Enable Ability

Analysis

Enable Ability is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in April 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01405937). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Enable Ability reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.5m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £892k to £1.6m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Enable Ability sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Croydon Voluntary Action (£1.6m), Cacdp (£1.6m) and The Green Corridor (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 17% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £245k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 72 people.