TENNIS SHROPSHIRE

Registered charity 1187220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Creating the opportunity for all members of the community to play recreational tennis. This includes facilitating events for people to try the sport, delivering programmes to schools, disability and disadvantaged groups, offering practical governance, Safeguarding and financial support to volunteers of venues where tennis is played as well as competitive opportunities for interested groups.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SHROPSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Tennis Shropshire holds £75,510 in reserve funds and considers itself to be in a healthy financial position. The charity has secured protected income for the next three years through an agreement with the LTA, which reduces the risk to its core activities.

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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Head — “Tennis Shropshire is very proud to be sponsored by Head, Talent Drive Sports and Rehire.” (source page)
• Talent Drive Sports — “Tennis Shropshire is very proud to be sponsored by Head, Talent Drive Sports and Rehire.” (source page)
• Rehire — “Tennis Shropshire is very proud to be sponsored by Head, Talent Drive Sports and Rehire.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• FIONA SCOTT JONES
• JILLIAN BROADBENT
• Jeremy Johnston
• Mark Wilson
• Sarah Elizabeth Ann Downes
• Timothy James Rowbury

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• LTA TENNIS FOUNDATION income £4.0m
• HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB income £126k
• THE TENNIS & RACKETS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £654k
• SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB income £375k
• SHROPSHIRE CRICKET BOARD LIMITED income £768k
• ENERGIZE SHROPSHIRE TELFORD AND WREKIN income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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