THE BRITISH WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 265498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BWSF, BWSF (BRITISH WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FOUNDATION), SPORTING CHANCE APPEAL, THE BRITISH PARAPLEGIC SPORTS SOCIETY LIMITED, WHEEL APPEAL, WHEELPOWER

Latest income

£795k

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1973

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£795k

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£205k

Reserves (reported)

£350k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Robert Wilsonchair
Christopher Ralph Scott OBE
Janette Louise Wynn
Lord Stewart James Jackson
Nigel Roberts
Pauline Betteridge · trustee of 1 other charity
ROBIN VANDELEUR COURAGE MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Deborah Jane Hodge
Richard James de Paravicini Land
SUE WOLSTENHOLME · trustee of 2 other charities
TONY GARRETT

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£795k	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£1.3m
31/03/2023	£766k	£1.2m
31/03/2022	£679k	£1.1m
31/03/2021	£648k	£928k

Common questions

Who funds THE BRITISH WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FOUNDATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FOUNDATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION, THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE STRATTON NO2 CHARITABLE FUND, THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST, ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION	FY2022	£25k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£12k
THE STRATTON NO2 CHARITABLE FUND	FY2024	£10k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE OLDHURST TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE LYNDAL TREE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE STEWARTS LAW FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE OLDHURST TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE OLDHURST TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£2k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE BELLASIS TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/04/2015	£10k	"National Paralympic Heritage Project"