The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Abilitynet

Registered charity 1067673 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 8Education/training 8Other Charitable Purposes 8

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

Tech and media 6Other services 2Professional services 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

11.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.3 in 2020

72 from 66 in 2020
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.abilitynet.org.uk
Emailenquiries@abilitynet.org.uk
Phone0300 180 0028
AddressSUITE 33 PURE OFFICES, PLATO CLOSE, LEAMINGTON SPA, WARWICKSHIRE, CV34 6WE

Finances

£4,985,137 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,881,624£4,981,299
2022£5,727,697£5,582,739
2023£4,554,827£5,225,253
2024£4,332,582£4,514,674
2025£4,985,137£4,722,477

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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

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

Trustees (11)

8trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Abilitynet · 03469653 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/11/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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