Herts Ability Limited

Registered charity 1059015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAD, HERTFORDSHIRE ACTION ON DISABILITY, HERTFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISABLED, HERTS ACTION ON DISABILITY, Herts Ability

Herts Ability provides services to disabled people in Hertfordshire and the surrounding counties. Driving Tuition and Assessment for disabled drivers.Equipment, advice and retail service. Information and advice.Benefits Advice.

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Latest income

£749k

Latest spending

£748k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a trading surplus of £3,482 and unrestricted reserves of £385,067, which the trustees consider to be at a manageable level of 6.2 months of expenditure. While the charity acknowledges a tough funding environment and the cessation of some government grants, it confirms that going concern is an appropriate basis for the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around 6 months of expenditure (held: £385k)

“Historically, the charity has taken the view that the reserves held should ideally be equal to around 6 months of expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 16

“During the year £Nil (2024: £Nil) travel expenses were reimbursed to trustees. There are no other related party transactions that require disclosure.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Herts Ability (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£749k

Total spending

£748k

Reserves (reported)

£385k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Nigel Thomas Dotchinchair
Amy Garrison
Andrew Picken OBE · trustee of 2 other charities
Bethany McNeil
Dr Alka Chandrayan
Patricia Anne Read
Vivien Arey

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Barnet · Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Cambridgeshire · Enfield · Essex · Hertfordshire · Hillingdon · Luton · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£749k	£748k
31/03/2024	£706k	£691k
31/03/2023	£672k	£556k
31/03/2022	£517k	£487k
31/03/2021	£532k	£517k

Common questions

Is Herts Ability Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a trading surplus of £3,482 and unrestricted reserves of £385,067, which the trustees consider to be at a manageable level of 6.2 months of expenditure. While the charity acknowledges a tough funding environment and the cessation of some government grants, it confirms that going concern is an appropriate basis for the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£8k
AGE UK	1	£478k
THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£46k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£30k
THE POWELL FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£26k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£26k
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND	1	£25k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Helping Herts.

Helping Herts income £277k
Enable Ability income £1.6m
CanalAbility income £115k
London Ability income £1.4m
HERTSMERE MENCAP income £183k
DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD. income £10.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Herts Ability Limited	£749k	—	above	—	no doubt
Helping Herts FY2025	£277k	—	above	—	no doubt
Enable Ability FY2025	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CanalAbility FY2025	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
London Ability FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTSMERE MENCAP FY2025	£183k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.