ABLESTAY

Registered charity 1193470 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

AbleStay's mission is to provide fully accessible holiday accommodation in UK cities where there is currently no provision.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED, BEING THOSE WITH A RANGE OF DISABILITIES, BY THE PROVISION OF FULLY ACCESSIBLE AND DISABILITY FOCUSED HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION IN CITY CENTRES.

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

Causes: Disability · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a strong year of surplus income with manageable repairs and upkeep. Reserves held amount to £128,135, which the trustees intend to hold for future reinvestment. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with no concerns regarding its continuation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 25/09/2024, 87 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 26/07/2023, 26 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 22/09/2022, 84 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles van Berckelchair
• Alexandra Sarah Vere
• Joanna Claire Van Berckel
• Kelly Louise Thoden van Velzen
• Simon Dickinson

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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• JANE GIBSON ALMSHOUSES income £42k
• THE BATHURST CHARITY income £31k
• OSBALDESTON TRUST income £68k
• THE ABERFORD ALMSHOUSES income £177k
• THE ST OSYTH ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £49k
• ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £114k

Side by side with its peers

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