Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association

Analysis

Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughborough. It was registered in November 2011, 15 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 07614906). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.6m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.4m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Sunderland (£2.4m), Kids Out UK (£2.4m) and Share Community Limited (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88%, trading 7.2% and charitable activities 4.5%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £161k. Reserves of £376k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.