# ARMY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1146256
- **Other names:** AWSA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 6, 2012
- **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=1146256


## Contact

- **Address:** Army Winter Sports Association, Fox Lines, Queens Avenue, ALDERSHOT, Hampshire
- **Postcode:** GU11 2LB
- **Phone:** 01252 787077
- **Email:** s.davis@ascb.uk.com
- **Website:** www.awsa.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED(THE "OBJECTS")ARE TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY BY INCREASING PHYSICAL FITNESS,FOSTERING THE ESPRIT DE CORPS AND RAISING MORALE OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMY,IN PARTICULAR(BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION),THROUGH FACILITATING AND ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMY IN WINTER SPORTS AND PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF WINTER SPORTS FOR THE ARMY.

**Activities:** The AWSA's task is to encourage service personnel to participate in Winter Sports; to develop skills in a chosen sport; to test themselves in demanding conditions, thereby fostering self-discipline, fitness, courage and teamwork.  Winter Sports contribute directly to military output & fighting spirit, are an essential part of decompression from ops and remain an element of the moral component.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, Amateur Sport, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Recreation
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Austria
- France
- Germany
- Norway
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | £689235 | £629189 | £348672 | 1 |
| May 31, 2024 | £654158 | £625940 | £286943 | 1 |
| May 31, 2023 | £580973 | £567941 | £249990 | 1 |
| May 31, 2022 | £283972 | £249556 | — | — |
| May 31, 2021 | £35428 | £35450 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Colonel Graham Sefton — appointed June 1, 2022
- Colonel James Rhodes — appointed March 3, 2020
- Lt Col Peter Middlemiss — appointed Sept. 30, 2024
- Maj Gen Joe Fossey — appointed Jan. 31, 2020