WARWICKSHIRE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ACADEMY

Registered charity 1104145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STRATFORD (PLAYERS) WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL CLUB

The relief of disabled people resident in and around the West Midlands area by bringing such people into contact with the sport of wheelchair basketball and other sports and leisure activities. lt will also work were appropriate for the intergration of all disabled people and able-bodied people through sporting and leisure activities.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PEOPLE RESIDENT IN AND AROUND THE WEST MIDLANDS AREA BY BRINGING SUCH PEOPLE INTO CONTACT WITH THE SPORT OF WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL AND OTHER SPORTS AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES. IT WILL ALSO WORK WHERE APPROPRIATE FO THE INTEGRATION OF ALL DISABLED AND ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE THROUGH SPORTING AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Area of benefit: WEST MIDLANDS

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

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£74k
Latest spending
£75k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts were £73,923 against total payments of £87,603, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The charity's unrestricted cash funds decreased from £53,791 to £40,111, leaving it with no restricted or endowment funds.

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 3 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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Warwickshire Bears Wheelchair Basketball (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Sandwell · Solihull · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£74k£75k
31/05/2024£136k£101k
31/05/2023£60k£62k
31/05/2022£31k£29k
31/05/2021£26k£15k

Common questions

Is WARWICKSHIRE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ACADEMY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts were £73,923 against total payments of £87,603, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The charity's unrestricted cash funds decreased from £53,791 to £40,111, leaving it with no restricted or endowment funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WARWICKSHIRE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ACADEMY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WARWICKSHIRE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ACADEMY as a grant recipient include THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION, MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2022£4k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£3k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026amount not statedPeople with Disability

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/03/2025£25kUnrestricted Funding
UK government08/09/2023£7kALB-Sport England-Teen Wheelchair Basketball Development
The National Lottery Community Fund14/04/2022£4kPlatinum Jubilee - Wheelchair Basketball Family Fun Day
Sport England10/03/2022£7kJubilee Fund - Female Wheelchair Basketball
UK government29/07/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£907Wheelchair Basketball: Experiences and Tournament
The National Lottery Community Fund12/09/2019£9kWarwickshire Wheelchair Basketball devel
The National Lottery Community Fund12/06/2018£9kWheelchair Basketball Event
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2016£10kThese girls can: Wheelchair Basketball in Warwickshire
Sport England25/04/2015£9kGrowing Warwickshire Bears Wheelchair Basketball Club
The National Lottery Community Fund10/12/2014£9kWheelchair Basketball in Chelmsley Wood
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2009£9kWarwickshire Wheelchair Basketball Academy
The National Lottery Community Fund07/09/2005£5kNew Basketball Wheelchairs

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WARWICKSHIRE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ACADEMY£74k—0unclear—no doubt
GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
CROSSOVER BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER REVOLUTION WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL CLUB FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt
STEELERS WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL TEAM FY2025£39k—0unclear—noted
LONDON TITANS WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL CLUB FY2025£65k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.