SOLENT SHARKS WHEELCHAIR RUGBY CLUB

Registered charity 1209494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TEAM SOLENT SHARKS WHEELCHAIR RUGBY CLUB

We are a community wheelchair rugby club based in Southampton, offering training and competition to anyonewith a permanent physical disability aged 12 and over.

Objects

THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE AGED 12 YEARS AND OVER IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND BY BRINGING SUCH PEOPLE INTO CONTACT WITH THE SPORT OF WHEELCHAIR RUGBY.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net surplus of £58,290 for the period, resulting in total net assets of £58,290. Unrestricted reserves stood at £57,190, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £16,415 (three months' running costs). The trustees confirmed there are 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

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 — Team Solent Sharks Wheelchair Rugby Club (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nigel Roger Mellychair
• Emily Laura Haywood Smith
• Peter John Wells
• Peter Maurice Hull · trustee of 1 other charity
• Vincent Barton

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

Operates in: Dorset · East Sussex · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Somerset · Surrey · West Sussex · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY LIMITED.

• GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY LIMITED income £2.0m
• NORTH WEST WHEELCHAIR RUGBY income £109k
• RUTLAND SAILABILITY income £263k
• SHEVINGTON SHARKS ARLFC income £138k
• GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION income £2.4m
• THE FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT WALES LIMITED income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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