Tennis for Free

Analysis

Tennis for Free is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2024, Tennis for Free reported income of £133k and spending of £133k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2024, income fell from £180k to £133k (-26%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Tennis for Free sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnet Table Tennis Club (BTTC) (£133k), Eastham Community Centre Limited (£133k) and Liphook & Ripsley Cricket Club (£133k).

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