Able Types
| website: | http://www.abletypes.co.uk |
Company details
[Login to edit this information]What does it do?
Offers mailing and secretarial services to small specialist businesses and organisations.How is it social?
Able Types actively seeks to employ and provide work experience to people with employment barriers - particularly those with physical and mental disabilities. For some cases, Able Types provides valuable training and opportunities in a supportive environment, which may be difficult to find elsewhere.
What is its business model?
Able Types is a social firm providing a full range of professional mailing, administration and secretarial services including direct mail, copying, database management, photoprint and word-processing services. The company specialises in lower volume, complex work where it is more economical to use people than automated systems. Clients of the company are frequently small, niche organisations that deal with people with disabilities, elderly groups, specialist housing or similar.
Its history
The company was incorporated in 1980.
More information
| Current shareholders: | 100% owned by Employment for the Disabled, a charitable trust |
| Chair: | Sam Clarke |
| Year of incorporation: | 1980 |
Company snapshot
| Company type: | Ltd |
| Address: | 127 Botley Road, Oxford, GB, OX2 0YD |
| Telephone: | 01865244144 |
| Blog: | |
| CEO: | Nigel Main |
| Industrial sector: | Training and employment |
| Social / Environmental benefit: | Disabled people; Employee rights and welfare; |
| Certifications: | Not Applicable; |
| Social business sector: | Education and Training; |
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