The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Ability BOW

Registered charity 1115595 Registered since 2006

Operates: Hackney, Tower Hamlets

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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

5.8y median 3y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 6Disability 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.

Finance 26Health and social care 7Education 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£264k 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.abilitybow.org
Emailinfo@abilitybow.org
Phone02089807778
AddressST. PAULS CHURCH, ST. STEPHENS ROAD, LONDON, E3 5JL

Finances

£263,938 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£351,611£251,428
2022£246,152£271,843
2023£248,381£246,784
2024£235,648£240,956
2025£263,938£263,871

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAmateur SportRecreation

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

1) THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH THROUGH THE PURSUIT OF HEALTHY RECREATION2) THE PROVISION OF A GYM AND FITNESS CLASSES THAT ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THOSE WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE USE OR HAVE ACCESS TO A GYM.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 APRIL 2005

Trustees (6)

6trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Ability BOW · 05800086 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 28/04/2006

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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