WORLD ABILITYSPORT FEDERATION LTD

Charity Number: 1011552
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

World Abilitysport focuses on providing sport opportunities for persons with physical impairments in the UK and across the globe. The Games programme host international multi-sport events providing recreational and elite sport opportunities for physically impaired athletes. Through education and training, we promotes barrier-free opportunities and social inclusion through the power of sport.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£697,557

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Donations and legacies £259.21k
Charitable activities £429.70k
Other trading activities £0
Investments £8.65k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£444,936

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Raising funds £0
Charitable activities £444.94k
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £0
Charitable expenditure £444.94k
Retained for future use £252.62k

People

7 Employee(s)

8 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macau
  • Malaysia
  • Namibia
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Scotland
  • Serbia
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 November 1998: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • INTERNATIONAL WHEELCHAIR + AMPUTEE SPORTS FEDERATION (IWAS) (Working name)
  • WHEELCHAIR SPORTS WORLDWIDE (WSW) (Working name)
  • INTERNATIONAL WHEELCHAIR & AMPUTEE SPORTS FEDERATION (IWAS) (Previous name)
  • THE INTERNATIONAL STOKE MANDEVILLE WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FEDERATION (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
RUDI VAN DEN ABBEELE Chair 02 December 2017
None on record
Liene APINE Trustee 08 December 2023
None on record
Maitree KONGRUANG Trustee 08 December 2023
None on record
IAN DONALD Trustee 08 December 2023
None on record
Pal Szekeres Trustee 02 December 2017
None on record
Ernesta Strydom Trustee 02 December 2017
None on record
TARIQ SULTAN AHMED ALKADIM Trustee
None on record
DINA sotiriadi Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £372.21k £129.49k £289.19k £914.43k £697.56k
Total expenditure £285.91k £225.52k £233.76k £572.73k £444.94k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £8.40k £16.47k N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies N/A N/A N/A £94.54k £259.21k
Income - Other trading activities N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A £818.91k £429.70k
Income - Endowments N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Income - Investment N/A N/A N/A £974 £8.65k
Income - Other N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Income - Legacies N/A N/A N/A £0 £187.73k
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A £551.28k £444.94k
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A N/A £21.44k £0
Expenditure - Governance N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Expenditure - Other N/A N/A N/A £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets N/A N/A N/A £379 £2.02k
Long-term investments N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Other assets N/A N/A N/A £650.74k £915.20k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Total liabilities N/A N/A N/A £27.58k £41.06k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 17 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 17 September 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 20 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 20 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 22 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 22 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 28 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 28 September 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 MAY 1992 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28 OCTOBER 2003 AND 24 SEPTEMBER 2005. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 MAR 2018 as amended on 28 Nov 2022 as amended on 20 Feb 2023

Charitable objects

The Objects of the Charity are primarily but not exclusively the relief of persons around the world with a physical impairment, including associated traumatic and non- traumatic brain injury and related neurological conditions, by promoting the value and benefits of, providing relevant opportunity for, and encouraging and facilitating participation in, sporting activities, recreation, or other leisure time occupation.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REST OF THE WORLD

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 1011552-1 THE WHEELCHAIR SPORTS WORLD WIDE FOUNDATION
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 30TH SEPTEMBER 1998
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SPINAL CORD INJURY OR WITH A DISABILITY WHICH CAN BE EQUATED TO A SPINAL CORD INJURY BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AND TO THAT END TO CONTINUE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THE WORK HITHERTO DONE BY THE INTERNATIONAL STOKE MANDEVILLE WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FEDERATION (FORMERLY THE INTERNATIONAL STOKE MANDEVILLE GAMES FEDERATION)
Area of benefit
UINTED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD
Registration history
  • 17 November 1998 : Standard registration

Contact information

Address:
World Abilitysport
Aylesbury Campus
Oxford Road
AYLESBURY
HP21 8PD
Phone:
01296780212
Email:
ceo@iwasf.com
Website:

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