The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Able (Action for A Better Life)

Registered charity 1068536 CIO Registered since 1998

Operates: Wiltshire

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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.

6 trustees on the board

5.2y median 5.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 6Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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

Agriculture 1Business services 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£1.0m 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.

10.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.4 in 2021

24 from 27 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ableuk.org
Emailfinance@ableuk.org
Phone01225769845
Address57 King Street, Melksham, SN12 6HE

Finances

£1,005,483 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£800,150£750,531
2022£821,171£777,929
2023£838,551£845,425
2024£897,810£887,043
2025£1,005,483£978,497

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAccommodation/housing

Who

People With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 10 NOV 2021

Trustees (6)

6trustees
64median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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