HACKNEY TENNIS

Registered charity 1197530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HACKNEY CITY TENNIS CLUBS LTD

Hackney Tennis is a park based tennis provider with a focus on opening up tennis to all. Community engagement is a key part of what we do, including an extensive schools' programme, disability tennis and outreach to over 50s. Hackney Tennis's in-house programme delivers tennis for all ages and abilities across 27 tennis courts across the borough and has over 6,000 players on its booking system.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS OF HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS:1.1.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING, LEARNING, AND TEACHING OF THE GAME OF LAWN TENNIS AND OTHER RACQUET SPORTS; AND1.1.2 TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES FOR TENNIS, SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.1.2 THIS PROVISION MAY BE AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION BUT ONLY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSION.

Area of benefit: HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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 unrestricted funds totalled £543,081, which is above the charity's stated upper reserves policy range of £300,000. The trustees attribute this surplus to plans to utilise funds for facility projects dependent on a future council tender, while noting a net increase in funds of £62,449 driven by higher participation and activity levels.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. 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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06435191

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GEORGE, David, Mr. — director, appointed 13/04/2026on trustee list
• CHALLIS, Edward Arthur Lester — director, appointed 24/11/2025on trustee list
• CHAUVIN, Patrick, Mr. — director, appointed 24/11/2025on trustee list
• WAITE, Roger Jeremy — director, appointed 06/12/2022on trustee list
• PAGLIARO, David — director, appointed 09/12/2020on trustee list
• WATCH, Lisa — director, appointed 10/12/2019on trustee list
• LEWIN, Maurine Joy — director, appointed 06/09/2016on trustee list
• BENNETT, Howard Clinton — director, appointed 19/07/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Howard Clinton Bennettchair
• David George
• David Pagliaro
• Edward Arthur Lester CHALLIS
• Lisa Watch
• MAURINE JOY LEWIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patrick Chauvin
• ROGER JEREMY WAITE

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• HYTHE LAWN TENNIS CLUB income £126k
• TENNIS SHROPSHIRE income £122k
• HACKNEY ANACONDA income £976k
• HACKNEY CITY FARM LIMITED income £507k
• HACKNEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £1.8m
• VOLUNTEER CENTRE HACKNEY income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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