Welsh Schools Athletic Association

Analysis

Welsh Schools Athletic Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in December 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Welsh Schools Athletic Association reported income of £19k and spending of £24k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,851 to £19k (+927%), an average of +79% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 823%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Welsh Schools Athletic Association sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Long Buckby Children's Recreation Ground (£19k), Rennington Village Hall (£19k) and 4th Beaconsfield Scout Group (£19k).

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.