ABILITYNET

Registered charity 1067673 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC039866 (OSCR)

Providing support and help to people of all ages with physical motor sensory or mental disabilities to develop their capabilities by the use of computers, tablets and mobile devices and associated equipment and software. Providing online resources to the public in the use of computers, tablets and mobile devices for people with disabilities and by promoting and undertaking relevant research.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£5.0m

Latest spending

£4.7m

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £182,092 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £4,332,582 and outgoing resources of £4,514,674. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,405,319, providing 4.0 months' cover of average running costs, which is below the stated policy target of five months. The trustees are satisfied that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £109,814 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“The highest paid member of the senior management team received benefits of £109,814 (2023: £155,304).”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: five months’ cover of the charity’s day to day average running costs (held: £1.4m)

“The charity’s ambition in the medium to longer term is to provide five months’ cover of the charity’s day to day average running costs.” — page 14

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £155,304 (FY2023) to £109,814 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

BT Group — “As part of our partnership with BT Group , we're offering free Digital Skills workshops for disabled adults and older people” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£5.0m

Total spending

£4.7m

Reserves (reported)

£1.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (31/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON ORSI
Connor Josey
Douglas Silverstone · trustee of 1 other charity
Evyan Davis-George
IBM UK LTD
Leigh Smyth
MICHAEL JAMES EVASON
MRS SUZIE WOODHAMS
Owen Gerard Purcell
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS' COMPANY
Uziel Ganotice Alvarez · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£5.0m	£4.7m
31/12/2024	£4.3m	£4.5m
31/12/2023	£4.6m	£5.2m
31/12/2022	£5.7m	£5.6m
31/12/2021	£5.9m	£5.0m

Common questions

Is ABILITYNET financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a loss of £182,092 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £4,332,582 and outgoing resources of £4,514,674. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,405,319, providing 4.0 months' cover of average running costs, which is below the stated policy target of five months. The trustees are satisfied that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ABILITYNET earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £109,814 band.

Who funds ABILITYNET?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ABILITYNET as a grant recipient include THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS CHARITY	FY2021	£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/11/2020	£7k	AbilityNet
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/04/2020	£8k	AbilityNet
City Bridge Foundation	09/09/2010	£150k	Grant to AbilityNet
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2007	£248k	Wales Remote Assessment Project (WRAP)
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/12/2006	£10k	Parents Assistive Technology Information Clinics (PATIC)
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/10/2005	£176k	Remote Assessment Project
Northern Rock Foundation	09/12/2003	£90k	Grant awarded to Abilitynet (North East)

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
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	3	£8k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£91k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	2	£6k
THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£72k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k
YOUNG MANCHESTER	1	£35k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£26k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Enable Ability.

Enable Ability income £1.6m
ABILITY NORTH LONDON income £640k
MAXABILITY income £207k
EVERYONE CAN income £160k
DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD. income £10.4m
EnrichAbility income £121k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ABILITYNET	£5.0m	£109,814	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Enable Ability FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ABILITY NORTH LONDON FY2024	£640k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MAXABILITY FY2025	£207k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EVERYONE CAN FY2025	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD. FY2025	£10.4m	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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