Great Yarmouth and Waveney Special Olympians

Analysis

Great Yarmouth and Waveney Special Olympians is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Yarmouth. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under disability. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Great Yarmouth and Waveney Special Olympians reported income of £17k and spending of £4,244, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £5,557 to £17k (+210%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Great Yarmouth and Waveney Special Olympians sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chesterfield Miners' Welfare Fund Society (£17k), The Mothers Union (Diocese of Lincoln Branch) (£17k) and Richmond & Catterick Group Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving (£17k).