Thinking Autism CIO

Analysis

Thinking Autism CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thinking Autism CIO reported income of £13k and spending of £33k, spending 256% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £44k to £13k (-71%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 158% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Thinking Autism CIO sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kidney Patients Holiday Fund (Northern Counties) (£13k), Friends of Weardale Community Hospital (£13k) and Friends of Dorking Community Hospital (Supporting Local Health Care) (£13k).

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.