Wales Deaf Bowling Association

Analysis

Wales Deaf Bowling Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wales Deaf Bowling Association reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,900 to £16k (+230%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wales Deaf Bowling Association 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 Bishopston Play Association (£16k), Fangfoss and Bolton Jubilee Park Company (£16k) and Willowhale Community Association (£16k).