THE BRITISH PARALYMPIC ASSOCIATION
Registered charity 802385 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) is a registered charity which is responsible for selecting, preparing, entering, funding and managing Britain' s teams at the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games. The Paralympic Games take place once every four years (with a Winter Games two years after each summer edition of the Games) in the same city and year as the Olympic Games.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity closed the year with unrestricted reserves of £5.8 million, which is ahead of its Paris reserves target and exceeds the minimum level required by its reserves policy. Per the trustees' report, the organization is in a healthy financial position with strong secured income, allowing it to confidently plan for the upcoming Los Angeles and Brisbane Games cycles.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Paralympic Association (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.6m
Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (74% 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: 16.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Daniel Roderick Villaret Brookechair
- Anna Wafula Strike
- Christopher John Brown
- David Ross · trustee of 1 other charity
- Fred Hargreaves OBE
- Helen Rowbotham
- Helene Raynsford · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kate Adams
- Michael William Cavendish
- Simon Philip Michaelides · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sophie Margaret Christiansen
- Timothy Philip Hollingsworth
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BRITISH PARALYMPIC ASSOCIATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with unrestricted reserves of £5.8 million, which is ahead of its Paris reserves target and exceeds the minimum level required by its reserves policy. Per the trustees' report, the organization is in a healthy financial position with strong secured income, allowing it to confidently plan for the upcoming Los Angeles and Brisbane Games cycles. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Who funds THE BRITISH PARALYMPIC ASSOCIATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH PARALYMPIC ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include The Ross Foundation, MCGRATH TAYLOR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PENNIES FOUNDATION, SEAVIEW CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RISMAN FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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