PURLEY BURY TENNIS CLUB

Registered charity 1176144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of tennis at the club premises, 53A Purley Bury Avenue, Purley, Surrey, CR8 1JF

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF TENNIS.

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: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held net assets of £97,531 at the end of the 2025 financial year, representing an increase from the previous year's £92,052. The trustees report that the club remains in a healthy financial position with unrestricted cash and current assets totaling £29,104.82. The organization generated an operating surplus and continues to fund its sinking reserve through annual allocations.

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
• 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
• 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

• Trading subsidiary: PBTC SOCIAL LIMITED Companies House 11094667

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Dan Maskell Trust — “Purley Bury Tennis Club disability tennis coaching is generously supported by The Dan Maskell Trust.” (source page)
• Croydon Council — “Croydon Council and Barchester’s Charitable Foundation and Over 50’s by Sport England and Barchester’s Charitable Foundation.” (source page)
• Barchester’s Charitable Foundation — “Croydon Council and Barchester’s Charitable Foundation and Over 50’s by Sport England and Barchester’s Charitable Foundation.” (source page)
• Sport England — “Croydon Council and Barchester’s Charitable Foundation and Over 50’s by Sport England and Barchester’s Charitable Foundation.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Davey
• Lynne Emma Rata
• MARK LOVE
• Robert James Watt
• Sarah Wilson

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SURREY TENNIS income £1.2m
• BARNSLEY TABLE TENNIS CLUB income £27k
• SOUTHWOLD & DISTRICT TENNIS CLUB income £56k
• SOUTHBOURNE TENNIS CLUB income £80k
• SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB income £375k
• PETWORTH HOUSE TENNIS COURT LIMITED income £94k

Side by side with its peers

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