AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CIC

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
SC725414 (Scotland)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 6 September 2023

Period of accounts

Start date: 7 March 2022

End date: 6 September 2023

AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CIC

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 6 September 2023

Profit and loss
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CIC

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 6 September 2023

18 months to 6 September 2023


£
Turnover: 1,325
Gross profit(or loss): 1,325
Administrative expenses: ( 3,440 )
Other operating income: 2,096
Operating profit(or loss): (19)
Profit(or loss) before tax: (19)
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: (19)

AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CIC

Balance sheet

As at 6 September 2023

Notes 18 months to 6 September 2023


£
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand: 460
Total current assets: 460
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 3 ( 479 )
Net current assets (liabilities): (19)
Total assets less current liabilities: (19)
Total net assets (liabilities): (19)
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: (19)
Total members' funds: ( 19)

The notes form part of these financial statements

AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CIC

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 6 September 2023 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 28 November 2023
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Sean Macaskill
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 6 September 2023

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 1A (Small Entities) of Financial Reporting Standard 102

AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 6 September 2023

  • 2. Employees

    18 months to 6 September 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 0

AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CIC

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 6 September 2023

3. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

18 months to 6 September 2023
£
Accruals and deferred income 479
Total 479

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

AUTISTIC KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT CIC

Company Number: SC725414 (Scotland)

Year Ending: 6 September 2023

Company activities and impact

Autistic Knowledge Development CIC is an autistic led think tank and test space for new ideas. The company fits the UNCRPD definition of a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO), and the company’s activities and impact this financial year have been designed and delivered by autistic people, for the benefit of the autistic community. This financial year, the company has:-Delivered a pilot programme of mentoring support for autistic young people across Scotland, provided by trained autistic adult mentors. This mentoring programme has provided autistic adult mentors with a source of income, and has been described as “life changing” for the autistic young people. The mentoring programme has helped autistic young people to develop their self-esteem, confidence, life skills, social connections, and autonomy, whilst supporting them into positive destinations such as employment and further education/training. -Created a series of videos to support National Autistic Society’s Mentoring Autistic Adults Programme (MAAP).-Provided 1:1 mentoring to autistic adults across Scotland.-Designed and facilitated two consultation events for the Scottish Government on the proposed new Autism, Learning Disability, and Neurodiversity Bill and Commissioner. These consultation events allowed autistic people in Scotland to share their views on the bill and commissioner directly with the Scottish Government’s Autism Policy Team.-Enabled autistic people in Scotland to feed into the design of the public consultation on the Autism, Learning Disability, and Neurodiversity Bill and Commissioner through the company’s membership of the Scottish Government’s Stakeholder Panel. -Redesigned and provided facilitation for Scottish Autism’s online autistic adults peer support group.-Set up a network of autistic people with a range of professional expertise which functions as an advisory panel to the company’s board of directors. -Facilitated a meeting of Autistic Led Disabled People’s Organisations across Scotland to explore ways of collaborating to increase our collective impact for the benefit of autistic people in Scotland. -Designed and delivered bespoke autism training to professionals supporting autistic people, which to date has had 100% 5 star “excellent” rating from all delegates. -Begun work on improving autistic people’s experiences of Self Directed Support in Scotland through the company’s membership of Social Work Scotland’s Autism LENS working group which is reviewing the Self Directed Support Standards, and collaborative working with Self Directed Support Scotland.

Consultation with stakeholders

Autistic Knowledge Development CIC’s primary stakeholders are autistic people. Secondary stakeholders are individuals and organisations who impact the lives of autistic people.The company’s directors are all autistic, and their own personal experiences of being autistic are combined with wider stakeholder consultation to shape everything the company does. All the support services we have delivered to autistic people this financial year have been co-designed with the people they support. During this financial year, the company has:-Input into Scottish Government work on the Autism, Learning Disability, and Neurodiversity Bill and Commissioner stakeholder panel based on what autistic people told us in the two consultation events we delivered. For example, autistic people told us they were not opposed to a bill and commissioner and could see potential benefits, but that they needed more information to fully support it. Whilst the company’s directors support the idea of a new bill and commissioner, with this stakeholder consultation in mind the company has approached its work on the stakeholder panel from a neutral standpoint, seeking to provide greater clarity on what a new bill and commissioner could do and have refrained from campaigning for or against such a bill and commissioner. -Ran 1:1 and group consultation events with autistic young people and their parents/carers in the design of the company’s pilot mentoring programme for autistic young people. -Created a feedback process which autistic people complete at the start and end of support we provide and allows us to track the impact of our work from our primary stakeholder’s perspective. It is this feedback which has told us our approach to mentoring works and that we should invest in moving to a next stage, larger scale pilot.-External research reports which collected the views of autistic people across Scotland are shaping our approach to improving autistic people’s experiences of Self-Directed Support. -Created an approach to accessible policy documents which includes a Compliments, Suggestions, and Complaints Policy and Process, designed to be as accessible to autistic people as possible and encourage regular feedback from stakeholders on our work. -Created a network of autistic people who act as an advisory panel to the company’s board of directors. We meet regularly with members of this network, to ask their views on key decisions and topics, and to ensure our work continues to reflect the diversity of needs within the autistic community and is informed by the wide-ranging professional expertise within our community. -Adapted our approach to facilitating peer support groups based on feedback from autistic participants. -All our training for professionals working with autistic people is bespoke and designed collaboratively around what these individuals and organisations tell us they require, and what autistic people tell us they wish professionals knew.

Directors' remuneration

Project Consultancy Fee - £1,475

Transfer of assets

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration

This report was approved by the board of directors on
28 November 2023

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Sean Macaskill
Status: Director