LIMBPOWER

Registered charity 1180906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of ambulant disabled people providing or assisting in the provision of facilities to enable such persons to participate in sports in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life by aiding rehabilitation and improving the quality of life through the medium of recreational and competitive sports and arts.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF AMBULANT DISABLED PEOPLE (INDIVIDUALS WITH AN AMPUTATION/S AND/OR IMPAIRMENTS TO THEIR LIMBS) AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EVENTS, RESOURCES AND FACILITIES TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SPORTS AND THE ARTS IN THE INTERESTS OF PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR REHABILITATION AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that LimbPower reported a net deficit of £1,983 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total funds decreasing from £364,309 to £362,326. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £179,737, comprising a general fund of £115,144 and a designated fund of £73,400. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LimbPower (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).

• Sport England — “This website was developed with the kind support of Sport England” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 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 (89% 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: 23.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANET WILLIAMSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Schroeder
• Carl Barrett
• Chris Linnitt
• Ken Black · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Morris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ross Wadey · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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