JESMOND DENE REAL TENNIS CLUB

Registered charity 1175362 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities for playing Real Tennis.public (2) To conserve, preserve and improve for the public benefit as buildings of historic interest the Real Tennis Court and house at Matthew Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3RE and to educate the public about the history and heritage of the buildings.

Objects

1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING REAL TENNIS.2) TO CONSERVE, PRESERVE AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC INTEREST THE REAL TENNIS COURT AND HOUSE AT MATTHEW BANK, JESMOND DENE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE2 3RE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE BUILDINGS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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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Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £2,610 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by total expenditure of £82,491 exceeding total income of £79,881. Unrestricted reserves stood at £379,369, providing a buffer against the deficit. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09301164 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• MARTIN, Barrie Scott — director, appointed 06/11/2025on trustee list
• LARKIN, John — director, appointed 23/12/2024on trustee list
• SANDERSON, Antony Richard — director, appointed 27/03/2020on trustee list
• AVERLEY, Paul Anthony, Dr — director, appointed 05/03/2020on trustee list
• TAYLOR, John Lionel — director, appointed 25/04/2019on trustee list
• SPURLING, Darren James — director, appointed 25/04/2019on trustee list
• ZACK, Ramy — director, appointed 09/10/2017on trustee list
• MACALISTER, Richard John — director, appointed 07/11/2014on trustee list
• HOWARD, William Michael — director, appointed 07/11/2014on trustee list
• SANDERSON, Antony Richard — secretary, appointed 01/04/2021

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Antony Richard SANDERSON
• Barrie Scott MARTIN
• Darren James SPURLING
• Dr Paul AVERLEY
• John LARKIN
• Michael Howard · trustee of 3 other charities
• Professor John Lional TAYLOR
• RAMY ZACK · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD JOHN MACALISTER

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETWORTH HOUSE TENNIS COURT LIMITED.

• PETWORTH HOUSE TENNIS COURT LIMITED income £94k
• HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB income £126k
• AVENUE TENNIS income £681k
• THE HYDE TENNIS CLUB LIMITED income £35k
• URBAN TABLE TENNIS CLUB income £45k
• SOUTHWOLD & DISTRICT TENNIS CLUB income £56k

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