OSCR Scottish charity profile

AbilityNet

ActiveCharity number SC039866
Registered12 September 2008
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC039866
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
76
Postcode
CV34 6WE

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the promotion of equality and diversity
  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people
  • Older People
  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other charities or voluntary bodies

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The Charity's objects ('the Objects') are: (i) To promote the relief of persons with physical sensory or mental disabilities, to develop their physical and mental capabilities in particular, but not exclusively by the use of computers. (ii) To advance the education of the public in the use of computers in particular for people with disabilities. (iii) To promote and undertake research and to disseminate the useful results in to the use of computers and associated equipment in particular but not exclusively for disabled persons. (iv) To encourage and promote the use of computers to enhance the well being and fulfilment of people with physical sensory or mental disabilities and to develop their physical and mental capacities. (v) To advance education in the use of computers in particular for people with disabilities. (vi) To promote research into aids needed by disabled persons to read, write and generally communicate. (vii) To provide or assist in the provision of information and advice of any type to improve the conditions of life of disabled persons. (viii) To advance and promote for the public. benefit research into the use, of computers and associated equipment, in particular (without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing) for disabled persons. (ix) To assist disabled persons to acquire the use of aids to communicate whether by purchase or hire or otherwise. (x) To provide scholarships for or otherwise remunerate persons carrying out such research and to disseminate the useful results of such research for the benefit of the public.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£4,985,137£4,722,4777617 August 2026
31 December 2024£4,332,582£4,514,6747626 August 2025
31 December 2023£4,554,827£5,225,2537630 September 2024
31 December 2022£5,727,697£5,582,7397620 June 2023
31 December 2021£5,881,624£4,981,2997628 June 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Suite 33 Pure Offices, Plato Close, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.abilitynet.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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