GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY LIMITED

Registered charity 1130038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of disabled people by the promotion of Wheelchair Rugby in Great Britain.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves at the end of the year were £10,000,000, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a surplus of £500,000 for the year, indicating strong financial performance and sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£206k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.0m£2.0m
31/03/2024£2.6m£2.7m
31/03/2023£1.9m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2021£534k£686k

Common questions

Is GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free reserves at the end of the year were £10,000,000, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a surplus of £500,000 for the year, indicating strong financial performance and sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England03/04/2025£125kSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England27/01/2025£122kSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England03/04/2024£105kSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England27/04/2023£105kSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England27/05/2022£1.9mSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England09/05/2022£105kSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England14/06/2021£273kNGB Funding 2017-21 (Rollover)
Sport England19/04/2021£165kNGB Funding 2017-21 (Rollover)
Sport England03/04/2020£165kNGB Funding 2017-21
Sport England12/04/2019£165kNGB Funding 2017-21
Sport England05/04/2018£165kNGB Funding 2017-21
Sport England28/04/2017£1.1mNGB Funding 2017-21
Sport England08/03/2017£165kNGB Funding 2017-21
Sport England08/04/2016£194kNGB Funding 2013-17
Sport England02/03/2016£39kIndoor GPS and Camera System for GB Wheelchair Rugby
The National Lottery Community Fund08/06/2015£5kRUGBY WHEELS in Wales
Greater London Authority13/05/2015£40kGrant to Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Limited
Sport England09/04/2015£203kNGB Funding 2013-17
Sport England26/03/2015£250kNGB Funding 2013-17
Sport England16/03/2015£8kNGB Governance Support 2013-15
Sport England07/10/2014£85kMajor Events - World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge 2015
Sport England23/09/2014£30kNGB Funding 2013-17
Sport England09/04/2014£205kNGB Funding 2013-17
Sport England04/03/2014£8kNGB Governance Support 2013-14
Sport England22/04/2013£202kNGB Funding 2013-17

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
GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY LIMITED£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST WHEELCHAIR RUGBY FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT WALES LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON RUGBY LEAGUE FOUNDATION FY2025£145k—0above100583.0%no doubt
EARTHBEAT LTD FY2025£544k—0above—no doubt

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