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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 12435820 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1191599

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

FOR

AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

Hartley Fowler LLP Chartered Accountants 4th Floor Tuition House

27-37 St George's Road Wimbledon London SW19 4EU

AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

This year marked the first steps of our journey under our new name and identity - Autism Action. We changed our name to reflect our purpose more clearly: to turn research and data into action that improves autistic people's lives. Under our new brand, we have made strong progress in making this ambition real.

Deep collaboration with the autism community is at the heart of our work. Across the year, we created more than 10,000 participation moments for autistic people and their families to directly shape our work, influence campaigns and contribute to research. This took the form of surveys and focus groups to shape our campaigns and other activities and participation in research. We have strengthened our commitment to transparency and genuine collaboration through investment in a Community Engagement Lead, ensuring every consultation is meaningful and that people receive clear feedback on how their input has shaped our work. Our Community Advisory Panel, which is comprised of autistic people and supporters who commit to inputting to our work on an ongoing basis, has now grown to over 1,200 members.

Our innovations in collaboration have driven several pieces of high-profile and important work. During the year the House of Lords organised a scrutiny committee to examine the Autism Act 2009 and its impact. Sixteen years on, many autistic people remain in significant need of support. Our CEO, Tom Purser, gave evidence on autism, mental health and suicide. We also ensured that Dr Rachel Moseley, one of our principal research partners, could present her research on autism and suicide prevention.

During the public consultation phase, we mobilised our community. 5,096 people contributed to our survey, more than contributed directly to the House of Lords' public consultation, ensuring autistic people's priorities were placed at the centre of the process. This included the views of 946 parents and carers of autistic people with a learning disability, a group of people often under-represented in public consultations.

We also supported the NHS consultation on its future plans. We held five "NHS Change" sessions, involving 59 autistic people, including an easy-read session to ensure accessibility for those who might otherwise struggle to take part. Our work in adapting the consultation materials will inform how we approach future consultations.

We presented evidence on autism and suicide at the United Nations in Geneva, contributing to the examination of the UK's obligations under the UN Convention on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights.

Our suicide prevention research programme, the largest of its kind in the UK, has begun to report important findings. Sharing these insights to shape policy and services is a core aim of the charity. To support this we held a major event in Parliament, attended by more than 100 organisations, including parliamentarians, researchers, bereaved families and people with lived experience. Chaired by Peter Swallow MP, the event featured Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, Baroness Browning, Dr Rachel Moseley, Lisa Wolff (Mum and advocate for Abbi Smith, forever 26) and our CEO, Tom Purser. Together, they set out our research insights into autism and suicide and the urgent actions required.

Following this, we have begun to turn research into action in the following ways:

Alongside suicide prevention, we have turned our attention to other preventable deaths and to the systemic failures that continue to impede meaningful learning.

The Lampard Inquiry, the UK's first statutory investigation into inpatient mental health services, is examining more than 2,000 deaths in Essex over 25 years. We believe many of those who died were autistic, though official data is often inadequate. We have engaged closely with the inquiry, ensuring autism is addressed. As a result of our efforts, the Chair, Baroness Lampard, has appointed a neurodiversity lead. We have supported bereaved families preparing to give evidence, including enabling one parent to meet with the Secretary of State for Health, Wes Streeting.

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

We also conducted a full analysis of the LeDeR ("Learning from Lives and Deaths") process, the primary mechanism through which local and national systems are meant to learn from preventable deaths. Our findings prompted us to build a coalition calling for urgent reform. By June 2025, more than 250 organisations, bereaved parents and supporters had signed our letter to the Secretary of State for Health calling for publication of the delayed LeDeR report and a complete overhaul of the system.

Our work is not only about shaping government policy. Where we see gaps in support, we act. We partner with established organisations to achieve scale and impact in a short time.

This year we have strengthened the evidence base for support and interventions, developed existing supports to make them more accessible and started work to develop new support services. All of these will help provide support for autistic people in crisis who are experiencing suicidality. Our commitment is to saving lives.

A major milestone has been the development of Lifelines - a leading crisis-support project built with partners across the UK. No existing crisis service has been designed with autistic people's needs in mind. This leaves many people without appropriate support and service providers struggling to provide the right service. Lifelines will use research, expertise and extensive community insight to help national services improve what they deliver. Our first confirmed partner is PAPYRUS - Prevention of Young Suicide. We have already secured £50,000 to support the first partnership and are launching a fundraising campaign to build a £1,000,000 fund to enable long-term roll-out of the model.

In June we received notice, and in July formal confirmation, that Sport England would fund our project to increase autistic people's inclusion in sport, physical activity and leisure. Over the past two years we have built the Active Autism Alliance, a coalition of charities and major sporting bodies including British Cycling, the England and Wales Cricket Board, Parkwood Leisure, Neurodiverse Sport and State of Life. Through our partnership supported by Sport England, we will break down long-standing barriers to participation, aiming to improve inclusion for thousands of autistic and other neurodivergent people in the first two years, and then rolling out to reach millions of people in Phase 2.

The five-year programme is built on extensive consultation and co-production with autistic people. Phase 1 will map the problem and build the evidence base. Phase 2 will design and test solutions with autistic people and their families, ready for confident national rollout. We thank Sport England for their support and the many partners committed to delivering change with us.

We are building an evidence base, forging partnerships and developing new initiatives to increase job opportunities for autistic people. During the year we established our Autism Employment Network as an online space to support those organisations already employing autistic people. Through this we provided resources, signposted to funding opportunities and arranges a series of support webinars with experts on topics including crowdfunding, accessing social finance and influencing central government.

Over the course of the year we empowered autistic people to have their say on the Government's Green Paper 'Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working'. We hosted members of our Autism Employment Network and Lord Touhig, Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism, in an online session about Access to Work and other common challenges being faced by the supported employment sector.

We have communicated the challenges autistic people face in the workplace and the solutions to those. Our CEO chaired a conference with Westminster Insight which brought together employers and support organisations to explore workplace adaptations and was featured on Radio 4's Today Programme discussing the Government's review of the employment support system. To guide the next phase of our work we have begun to design a piece of research which will identify the barriers that autistic people and employers are facing around making reasonable adjustments in the workplace.

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

We continue to maintain strong links to key universities who undertake research in the area of autism, including, but not limited to, the University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham and University of Bournemouth; I thank them for their support and work to advance knowledge and understanding of autism.

Donations this year totalled £215,981, up from £130,500 last year. These comprised:

Legacy donations
Suicide Prevention (restricted donations)
Corporate donations (unrestricted)
Trusts and Foundations donations
JustGiving donations
Individual donations
GC donations
Grant donations
Gift Aid and small donations
Grant and donations income (SOFA)		 £97,500
£50,240
£47,426
£10,000
£2,929
£2,851
£2,556
£1,113
£1,366
£215,981

The majority of our expenditure has been on projects that create impact for autistic people's lives in line with the following:

Community Engagement £122,893
Pathways to Employment
Fundraising
Suicide Prevention
Governance
Data & Lobbying
Research
Sport
Lifelines
Health and Well Being		 £102,200
£92,406
£73,771
£48,588
£44.338
£15,037
£12,052
£10,537
£1,000
£522,822

Finally, I want to thank our trustees, who give their expertise and commitment so generously, our donors who provide the funding we need to drive positive impacts and our community members and supporters, who live the reality of inadequate support for autistic people they inspire our work every day. We remain determined to fight for change and to deliver the progress autistic people deserve.

F M Hardie - Trustee

28 January 2026

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12435820) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of 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).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and aims

The objects of the charity are to promote the health and wellbeing, and advance the education of autistic people and their families by:

Public benefit

The trustees confirm that they 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 future activities and setting the grant-making policies for the charity.

Grantmaking

The charity publishes research funding opportunities as open calls via autismaction.org.uk. These are open to applicants at UK-based research institutions. Potential applicants are given at least three weeks from the date of the call to make an initial expression of interest. These are reviewed by a subgroup of Trustees who use the criteria specified in the published call to select those they would like to proceed to full applications. At least two weeks are then allowed for preparation of full applications, which must include the following:

Within approximately two weeks of the deadline, a subgroup of Trustees will review these applications and select a shortlist to proceed to scientific peer review. Peer reviewers are asked to declare any conflicts of interest. One independent peer reviewer is required for grants of £60,000 or under, and two for grants over this amount. Recommendations for making awards are made by the subgroup of Trustees and final decisions are at the discretion of the Board. Decisions will take into account scientific peer review, best use of funds, scientific quality of applications, potential to lead to impact, clarity of timescale, budget, deliverables and evidence of ability to deliver the proposed project.

Conflicted trustees are excluded from the approval process.

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12435820) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Charitable activities

Our Achievements this year

This year marked the first phase of our transition to our new identity, Autism Action. The change of name was a significant organisational milestone, reflecting a clearer purpose: to turn research and data into action that improves autistic people's lives. Under this new brand, the team has made meaningful progress in embedding this purpose across our work. I am grateful to trustees for their support, input and contributions through this process.

Strengthening Community Collaboration

Over the past year, more than 10,000 autistic people and family members engaged with our work - shaping programmes, informing campaigns and contributing to research. We continue to develop a culture of transparency and genuine collaboration, supported by the new Community Engagement Lead, who is ensuring every consultation provides clear feedback and measurable influence on our decisions. Our Community Advisory Panel has now grown to over 1,200 members, creating a long-term relationship for deeper, more representative collaboration.

We mobilised our community effectively during the House of Lords review of the Autism Act. More than 5,000 autistic people completed our survey - more than the rest of the consultation combined - ensuring our evidence was centred on lived experience. Our CEO provided oral evidence on autism, mental health and suicide, and we supported Dr Rachel Moseley to present her research on autism and suicide prevention.

We also worked closely with NHS England during its consultation on future plans, holding five "NHS Change" sessions with 59 autistic people, including an easy-read version to widen access.

Advancing National Influence and System Reform

Internationally, we presented evidence at the United Nations in Geneva on autism and suicide, contributing to scrutiny of the UK's obligations under the UN Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In Parliament, we convened a major event attended by parliamentarians, researchers, bereaved families and partners from across the sector. The event was chaired by Peter Swallow MP and featured Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, Baroness Browning, Dr Rachel Moseley, Lisa Wolff and our CEO. This has strengthened our credibility as a national leader in autism and suicide prevention.

Following this work, we have begun to see our research translated into action:

We also highlighted findings from the National Child Mortality Database showing that 35% of deaths among autistic children without a learning disability were due to suicide or self-inflicted harm - a stark figure that continues to drive our focus on preventable deaths.

In parallel, we have expanded our work to address other preventable deaths and systemic failures in learning. Our engagement with the Lampard Inquiry - examining mental health inpatient deaths in Essex - has ensured autism is properly considered. We secured the appointment of a neurodiversity lead within the Inquiry and supported bereaved families preparing to give evidence.

Our analysis of the LeDeR process led us to build a coalition for urgent reform. By June 2025, more than 250 organisations, bereaved parents and supporters had signed our call for publication of the delayed LeDeR report and a fundamental overhaul of the system. This work will continue.

Delivering Practical Support and Scaling Evidence-Based Interventions

Our work this year has focused not only on shaping government policy, but also on filling critical gaps in support. We have prioritised scalable, evidence-led interventions that can quickly improve frontline support for autistic people in crisis.

This included contributing research to the NHS's Staying Safe for Suicide guidance; supporting Nottingham University's Autism-Adapted Safety Plans, now downloaded over 10,000 times; funding analysis of the TellMi digital mental health service; and working with Brain in Hand to enhance their service.

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12435820) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

A major milestone this year was the development of Lifelines, our crisis-support partnership model. We secured our first national partner - PAPYRUS - Preventing Young Suicide - and £50,000 in initial funding. We will shortly launch a fundraising campaign to build a £1 million fund to support long-term rollout.

We secured Sport England funding for our programme to increase autistic inclusion in sport, building on our Active Autism Alliance. Phase 1 will map the problem and build the evidence base; Phase 2 will design and test solutions for national rollout. Through our partnership supported by Sport England, we will break down long-standing barriers to participation, aiming to improve inclusion for thousands of autistic and other neurodivergent people in the first two years, and then rolling out to reach millions of people in Phase 2.

We also recruited an Employment Lead who is now developing our employment programme, strengthening the evidence base and forming new partnerships. During the year we established our Autism Employment Network through which we provided resources, signposted to funding opportunities and arranges a series of support webinars with experts on topics including crowdfunding, accessing social finance and influencing central government.

We have started to communicate the challenges autistic people face in the workplace and the solutions to those including Our CEO chaired a conference with Westminster Insight which brought together employers and support organisations to explore workplace adaptations and was featured on Radio 4's Today Programme discussing the Government's review of the employment support system. We have begun to design a piece of research which will identify the barriers that autistic people and employers are facing around making reasonable adjustments in the workplace to guide the next phase of this work.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

At 30 June 2025 the charity had total net assets of £973,532 made up of £199,807 restricted net assets and unrestricted net assets of £773,725.

During the financial period the charity reported a deficit of (£387,766) of which (£412,980) was the unrestricted deficit and £25,214 was the restricted surplus.

During the financial period, the charity received donations amounting to £215,981, some of which form part of the unrestricted reserves. This is up from £130,500 last year. These comprised:

Legacy donations
Suicide Prevention (restricted donations)
Corporate donations (unrestricted)
Trusts and Foundations donations
JustGiving donations
Individual donations
GC donations
Grant donations
Gift Aid and small donations
Grant and donations income (SOFA)		 £97,500
£50,240
£47,426
£10,000
£2,929
£2,851
£2,556
£1,113
£1,366
£215,981

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12435820) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

FINANCIAL REVIEW What we funded

The majority of our expenditure has been on projects that create impact for autistic people's lives in line with the following:

Community Engagement £122,893
Pathways to Employment
Fundraising
Suicide Prevention
Governance
Data & Lobbying
Research
Sport
Lifelines
Health and Well Being		 £102,200
£92,406
£73,771
£48,588
£44.338
£15,037
£12,052
£10,537
£1,000
£522,822

Investment policy and objectives

Reserves of the charity are invested in short term deposits in reputable UK financial institutions. These are held on a short-term basis as the trustees intend to access funds to ensure the agreed priority projects can be pursued as part of the strategic and business plan.

Reserves policy

The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in an unrestricted fund that covers support, operational and governance costs for twelve months.

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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Principal risks and uncertainties

The trustees consider and assess the risks to which the charity is potentially exposed and have established systems and procedures to review and manage those risks. The Finance and Risk sub-Committee review and assess all risks and put in place suitable and sufficient measures to mitigate the risk. This information is then recorded on the Risk Register and reported to Trustees at quarterly board meetings for discussion and agreement.

The main risks

facing the charity are considered to be: Description

Management

Risk Financial:

Failure to meet Failure to fundraise for all projects currently fundraising targets being planned could reduce the ambitious and identify long term impact Autism Action is aiming to have. funding streams

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12435820) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Main Risks
Risk Strategic:
Strategic direction
Risk Reputational:
Reputational risks may
arise
through
the
delivery
of
our
activities with our key
audience
Risk Reputational:
Reputational risks may
arise
through
the
delivery
of
our
activities with our key
audiences
Risk Reputational:
Brand awareness		 Description
The charity lacks an appropriate strategic
direction or focus that is in tune with the
evolving
needs
and
business/operating
environment
With the Autism Community
With
existing
funders and
wider funding
community,
particularly
given
changes
in
direction. Some funders remain unclear on
the
relationship
with
University
of
Cambridge.
Risk that we will not grow our reputation and
brand awareness as quickly as we want, or
may experience negative PR		 Management
- Regular strategic input by the Board and
individual
- Informed by Community Advisory Plan
- Strategic Priorities already established;
will be delivered with focus
- Post-rebrand will publish long term
strategy
- Community Advisory Panel and
collaboration
- For any potentially controversial
research, clear, transparent
communication about how, why and what
is funded
- Learning from past events
- Clear communication about how and
when more controversial research was
funded
- Investment in Director of Fundraising to
delivery regular communication through
email, phone calls, reports and events,
supported by the Head of
Communications staff
- CEO conversations with other recent
funders to explain the changes in
direction
- Use rebrand to communicate changes
and progress
- New staff, trustees and partners will be
briefed on the charity and guidance on
communication will be given
- Rebrand to ensure our reputation and
profile can grow in the way we intend
- Post-rebrand communications plan to
ensure regular pipeline of content, media
activity and activities
- This has now led to a regular set of
brand content and coverage
- Investment in communications

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12435820) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

FUTURE PLANS

Our Vision

A world where autistic people are understood, accepted and valued. A world where they can thrive, free from unnecessary hardship and discrimination.

Our Mission

To make life better for all autistic people by identifying and driving the big changes that are needed across society.

Our Approach

Evidence-based collaboration to drive change

There is no single or simple answer to a problem of this size. Our approach is to tackle the issues in carefully targeted ways, addressing the root causes wherever possible so that our actions have maximum impact.

Most importantly, we talk to community members and groups about the changes they want to see and how they can be part of driving those changes - we want to see our communities and our charity sector move past the current state of disempowerment. We need a strong community, and strong charities, working together on the many different aspects of the same underlying problem. None of us can do this alone.

We also work in partnership with those who can make change happen as quickly as possible. For example if evidence shows gaps in support, we identify organisations we can work with to fill those gaps faster, rather than waiting for others to act. We work to improve and scale up successful and promising approaches, squeezing maximum impact from the good practice already being done by so many.

And we campaign from a position of authority, working with autistic people and their families to mobilise action and send strong messages to those who have the power to make change happen, whether that's the Government, the NHS or the systems that impact autistic people's daily lives. We are unafraid to challenge the status quo and to push for action.

High quality evidence must underpin all of this work. By commissioning breakthrough research, working with the world's leading academics, including Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre, and bringing that together with the real-life experiences of autistic people, we're building evidence that empowers the community, guides our work, and - quite simply - can't be ignored.

We will continue to focus on five key areas under which projects will be developed and co-designed with autistic people, their allies and supporters:

Research

Suicide Prevention & Preventable Deaths

Sport & Physical Activity

Data & Lobbying

Pathways to Employment

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12435820) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

The objects of the charity are to promote the health and wellbeing and advance the education of autistic people and their families.

Charity constitution

Autism Action is the working name for the Autism Centre of Excellence (ACE) which is a registered charity (charity no. 1191599). It is a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales (company no. 12435820), whose registered office is at Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge, CB2 8AH. The charity was incorporated on 31st January 2020, and it was registered with the Charity Commission on 2nd October 2020. These financial statements are the financial statements for the third accounting period, during which the emphasis of the trustees has been to develop the charity further so that it can translate research excellence into transformational support for autistic people everywhere.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees via a Nominations Committee. The articles of association provide for a minimum of three trustees and a maximum of twelve. Trustees with a range of different skill sets are sought, to ensure the effective running of the charity.

Organisational structure and decision making

The charity is governed by its Board of Trustees, which met four times during the financial period. A scheme of delegation is in place; the Chief Executive, has overall responsibility for the day-to-day management of the organisation including ensuring that services are delivered in line with the operational policies.

Induction and training of new trustees

On appointment, new trustees sign a trustee declaration statement agreeing to give their time and expertise. The induction pack includes the memorandum and articles of association of the charity, the most recent financial statements and a copy of the Charity Commission's guidance 'The Essential Trustee Guide" and "Public Benefit: running a charity" and the "Charity Governance Code for larger charities".

Key management remuneration

The pay of the Charity's key management personnel is set by the Board and is reviewed annually by the Finance Committee, in line with both market conditions and affordability for the charity, and a proposal is submitted to the Board for their approval.

Related parties

All trustees give their time freely and no remuneration was paid in the year. Details of trustee expenses and related party transactions are disclosed in note 20 to the financial statements. Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests and register them with the chief executive and, in accordance with the charity's conflicts of interest policy, withdraw from decisions where a conflict of interest arises.

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number

12435820 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number 1191599

Registered office

Byron House Cambridge Business Park Cowley Road Cambridge CB4 0WZ

Trustees

F M Hardie - Chairman Professor S P Baron-Cohen (resigned 13/11/25) E N Binks A J Buisson Dr I S Hall (resigned 13/11/25) A M Lewy Dr L Owens I V Pocock E Sakellis Dr J L Tobin J H Penrose Buckley Professor J A K Arday

Chief Executive Officer

Tom Purser

Independent Examiner

Hartley Fowler LLP Chartered Accountants 4th Floor Tuition House 27-37 St George's Road Wimbledon London SW19 4EU

Bankers

Barclays Bank Plc Leicester Leicestershire LE87 2BB

CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Maling Kent ME19 4JQ

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12435820) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees (who are also the directors of Autism Centre of Excellence for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law).

Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs 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. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to 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.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 28 January 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

F M Hardie - Trustee

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INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRusfEES OF ALrfisM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE Independent examlnerfs report to the trustees of Autlsm Centre of Excellence ('the Compan) I report to the charity trustees on my eXaMinat￿n of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2025. Re5ponslbllltles and basls of report As the chariws trustees of the Company (and a19) 6ts directors for the purposes of company law) you are re4x)nslble for the preparauon of the accounts in accordan￿ wlth the requirements of the Companies Art 2006 (lhe 2006 ACV). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not requir&J to be audlted under Part 16 of the 2006 Att and are ellglble for Independent examiriation, I report In respett of my examinatlon of your chadty's accounts as tarried oui under Sectlon 145 of the tharlti& Att 2011 ('the 2011 ACVI. In carrying out my examlnatlon J have followed the DireLtbn5 ghen by the Charity Commlwon under Section 145(5) (b} of the 2011 Act. Independent examIne￿$ statement Sfjn￿ your charity's gross Income exceeded £250,000 ywr examiner musl te a member of a1151ed body. I can confim that L am quaisfied to undertako the examlnatlon because l am a Th￿mber of the Insbtute of Charter&J kcountants In England and Wates, v4hlch Ss one of the Ilsted bodles. I have completed my examlnation. I confirm th no matss have come to my aitenUon in connethon wlth the examln3Uon glvlng me cause to believe: accoundng records were not kept In ￿ of the coM￿nY as requlr&a by Sectbn 386 of the 2006 A¢ or the accounts do not accord wlth those records; or the accounts do not comply with the accounting requIrem￿ts of Se¢tlDn 396 of 2006 Act other than any requlrement that the accounts glve a true and falr rfew which Is not a Matter consldered as part ol an Indepe￿dent examlnatlon; or the accounts have not been prepar￿1 In aC￿rdance with the methods and prlnciples of the Statement of Recommended Practi￿ for accountlng and reporting by charities (appllcable to charitle5 preparlng thelr accounts In accordan￿ wlth the Flnanclal Rep)rfjng Standard appllcable In the UK and Republlc of Ireland (FRS 102)). E have no concerns and have come across no other matters In connectlon wlth the examlnatton to whkh attention should be drawn In this report In ordei to enable a proper understsndlng of the acojunts to be reached. Jonathan Askew The Instt￿te of Charte Accountants In Engkind and Wales Hartley Fowler LLP Chartered Accountants 4th Aoor Tuitlon HoL￿e 27-37 st G￿rge,$ Road Wimbledon London SW19 4EU 3 February 2026 -i+

AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
3
Other trading activities
4
Investment income
5
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Support and improve the lives of autistic people
Health and Wellbeing
Employment
Total
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 Unrestricted
funds
£
165,741
11,867
35,122
212,730
92,406
496,803
1,000
35,501
625,710
(412,980)
1,186,705
773,725		 Restricted
funds
£
50,240
-
-
50,240
-
25,026
-
-
25,026
25,214
174,593
199,807		 2025
Total
funds
£
215,981
11,867
35,122
262,970
92,406
521,829
1,000
35,501
650,736
(387,766)
1,361,298
973,532		 2024
Total
funds
£
364,400
35,316
14,957
414,673
18,905
1,374,823
15,225
84,485
1,493,438
(1,078,765)
2,440,063
1,361,298

The notes form part of these financial statements

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (REGISTERED NUMBER: 12435820) TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 30 JUNE 2025

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets
12
Tangible assets
13
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
14
Cash at bank
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
15
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
16
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 Unrestricted
funds
£
1,080
4,379
5,459
16,061
778,229
794,290
(26,024)
768,266
773,725
773,725		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
199,807
199,807
-
199,807
199,807
199,807		 2025
Total
funds
£
1,080
4,379
5,459
16,061
978,036
994,097
(26,024)
968,073
973,532
973,532
773,725
199,807
973,532		 2024
Total
funds
£
2,001
3,501
5,502
20,498
1,362,596
1,383,094
(27,298)
1,355,796
1,361,298
1,361,298
1,186,705
174,593
1,361,298

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 June 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 28 January 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

F M Hardie - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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AUTISM CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE TRADING AS AUTISM ACTION NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

The private charitable company is incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales. The address of its registered office is Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 8AH . The registered number of the company is 12435820.The registered number of the charity 1191599

The financial information presented is for the year ended 30 June 2025. The financial information is presented in sterling.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of 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)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

a) Going concern basis

The "Financial Review" section of the trustees' report sets out various considerations relative to the going concern position of the charity and explains why the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements.

b) Significant judgements and estimates

The trustees consider that there are no areas of judgement or estimation which materially affect the financial statements.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from donations is recognised when receivable.

Legacies are recognised following the granting of probate when the administrator or executor for the estate has communicated in writing both the amount and settlement date.

Sales from services provided are recognised over the period in which the service is provided.

Website sale income is recognised on point of sale.

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

Donated services are measured and valued at an estimate of the price the charity would have paid on the open market. An equivalent amount is recognised as an expense in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.

Payments for compensation for loss of office are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to compensate an employee for loss of office.

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2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Governance costs

Since there is no direct cost to holding Trustee Board meetings and no Trustee Board expenses are reimbursed, governance costs only include the independent examiner's fees and accountancy fees.

Intangible fixed assets

Intangible fixed assets acquired separately are initially recognised at cost and then amortised over the following periods:

Trademark costs - 5 years straight line Website development costs - 5 years straight line

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Computer equipment - 33% on cost

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Foreign currencies

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

Cash at bank

Cash at bank includes bank deposit accounts and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due. Prepayments are recognised at the invoiced cost prepaid.

Creditors

Creditors are recognised when the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at the settlement amount.

Impairment

Assets not measured at fair value are reviewed for any indication that the asset may be impaired at each balance sheet date. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset, or the asset's cash generating unit, is estimated and compared to the carrying amount. Where the carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount where the impairment loss is a revaluation decrease.

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3. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
2025 2024
£ £
Donations 118,481 364,400
-
Legacies 97,500
215,981 364,400
During the year the charity received the following donations:
2025 2024
£ £
-
Legacy donations 97,500
Pro Bono - Teneo - 112,500
Pro Bono - Edmonds Elder - 47,000
-
Unspent grants returned 74,400
Suicide Prevention Project 50,240 60,511
Individuals and corporate donors 67,128 69,989
Grants received 1,113 -
215,981 364,400
The prior year pro bono data was provided be Selena Callas.
4. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
2025 2024
£ £
Sales - services 5,500 30,000
Website sales 6,367 5,316
11,867 35,316
5. INVESTMENT INCOME
2025 2024
£ £
Deposit account interest 35,122 14,957
6. SUPPORT COSTS
Governance
Management Finance costs Totals
£ £ £ £
Support and improve the lives of autistic people 465,582 2,394 48,588 516,564
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6. SUPPORT COSTS - continued

Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:

Management

Wages
Social security
Pensions
Insurance
Telephone
CFO Support Service
IT Support and software costs
Other Office Costs
Website Costs
VAT Irrecoverable
Subscriptions
Professional Fees
Consultancy Fees
Regulatory and Filing Fees
Digital advertising / recruitment research
participants
Hotel and accommodation costs
Travelling costs
Pro bono professional services (note 16)
Pro bono video content creation (note 16)
Staff activities
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets
Depreciation of tangible and heritage assets
Governance costs
Staff costs
Accountancy fees
Independent Examiner's fees		 2025
Support
and
improve
the lives
of
autistic
people
£
244,844
33,201
24,680
1,281
1,150
28,387
12,470
3,395
7,306
23,957
8,197
38,365
4,300
-
24,905
292
5,152
-
-
336
921
2,443
465,582
2025
Support
and
improve
the lives
of
autistic
people
£
23,469
22,369
2,750
48,588		 2024
Total
activities
£
157,932
15,692
11,590
1,273
963
27,374
6,801
396
1,556
25,249
2,821
2,538
500
13
12,764
984
2,143
112,500
47,000
-
920
1,797
432,806
2024
Total
activities
£
12,228
23,585
2,770
38,583

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

7. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

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|||| |---|---|---| |2025|2024| |£|£| |Depreciation - owned assets|2,443|1,797| |Patents and licences amortisation|399|398| |Development costs amortisation|522|522|

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8. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30 June 2025 nor for the year ended 30 June 2024.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30 June 2025 nor for the year ended 30 June 2024.

9. STAFF COSTS

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

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|||| |---|---|---| |2025|2024| |Management and Administration|7|5|

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The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was:

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|||| |---|---|---| |2025|2024| |£60,001 - £70,000|2|-| |£80,001 - £90,000|1|-| |3|-|

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Key management compensation for the year was £108,253 (2024 £41,050).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

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10. COMPARATIVES FROM 2024 FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds
£ £ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies 303,889 60,511 364,400
-
Other trading activities 35,316 35,316
Investment income 14,957 - 14,957
Total 354,162 60,511 414,673
EXPENDITURE ON
-
Raising funds 18,905 18,905
Charitable activities
Support and improve the lives of autistic people 1,041,490 333,333 1,374,823
-
Health and Wellbeing 15,225 15,225
-
Employment 84,485 84,485
Total 1,160,105 333,333 1,493,438
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) (805,943) (272,822) (1,078,765)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 1,992,648 447,415 2,440,063
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 1,186,705 174,593 1,361,298
11. INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION
The independent examiner's fee consisted of:
2025 2024
£ £
Independent examination 1,125 1,125
Preparation of statutory financial statements 1,225 1,245
Corporation tax 400 400
2,750 2,770
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

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12. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Patents
and Development
licences costs Totals
£ £ £
COST
At 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025 2,621 2,133 4,754
AMORTISATION
At 1 July 2024 1,144 1,609 2,753
Charge for year 399 522 921
At 30 June 2025 1,543 2,131 3,674
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 June 2025 1,078 2 1,080
At 30 June 2024 1,477 524 2,001
13. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Computer
equipment
£
COST
At 1 July 2024 9,154
Additions 3,321
At 30 June 2025 12,475
DEPRECIATION
At 1 July 2024 5,653
Charge for year 2,443
At 30 June 2025 8,096
NET BOOK VALUE
At 30 June 2025 4,379
At 30 June 2024 3,501
14. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£ £
Trade debtors 896 598
Accrued income - 13,456
Prepayments 15,165 6,444
16,061 20,498
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

15. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Trade creditors
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Accruals
16.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Future Research Designated Fund
Capacity Building Designated Fund
Community Development Designated Fund
Digital Development Projects Designated Fund
Restricted funds
The John Lambton Trust - Research Project
Suicide Prevention Project
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Suicide Prevention Project
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 1/7/24
£
506,705
80,000
360,000
200,000
40,000
1,186,705
114,082
60,511
174,593
1,361,298
Incoming
resources
£
212,730
50,240
262,970		 2025
£
7,053
11,451
3,840
3,680
26,024
Net
movement
in funds
£
(412,980)
-
-
-
-
(412,980)
-
25,214
25,214
(387,766)
Resources
expended
£
(625,710)
(25,026)
(650,736)		 2024
£
12,199
8,166
3,753
3,180
27,298
At
30/6/25
£
93,725
80,000
360,000
200,000
40,000
773,725
114,082
85,725
199,807
973,532
Movement
in funds
£
(412,980)
25,214
(387,766)

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025

16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net
movement
At 1/7/23
in funds
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
1,992,648
(805,943)
Future Research Designated Fund
-
-
Capacity Building Designated Fund
-
-
Community Development Designated Fund
-
-
Digital Development Projects Designated Fund
-
-
1,992,648
(805,943)
Restricted funds
The John Lambton Trust - Research Project
447,415
(333,333)
Suicide Prevention Project
-
60,511
447,415
(272,822)
TOTAL FUNDS
2,440,063
(1,078,765)
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
resources
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
354,162
Restricted funds
The John Lambton Trust - Research Project
-
Suicide Prevention Project
60,511
60,511
TOTAL FUNDS
414,673		 Transfers
between
funds
£
(680,000)
80,000
360,000
200,000
40,000
-
-
-
-
-
Resources
expended
£
(1,160,105)
(333,333)
-
(333,333)
(1,493,438)		 At
30/6/24
£
506,705
80,000
360,000
200,000
40,000
1,186,705
114,082
60,511
174,593
1,361,298
Movement
in funds
£
(805,943)
(333,333)
60,511
(272,822)
(1,078,765)

Restricted Funds

John Lambton Trust Research Project - Restricted funding for the research of music therapy for autistic children and adults.

Suicide Prevention Project - Restricted funding from the David and Ruth Lewis Family Charitable Trust for the organisation of a one-day Suicide Prevention Summit to create a manifesto for change that will guide action for the next 3 - 5 years.

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17. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

(i) Mark Hardie

During the year, the charity was charged consultancy fees of £1,108 (2024 £10,214) from Mark Hardie Associates Limited.

Mark is a consultant with significant experience in developing, funding and managing sports and physical inclusion programmes, having been CEO of Access Sport for over a decade. He was engaged to advise on the charity’s activities in the sports area. Mark is the brother of Fraser Hardie, Chairman of ACE.

Mark's selection, work scope, and compensation were overseen by the Director of Workstreams and approved by the CEO, ensuring transparency and compliance with governance standards.

(ii) Simon Baron-Cohen

Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He is a trustee of the charity and a director of the Autism Research Centre.

Simon does not participate in any decision making or voting on grant awards from the charity.

During the year the charity made the following grant payments to the Autism Research Centre:

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2025 2024
£ £
Suicide Prevention Grant - 568,322
-
Music Therapy Grant 333,333
-
901,655
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(iii) Teneo

During the previous year, the charity worked with Teneo, who provided pro bono assistance from their Strategy and Communications division. The value of the support has been reliably estimated to be £nil (2024 £112,500) and is included in donations.

The support in the previous year had been in time and expertise, where Teneo campaigned and assisted the launch of the charity's suicide prevention programme.

Fraser Hardie is a Senior Adviser to Teneo and formerly Chairman of Teneo UK. He remains an adviser to senior leadership including the (global CEO) and also to several major clients. Teneo own a stake in Edmonds Elder. Data provided by Selena Callas.

(iv) Edmonds Elder

In the previous year Edmonds Elder provided pro bono support to the charity on video content creation. The support has been mainly in time and expertise around planning, creating and editing video content in support of the charity's suicide prevention programme. The value of the support has been reliably estimated to be £nil (2024 £47,000) and is included in donations.

Trustee donations

During the year the trustees made donations to the charity of £300 (2024 £175).

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18. COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

The charity is limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member is determined by the Articles of the charity and shall not exceed £1.

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