HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB

Registered charity 1196979 · 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 tennis.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF TENNIS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Folkestone and Hythe, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£126k
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1,871 for the year ending March 2026, following total expenditure of £124,403 against total income of £126,273. The charity holds unrestricted reserves (cash balances) of £90,802, which includes a sinking fund of £64,077. The trustees report that outstanding loans are being repaid and facility upgrades have been completed, indicating stable operational liquidity.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Loan from LTA
“We have repaid a total of £1,800 loans to the LTA. We still have outstanding loans of £1,800 that will be repaid in full by December 2026.” — page 2
Per its FY2026 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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 11
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hythe Lawn Tennis Club (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£126k£124k
31/03/2025£77k£63k
31/03/2024£142k£155k
31/03/2023£58k£41k

Common questions

Is HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £1,871 for the year ending March 2026, following total expenditure of £124,403 against total income of £126,273. The charity holds unrestricted reserves (cash balances) of £90,802, which includes a sinking fund of £64,077. The trustees report that outstanding loans are being repaid and facility upgrades have been completed, indicating stable operational liquidity. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England20/08/2013£30kFloodlighting installation

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB£126k—0unclear—no doubt
CRESCENT LAWN TENNIS CLUB FY2026£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THEYDON BOIS LAWN TENNIS CLUB FY2025£51k—0above—no doubt
OSWESTRY TEAM TENNIS (OTT) LAWN TENNIS CLUB FY2025£40k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HYDE TENNIS CLUB LIMITED FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHBOURNE TENNIS CLUB FY2025£80k—0unclear—no doubt

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