Able Child Africa (aka U S D C, Able Child)
Overview
Able Child Africa's network
10 people6 organisationsi9 listed on the board plus 1 company secretary. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is Able Child Africa. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.The board
9 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail Viljoen | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dhiran Tanna | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Hannah Loryman | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| James William Henry Sellars | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jonathan Dune | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Martin Hill | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Miiro Michael | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Mitul Shah | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Lauren Watters | Company secretary (charitable company) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Board
The board
9 listed + 1 company secretaryiCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail Viljoen | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Dhiran Tanna | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Hannah Loryman | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| James William Henry Sellars | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jonathan Dune | Trustee | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Martin Hill | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Miiro Michael | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Mitul Shah | Trustee | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Thomas George Edwards | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Lauren Watters | Company secretary (charitable company) | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Karl Ian Hankinson (2018-2026), Dr Jane Anthony (2011-2018), Mary Ann Walsingham Clements (2004-2011), Stuart Craig (2000-2004), Jonathan Paul Hett (2000). Full officer list
Board DNA
iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.Average tenure
4y
median 3y
Longest tenure
8y
since 2018
Years in governance
5.3y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
8
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
5
of 9 on the board
9 trustees on the board
- Abigail Viljoen since 2023
- Dhiran Tanna since 2024
- Hannah Loryman since 2024
- James William Henry Sellars since 2018
- Jonathan Dune since 2025
- Martin Hill since 2019
- Miiro Michael since 2021
- Mitul Shah since 2020
- Thomas George Edwards since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- James William Henry Sellars since 2018
- Martin Hill since 2019
- Mitul Shah since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Abigail Viljoen since 2023
- Dhiran Tanna since 2024
- Jonathan Dune since 2025
- Martin Hill since 2019
- Miiro Michael since 2021
- Mitul Shah since 2020
- Thomas George Edwards since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Hannah Loryman since 2024
- James William Henry Sellars since 2018
Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
General Charitable Purposes 9Disability 8Education/training 8Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Prevention or Relief of Poverty 1
Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Health and social care 9Finance 2Other services 1
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Network
Network
iThe large node is Able Child Africa. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.Most connected
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Finances
5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 March.
Income and expenditure
5 years · years end 31 MarchiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | |||||
| Total income | £957.43k | £688.77k | £1.04m | £947.41k | £938.83k |
| Total expenditure | £909.71k | £737.65k | £909.02k | £960.28k | £1.01m |
| Government income | |||||
| Government contracts | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Government grants | £112.05k | £18.49k | Not reported | £68.83k | £49.49k |
| Income by source | |||||
| Donations and legacies | £271.22k | £233.62k | £349.61k | £390.45k | £393.29k |
| Legaciespart of donations and legacies | £85.03k | £0 | £0 | £10.00k | £1.00k |
| Charitable activities | £685.31k | £436.83k | £663.11k | £518.00k | £517.48k |
| Other trading activities | £738 | £18.25k | £19.08k | £28.70k | £17.61k |
| Investments | £167 | £67 | £3.29k | £10.27k | £10.46k |
| Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Other income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Expenditure by type | |||||
| Charitable activities | £826.65k | £612.43k | £748.66k | £775.31k | £787.32k |
| Raising funds | £83.06k | £125.22k | £160.36k | £184.97k | £218.53k |
| Grants to institutionspart of charitable activities | £0 | £0 | £373.36k | £262.16k | £246.96k |
| Governance | £5.59k | £6.55k | £14.72k | £8.88k | £18.69k |
| Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Other expenditure | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Definitions
- Total income
- Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
- Total expenditure
- Everything the charity spent in the year.
- Government contracts
- Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
- Government grants
- Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
- Donations and legacies
- Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
- Legacies
- Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
- Charitable activities (income)
- Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
- Other trading activities
- Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
- Investments
- Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
- Endowments
- New endowment funds received in the year.
- Charitable activities (expenditure)
- Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
- Raising funds
- The cost of fundraising and trading.
- Grants to institutions
- Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
- Governance
- The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
- Investment management
- The cost of managing the charity's investments.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Assets and liabilities
5 years with detailiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own use assets | £1.87k | £0 | £3.97k | £3.30k | £5.31k |
| Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Other assets | £510.07k | £461.20k | £582.87k | £588.21k | £505.54k |
| Defined benefit pension schemea minus figure is a deficit | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total liabilities | £18.21k | £16.34k | £15.93k | £33.46k | £19.82k |
| Net assetsassets minus liabilities | £493.73k | £444.86k | £570.92k | £558.05k | £491.03k |
Definitions
- Own use assets
- Land, buildings, equipment and other fixed assets the charity uses for its work.
- Long-term investments
- Investments held for the long term, such as shares, bonds or property let to others.
- Other assets
- Current assets: cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments.
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- The surplus (above zero) or deficit (below zero) on a final-salary type pension scheme.
- Total liabilities
- What the charity owes: creditors due within a year and after a year, and provisions. Drawn below zero in the chart and shown as a positive figure in the table, as the register does.
- Net assets
- Assets minus liabilities, including any pension surplus or deficit. Equal to total funds.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Funds and reserves
5 years with detailiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted funds | £311.02k | £199.38k | £225.59k | £225.54k | £229.25k |
| Restricted funds | £182.71k | £245.47k | £345.33k | £332.51k | £261.78k |
| Endowment funds | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total funds | £493.73k | £444.86k | £570.92k | £558.05k | £491.03k |
| Reservesas declared by the charity | £226.02k | £181.62k | £225.59k | £225.54k | £229.25k |
| Assets besides buildingsinvestments, cash and money owed to it, before debts | £510.07k | £461.20k | £582.87k | £588.21k | £505.54k |
Definitions
- Unrestricted funds
- Money the trustees can spend on any of the charity's purposes, including funds they have set aside (designated) themselves.
- Restricted funds
- Money that must be spent on particular purposes set by the donor or the terms of an appeal.
- Endowment funds
- Capital the charity must keep, either permanently or until the terms allow it to be spent.
- Total funds
- All funds together. Equal to net assets.
- Reserves
- The charity's own figure for unrestricted funds that are freely available, after setting aside fixed assets and designated funds. Charities explain their reserves policy in their annual report.
- Assets besides buildings
- Long-term investments plus other assets (cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments), before its debts are paid. If declared reserves are larger than this, they must include buildings.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Accounts and annual returns
Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Reporting up to date
Every annual return and set of accounts arrived on time for 5 years.
| Year ending | Due by | Annual return | Accounts | Status | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | 30 October 2025 | 30 October 2025 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | 19 November 2024 | 19 November 2024 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | 24 October 2023 | 24 October 2023 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | 12 December 2022 | 12 December 2022 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | 8 December 2021 | 8 December 2021 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
Accounts filed at Companies House
Company 01861434 has made 40 accounts filings since 1987. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.
| Made up to | Filed on | Type | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 27 October 2025 | Small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)80 pages |
| 31 March 2024 | 23 October 2024 | Small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)72 pages |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 October 2023 | Small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)74 pages |
| 31 March 2022 | 20 December 2022 | Small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)74 pages |
| 31 March 2021 | 10 December 2021 | Small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)74 pages |
| 31 March 2020 | 7 October 2020 | Small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)42 pages |
| 31 March 2019 | 5 October 2019 | Small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)40 pages |
| 31 March 2018 | 10 October 2018 | Small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)35 pages |
| 31 March 2017 | 10 November 2017 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)32 pages |
| 31 March 2016 | 12 December 2016 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages |
| 31 March 2015 | 17 October 2015 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)21 pages |
| 31 March 2014 | 28 November 2014 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages |
| 31 March 2013 | 23 September 2013 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)24 pages |
| 31 March 2012 | 9 July 2012 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)20 pages |
| 31 March 2011 | 11 August 2011 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2010 | 29 December 2010 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2009 | 28 October 2009 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)17 pages |
| 31 March 2008 | 22 December 2008 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)21 pages |
| 31 March 2007 | 12 October 2007 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages |
| 31 March 2006 | 9 October 2006 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages |
| 31 March 2005 | 10 November 2005 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)20 pages |
| 31 March 2004 | 7 September 2004 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)20 pages |
| 31 March 2003 | 23 September 2003 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2002 | 20 August 2002 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)19 pages |
| 31 March 2001 | 10 August 2001 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)16 pages |
| 31 March 2000 | 7 August 2000 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)15 pages |
| 31 March 1999 | 18 August 1999 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 1998 | 18 August 1998 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 1997 | 15 August 1997 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)14 pages |
| 31 March 1996 | 5 August 1996 | Full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)12 pages |
| 31 March 1995 | 25 July 1995 | Full accounts | Not online |
| 31 March 1994 | 11 August 1994 | Small accounts | Not online |
| 31 March 1993 | 24 August 1993 | Full accounts | Not online |
| 31 March 1992 | 7 September 1992 | Full accounts | Not online |
| 31 March 1991 | 6 August 1991 | Full accounts | Not online |
| 31 March 1990 | 21 November 1990 | Full accounts | Not online |
| 31 March 1989 | 16 August 1989 | Full accounts | Not online |
| 31 March 1988 | 8 November 1988 | Full accounts | Not online |
| 31 March 1987 | 15 February 1988 | Full accounts | Not online |
| 31 March 1986 | 22 April 1987 | Full accounts | Not online |
Definitions
- Annual return
- The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
- Accounts
- The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
- On time
- Received on or before the due date.
- Late
- Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
- Overdue
- Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
- Qualified accounts
- The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.
Grants
Funding received
10 grantsiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Grants awarded 25 November 2015 to 24 June 2024.Total from published grants
£2m
£2,029,370
Grants
10
published to 360Giving
Funders
5
distinct funders
Latest grant
Jun 2024
24 June 2024
By year
iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.£831k2015
£676k2016
£344k2019
£120k2022
£58k2024
Funders
5 funders| Funder | Grants | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comic Relief | 4 | £1,807,359 | 2015 to 2019 |
| Educational Opportunity Foundation | 3 | £152,872 | 2019 to 2022 |
| EA Foundation | 1 | £49,084 | 2024 |
| Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | 1 | £11,405 | 2019 |
| The James Tudor Foundation | 1 | £8,650 | 2024 |
Grants
newest first| Date | Funder | Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2024 | EA Foundation | Strengthening resilience of parents of children with disabilities - Kenya | £49,084 |
| 26 March 2024 | The James Tudor Foundation | ‘Onse Ana Apunzile' - supporting the health and inclusion of children with disabilities | £8,650 |
| 19 October 2022 | Educational Opportunity Foundation | Able Child Africa - 11 | £59,969 |
| 12 October 2022 | Educational Opportunity Foundation | Able Child Africa - 10 | £59,815 |
| 16 October 2019 | Educational Opportunity Foundation | AbleChildAfrica - 07 | £33,088 |
| 4 September 2019 | Comic Relief | Ready Steady Go: Supporting the early childhood development of children with disabilities in Kenya. | £299,973 |
| 1 April 2019 | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | Disability Inclusive Safeguarding Guidelines | £11,405 |
| 28 September 2016 | Comic Relief | Take All My Friends to School’: Increasing the access, quantity and quality of inclusive education | £494,850 |
| 27 January 2016 | Comic Relief | Sports for Inclusion: Changing the Game for Disabled Children in Kenya | £181,569 |
| 25 November 2015 | Comic Relief | Promoting Inclusive Education for Disabled Children in Uganda Using a 'Child-to-Child' Approach | £830,967 |
Who published this data
Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.
- Comic Relief (4 grants) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Educational Opportunity Foundation (3 grants) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- The James Tudor Foundation (1 grant) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- EA Foundation (1 grant) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Cabinet Office (1 grant) · Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom)
About
Purposes and governing document
Register page (opens in a new tab)Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.
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What it does
Who it helps
How it helps
- Where it operates
- Countries: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Area of benefit
- UNDEFINED as filed
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/11/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/02/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/04/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/02/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/05/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/05/2007 as amended on 14 Apr 2020 as filed - Register history
- 14 May 1985Registered
- Working names
- U S D C, Able Child
- Previous names
- Ablechildafrica, Uganda Society for Disabled Children Limited
Policies the charity says it has
Governing documents at Companies House
- 2 June 2020Certificate of change of name
- 14 April 2020Resolution
- 12 June 2007Memorandum and articles
- 31 May 2007Certificate of change of name
Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.
About
- Website
- www.ablechildafrica.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Able Child Africa
- Registered
- 1985