Enable Ability
Registered charity 276422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENABLEABILITY, PORTSMOUTH AND DISTRICT CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION, PORTSMOUTH AND DISTRICT SPASTICS SOCIETY, THE CP CENTRE
To provide care, welfare, interest and advancement of disabled people and their families and carers in the locality. To respond to the needs of the above people.Enable Ability has the general aims of contributing to the quality of life of disabled people and those related to them in the greater Portsmouth area.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's financial position remained stable during the year, supported by a deed of gift from the Gosling Foundation. The trustees report that free reserves of £230,000 are slightly below the stated policy target of three months' operating costs, but consider the level sufficient to maintain services. The charity is solvent with no material debt and has implemented stronger financial governance controls.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £230k)
“The Trustees set the general reserves for 24/25 at £278,000, with the aim of ensuring sufficient funds in reserve to cover all services for at least 3 months should there be unforeseen events.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sumer Audit. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Enable Ability (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).
- National Lottery — “We also lost key funding when the National Lottery declined to provide further funding for our employment programme, Inter Activ.” (source page)
- Portsmouth City Council — “Thanks to the support of Portsmouth City Council, our monthly Over 25 Co-production & Social [...]” (source page)
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.
- OSBORN, Andrew John — director, appointed 01/09/2025not on trustee list
- BOWIE, Alan — director, appointed 15/07/2025on trustee list
- ROBERTSON, Peter James — director, appointed 02/07/2024on trustee list
- COLDHAM, Sue — director, appointed 07/03/2024on trustee list
- THOMAS, Mark Alun — director, appointed 07/12/2023not on trustee list
- BLOMERUS, Kerry Marie — director, appointed 25/11/2021on trustee list
- BOWIE, Alison Catherine — director, appointed 16/07/2019on trustee list
- RAMSAY, Drew — director, appointed 04/09/2014on trustee list
- MULLER, Jon Robert — director, appointed 08/09/2011on trustee list
- ELSOM, Stuart — directoron trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Enableability — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 28/08/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (17/08/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (24/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Sue Coldhamchair
- Alan Bowie
- Alison Catherine Bowie
- Andy Osborn
- Drew Ramsay
- JON ROBERT MULLER
- Kerry Marie Blomerus
- Peter Robertson · trustee of 1 other charity
- STUART ELSOM
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hampshire · Portsmouth City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Enable Ability financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position remained stable during the year, supported by a deed of gift from the Gosling Foundation. The trustees report that free reserves of £230,000 are slightly below the stated policy target of three months' operating costs, but consider the level sufficient to maintain services. The charity is solvent with no material debt and has implemented stronger financial governance controls. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Audit.
Who funds Enable Ability?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Enable Ability as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, CROOKHORN.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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