# GREAT BRITAIN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1144808
- **Other names:** GBWBA, BWB, BRITISH WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 25, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1144808


## Contact

- **Address:** British Wheelchair Basketball, 3 Oakwood Drive, LOUGHBOROUGH
- **Postcode:** LE11 3QF
- **Phone:** 01509279900
- **Email:** membership@britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk
- **Website:** www.britishwheelchairbasketball.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** ) 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.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2407228 | £2562212 | £812867 | 18 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2459034 | £2175664 | £967851 | 17 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1804585 | £1919490 | £684481 | 13 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1982644 | £1705830 | £799386 | 13 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1511648 | £1432141 | £522572 | 14 |



## Trustees

- **Jules Parke-Robinson** (Chair) — appointed July 1, 2019
- Andrew Wright — appointed July 4, 2024
- Chris Hassell — appointed Jan. 26, 2021
- Claire Griffiths — appointed Sept. 22, 2023
- Emma Jane Foden — appointed March 8, 2023
- Geoffrey Hopkinson — appointed Nov. 20, 2025
- Kevin Analuwa — appointed March 8, 2023
- Kirstin Furber — appointed July 1, 2019
- Mark Foster — appointed Sept. 8, 2025
- Tanya Harris — appointed May 1, 2020