The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Willing and Abel

Registered charity 1130492 Registered since 2009

Operates: Southwark, Kent, Norfolk, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi

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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.

6y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

1.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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
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incomespending£8k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

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

Websitewillingandabel.org.uk
Emailinfo@willingandabel.org.uk
Phone07855 823452
Address3 Holkham Avenue, Beeston, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 5EQ

Finances

£7,988 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£30,088£17,610
2022£12,841£38,394
2023£13,951£25,924
2024£9,198£18,825
2025£7,988£18,433

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine Relief

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

CHARITABLE OBJECTS:(I) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS OF CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING NATIONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TREATMENT NOT AVAILABLE LOCALLY, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT. (II) TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS IN CHILD HEALTH AND PAEDIATRIC CARE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED 31 MARCH 2009AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 24 APR 2016

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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