BOCCIA ENGLAND LIMITED

Registered charity 1139174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Boccia England is the governing body for the sport of Boccia in England. We support, organize and promote the sport. Boccia is a target sport that tests muscle control and accuracy, demanding extreme skill and concentration at the highest level.Played on a court by athletes with a disability, the sport offers both tension and excitement as athletes aim to land balls close to a target ball.

Objects

3 1 THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION INPARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PLAYINGOF BOCCIA3 2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF ALLRESIDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE SPORT OF BOCCIA REGARDLESS OFTHEIR RACE, GENDER OR DISABILITY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES ANDEQUIPMENT FOR THE SPORT OF BOCCIA3 3 THE RELIEF OF NEED OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN PARTICULAR BY THEPROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PLAYING OF BOCCIA3 4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF BOCCIA AS AN AMATEUR SPORT BY THE PROVISION OFFACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE SPORT OF BOCCIA

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North West Leicestershire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £295,617 at the year end, with no restricted funds remaining as all were expended within the financial year. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year, supported by incoming resources of £590,856 against expenditures of £605,444. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Gannonchair
• Christopher Lee
• MICHAEL BALLANTYNE · trustee of 1 other charity
• NAEMAN ANWAR SYMONDS-BAIG
• Owen Watson
• Robert James Christopher Aubry
• Samantha Rock

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 DISABILITY AWARENESS WITH SPORT.

• DISABILITY AWARENESS WITH SPORT income £36k
• BRITISH BLIND SPORT income £526k
• UK DEAF SPORT income £386k
• DISABILITY SPORTS COACH income £401k
• THE NATIONAL COACHING FOUNDATION income £6.7m
• BALL OUT COMMUNITY income £105k

Side by side with its peers

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