THE WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CIO

Charity number: 1161260
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £214,258
Total expenditure: £200,200

People

10 Trustee(s)

10 Volunteer(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
  • Disability
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 April 2015: CIO registration
  • 25 January 2017: Funds received from 1146230 THE WHEELCHAIR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
  • 13 July 2022: Funds received from 1145173 READING POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL CLUB
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • THE WFA (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls 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
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

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dean Williams Chair 16 July 2023
None on record
Simon Evans Trustee 02 October 2024
None on record
Christopher Cook OBE Trustee 02 August 2024
None on record
Jack Humphries Trustee 16 July 2023
None on record
MATTHEW STEVENS Trustee 01 July 2021
SEVENOAKS POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL CLUB
Received: On time
BENEFICE OF PENSHURST, FORDCOMBE AND THE CHIDDINGSTONE CHURCHES
Received: On time
PAUL GORMAN Trustee 09 December 2020
LEEDS POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL CLUB (LPFC)
Received: On time
Jon Bolding Trustee 06 April 2020
None on record
Alexander Jack Dowding Trustee 09 June 2018
None on record
LEE BRENNAN Trustee 09 June 2018
HULL & EAST YORKSHIRE POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL CLUB
Received: On time
CATHERINE MCNICOL Trustee 01 June 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £122.09k £77.58k £123.61k £201.77k £214.26k
Total expenditure £125.14k £87.99k £129.09k £163.83k £200.20k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 30 June 2024 23 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 23 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 16 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 16 April 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 24 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 24 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 27 April 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 27 April 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2020 30 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 30 April 2021 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.

CIO - Association Registered 14 Apr 2015

Charitable objects

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.

Contact information

Address:
c/o Birmingham County FA
Ray Hall Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B43 6JF
Phone:
07957 108787
Email:
Secretary@thewfa.org.uk
Website:

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