Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION 

Providing opportunities for people with lower limb disabilities to participate in and enjoy sport through wheelchair basketball. Activities include the development in a community, school and university setting, developing facilitators and coaches, empowering people with disabilities at all ages to engage in sport and life, providing an inspirational group of role models and transforming lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,805£1,919£-115£10£684£3322.113130
31/03/22£1,983£1,706£277£17£799£3312.3130
31/03/21£1,512£1,432£80£0£523£3032.5140
31/03/20£2,101£2,025£76£8£443£2941.7177
31/03/19£2,168£2,253£-85£0£368£2121.121200
31/03/18£2,009£1,883£126£0£453£1200.8180
31/03/17£2,101£2,328£-227£0£326£2671.4220
31/03/16*£3,000£3,000£0£29£554£3891.6220
31/03/15£2,402£2,211£191£74£1,047£2141.2220
31/03/14£1,674£1,655£19£76£855£4513.3170
31/03/13£1,834£1,741£93£149£837£5093.5170

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 12 years

www.britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk

membership@britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk

01509279900

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 13 employees
  • 130 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sport England£2,549,920
DCMS£244,361
Co-Operative Group£3,162
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - System Partner Investment 2022-27
£65,871 27/04/2023
Partner investment focus on the broader systems that create opportunities for all people to take part in sport and physical activity and tackle the inequalities that affect participation, making ....more
Sport England - B2022 Sport Participation, Innovation and Digital Fund
£250,000 29/03/2023
The project will help NGBs amplify their legacy ambitions to achieve the primary aims and objectives set out for the B2022 fund.
Sport England - System Partner Investment 2022-27
£1,767,935 06/04/2022
Partner investment focus on the broader systems that create opportunities for all people to take part in sport and physical activity and tackle the inequalities that affect participation, making ....more
Sport England - NGB Funding 2017-21
£144,075 09/04/2021
59
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 (Rollover) funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on ....more
Sport England - NGB Funding 2017-21
£202,383 08/03/2021
59
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
Sport England - NGB Funding 2017-21
£119,656 02/04/2020
47
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-NGB Funding 2017-21
£119,656 02/04/2020
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
DCMS - Tokyo Programme Award - Paralympic Programme
£117,705 01/04/2020
Inspire the nation through Olympic and Paralympic success
DCMS - International Investment Strategy 20-21
£7,000 01/04/2020
Inspire the nation through Olympic and Paralympic success
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Coventry Wheelchair Basketball Academy
£3,162 15/11/2019
We want to repair and refurbish our stock of wheelchairs, so we can continue to enhance people's lives through wheelchair basketball.
Sport England - NGB Funding 2017-21
£152,860 12/04/2019
47
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-NGB Funding 2017-21
£152,860 12/04/2019
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'NGB Funding 2017-21'. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
DCMS - International Investment Strategy 19-20
£23,800 01/04/2019
Inspire the nation through Olympic and Paralympic success
DCMS - Tokyo Programme Award - Paralympic Programme
£201,514 01/04/2019
Inspire the nation through Olympic and Paralympic success
Sport England - Governance Support 2018-19
£10,000 30/09/2018
6
Funding under Sport England's NGB Governance Support 2016-17 funding programme for a Revenue project titled Governance Support 2018-19. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus ....more
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Governance Support 2018-19
£10,000 30/09/2018
Funding under Sport England's NGB Governance Support 2016-17 funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Governance Support 2018-19'. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus ....more
DCMS - ALB - International Investment Strategy 17-18
£25,500 28/05/2018
A nation inspired by Olympic and Paralympic success
Sport England - NGB Funding 2017-21
£863,632 20/04/2018
47
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
Sport England - NGB Funding 2017-21
£203,733 05/04/2018
47
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-NGB Funding 2017-21
£203,733 05/04/2018
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'NGB Funding 2017-21'. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
DCMS - ALB - Tokyo Programme Award - Paralympic Programme
£565,124 01/04/2018
A nation inspired by Olympic and Paralympic success
DCMS - ALB-NGB Funding 2017-21
£95,119 08/03/2018
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Sport England - NGB Funding 2017-21
£95,119 08/03/2018
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
Sport England - NGB Funding 2017-21
£153,005 10/08/2017
47
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
Sport England - NGB Funding 2017-21
£242,114 23/06/2017
47
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2017-21 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Funding 2017-21. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
DCMS - ALB-NGB Funding 2017-21
£146,995 23/06/2017
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DCMS - ALB - International Investment Strategy 17-18
£9,300 01/04/2017
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DCMS - ALB - Tokyo Programme Award - Paralympic Programme
£163,973 01/04/2017
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Sport England - NGB Governance Support 2016-17
£61,500 17/03/2017
0
Funding under Sport England's NGB Governance Support 2016-17 funding programme for a Revenue project titled NGB Governance Support 2016-17. This project lists its main activity as Wheelchair ....more
Sport England - Get Equipped - Wheelchair Basketball
£10,000 21/02/2014
Funding under Sport England's Get Equipped funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Get Equipped - Wheelchair Basketball'. This project is a Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-56
  • CHRIS HASSELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Semi-Retired Company Director
  • SAM WHALE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Managing Director
  • EMMA JANE FODEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Elite Sport And Events
  • LUCY EMMA CALVERT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Regional Director Of Women’S Cricket
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/11/2011, number: 1144808
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/04/2011, number: 07614906
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Homes England
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

British Wheelchair Basketball
3 Oakwood Drive
LOUGHBOROUGH
LE11 3QF

Objectives

) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM2) TO RELIEVE THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE A PERMANENT PHYSICAL DISABILITY OF ONE OR BOTH LOWER EXTREMITIES WHO ARE RESIDENT IN GREAT BRITAIN OR ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE SPORT OF WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPORVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND TO ASSIST IN THEIR INTERGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

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