British Wheelchair Athletics Association

Analysis

British Wheelchair Athletics Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leyland. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, British Wheelchair Athletics Association reported income of £14k and spending of £14k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,280 to £14k (+498%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 449%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, British Wheelchair Athletics Association sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hensman Hall Disabilities Club (£14k), Westbury Shed (£14k) and Lyrics and Lunch Network (£14k).