London Ability

Analysis

London Ability is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01984355). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, London Ability reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.2m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.4m (+0.6%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, London Ability sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skills for People (£1.4m), Disability Action Yorkshire (£1.4m) and Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 3.3% and donations and legacies 2.1%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £681k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.