Registered charity · Portsmouth
Enable Ability
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Disability
- Where
- Hampshire, Portsmouth City
- Website
- www.enableability.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Enable Ability
- Registered
- 1979
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.5m
- 2024£1.4m£1.4m
- 2023£1.8m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£992k£1.1m
- 2021£892k£1.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 54% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE CARE, WELFARE, INTEREST AND ADVANCEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND OTHER DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN THE AREA SERVED BY THE FORMER PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH EAST HAMPSHIRE HEALTH AUTHORITY.
Grants received
14 grants · £897,757 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £630,329 (7 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £201,678 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £29,900
- Peter Harrison Foundation · £18,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £8,150
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Sue Coldham Chair since 2024
- Alan Bowie since 2024
- Alison Catherine Bowie since 2019
- Andy Osborn since 2024
- Drew Ramsay since 2014
- JON Robert Muller since 2011
- Kerry Marie Blomerus since 2021
- Peter Robertson since 2024
- Stuart Elsom
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Catherine Bowie since 2019
- Drew Ramsay since 2014
- JON Robert Muller since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Sue Coldham Chair since 2024
- Alan Bowie since 2024
- Alison Catherine Bowie since 2019
- Andy Osborn since 2024
- Drew Ramsay since 2014
- JON Robert Muller since 2011
- Kerry Marie Blomerus since 2021
- Stuart Elsom
Portfolio (1)
- Peter Robertson since 2024
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.
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
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 276422
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18TH DECEMBER 1978 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 20 OCTOBER 1988, 14 NOVEMBER 1991, 8 OCTOBER 2001 AND 8 MARCH 2007 as amended on 14 Mar 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 01405937 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02392671846 · enquiries@enableability.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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