PHAB LIMITED

Registered charity 283931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PHAB, PHAB ENGLAND

Phab supports a network of around 150 clubs in all age ranges, offering activities which all members can share and enjoy together. Phab runs the Integrated Living Experiences and Skills for Independence projects at fully accessible activity centres. Phab organises conferences and forums across the regions, with workshops, training, advice and group discussions.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£965k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,450,310 against expenditure of £965,386, resulting in a net movement in funds of £484,924. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £202,289, which the trustees note are below their policy target of the lower of £330,000 or six months of unrestricted expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“No employee earned over £60,000 in the year, nor in the previous financial year.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: lower of £330,000 or six-month’s unrestricted expenditure (held: £202k)
“The Board’s policy continues to be to progressively increase reserves to the lower of either £330,000- or six-month’s unrestricted expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Relatives of key management personnel paid for website services
“During the year relatives of key management personnel were paid £8,170 for website services (2023: nil)” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£965k
Cost of raising funds
£331k
Reserves (reported)
£202k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£965k
31/03/2024£731k£880k
31/03/2023£644k£585k
31/03/2022£462k£559k
31/03/2021£549k£613k

Common questions

Is PHAB LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £1,450,310 against expenditure of £965,386, resulting in a net movement in funds of £484,924. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £202,289, which the trustees note are below their policy target of the lower of £330,000 or six months of unrestricted expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of PHAB LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds PHAB LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PHAB LIMITED as a grant recipient include CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2024£198kTogether We Are Phab
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2022£10kinclusive residential project with activities
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation18/03/2022£34kInclusive Living Experience (ILX) Residential Projects
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2015£10kHearts and Wheels Project - Wheelchair Dance Sport through Phab
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2012£8kStep Up Project
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2006£10kIntegrated Living Experience
The National Lottery Community Fund04/07/2006£10kintegrated living experience

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PATCHWORK PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PHAB LIMITED£1.5mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
PATCHWORK PROJECT FY2025£263k—0unclear—no doubt
PAUL'S PLACE (SOUTH WEST) FY2025£1.2m——above—no doubt
Integrating FY2025£334k—0unclear—no doubt
PALLION ACTION GROUP FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
FAB (FAMILIES' ACTIVITY BREAKS) FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt

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