BARNET TABLE TENNIS CLUB (BTTC)

Registered charity 1188834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARNET TABLE TENNIS CLUB

The promotion of Community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities and coaching for playing Table Tennis in Barnet

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND COACHING FOR PLAYING TABLE TENNIS IN BARNET.

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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Latest income

£133k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net incoming resource of £41,725, increasing total unrestricted funds to £285,432. The trustees maintain a reserves policy based on the charity's size and financial commitments to ensure continuity, though no specific monetary target is stated. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: based on the CIO's size and the level of financial commitments held to ensure ability to continue objectives (held: £285k)

“The Trustees aim to ensure the CIO will be able to continue to fulfil its charitable objectives even if there is a temporary shortfall in income or unexpected expenditure. The Trustees will endeavour not to set aside funds unnecessarily.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David James Birkettchair
Edward Shirman
Gennaro Vincenzo Esposito
John Henry Charles
Keith Edward Joseph Jordan
Keith Spaughton

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£133k	£91k
31/03/2024	£134k	£69k
31/03/2023	£106k	£55k
31/03/2022	£96k	£55k
31/03/2021	£37k	£58k

Common questions

Is BARNET TABLE TENNIS CLUB (BTTC) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net incoming resource of £41,725, increasing total unrestricted funds to £285,432. The trustees maintain a reserves policy based on the charity's size and financial commitments to ensure continuity, though no specific monetary target is stated. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	06/08/2019	£15k	Club refurbishment project

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£50k
The Teesside Charity	1	£9k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE QUEEN'S CLUB FOUNDATION	1	£57

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB.

SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB income £375k
HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB income £126k
MOUNT BATTEN CENTRE CHARITY TRUST income £987k
THE TENNIS & RACKETS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £654k
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY income £1.2m
BARNET U3A income £135k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BARNET TABLE TENNIS CLUB (BTTC)	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB FY2025	£375k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB FY2026	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MOUNT BATTEN CENTRE CHARITY TRUST FY2024	£987k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TENNIS & RACKETS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£654k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY FY2025	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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