MARLBOROUGH TENNIS CLUB

Registered charity 1205561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilties for the playing of tennis in Marlborough and the surrounding area.We have 6 courts, 4 with downlighting to allow evening use when daylight has faded. The courts are located on Marlborough Downs at Port Hill Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1DU, next the Golf Club, using the same entrance.

Objects

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

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: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has a total unrestricted cash reserve of £3,462, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £4,246 (representing three months of expenditure). The charity is carrying significant long-term liabilities of £289,500 in interest-free loans, which are expected to be fully repaid by 2037. Despite these liabilities, the trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Payne Mrchair
• Brian Leshnick
• Gareth Clarke
• Hilda Moore
• Joanna Payne
• Neil Emery
• Penny Smith
• Peter May
• ROGER JOHN WHEELER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rosemary Anne Carroll
• Sean Moir
• Tim Whitrow

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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