BRIGHTON TABLE TENNIS CLUB
Registered charity 1160103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BTTC
Brighton Table Tennis Club exists to transform lives by providing positive role models, increasing engagement with education and community and improving health and well-being. The Club not only provides people with positive role models and a place to train, but also with an identity, a sense of belonging and a purpose.
Objects
TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND COACHING FOR PLAYING TABLE TENNIS IN BRIGHTON.
Area of benefit: BRIGHTON
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £348,050, resulting in total funds of £490,174. However, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £34,702 are currently below the stated policy target of £91,000 due to deficits brought forward from previous years. The charity acknowledges a risk that it is reliant on grants and donations, and a fall in this income would impact its ability to continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The reserves held are currently below the target range as a result of the deficit brought forward from previous years.”
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.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 85
- Government income: £61,166 — grants £61,166 (3); 6% of the £970,000 total gross income on the same return
- 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 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 43
- Government income: £69,171 — grants £69,171 (1); 14% of the £486,015 total gross income on the same return
- 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 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 48
- Government income: £62,186 — grants £62,186 (2); 13% of the £491,236 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Elizabeth Fletcherchair
- Amber Stepney
- Brian Whaley
- David Scott · trustee of 2 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · Surrey · Tower Hamlets · West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRIGHTON TABLE TENNIS CLUB financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £348,050, resulting in total funds of £490,174. However, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £34,702 are currently below the stated policy target of £91,000 due to deficits brought forward from previous years. The charity acknowledges a risk that it is reliant on grants and donations, and a fall in this income would impact its ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds BRIGHTON TABLE TENNIS CLUB?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BRIGHTON TABLE TENNIS CLUB as a grant recipient include THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION, FONTHILL FOUNDATION, THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION, SAMWORTH BROTHERS COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY FUND.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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Side by side with its peers
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