Our charity is committed to being transparent about how we operate, including showing how we comply with the range of regulation that governs our work as a charity, company and a service provider to autistic adults and children. 

We will be gradually adding to this page over the coming days so that you have easy access to all this information. 

As a charity and a company

We are registered as a charity in England and Wales (269425) and in Scotland (SC039427). You can find out more about our charity’s Board of Trustees and their role here. 

As a charity and a company, we have to: 

• Submit our annual report and accounts to the Charity Commission and Companies House and make them available. You can read them here 
• Prepare and publish our Modern Slavery Policy to demonstrate how we are committed to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking. You can read our Modern Slavery Act statement here
• Demonstrate how we work to ensure gender equality, including by publishing a gender pay gap report each year showing the pay rates of men and women working at our charity. You can read the latest one here 
• Our trustees and staff are committed to ensure the wellbeing of all the charity’s beneficiaries. Our Safeguarding Policy can be found here: Safeguarding Children and Young People in Children's Services Policy; Safeguarding Adults Policy; Safeguarding Children Policy 
• Our environmental policy talks about the need for sustainable development and the responsibility to protect the environment for future generations. You can read it here
• You can also read our Articles of Association, adopted 21 November 2015 
• and our Employers and public liability insurance

Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB)

The Independent Safeguarding Board was established in 2018. It has a chair and members who have substantial experience of and expertise in safeguarding and who are not otherwise connected to the National Autistic Society. The purpose of the ISB is to have oversight of safeguarding policies and practice across the National Autistic Society, providing advice and guidance to the trustees and senior management and ensuring that safeguarding is in line with recognised best practice. The chair of the ISB reports to the National Autistic Society board, presenting an annual report which sets out the ISB’s findings and recommendations.

Our schools and services 

We are regulated in all our schools and services by the relevant body in each nation. You can find a link to the latest inspection report with the information for each school or service. 

In our fundraising 

We are registered with the Fundraising Regulator, the independent regulator charitable fundraising in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. You can find out more about what this means on the Fundraising Regulator’s website

Managing your data

We gather and look after your data according to the law and regulations. You can find out more in our Privacy and data protection notice.