The World Speedway Riders Association

Analysis

The World Speedway Riders Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The World Speedway Riders Association reported income of £54k and spending of £63k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £54k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The World Speedway Riders Association sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include An African Dream (£54k), South Yorkshire English Springer Spaniel Rescue (£54k) and Maa Foundation (£54k).

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.