GOALBALL UK

Registered charity 1136892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC045967 (OSCR)

To raise the profile of goalball throughout the UK, promote participation in the sport and achieve success on the international stage.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £23,645, which is below the charity's stated policy target of three to six months' non-project expenditure. Despite this shortfall, the trustees are confident in meeting future commitments, supported by a surplus in the grass roots fund and new UK Sport funding for the performance strand starting in April 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Affinia. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — GOALBALL UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• HCB Solicitors — “HCB Solicitors supports the Goalballathon” (source page)
• Goalfix Sports — “Goalfix Sports sponsors an hour of the Goalballathon” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian James Clarkechair
• Adam William Knott
• Allegra Fowler-Wright
• Chelsea Rebecca Hudson
• Dr Lisa Meryl Gannon
• EMMA ELIZABETH HENWOOD
• LAUREN KOCHER
• Mark Keith Winder

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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