The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Accessible Friends Network (Tafn)

Registered charity 1108043 Registered since 2005

Operates: Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States, 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.

5 trustees on the board

5y median 1y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

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

Business services 1Professional services 1

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£2k latest income

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.tafn.org.uk
Emailinfo@tafn.org.uk
Phone0203 2909254
Address11777, P.O.Box 7169, POOLE, DORSET, BH15 9EL

Finances

£1,446 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,424£3,870
2022£4,028£3,013
2023£1,207£2,195
2024£2,052£1,827
2025£1,446£3,167

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityRecreation

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVICE, INFORMATION, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM NECESSARY, WITH A VIEW TO ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL AND THEREFORE IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11/11/2004AS AMENDED ON 13/01/2005AS AMENDED ON 19/02/2006AS AMENDED ON 14/06/2009AS AMENDED ON 13/12/2009AS AMENDED ON 12/09/2010AS AMENDED ON 15/04/2012 as amended on 12 Dec 2024 as amended on 12 Mar 2026

Trustees (5)

5trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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