THE FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT WALES LIMITED

Registered charity 1144663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DISABILITY SPORT WALES, FEDERATION DISABILITY SPORT WALES

ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION OF SPORT AND RECREATION FOR THE DISABLED IN WALES.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity produced a total deficit for the year of £48,768, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing to £346,122. The trustees report that the financial activity was delivered within budget and that full Financial Self Assurance as part of the Sport Wales Capability Framework has been completed. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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

Reserves policy: three months essential operating costs (held: £346k)
“The reserves policy as agreed by Trustees is three months essential operating costs.” — page 99
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Disability Sport Wales Management Company Limited
“Disability Sport Wales Management Company Limited is a wholly owned trading subsidiary of The Federation of Disability Sport Wales Ltd and its principal activity is sports administration and trading. During 2024/2025 the company was dormant.” — page 98
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Disability Sport Wales (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

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

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£24k
Reserves (reported)
£342k
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.2m

Common questions

Is THE FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT WALES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity produced a total deficit for the year of £48,768, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing to £346,122. The trustees report that the financial activity was delivered within budget and that full Financial Self Assurance as part of the Sport Wales Capability Framework has been completed. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLYTH VALLEY DISABLED FORUM LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT WALES LIMITED£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
BLYTH VALLEY DISABLED FORUM LIMITED FY2025£3.0m—0below—no doubt
ENGLISH FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT FY2025£3.0m——unclear—no doubt
DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£599k—0above—no doubt
FEDCAP UK FY2025£42.9m——below—no doubt

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