AUTISM.WEST MIDLANDS

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  -19.1%

  £10,225,000 → £8,274,000

• Cash

  +11.5%

  £2,868,000 → £3,197,000

• Net assets

  +0.3%

  £4,740,000 → £4,752,000

• Employees

  +2.7%

  263 → 270

• Wages

  +17.5%

  £4,749,000 → £5,580,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

1. AUTISM.WEST MIDLANDS 2002-03-11 → present
2. WEST MIDLANDS AUTISTIC SOCIETY LIMITED 1985-10-07 → 2002-03-11

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. AUTISM.WEST MIDLANDS · parent
   1. SPARC Autism 100% · UK · specialist adult autism diagnostic and assessment services for the West Midlands
   2. Autism West Midlands (sales) Limited 100% · UK
   3. Autism Central Limited 100% · UK

Significant events

• “completed the closure of the Gorse Farm care home in Solihull and have made significant progress in redeveloping the site to provide best-in-class supported living apartments.”
• “launched our new Autism Keyworker Service following a successful bid for funding from the NHS through the Birmingham and Solihull autism commissioning programme.”
• “moved our head office, co-locating in Birmingham with other charities and statutory agencies working in health and social care, at the TouchBase Pears centre”
• “made further progress on our digital transformation journey, successfully meeting the requirements of Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)”
• “completed a thorough strategic planning process between October and March holding various events and workshops to engage with Trustees, management and staff teams and people we support. 'All about People' sets our strategic direction for the next 5 years”
• “welcomed a new Chair, Paul Glasper, to the Board of Trustees in December '24 whilst retaining the experience and support of Phil Jordan who has stayed on with the charity as Vice-Chair.”
• “Net income was £8,428k for the year (2024: £10,386k) a decrease of £1,958k. This decrease in income was largely due to the decommissioning of Gorse Farm as a care home which was previously the charity's biggest service in terms of income generation.”
• “SPARC Autism ... has now ceased operations and the Trustees intend to wind up the charitable company during the course of 2025.”
• “Autism West Midlands (sales) Limited and Autism Central Limited both of which have not traded during the year to 31 March 2025. Both companies were dissolved post year end.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.