THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1151273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION

1. To promote community participation in the sport of Eton Fives and such other amateur sports as the Trustees shall determine by providing or assisting in the provision of facilities for the playing of Eton Fives and2. to advance physical education of young persons by assisting in the facilities for the playing and learning of Eton Fives in schools and universities

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE SPORT OF ETON FIVES AND SUCH OTHER AMATEUR SPORTS AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL DETERMINE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ETON FIVES (FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES)(B) TO ADVANCE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING AND LEARNING OF ETON FIVES IN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£421k
Latest spending
£191k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased significantly to £308,864, resulting in free reserves of £308,414 which are well above the stated minimum policy target of £88,491. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £88,491 (reserves figure: £308k)
“To this end the Charity has set a minumum reserve of £88,491.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: An honorarium of £2,000 was paid to the Treasurer.
“During the year ended 30 April 2025, an honorarium of £2,000 to recognise the time, costs and energy taken in the role was paid to the Treasurer of the charity (2024: £2,000).” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees of the charity were also trustees of the Eton Fives Charitable Trust, from which £740 was received.
“During the year £740 was received from the Eton Fives Charitable Trust. 2 Trustees (MJ Chinery and CMB Williams) of The Eton Fives Association were also trustees of the Eton Fives Charitable Trust during the year.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 26
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 35
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2023 (received 09/04/2024, 40 days after the 29/02/2024 due date); year ending 30/04/2021 (received 01/03/2022, 1 day after the 28/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£421k£191k
30/04/2024£131k£127k
30/04/2023£176k£172k
30/04/2022£201k£202k
30/04/2021£139k£138k

Common questions

Is THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased significantly to £308,864, resulting in free reserves of £308,414 which are well above the stated minimum policy target of £88,491. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION, STAPLES TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Young K&CFY2022Unverified read£18kConnecting Young K&C
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kRecover + Reconnect Appeal
STAPLES TRUSTFY2024£5kTowards the costs to build three new Fives' courts at Holyport College.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England29/11/2017£10kCommunity Fives and Wallball at Westway Sports Centre
Sport England08/06/2016£10kCommunity Fives and Wallball at the Westway Sports Centre

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RUGBY FIVES ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ETON FIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED£421k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RUGBY FIVES ASSOCIATION FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt
LONG EATON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED FY2025£377k—0unclear—no doubt
MILTON KEYNES DONS FOOTBALL CLUB SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£3.9m—0below—no doubt
YOUTH SPORT TRUST FY2025£12.2m£140,001 - £150,000—above—no doubt
RECREATION AND EASY ACCESS FOR DISABLED YOUTH FY2025£53k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.