The Uphill Ski Club of Great Britain

Analysis

The Uphill Ski Club of Great Britain is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aviemore. It was registered in June 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01681335). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Uphill Ski Club of Great Britain reported income of £834k and spending of £844k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £834k to £834k (+0.1%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 183%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Uphill Ski Club of Great Britain 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 House of Light Trust Limited (£834k), Imam Ali Foundation (£836k) and Friends of Chosen Yeshias (£832k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56%, donations and legacies 32% and trading 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £8,498. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £84k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 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.