EAST DORSET LAWN TENNIS & CROQUET CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1171297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community participation in healthy recreation for the public benefit the provision of facilities for playing sports, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Poole of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants.

Objects

THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS (ÆOBJECTSÆ) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF TENNIS, CROQUET AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CHARITABLE SPORTS.(2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF POOLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.'

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 charity reported a net income surplus of £273,062 for the year, with total income rising to £548,450. However, the trustees report that the general free reserves are in a deficit of £2,671 due to major driveway refurbishment costs, although total net assets remain strong at £1,079,544. The trustees confirm the financial statements can be prepared on a going concern basis due to high liquidity and the nature of sinking fund liabilities.

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 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10465307

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.

• REDFERN, Allan William — director, appointed 07/04/2026on trustee list
• ADAMS, Karen — director, appointed 07/01/2026not on trustee list
• GRAHAM, Stephen — director, appointed 16/07/2024on trustee list
• POWE, Jonathan James — director, appointed 13/12/2022on trustee list
• NATION, Paul — director, appointed 29/11/2021on trustee list
• CROWE, Andrew James — director, appointed 24/05/2021on trustee list
• WEBB, Lynn Alida — director, appointed 25/03/2019on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Clive Kent — director, appointed 01/04/2017on trustee list
• GRIBBIN, Simon Daniel — director, appointed 07/11/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~46.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Allan William Redfern
• Andrew Crowe
• Clive Kent Richardson
• Jonathan Powe
• Karen Adams OBE
• Lynn Alida Webb
• Paul Nation
• Simon Daniel Gribbin
• Stephen Graham
• Sue Hobden

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

Operates in: Poole

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB.

• HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB income £126k
• CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• RYCROFT LEISURE income £340k
• DEESIDE COMMUNITY TRUST income £599k
• READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• The Sports Trust income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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