Registered charity · Hertfordshire
Herts Ability Limited
To relieve and assist people with physical and cognitive difficulties, as well as those people with reduced mobility, or those who may be vulnerable to such conditions by reason of age or illness, in any way which shall, for the time being, be...
- 7 trustees
- Income £749k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Barnet, Enfield, Hillingdon, Buckinghamshire and more
- Website
- www.hertsability.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Herts Ability Limited
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£749k£748k
- 2024£706k£691k
- 2023£672k£556k
Earlier years
- 2022£517k£487k
- 2021£532k£517k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 76%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
To relieve and assist people with physical and cognitive difficulties, as well as those people with reduced mobility, or those who may be vulnerable to such conditions by reason of age or illness, in any way which shall, for the time being, be charitable in law. We will do this by: (a) promoting the improvement of standards of driving, and the advancement of road safety and travel; (b) the provision and assessment of equipment; (c) providing advice and signposting to clients, which could provide a springboard to other activities; and (d) promoting and organising co-operation with other authorities and voluntary organisations in the achievement of the above objectives.
Grants received
2 grants · £196,556 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Transport · £196,556 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
Board analysis
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Nigel Thomas Dotchin Chair since 2014
- Amy Garrison since 2019
- Andrew Picken OBE since 2016
- Bethany Mcneil since 2019
- Dr Alka Chandrayan since 2023
- Patricia Anne Read since 2017
- Vivien Arey since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Nigel Thomas Dotchin Chair since 2014
- Amy Garrison since 2019
- Andrew Picken OBE since 2016
- Bethany Mcneil since 2019
- Patricia Anne Read since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Nigel Thomas Dotchin Chair since 2014
- Amy Garrison since 2019
- Bethany Mcneil since 2019
- Dr Alka Chandrayan since 2023
- Patricia Anne Read since 2017
- Vivien Arey since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Andrew Picken OBE since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1059015
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13TH SEPTEMBER 1996. as amended on 16 Jul 2018 as amended on 07 May 2020 as amended on 03 Feb 2022 as amended on 14 Feb 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 03249335 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07802715853 · driving@hertsability.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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