SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB

Registered charity 1185220 · 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 racquet sports including tennis, squash and racketball at grounds in Devonshire Road, Sutton, Surrey.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF RACQUET SPORTS INCLUDING TENNIS AND SQUASH.

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

Latest income
£375k
Latest spending
£377k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a healthy surplus of £37,636 before depreciation, driven by improved profitability in bar and catering activities and increased membership income. Total reserves stood at £201,849, comprising unrestricted funds and restricted grants, with significant investment in club facilities funded partly by member promissory notes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Audit opinion: qualified
“I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination other than that disclosed below which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Independent examiner reported that accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or accounts did not accord with accounting records.
“I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination other than that disclosed below which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: STSC Trading Ltd
“Specifically STSC has the charity entity and a wholly owned trading subsidiary, STSC Trading Ltd, through which relevant transactions occur.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: 4
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 13
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

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

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

Operates in: Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£375k£377k
31/03/2024£269k£159k
31/03/2023£173k£102k
31/03/2022£147k£82k
31/03/2021£0£0

Common questions

Is SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a healthy surplus of £37,636 before depreciation, driven by improved profitability in bar and catering activities and increased membership income. Total reserves stood at £201,849, comprising unrestricted funds and restricted grants, with significant investment in club facilities funded partly by member promissory notes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2024£18kActive Lifestyle Racketball Programme for Seniors at Sutton Tennis & Squash Club
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2022£10kGetting together
Sport England02/06/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
HEVENINGHAM HALL COUNTRY FAIR TRUST1£12k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB£375k—0unclear—no doubt
SUTTON CHURCHES TENNIS CLUB FY2025£73k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHBOURNE TENNIS CLUB FY2025£80k—0unclear—no doubt
KENT SQUASH AND RACKETBALL ASSOCIATION FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
PURLEY BURY TENNIS CLUB FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHWOLD & DISTRICT TENNIS CLUB FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt

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