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ARMY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1146256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AWSA

The AWSA's task is to encourage service personnel to participate in Winter Sports; to develop skills in a chosen sport; to test themselves in demanding conditions, thereby fostering self-discipline, fitness, courage and teamwork. Winter Sports contribute directly to military output & fighting spirit, are an essential part of decompression from ops and remain an element of the moral component.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£689k
Latest spending
£629k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed with an estimated surplus of £33,000 for the 2024/25 season, despite forecasting a deficit before additional sponsorship income was secured. The trustees report that the association remains in excellent order and financially stable, although they note ongoing financial pressures and scrutiny from the Army budget.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income for the AWSA was provided from Membership Subscriptions, Army Sport and UKAFWSA Grants and from donations from various companies in the UK through Indirect donations via the ASCB Charitable fund via Mongoose, Direct Sponsorships to the AWSA and from donations from Friends of the AWSA.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one-year’s Army Winter Sports events
“The Charity will endeavour to hold a financial reserve sufficient to cover the minimum running costs of one-year’s Army Winter Sports events.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£689k
Total spending
£629k
Reserves (reported)
£349k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~6.6 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 (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Austria · France · Germany · Norway · Sweden · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£689k£629k
31/05/2024£654k£626k
31/05/2023£581k£568k
31/05/2022£284k£250k
31/05/2021£35k£35k

Common questions

Is ARMY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed with an estimated surplus of £33,000 for the 2024/25 season, despite forecasting a deficit before additional sponsorship income was secured. The trustees report that the association remains in excellent order and financially stable, although they note ongoing financial pressures and scrutiny from the Army budget.

Who funds ARMY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ARMY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include UK ARMED FORCES WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
UK ARMED FORCES WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATIONFY2022£10kSingle Service Grant

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1.1m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UK ARMED FORCES WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ARMY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION£689k—0unclear—no doubt
UK ARMED FORCES WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£584k—0unclear—no doubt
ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION FY2024£211k—0unclear—no doubt
ARMY SAILING ASSOCIATION FY2025£963k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL AIR FORCE HIGH WYCOMBE OFFICERS' MESS FY2025£313k—0above—no doubt
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE WINTER SPORTS ALPINE ASSOCIATION FY2024£592k—0unclear—no doubt

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