The Wheelchair Football Association CIO

Analysis

The Wheelchair Football Association CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Wheelchair Football Association CIO reported income of £318k and spending of £205k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £78k to £318k (+310%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Wheelchair Football Association CIO sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plymstock Community Centre (£318k), Herts Inclusive Theatre (£318k) and Twocan Inclusive Theatre Company Limited (£318k).