UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITY

Registered charity 1050767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Sport Excel UK, UK SPORTS, UK SPORTS ASSOCIATION, UKSA UKSAPLD

Leading UK national disability sport organisation for people with intellectual impairment. Promotes, facilitates & supports talented athletes to train,compete & excel in national/international sport. Supports National Governing Bodies of sport,influences policy, manages classification & supports GB athletes in/out competition. Member, British Paralympic Ass & GB member of Virtus

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITY BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND ASSISTING THEM IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SPORT AND PHYSICAL RECREATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITY AT A UNITED KINGDOM AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR COMPETITIVE SPORT TO ASSIST IN THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY (B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, TRAINING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITY

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £2,464 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Total unrestricted funds carried forward were £4,841, which the trustees note is below their stated reserves policy target of three months of operating costs. The charity remains unfunded by UK Sport and relies on grants, donations, and voluntary support to deliver its activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Spirit of 2012 — “As well as working with the Home Country Associations, our My Sport, My Voice programme was funded by Spirit of 2012 between 2014-2016.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Genevieve Matilda Crevola Gordon-Thomsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Heffer
• Fiona Reid
• Gary Fraser
• Gavin Macleod
• Lynne Glen

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).