Registered charity (CIO) · Melksham
Able (Action for A Better Life)
Able (Action for A Better Life) is a registered charity (number 1068536) based in Melksham, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £1.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2025)
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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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Wiltshire
- Website
- www.ableuk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.0m£978k
- 2024£898k£887k
- 2023£839k£845k
Earlier years
- 2022£821k£778k
- 2021£800k£751k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 93%. From the charity's annual return.
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
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Andrew Nigel Cox since 2025
- Jonathon Palmer since 2024
- Karen Cox since 2025
- Lyn Adams since 2017
- Richard Adams since 2017
- Wallace Regelous since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Lyn Adams since 2017
- Richard Adams since 2017
- Wallace Regelous since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Andrew Nigel Cox since 2025
- Jonathon Palmer since 2024
- Karen Cox since 2025
- Lyn Adams since 2017
- Richard Adams since 2017
- Wallace Regelous since 2017
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
10.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1068536
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 10 NOV 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01225769845 · finance@ableuk.org
- 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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