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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +0
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

TENNIS FOR FREE

Tennis For Free works in partnership with local schools, tennis clubs and local authorities throughout the UK, providing free access to community tennis courts, free coach led group tennis sessions and free usage of equipment.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/01/23£161£187£-26n/a
31/01/22£136£189£-53n/a
31/01/21£180£163£17n/a
?31/01/20£210£363£-153n/a
31/01/19£365£342£24n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.tennisforfree.com

07941413168

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • 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
The Wimbledon Foundation - Joseph Hood and Tamworth Recreation Ground Community Tennis
£2,500 10/06/2021
Weekly FREE coaching sessions for up to a maximum of 50 weeks of the year. We coach children aged 12 and above, young people and adults’, showing that tennis is a game for everyone in our community.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£6,900 19/05/2020
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 Sport participation and capacity building

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALASTAIR MARKS Appointed: 2019
  • JOHN MARTINEAU KINDER (Chair) Appointed: 2017
  • LAWRENCE ANDRE O'HANA Appointed: 2018
  • NATALIE STONEHAM Appointed: 2019
  • TONY HAWKS Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/10/2017, number: 1174954
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investment
  • 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
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

32 Highfield Gardens
Aldershot
GU11 3DE

Objectives

1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF TENNIS.2) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR 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 WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3) TO PROVIDE BENEFITS OF WELL BEING, HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR AGE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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