Lta Tennis Foundation

Analysis

Lta Tennis Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08087723). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lta Tennis Foundation reported income of £4.0m and spending of £5.5m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £5.2m to £4.0m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 3212%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lta Tennis Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Options (£3.8m), Wisdom School (£4.0m) and Aston Students' Union (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88% and investments 12%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.2m. Reserves of £17.0m would cover about 37 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.