The Rhondda Polar Bears Disabled Swimming and Sports Club

Analysis

The Rhondda Polar Bears Disabled Swimming and Sports Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mid Glamorgan. It was registered in June 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Rhondda Polar Bears Disabled Swimming and Sports Club reported income of £15k and spending of £16k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £12k to £15k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Rhondda Polar Bears Disabled Swimming and Sports Club sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Stotfold Scout Group (£15k), Boughton Monchelsea Village Hall and Recreation Ground Repair Fund (£15k) and Bradford Peverell Village Hall (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.