AVON TENNIS

Registered charity 1188388 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AVON LTA

To promote, support and deliver tennis playing opportunities for all members of the public in our unitary authority areas of Bath & NE Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, and to make it inclusive and appealing to all sections of the community. To do this we engage with Tennis Clubs, Education Establishments, other Venues, Qualified Coaches, and run Competitions.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF AVON 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.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £17,227 for the year ended 30 September 2024, with total operating income of £269,944 against expenditure of £252,717. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £389,961, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of two years' operating costs. The trustees confirmed there were no significant financial risks to continued operations, and the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Kathleen Forgan Curlingchair
• Amanda Stonier · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carol Weeks
• Claire Hawkins
• Peter Charles John Bendall
• Richard Norwood

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AVON VALE TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB.

• AVON VALE TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB income £28k
• AVENUE TENNIS income £681k
• WILTSHIRE TENNIS income £147k
• AVON BUSINESS & LEISURE CIO income £66k
• OSWESTRY TEAM TENNIS (OTT) LAWN TENNIS CLUB income £40k
• SOUTHBOURNE TENNIS CLUB income £80k

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