LEEDS POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL CLUB (LPFC)

Registered charity 1184326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEEDS PFC, LEEDS POWERCHAIR FC

LPFC provides powerchair football opportunities for people with a disability. The club provides weekly coaching sessions and playing opportunities across a range of local, regional and national leagues. Based in Leeds the club is able to offer powerchair football for people right across the county.All coaches are FA qualified and all staff are DBS Certified. No one is ever turned away!

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PERSONS BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES TO PLAY POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL FOR ENJOYMENT AND COMPETITION.

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

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with unrestricted reserves of £25,679.27 after accounting for restricted funds. The trustees note that while running costs are stable, there is a noted risk regarding the long-term affordability and availability of facility hire due to the cost of living crisis. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Reserves are held when funders have specified item such as sports powerchairs (held: £26k)
“Reserves are held when funders have specified item such as sports powerchairs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“We are stable in terms of running costs our greatest threat is facility hire. We cannot be assured that facilities will be available (school sports halls) or that any increases by lenders will be affordable in the long term.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leeds Powerchair Football Club (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£52k£48k
05/04/2024£31k£25k
05/04/2023£27k£54k
05/04/2022£64k£33k
05/04/2021£11k£21k

Common questions

Is LEEDS POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL CLUB (LPFC) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the period with unrestricted reserves of £25,679.27 after accounting for restricted funds. The trustees note that while running costs are stable, there is a noted risk regarding the long-term affordability and availability of facility hire due to the cost of living crisis. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2021£3kLeeds Powerchair FC (LPFC) Return2Football
Sport England07/07/2021£5kPowerchair Football Sessions
Sport England28/04/2020£1kToyota Parasport Fund - LPFC Equipment