SPECIAL OLYMPICS GREAT BRITAIN

1. SPECIAL OLYMPICS GREAT BRITAIN 2001-12-28 → present
2. SPECIAL OLYMPICS UK 1988-09-30 → 2001-12-28

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Bishop Fleming LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Ongoing effects of the rise in the cost of living and the recovery from the pandemic, continues to result in a very challenging and difficult fundraising environment. Accurate budgeting and forecasting have been imperative and will remain so along with the proper management of the organisation's finances and risks. With these measures in place, alongside a new three-year Fundraising Strategy to the end of 2027 which concentrates on the diversification of income streams, the Trustees are confident that the Charity is in a position to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future and, therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on this basis.”

Group structure

1. SPECIAL OLYMPICS GREAT BRITAIN · parent
   1. SOGB Promotions Limited 100% · England · Promoting and obtaining sponsorship for the Special Olympics movement in Great Britain

Significant events

• “2024 saw our first ever Special Olympics Great Britain National Winter Games in the town of Folgaria in Northern Italy.”
• “The Games served as part of the selection criteria for the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025.”
• “Our competition programme grew by 17 per cent with 75 events giving opportunities to more than 2,200 athletes across 20 sports.”
• “The return of our National Indoor Athletics event, which was supported by Toyota (GB), was one of the highlights.”
• “In late November, Special Olympics Great Britain staged another 'first' event by welcoming more than 30 athletes to the Stratford Hotel in East London for the Athlete Leadership Forum.”
• “Following a comprehensive and competitive audit tender process, Bishop Fleming were appointed as new auditors in November 2024.”
• “A Football Development Officer was appointed in January 2024 in partnership with the English Football Association (The FA).”
• “Special Olympics Great Britain athlete Michael Beynon achieved the record for the furthest distance covered on foot in one week (II2 IS1) with an impressive 62.86 miles (100.17km) covered across multiple towns and cities in Wales and fundraising for Mencap.”
• “Two-time Olympic gold medallist Matt Richards joined Special Olympics Great Britain as Swimming Ambassador, shortly ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.”
• “Special Olympics Great Britain athlete and Trustee Kiera Byland, BEM was invited to attend a celebratory dinner at the White House hosted by United States President Joe Biden in November.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -7.6%

  £2,004,423 → £1,851,906

• Cash

  -19%

  £1,435,024 → £1,161,656

• Net assets

  -9%

  £1,107,610 → £1,007,424

• Employees

  +11.8%

  17 → 19

• Wages

  +4.7%

  £705,400 → £738,408

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers