SPECIAL OLYMPICS GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 800329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOGB, SPECIAL OLYMPICS GB, SPECIAL OLYMPICS UK · also registered in Scotland as SC052090 (OSCR)

Providing year round sports training and competition opportunities to children and adults with intellectual (learning disabilities). Currently the charity serves 8000 athletes annually supported by over 2800 volunteers.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted and undesignated reserves were negative (£55,401) at the end of the year, falling significantly below the trustees' stated policy target of £245,843. The trustees acknowledge a challenging fundraising environment and note that the charity relies on additional donated income to cover national office expenditure, though they remain confident in its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Special Olympics Great Britain (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).

• Coca Cola Great Britain — “Founding Partner --> Coca Cola Great Britain” (source page)
• Coca Cola Europacific Partners — “Official Partners --> Coca Cola Europacific Partners” (source page)
• Mitsubishi Electric — “--> Mitsubishi Electric” (source page)
• Sport England — “Strategic Partners --> Sport England” (source page)
• ESPN — “Project Partners --> ESPN” (source page)
• Angilou Genuine French Furniture — “--> Angilou Genuine French Furniture” (source page)
• Manor Farm Feeds — “--> Manor Farm Feeds” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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: 10.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/03/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL RICHARDSONchair
• ANDREW LEE TOPEN
• Alison Rayson
• Andy Young
• Ben Edward Powers
• Caitlin Eileen Ryan
• Charles Joachim Classen
• Dr Jason William Crabtree
• Emma Louise Rose
• Geoffrey Nicholas · trustee of 2 other charities
• KIERA BYLAND

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

• GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION income £2.4m
• MULTI AGENCY INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT income £123k
• PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORT income £1.2m
• TIMPERLEY AMATEUR BOXING CLUB income £31k
• GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY LIMITED income £2.0m
• THE BRITISH SPORTS TRUST income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.