THE WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CIO

Registered charity 1161260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WFA

The Wheelchair Football Association (WFA) is the lead organisation for the sport of Powerchair Football in England. The WFA aim to ensure that Powerchair Football is accessible to its target audience. We encourage and promote the sport of Powerchair Football with the object of improving conditions of life and to assist in their integration into the game of football and to society as a whole.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE WFA CIO ARE TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION, IN PARTICULAR THE SPORT OF WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL DISABLED PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR NON-COMPETITIVE AND COMPETITIVE SPORT TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS AND ASSIST IN THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £123,323, which the trustees view as sufficient to meet objectives and safeguard the future. The charity reported a net income increase and strong growth in engagement metrics, supported by substantial donations and grants.

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 4 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Jack Dowding
• CATHERINE MCNICOL
• Christopher Cook OBE
• Jack Humphries
• Jon Bolding
• LEE BRENNAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• MATTHEW STEVENS · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL GORMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Evans

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 ENGLAND AMPUTEE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

• ENGLAND AMPUTEE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION income £175k
• SUFFOLK COUNTY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £950k
• LEICESTER WHEELS FOR ALL income £138k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION income £229k
• GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION income £2.4m
• CREWE FC income £259k

Side by side with its peers

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