ABILITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 271547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision, by construction or conversion, and the management of housing and support services for people with disabilities and others in housing need

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£11.0m

Latest spending

£10.8m

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £338k, a decrease from £453k in the prior year, driven by one-off legal costs and increased staff costs. Reserves increased to £17,831k, and the charity remains compliant with all lenders' covenants while holding a cash balance of £2,338k.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01261380

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.

MELGAARD, Kristian — director, appointed 18/03/2026on trustee list
RINALDI, Stefano — director, appointed 18/03/2026on trustee list
BARKER, Nicholas Peter — director, appointed 20/03/2024on trustee list
ABDRASILOV, Rinat — director, appointed 22/03/2023on trustee list
VAN ASWEGEN, Lynsey Karen — director, appointed 21/04/2021not on trustee list
DUNSTAN, Mandy — director, appointed 21/04/2021not on trustee list
GAGLANI, Vimal — director, appointed 21/04/2021on trustee list
JENNINGS, Tim — director, appointed 21/04/2021not on trustee list
ANDREWS, Marcus — secretary, appointed 13/01/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

177 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (73 freehold); recorded price paid £8.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Ability Housing Association — Registered, 9 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 21/01/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income

£11.0m

Total spending

£10.8m

Reserves (reported)

£17.8m

Employees

132

Reported reserves equal ~19.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (3.8%) (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).

Your Ability - Slough: Good (15/03/2019) · CQC record
Rosedene and Your Ability Surrey: Good (17/02/2022) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (30/05/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Amanda Dunstanchair
Kristian Melgaard
Lynsey Van Aswegen
Nicholas Barker
Rinat ABDRASILOV
Stefano Rinaldi
Timothy Jennings
Vimal Gaglani

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Dorset · Hampshire · Hillingdon · Merton · Reading · Slough · Surrey · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£11.0m	£10.8m
30/09/2024	£10.8m	£10.1m
30/09/2023	£10.1m	£10.0m
30/09/2022	£9.7m	£9.6m
30/09/2021	£10.6m	£10.2m

Common questions

Is ABILITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £338k, a decrease from £453k in the prior year, driven by one-off legal costs and increased staff costs. Reserves increased to £17,831k, and the charity remains compliant with all lenders' covenants while holding a cash balance of £2,338k. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

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 FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INDEPENDENT HOUSING UK LTD.

INDEPENDENT HOUSING UK LTD income £9.2m
ACTION HOUSING AND SUPPORT LIMITED income £6.9m
FORWARD HOUSING income £2.5m
CALICO HOMES LIMITED income £35.2m
CARE HOUSING ASSOCIATION income £8.2m
HALAS HOMES income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ABILITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION	£11.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INDEPENDENT HOUSING UK LTD FY2025	£9.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ACTION HOUSING AND SUPPORT LIMITED FY2025	£6.9m	£110,001 - £120,000	1	below	—	no doubt
FORWARD HOUSING FY2025	£2.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CALICO HOMES LIMITED FY2025	£35.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARE HOUSING ASSOCIATION FY2025	£8.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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