Sports Aid Cymru Wales
What it does
Advance the physical education and healthy recreation of young persons in GB by providing financial/other assistance to such persons to enable them to participate in their chosen sport, provided that such persons would be eligible to represent Wales by virtue of their Welsh origin/parentage/domicile and provide funds/organise/provide/assist in provision of recreation facilities in GB.
Its charitable purposes
1) TO ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTHY RECREATION OF YOUNGPERSONS IN THE BRITISH ISLES BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TOSUCH PERSONS TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CHOSEN SPORT,PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSONS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO REPRESENT THEPRINCIPALITY OF WALES BY VIRTUE OF THEIR WELSH ORIGIN OR PARENTAGE ORDOMICILE.(2) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO PROVIDE FUNDS OR TO ORGANISE ORPROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION IN ANY PARTOF THE BRITISH ISLES FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, SOCIAL ORECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OFIMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(3) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES IN THE BRITISH ISLES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELYCHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
Causes
- What it works on
- Amateur sport
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: The British Isles
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 September 2025, it had income of £53,339 and spent £68,321.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £53,339 | £68,321 | Not reported | 10 |
| 30 September 2024 | £63,358 | £58,409 | Not reported | 10 |
| 30 September 2023 | £56,079 | £58,247 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2022 | £41,430 | £43,418 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2021 | £35,890 | £42,802 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 49%, from £35,890 in the year to 30 September 2021 to £53,339 in the year to 30 September 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 128% of its income in the year to 30 September 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.
- Largest funder
- Sports Council for Wales gave £20,000 in the year to 30 September 2023, 36% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 30 September 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 30 September 2023, the charity named 1 funder who gave £20,000. £0 of that came from public bodies.
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
| Funder | Type | Sept 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Sports Council for Wales | Trust, company or other | £20,000 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
9 trustees run the charity.
- Christopher Fido
- David Lloyd
- David Mason
- David Phillips
- David Stephen Morgan
- Mark Oliver
- Nia Gittins
- Nicholas Warr
- Steven Edwards
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | 30 July 2026 | Received 8 July 2026, 22 days early | Received 8 July 2026 |
| 30 September 2024 | 30 July 2025 | Received 2 May 2025, 89 days early | Received 2 May 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | 30 July 2024 | Received 9 April 2024, 112 days early | Received 9 April 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | 30 July 2023 | Received 30 March 2023, 122 days early | Received 30 March 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | 30 July 2022 | Received 25 June 2022, 35 days early | Received 25 June 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1135438
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 12 April 2010
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 18TH MARCH 2010 03/09/2009 as amended on 27 Oct 2021
- Company number
- 07008455This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- sportsaidwales.cymru
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.