Registered charity · London

The Abta Benevolent Fund

The relief of financial hardship among people who are or have been directors or employees of ABTA Ltd, travel agents, tour operators or other travel industry organisations involved in the provision of travel and tourism services in ABTA Membership,...

9 trustees
Income £202k (2025)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
Where: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website: www.abtalifeline.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: The Abta Benevolent Fund
Registered: 1987

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£202k£212k
2024£277k£257k
2023£206k£222k

Earlier years

2022£148k£129k
2021£85k£131k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

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

4.2y median 3y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Derek Jones Chair since 2014
Alistair Rowland since 2013

8.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

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 17Health and social care 9Professional services 8

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.

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2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£277k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 295819
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3RD DECEMBER 1986 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 9TH MAY 1988, 21ST APRIL 1988, APRIL 1996, 18 DECEMBER 1997 AND 24 FEBRUARY 2009. as amended on 18 Jul 2024 as amended on 06 Aug 2024
Companies House: Company number 02080267 · Active
Contact on the register: 02031170500 · LifeLine@abtalifeline.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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