Handcycling Association of the United Kingdom

Analysis

Handcycling Association of the United Kingdom is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Handcycling Association of the United Kingdom reported income of £16k and spending of £8,717, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,846 to £16k (+770%), an average of +72% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 541%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Handcycling Association of the United Kingdom sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Washington Recreation Ground Charity (£16k), Weedon Sports Association (£16k) and 1st Almondsbury St Mary's Scout Group (£16k).