# Herts Ability Limited

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1059015
- **Other names:** HERTFORDSHIRE ACTION ON DISABILITY, HERTFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DISABLED, HAD, HERTS ACTION ON DISABILITY, Herts Ability
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 6, 1996
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1059015


## Contact

- **Address:** Herts Ability, Suit 4 Wentworth Lodge, Great North Road, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, Hertfordshire
- **Postcode:** AL8 7SR
- **Phone:** 07802715853
- **Email:** driving@hertsability.org.uk
- **Website:** www.hertsability.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** To relieve and assist people with physical and cognitive difficulties, as well as those people with reduced mobility, or those who may be vulnerable to such conditions by reason of age or illness, in any way which shall, for the time being, be charitable in law. We will do this by: (a) promoting the improvement of standards of driving, and the advancement of road safety and travel; (b) the provision and assessment of equipment; (c) providing advice and signposting to clients, which could provide a springboard to other activities; and (d) promoting and organising co-operation with other authorities and voluntary organisations in the achievement of the above objectives.

**Activities:** Herts Ability provides services to disabled people in Hertfordshire and the surrounding counties. Driving Tuition and Assessment for disabled drivers.Equipment, advice and retail service. Information and advice.Benefits Advice.

**Area of benefit:** PRIMARILY IN THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Barnet
- Bedford
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Enfield
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Hillingdon
- Luton
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £748595 | £748412 | £385067 | 21 |
| March 31, 2024 | £705506 | £691250 | £381585 | 24 |
| March 31, 2023 | £672211 | £555942 | £358370 | 20 |
| March 31, 2022 | £517062 | £486541 | £245900 | 17 |
| March 31, 2021 | £532461 | £516816 | £823416 | 16 |



## Trustees

- **Nigel Thomas Dotchin** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 9, 2014
- Amy Garrison — appointed June 6, 2019
- Andrew Picken OBE — appointed Feb. 3, 2016
- Bethany McNeil — appointed Aug. 1, 2019
- Dr Alka Chandrayan — appointed Dec. 4, 2023
- Patricia Anne Read — appointed Nov. 1, 2017
- Vivien Arey — appointed Nov. 4, 2021