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SUTTON CHURCHES TENNIS CLUB

Registered charity 1195245 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides facilities and coaching for the sport of lawn tennis

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND COACHING FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SPORT 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: Sutton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£73k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts were £72,784 against total payments of £31,096, resulting in a net increase in cash and bank balances of £41,688. The charity holds total reserves of £327,743, comprising £71,268 in undesignated general funds and significant designated funds for repairs, charity activities, and a new clubhouse project. The trustees report that membership is booming with over 500 members and that the club is actively pursuing funding for a new clubhouse project.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership subscriptions
“Members subscriptions 57,957”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Trustee Kirsty Garrett received £240 for new member fees and used club facilities for events she organized.
“One of the trustees, Kirsty Garrett, was paid £240 for new member fees from new members only doing cardio or walking tennis and was allowed to use the club’s facilities for coaching and other events she organised.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Kirsty Garrett received £240 for new member fees and used club facilities for events organized by her.
“One of the trustees, Kirsty Garrett, was paid £240 for new member fees from new members only doing cardio or walking tennis and was allowed to use the club’s facilities for coaching and other events she organised. Payments for coaching and other events were made directly by members on an “arms-length” basis.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 14

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); recorded price paid £60k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£73k£31k
30/09/2024£65k£90k
30/09/2023£59k£42k
30/09/2022£65k£33k

Common questions

Is SUTTON CHURCHES TENNIS CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts were £72,784 against total payments of £31,096, resulting in a net increase in cash and bank balances of £41,688. The charity holds total reserves of £327,743, comprising £71,268 in undesignated general funds and significant designated funds for repairs, charity activities, and a new clubhouse project. The trustees report that membership is booming with over 500 members and that the club is actively pursuing funding for a new clubhouse project. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England10/01/2012£50kCourt Rescue 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD1£19k
HEVENINGHAM HALL COUNTRY FAIR TRUST1£12k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUTTON CHURCHES TENNIS CLUB£73k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHBOURNE TENNIS CLUB FY2025£80k—0unclear—no doubt
BISHOP SUTTON TENNIS CLUB FY2025£64k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHWOLD & DISTRICT TENNIS CLUB FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt
HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB FY2026£126k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST FY2025£259k—0below—no doubt

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