Leisure for Autism

Analysis

Leisure for Autism is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sale. It was registered in June 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and recreation, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Leisure for Autism reported income of £48k and spending of £67k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £20k to £48k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 158% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Leisure for Autism sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wigan, Leigh and District Society for the Blind (£48k), Empower and Evolve (£48k) and Bidwell Brook School PTFA (£48k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.