The British Wheelchair Sports Foundation Limited

Analysis

The British Wheelchair Sports Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aylesbury. It was registered in April 1973, 53 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 01059490). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The British Wheelchair Sports Foundation Limited reported income of £795k and spending of £1.2m, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £648k to £795k (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The British Wheelchair Sports Foundation Limited 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 The Almshouses of John Isbury and Jacob Hardrett (£794k), The Odell Trust (£796k) and Band of Builders (£794k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 55%, trading 40%, investments 4.0% and charitable activities 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £128. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £350k would cover about 3 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.