Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

TENNIS SHROPSHIRE 

Creating the opportunity for all members of the community to play recreational tennis. This includes facilitating events for people to try the sport, delivering programmes to schools, disability and disadvantaged groups, offering practical governance, Safeguarding and financial support to volunteers of venues where tennis is played as well as competitive opportunities for interested groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/09/23£93,413£148,036£-54,623150
30/09/22£303,618£344,890£-41,272150
30/09/21£38,276£44,421£-6,145150
30/09/20£5,118£10,283£-5,165150
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.tennisshropshire.co.uk

info@tennisshropshire.co.uk

01743 467755

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Shropshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 150 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Two court airdome
£100,000 09/03/2020
0
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Two court airdome. This project lists its main activity as Lawn Tennis

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/01/2020, number: 1187220
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE SHREWSBURY CLUB
SUNDORNE ROAD
SHREWSBURY
SY1 4RG

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SHROPSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING TENNIS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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