London Ability

Registered charity 1010796 Registered since 1992

Operates: Throughout London, Essex

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

6.2y median 6y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Christopher Bailey Chair since 2019
Lukasz Kowalczyk since 2018

10y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 5Economic/community Development/employment 5Education/training 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 5Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.3 in 2021

43 from 61 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

ST Clement & ST James Community Development Project Similar size; both Community development
Fine Cell Work Similar size; both Community development
Worthwhile Occupational and Recreational Krafts Limited Similar size; both Community development
The Centre for Emotional Health Similar size; both Community development
Safer Wales Similar size; both Community development
Valleys Kids Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.londonability.org.uk
Email	enquiries@londonability.org.uk
Phone	02085195234
Address	5 Ellingham Road, London, E15 2AU

Finances

£1,359,502 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,351,589	£1,332,107
2022	£1,016,349	£924,940
2023	£1,108,488	£1,054,444
2024	£1,301,593	£1,153,750
2025	£1,359,502	£1,207,199

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SHELTERED AND SUPPORTED WORK PLACEMENTS IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH JANUARY 1986, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 7TH APRIL 1992 AND 1 JUNE 2004 as amended on 20 Jul 2021 as amended on 26 Jul 2021 as amended on 27 Aug 2025

Trustees (5)

5trustees

71median age

3aged 70+

Christopher Baileyage band 70-74 Chair since 2019
Inga Anna Astrid Strydomage band 65-69 since 2021
Linda Baileyage band 70-74 since 2021
Lukasz Kowalczykage band 40-44 since 2018
Peter John Barry LE Rasleage band 80-84

Linked company (Companies House)

London Ability LTD. · 01984355 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/01/1986

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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