Goalball UK

Analysis

Goalball UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07171285). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Goalball UK reported income of £782k and spending of £787k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £654k to £782k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Goalball UK sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kids Care London (£780k), SRM Foundation (£782k) and Littlelifts (£777k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80% and donations and legacies 13%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £24k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.

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.