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Description

Ambitious about autism is the national charity for children and young people with autism. We provide information, training and support, run a range of high-quality services including the pioneering treehouse school, and campaign to make the ordinary possible for children and young people with autism.

Also known as

  • Ambitious About Autism
  • Ambitious About Autism
  • Ambitious about Autism
  • Ambitious about Autism/ Treehouse School
  • The Treehouse Trust

CCEW Charity number

1063184

Company number

03375255

Registered

Postcode

N10 3JA

Website

ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk

Domain

ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk

Latest income

£27,880,000 (on )

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Ambitious About Autism

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Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1063184 .
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Ambitious About Autism (this record)

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Last updated 2024-06-27

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Last updated 2024-06-22

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Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Services for people with disabilities D13

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with learning disabilities BE110
  • Beneficiary group BE » Young people BE115
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200
  • Charitable activities CA » Policy campaigning and advocacy CA103
  • Education ED » Schools ED106
  • Education ED » Training ED300

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Disability 104

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • People With Disabilities 203

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Services 306
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National

Ambitious About Autism

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1997-07-02 Registered as a charity
2004-07-31 3,633,069 2,388,023
2005-07-31 2,808,005 3,017,178
2006-07-31 3,983,001 3,639,395
2007-07-31 5,132,052 4,378,099
2008-07-31 7,284,555 5,207,272
2009-07-31 7,240,746 6,535,299
2010-07-31 7,677,439 6,865,812
2011-07-31 7,923,000 7,784,000
2012-03-31 5,614,000 5,253,000
2013-03-31 8,597,000 8,221,000
2014-03-31 10,000,419 8,975,800
2015-03-31 9,739,000 9,703,000
2016-03-31 10,789,000 11,980,000
2017-08-31 23,209,000 17,883,000
2018-08-31 16,462,000 15,224,000
2019-08-31 18,777,000 18,168,000
2020-08-31 20,039,000 19,239,000
2021-08-31 22,852,000 21,584,000
2022-08-31 24,473,000 23,423,000
2023-08-31 27,880,000 27,098,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Ambitious About Autism

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Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 513 461
Employees paid more than £60,000 26 25
Volunteers 20 20
Trustees 7
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Ambitious About Autism

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Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 2.8 2.0
Legacies 0.4 0.1
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 3.2 2.1
Income from charitable activities 23.9 21.8
Income from other trading activities 0.6 0.4
Income from investments 0.2 0.2
Other income - -
Total 27.9 24.5
Expenditure
Investment management 0.0 0.0
Other spending on raising funds 1.1 0.8
Spending on raising funds 1.1 0.8
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 26.0 22.7
Charitable activities 26.0 22.7
Other spending - -
Total 27.1 23.4
Net income / (expenditure) 0.8 1.1

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Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 16.3 16.5
Investment assets 1.7 1.8
18.0 18.3
Current assets
Current investment assets 2.0 0.0
Cash 5.7 9.2
Other current assets 8.6 1.2
16.4 10.5
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (9.2) (3.7)
Net current assets 7.2 6.8
Total assets less current liabilities 25.2 25.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (4.2) (4.7)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 21.0 20.4
Defined benefit pension scheme 0.0 (0.3)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 21.0 20.1
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 12.4 10.9
Unrestricted funds 8.7 9.1
21.0 20.1

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Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 18,757,000 17,893,000
Government contracts as % of total income 67.3% 73.1%
Number of government contracts 58 63
Government grants
Income from government grants 5,074,000 3,895,000
Government grants as % of total income 18.2% 15.9%
Number of government grants 3 3

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Grants received

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Received 41 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£16,810
1 month
Grant to AMBITIOUS ABOUT AUTISM
BBC Children in Need
Cost of Living Uplift
£500
Oct 2022
Grant to Ambitious About Autism
Oct 2022
The Clothworkers' Foundation
Regular Grants Programme
£10,000 Grant to Ambitious About Autism
Joseph Levy Foundation
Autistic Children and Young People
£60,000
2 years
Learner and Family Support Programme
Sep 2021 to Aug 2023
City Bridge Trust
Positive Transitions
£242,900 Grant to Ambitious about Autism
The Clothworkers' Foundation
Regular Grants Programme
£20,000 Grant to Ambitious About Autism
The National Lottery Community Fund
RC England Wide
£350,000
2 years
Employ Autism Network
Sep 2021 to Sep 2024
Pears Foundation £400,000
2 years
Grant to Ambitious about Autism
Sep 2021 to Sep 2023
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£252,144
3 years
Grant to AMBITIOUS ABOUT AUTISM
The Rayne Foundation £20,000
1 year
Grant to Ambitious about Autism

Data source

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Services regulated by the Care Quality Commission

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Registered as a provider with the Care Quality Commissionlaunch (id: 1-352572456)

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