Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Volatile income -1
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +0
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

GRANTHAM TENNIS CLUB LIMITED

Our objective as set out in our governing document is "The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Grantham and elsewhere as the directors may decide, in particular by the provision of facilities for playing tennis" - "Facilities" is defined as land, buildings , equipment and the organising of sporting activity including coaching.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£161£167£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£236£118£118n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£236£98£138n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£128£72£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19*£242£99£144n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£150£97£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£172£121£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16?£70£68£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£299£128£172n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£2,518£93£2,425£27£2,712£2,432313.520
31/03/13£308£21£287n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.granthamtennisclub.co.uk

manager@granthamtennisclub.co.uk

01476591391

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Grantham Tennis Club Covid Project
£1,822 08/09/2020
Activities for children and young people and the community
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000 15/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Lawn Tennis
Sport England - Tennis at 65+ .. Why Not?
£8,680 12/06/2018
10
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Tennis at 65+ .. Why Not?. This project is a Lawn Tennis project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • GLENN HOOPER Appointed: 2023
  • LIANNE ESTELLE FIRTH MBE Appointed: 2011
  • SARAH JANE PATTON BA HONS Appointed: 2012
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/01/2012, number: 1145571
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/10/2011, number: 07827640
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR19: 380 days late, AR18: 71 days late,
Main office

Grantham Tennis Club Ltd
Gonerby Road
Gonerby Hill Foot
GRANTHAM
NG31 8HU

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GRANTHAM AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING TENNIS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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