ABLE (ACTION FOR A BETTER LIFE)

Registered charity 1068536 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

care in the community for persons with complex mental health problems. ABLE manages 23 bed spaces in registered homes and supported houses.

Objects

TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING AND REHABILITATING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER OR CONDITIONS OF MENTAL DISTRESS REQUIRING ADVICE OR TREATMENT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £476,821 at 31 March 2025, which the trustees consider to be an appropriate level in line with their policy of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The charity generated a net income surplus of £26,986 for the year, and the independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view without identifying any material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Frost Wiltshire LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03514112

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ADAMS, Lyn — director, appointed 17/07/2017on trustee list
• ADAMS, Richard — director, appointed 17/07/2017on trustee list
• REGELOUS, Wallace — director, appointed 17/07/2017on trustee list
• HUTCHISON, Annie — director, appointed 09/06/2016not on trustee list
• AL-BADER, Gillian Margaret — director, appointed 15/10/2015not on trustee list
• FLOWER, Martha — director, appointed 22/05/2006not on trustee list
• FLOWER, Deborah — secretary, appointed 10/04/2015

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: ABLE (Action for a Better Life) — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 24/02/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Glanmor: Good (20/05/2026) · CQC record
• ABLE (Action for a Better Life) - 57 King Street: Good (14/04/2023) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Nigel Cox
• Gaynor Vale
• Jonathon Palmer
• Karen Cox
• Lyn Adams
• Richard Adams
• Wallace Regelous

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED.

• BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED income £2.6m
• Enable Ability income £1.6m
• Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind income £11.6m
• RESPONSE ORGANISATION income £17.6m
• BLUE PITS HOUSING ACTION income £1.4m
• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m

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