The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Abel Foundation

Registered charity 1165605 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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

3.7y median 3.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Other Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£17k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
18 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

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.theabelfoundation.org.uk
EmailSECRETARY@THEABELFOUNDATION.ORG.UK
Phone03339 874686
AddressUnit 12a Walworth Enterprise centre, Dukes Close, West Way, Andover, SP10 5AP

Finances

£16,798 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£31,007£15,433
2022£19,341£16,181
2023£43,841£35,300
2024£40,135£16,887
2025£16,798£6,576

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO SUCH PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 17 Feb 2016

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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