived from community fundraising, grants, and corporate partnerships. We continue to prioritize transparency, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability in all financial planning.

Lets Unite for Autism is governed by a dedicated Board of Trustees, who bring experience in education, healthcare, lived experience, and finance. We meet quarterly and ensure all activities align with our charitable purpose and good governance practices.

We would like to sincerely thank our supporters, donors, volunteers, and partner organisations. Special appreciation goes to the families and individuals who have shared their journeys with us. Your resilience continues to drive our mission forward.

About Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

•Autism Spectrum Disorder affects communication, social interaction and behaviour. Lets Unite for Autism promotes inclusion, awareness and support for autistic individuals and their families.

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•Autism is known as a “spectrum” disorder because there is wide variation in the type and severity of symptoms people experience.

•People of all genders, races, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds can be diagnosed with ASD. Although ASD can be a lifelong disorder, treatments and services can improve a person’s symptoms and daily functioning.

Lets Unite for Autism is an experience-led autism charity that is driven by the lived experiences of individuals who are on the autism spectrum, as well as their families and caregivers. The charity is founded and operated by people who have first-hand knowledge of the challenges, needs, and unique perspectives of the autism community.

The charity plays a vital role in advocating for better support, awareness, and understanding of autism by leveraging their personal experiences.

Key Characteristics and Benefits of Lets Unite for Autism

Awareness and Advocacy:

Focuses on spreading awareness about autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Promotes acceptance and understanding in communities, workplaces, and educational institutions.

Community Support that builds a strong, inclusive community for individuals with autism, their families, caregivers, and advocates.

Provides a platform for sharing experiences, resources, and support networks.

Educational Programs by offering workshops, seminars, and training sessions to educate the public, educators, healthcare professionals, and employers about autism.

Focuses on early intervention strategies and developmental support.

Collaborative Approach with schools, healthcare providers, non-profits, and government organizations.

Works with local and global stakeholders to create autism- friendly environments.

2. Inclusive Events and Campaigns:

•Organises awareness campaigns, fundraising events, and inclusive activities to celebrate neurodiversity.

•Provides platforms for self-advocates to voice their stories and perspectives.

•Provides access to valuable resources, including diagnostic services, therapy options, educational tools, and legal support.

•Creates guides and toolkits for parents, educators, and professionals.

•Supports and funds research related to autism, including studies on causes, interventions, and long- term outcomes.

•Encourages evidence-based practices for autism support.

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Aims and Objectives

Raise awareness, foster inclusion, empower autistic individuals, support families, advocate for change and promote early intervention.

Aims:

1.Raise Awareness: Promote a deeper understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to reduce stigma, misconceptions, and discrimination in society.

2.Foster Inclusion: Create inclusive environments in schools, workplaces, and communities where individuals with autism feel valued, respected, and supported.

3.Empower Individuals with Autism: Provide resources, education, and opportunities that enable individuals with autism to reach their full potential and advocate for themselves.

4.Support Families and Caregivers: Offer emotional, educational, and practical support to families, helping them navigate the challenges of raising or caring for someone with autism.

5.Advocate for Policy Change: Influence public policies and legislation to improve access to quality healthcare, education, employment, and social services for individuals with autism.

6.Promote Early Intervention and Education: Encourage early diagnosis and intervention strategies to enhance developmental outcomes for children with autism.

7.Build a Global Network: Unite individuals, organisations, and communities worldwide to share knowledge, best practices, and resources for autism support and advocacy.

Our Philosophy

An experience-led charity providing inclusive activities, family support, education, advocacy and community engagement.

These services are designed to enhance the quality of life, promote inclusion, and address the unique needs and challenges faced by individuals on the autism spectrum.

Other unique services include:

Lets Unite for Autism offers a range of services aimed at supporting individuals with autism and their families.

Our Unique services are

1.Holistic Family Support Services

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•Family Counselling & Therapy tailored for siblings and parents Parent Training Workshops on behaviour management and advocacy

2.Innovative Educational Programs

3.Career & Life Skills Development

4.Creative & Recreational Therapy

5.Tech & Accessibility Solutions

• Virtual Reality (VR) Therapy to practice real-world scenarios safely Sensory-Friendly Spaces design consultancy for public areas

7.Respite & Wellness Services for Caregivers

Working in Partnership

Strong partnerships with Hammersmith & Fulham, schools, health professionals and community organisations enabled improved outcomes.

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to accessible and culturally sensitive services, particularly for underserved communities.

Risk Management

The Board reviews safeguarding, governance, finance, health and safety, HR, reputation and data protection risks.

The Board of Trustees recognise their responsibilities in the management of risk, particularly in respect of the children and adults attending and the staff employed by the charity. A full risk analysis is carried out in each year, with the most recent analysis being approved by Trustees in January 2025

The analysis covers all aspects of safeguarding, finance, health & safety, HR, reputation, and resources.

The charity is underpinned by the following policies

1.Good governance and management information- We ensure that the charity conducts its business with integrity and tackles the risk that the charity, or third party, engages in bribery and corruption.

2.Assessing bribery and corruption risk - We use the risk assessment to inform the development of monitoring programmes; policies and procedures; training; and that are to be embedded into operational processes.

3.Policies and procedures -we have in place robust and effective policies and procedures that are appropriate to us

4.We regularly review and update policies and procedures, including when new risks are identified or when there are changes in relevant legislation or regulation.

5.Third-party relationships and due diligence policies and procedures to assess the risk that third parties engage in corruption and to take adequate, risk sensitive, measures to mitigate that risk.

6.We ensure appropriate due diligence is undertaken, and full records kept, on any associated person with whom the charity has dealings.

7.Payment controls systems and controls in place to ensure payments to third parties are in line with what is both expected and approved. Ensuring adequate due diligence on and approval of third- party relationships before payments are made to the third party. We also adopted risk-based approval procedures for payments and a clear understanding of the reason for all payments.

8.Staff recruitment and vetting- Robust recruitment and vetting processes, which consider bribery and corruption risks associated with individual roles, to reduce the risk of employing staff who may be vulnerable to engaging in corrupt practices.

9.Training and awareness- Providing good quality, standard training on anti-bribery and corruption for all staff and ensuring training covers relevant and practical examples as well as keeping training material and staff knowledge up to date.

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10.Incident reporting -We have effective processes in place to ensure that when staff become aware of any bribery and corruption concerns, they can take timely action to mitigate the risk.

Public Benefit

The charity provides public benefit through support services, inclusive activities, awareness campaigns and family support.

Lets Unite for Autism significantly benefits the public by fostering a more inclusive, educated, and supportive society. Its initiatives not only improve the lives of individuals with autism but also strengthen community cohesion, promote economic diversity, and inspire widespread social change.

The provision of advice, guidance, support, and information to those affected by autism. Advancing the education of the public in autistic spectrum conditions, among those who work with people who have autistic spectrum conditions.

The Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity’s aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Structure, Governance and Management

The Board of Trustees oversees governance, strategy and financial management and meets regularly throughout the year.

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England 11577160 and is also a registered charity 1128899.The charity is governed by its Board of Trustees. The governing instruments of the charity are the Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Trustee Recruitment, Induction and Training

The Board of Trustees aims to build a board with a comprehensive, relevant, and focused skills mix, and to recruit members whose knowledge, experience and perspective will support, guide, and oversee the operations of the charity.

Trustees are recruited through a variety of channels including research, advertising, networking, and agencies. Trustees are nominated at Board level and, subject to approval, are then invited to attend the next Board meeting. New Trustees can only be appointed upon satisfactory completion of all regulatory checks: references, identity, eligibility, money laundering and DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks.

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All Trustee appointments are confirmed by Board Resolution passed at Board meetings and are registered with the Charity Commission and Companies House. New Trustees are welcomed into the organisation and provided with a full induction pack. To maximise the value of a Trustee's contribution, every effort is made to ensure new Trustees understand the organisation, its background and mission, before, during and after the appointment process. Ongoing training is also provided for all Trustees.

Organisational Structure

The Board of Trustees meets formally at least 4 times a year. Members of the Board of Trustees who served since 30September 2020 were:

  1. Hawa Osman

  2. Mustaf Mohamud

  3. Abdurrahman Omar Ahmed

The organisation has 20 volunteers and 1paid member of staff. All the Trustees work on a voluntary basis

Plans for 2026

Expand year-round provision, increase family support, strengthen partnerships and secure sustainable funding.

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Trustees' Responsibilities

Trustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and maintaining adequate accounting records.

The Trustees (who are also the directors of Lets Unite for Autism for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report (including the Strategic Report) and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the situation of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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Trustees' Declaration

Approved by the Board of Trustees.

In so far as the Trustees are aware: there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditor is unaware; and the Trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.

This report was approved by the trustees on 30 June 2026 and signed on their behalf by

Hawa Osman – Trustee

Mustaf Mohamud – Trustee

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPEORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

LETS UNITE FOR AUTISM LIMITED

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company (‘the charity’) for the year ended 30 September 2025, which are set out on page 12 to 17.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the Company (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that:

  1. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with such records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 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; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102).

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 : 30th June 2026

Mr N Mohamed CPAA BA MSc

Veritas Business Solutions Limited

Suite 36, The Vale Business Centre 203-205 The Vale

London, W3 7QS

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LETS UNITE FOR AUTISM LIMITED

STATEMENT OF FINANICIA ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2025 2024
Unrestricted
Restricted		 Total Total
£ £
Grants and Donations
10,000
106,666		 116,666 100,811
Resources expended
Direct expenses
Staff Salary
4,900		 4,900 5,509
Outreach Support Worker
15,297		 15,297 6,250
Travel and subsistence
3,264		 3,264 6,528
Staff development and training
-		 - 505
0
23,461		 23,461 18,792
Premises costs:
Office and Hall Rent
11,017		 11,017 11,543
0
11,017		 11,017 11,543
General administrative expenses:
Telephone and Broadband
576		 576 1,728
Stationery and printing
2,201		 2,201 2,948
Insurances
225		 225 180
Events
-		 - 17,211
Equipment Hire
1,428		 1,428 2,881
Refreshment cost/Management
3,500		 3,500 5,111
Volunteer Expenses 7,000 7,000 2,600
Software 233 233 345
Website costs 695 695 2,233
0
15,858		 15,858 35,237

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Legal and professional costs:

Accountancy fees 520 520 520
Charitable Expenses 65,478 65,478 45,588
Advertising and PR 650 650 2,387
Other legal and professional - - 335
0
66,648		 66,648 48,830
Total Resources Expended 0
116,984		 116,984 114,402
Surplus/ (deficit) 10,000
-10,318		 -318 -13,591
Balance brought Forward 23,458
-13,214		 10,244 23,835
Balance Carried Forward 33,458
-23,532		 9,926 10,244
LETS UNITE FOR AUTISM LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
2025 2024
Notes £ £
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand 18,769 21,405
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 3 (400) (450)

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Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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Net assets/(liabilities)
Reserves
Profit and loss account
Members' funds		 18,369
18,369

(8,443)
9,926
9,926
9,926		 20,955
20,955
(10,711)
10,244
10,244
10,244

For the year ending 30 September 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The director acknowledges his responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - Small Entities.

The financial statements were approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 30 June 2026 and were signed on its behalf by

Hawa Osman

Director

Company Registration No. 11577160

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LETS UNITE FOR AUTISM LIMITED

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

1 Compliance with accounting standards

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement on Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)-(Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland

(FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006

Cash flow statement

The directors have taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard 1 (revised) from including a cash flow statement in the financial statements on the grounds that the company is small.

2 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts.

Incoming Resources

Income from donations and grants, including capital grants, is included in incoming resources when these are receivable. When donors specify that donations and grants, including capital grants are for a particular restricted purpose, this income is included in incoming resources of restricted funds when receivable

Resources expended and recognition of liabilities

All expenditure is incurred on an accruals basis. The majority of costs are directly attributable to the specific charitable activities.

Liabilities are recognised on the accruals basis in accordance with normal accounting principles

3 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2025

2024

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£ £ 400 450

Trade creditors

4 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
Bank loans
5 Statement of Financial Activities
As at 1 October 2024
Surplus for the year
As at 30 September 2025		 400
2025
£
8,443
2025
£
10,244
-318
9,926		 450
2024
£
10,711
2024
£
23,835
-13,591
10,244

4 Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year Bank loans

5 Statement of Financial Activities

6 Transactions with trustees

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in note 5 to the financial statements.

No transactions other than the refund of out-of-pocket expenses for the trustees of the Charity took place during the year under review

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