NORTH WEST WHEELCHAIR RUGBY

Registered charity 1070676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH WEST RHINOS, WEST COAST CRASH

To promote the sport of wheelchair rugby in the North West of England. To provide coaching from grass roots level to elite GB level with assistance from wheelchair rugby's governing body, the GBWR. To provide quality rehabilitation opportunities for patients at the "North West Regional Spinal Injuries Unit" based in Southport.

Objects

THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE RESIDENT IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND BY BRINGING SUCH PEOPLE INTO CONTACT WITH THE SPORT OF WHEELCHAIR, RUGBY AND OTHER SPORTS AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Area of benefit: NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND

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 · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £101,918, while total cash funds stood at £168,171. The charity reports steady membership growth and active participation in competitions. No material deficits or going concern uncertainties are disclosed.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2024 (received 21/05/2025, 82 days after the 28/02/2025 due date); year ending 30/04/2023 (received 09/03/2024, 9 days after the 29/02/2024 due date); year ending 30/04/2022 (received 04/03/2023, 4 days after the 28/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chris Ellis Chairmanchair
• DAWN WATSON
• LEE STUTELY
• RYAN COWLING PLAYER Rep

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON WHEELCHAIR RUGBY CLUB.

• LONDON WHEELCHAIR RUGBY CLUB income £84k
• GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY LIMITED income £2.0m
• LEICESTER TIGERS WHEELCHAIR RUGBY CLUB income £148k
• OSPREYS WHEELCHAIR RUGBY income £85k
• WESTCOUNTRY HAWKS WHEELCHAIR RUGBY CLUB income £30k
• GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

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