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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CIO 

The Wheelchair Football Association (WFA) is the lead organisation for the sport of Powerchair Football in England. The WFA aim to ensure that Powerchair Football is accessible to its target audience. We encourage and promote the sport of Powerchair Football with the object of improving conditions of life and to assist in their integration into the game of football and to society as a whole.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
30/06/23£202£164£38n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/06/22£124£129£-5n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/06/21£78£88£-10n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/06/20?£122£125£-3n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£93£100£-8n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£114£136£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£122£112£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£230£197£34£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.thewfa.org.uk

DAVID.LEWIS@THEWFA.ORG.UK

07432 875644

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,347 04/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 Sector Partner Fund
£15,400 23/06/2020
6
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Sector Partner Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Sector Partner Fund. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/04/2015, number: 1161260
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
8 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from READING POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL CLUB on 13/07/2022
Main office

c/o Birmingham County FA
Ray Hall Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B43 6JF

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE WFA CIO ARE TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION, IN PARTICULAR THE SPORT OF WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL DISABLED PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR NON-COMPETITIVE AND COMPETITIVE SPORT TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS AND ASSIST IN THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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