Registered charity · Warwickshire
Abilitynet
Abilitynet is a registered charity (number 1067673) based in Warwickshire, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £5.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 11 trustees
- Income £5.0m (2025)
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Who leads it
Also 3 organisations acting as trustee: IBM UK LTD, Michael James Evason, The Information Technologists' Company.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.abilitynet.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Abilitynet
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£5.0m£4.7m
- 2024£4.3m£4.5m
- 2023£4.6m£5.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.7m£5.6m
- 2021£5.9m£5.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) PROMOTE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL, SENSORY OR MENTAL DISABILITIES, TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPABILITIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE USE OF COMPUTERS. 2) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN PARTICULAR FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 3) PROMOTE AND UNDERTAKE RESEARCH AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS INTO THE USE OF COMPUTERS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR DISABLED PERSONS
Grants received
10 grants · £1,636,580 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,395,780 (7 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £150,000
- Northern Rock Foundation · £90,000
- Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation · £800
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Alison Orsi since 2022
- Connor Josey since 2025
- Douglas Silverstone since 2020
- Evyan Davis-George since 2026
- IBM UK LTD since 1998
- Leigh Smyth since 2025
- Michael James Evason since 2023
- MRS Suzie Woodhams since 2017
- Owen Gerard Purcell since 2019
- The Information Technologists' Company since 2010
- Uziel Ganotice Alvarez since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Douglas Silverstone since 2020
- IBM UK LTD since 1998
- MRS Suzie Woodhams since 2017
- Owen Gerard Purcell since 2019
- The Information Technologists' Company since 2010
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Alison Orsi since 2022
- Connor Josey since 2025
- Evyan Davis-George since 2026
- Leigh Smyth since 2025
- MRS Suzie Woodhams since 2017
- Owen Gerard Purcell since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- Douglas Silverstone since 2020
- Uziel Ganotice Alvarez since 2026
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.
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
11.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1067673
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/11/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/12/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/06/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/03/2012
- Companies House
- Company number 03469653 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0300 180 0028 · enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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