THE DEDANISTS' FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1145526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the Foundation is the promotion of community participation in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of real tennis and other indoor racquet based sports.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT IS THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF REAL TENNIS AND OTHER INDOOR RACQUET SPORTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation held unrestricted reserves of £169,862 at year-end, which exceeds the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £60,000. The charity reported a surplus of £8,252 for the year, with cash holdings of £171,840 sufficient to cover nearly four years of normal outgoings.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE DEDANISTS' FOUNDATION (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Eleanor Fahey
• DANIEL JONES
• DAVID STANTON MILLS
• Francis Richard Hobart de Courcy Moore
• GRAHAM FRANCIS DEFRIES
• JOHN FARRALL
• JULIAN AYSCOUGH WILKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Rummel
• Simon Francis Roundell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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