## **Enderby Lawn Tennis Club**
**Trustees Annual Report and Annual Statement of Accounts for period 1[st] September 2024 to 31[st] August 2025**
## **Trustees as of 31[st] August 2025**
Stephen Ince (Chair) Eamonn Canavan (Treasurer & Secretary) Matt Webber (Marketing and Communications Officer) Rob Kilby (Trustee) Alice O’Gorman (Welfare Officer)
## **Trustees who retired during the year**
No trustees resigned during the year. Steve Ince and Rob Kilby will be retiring by rotation as required by the constitution, and being eligible, will be standing for re-election.
## **Structure**
Enderby Lawn Tennis Club (ELTC) is a membership based Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). ELTC was founded in 1937 and became a CIO on 9[th] July 2019. ELTC is a Lawn Tennis Association registered venue.
ELTC is run entirely by volunteers and is managed by its trustees. Trustees are appointed in accordance with the club’s Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) constitution.
## **Activities and Objectives**
The object of ELTC is the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Enderby and the surrounding district by the provision of facilities for playing tennis.
ELTC operates and maintains three floodlit savannah courts. The club has a membership of ~94 adults and has a junior section of ~74 children and offers a range of membership types to encourage participation. Pay and play is available for the public.
The pay and play facility offered to the public encourages people to try tennis and enables those who do not wish to become members to have access to the tennis courts. The club provides an online court booking system and access to the courts is via a PIN number issued at the time of booking. Floodlights are also available for use and automatically switch on for bookings. This online system was introduced in 2021 and it has made it easier to get onto the courts, so more people are using the courts and gaining health and enjoyment benefits from playing tennis.
ELTC provide a series of free tennis lessons for pupils at a SEND school and provides free tennis sessions for adults with learning disabilities.
The club has the services of a self-employed LTA registered coach who provides coaching for juniors and adults. This enables anyone interested in advancing their tennis skills to have access to expert tuition.
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Tennis is a sport for every age and children from the age of four and adults up to the age of 90 regularly use the club’s facilities. It has been shown that tennis provides a lot of health benefits, both mental and physical. The availability of the facilities for tennis in Enderby enables its residents and those in the surrounding areas to have access to these health benefits. Members can participate in club social play sessions, club tournaments and coaching sessions. There are also opportunities to play in inter club matches for men, women, and mixed teams and in various age categories.
The club participates in the LTA Play initiative to encourage more people to play tennis. The club also does local promotion of the online booking facilities for Pay & Play users.
## **Funding**
£13k of the club’s £29k income for 2024/25 is derived from membership fees. Other income is from items such as grants £6k, pay and play fees £4.7k, match fees £1.2k, floodlight fees £0.8k, etc. A full set of the club’s accounts is provided below.
## **Achievements**
A list of achievements is available in the last section of this report. These include running tennis coaching sessions for a special education needs school and maintaining our LTA registered venue status.
ELTC closely monitors the status of the courts and did a major rejuvenation of the courts in October 2024 at a cost of ~£12,000.
## **Looking Forward**
The disability tennis initiative will be further developed using the experience gained to date. ELTC is working with the LTA and Tennis Leicestershire to continue the provision of disability tennis. ELTC is also working with Enderby Parish Council to offer 5 free tennis court bookings a month to Enderby.
## **Address**
Enderby Lawn Tennis Club Mill Lane Enderby Leicester LE19 4LX
Charity Registration Number 1184329
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## **Accounts review for year ending 31 August 2025**
The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis.
2024/25 had net income of £3,899.
£6,500 is transferred to the Sinking Fund each year.
**Income £29,059** – The main income items were: -
Membership income of £12,639 was £285 down on last year. This is made up of a £628 decline in adult membership income and £343 increase in Junior membership income.
Pay & Play fees of £4,658 were £1,207 (35%) up on 2024 and £1,904 (69%) up on 2023. The average Pay & Play fees over the three years before the introduction of the new gate system was just under £600 a year. The introduction of the online booking and the Smart Access Gate has increased pay and play use by nearly eight times compared to years prior to the new gate system.
Floodlight income of £823, is down by £79 on last year. The smart gate system automatically switches on the floodlights at designated times and the charge is collected when the booking is made. This automation means the public can use all the courts all year round from 8am to 10 pm, something which we could not do before.
Grants totalling £6,000 were received from several sources. We are grateful to the LTA, Tennis Leicestershire, Next, Maud Elkington Trust, Leicester-shire Rutland Community Foundation, and Arnold Clark.
Fundraising events raised £665, which includes £500 matched giving from Santander in relation to the Cosby Yarn Bomb café event and cake sale at the club annual tournament finals day.
Members who play in club teams paid match fees of £1,228 to cover costs of league entry fees, balls and floodlights. Members who invite guests paid £153 in guest fees.
ELTC participate in the Love Blaby Lottery, which is run by Blaby District Council. This year it raised £329.
ELTC earned interest of £2,248 in 2025 compared to £198 in 2024.
**Expenses £25,160** – The main expenses were: -
- Development project £2,600 – tarmac for uneven area in front of the defibrillator cabinet.
- Court maintenance £13,866 - £11,754 was spent on court rejuvenation. There were five sweeps in the year, their total cost was £1,650, a cost of £330 per sweep. £462 was spent on sand.
- Tennis Balls £1,233 – the club purchases the balls for use at club social sessions and club matches. Used balls are also provided for Pay & Play users who do not have their own balls.
- Insurance of £712 covers the property of ELTC. The insurance covers the clubhouse, the tennis courts, the chain link fences, and the floodlights. (Note – ELTC obtains public and employer liability insurance via the LTA Venue Registration process.)
- LTA Fees of £1,008. This consists of £420 for LTA Registered Venue fees which provides public liability insurance and gives access to the ClubSpark online booking system and the LTA support and advice. £588 is for match fees for the summer and winter leagues.
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- Community coaching cost of £881 represents the fees paid to the coach who runs the SEND sessions. The coach is supported by volunteers at the sessions.
- Smart Gate Fee £774 –annual charge for the maintenance and operation of the Smart Access Gate.
- Rent of £750 as per the lease which has a start date is April 2020 and is for 35 years. Rent is subject to review every seven years.
- Electricity cost £999, an increase of £346 from 2024. ELTC had a fixed price contract until of 15.41p/kWh until 27.12.24. The charge increased to 21.62p/kWh from 28.12.24 for 3 years. The standing charge increases from 33.18p per day to 79.78p per day.
- Payment Processor Fees £575 – the online booking system uses Stripe, and the online membership system uses Stripe and GoCardless to process transactions.
## **ELTC Reserves and Sinking Fund**
The ELTC Reserves represent funds available to cover emergency expenditure and to enable ELTC to continue to operate for up to two years if ELTC income streams were severely disrupted. A copy of the Reserves Policy is available on the club website – click here.
The sinking fund is money that ELTC has set aside to maintain the tennis courts, fencing and floodlights. If there is any shortfall in the sinking fund ability to pay for the refurbishment, it will need to be made up from other sources.
|**ELTC Funds**|**Actual**
**2024/25**|**Budget**
**2024/25**|**Budget Vs**
**Actual**
**+ = benefcial**|**Prior Year Vs**
**Actual**
**+ = benefcial**||**Cash Basis**
**2023/24**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**ELTC Reserves**|||||||
|Opening Balance|30,690|30,690|-|1,773||28,916|
|One Of Income|||-|-||-|
|Net Income / (Loss)|(2,601)|(18,812)|16,211|(4,374)||1,773|
|Closing Balance|**28,089**|**11,878**|**16,211**|**(2,601)**||**30,690**|
|**Sinking Fund**|||||||
|Opening Balance|63,681|63,681|-|5,773||57,908|
|Movement|6,500|6,500|-|727||5,773|
|Closing Balance|**70,181**|**70,181**|**-**|**6,500**||**63,681**|
|**Total Funds**|**98,270**|**82,059**|**16,211**|**3,899**||**94,371**|
|**Statement of Assets and Liabilites**|||**As at**
**30.08.25**||||
|**Cash funds**|||98,270||||
|**Other monetary assets**|||Nil||||
|**Investment assets**|||Nil||||
|**Assets retained for own use**|||||||
|Pavilion, tennis courts, foodlights,|fencing, ball|machine|||||
|**Liabilites**|||Nil||||
**Note** - All values are rounded to the nearest £ for reporting purposes and as a result totals may display small discrepancies.
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## **ELTC Income**
||**Membership Income**
Adult
Junior
**Total Membership Income**
**Other Income**
Pay & Play Fees
Visitor Fees
Match Fees
Floodlights
Ball Machine
Blaby Lotery
Club Tournament|**Actual**
**2024/25**
**Budget**
**2024/25**
**Budget Vs**
**Actual**
+ = benefcial
**Prior Year Vs**
**Actual**
+ = benefcial
9,999
10,000
(1)
(628)
2,640
2,000
640
343
**12,639**
**12,000**
**639**
**(285)**
4,658
3,400
1,258
1,207
153
200
(47)
(57)
1,228
1,100
128
40
823
900
(77)
(79)
-
-
-
(492)
329
300
29
20
-
-
-
-|**Cash Basis**
**2023/24**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||10,627
2,297
**12,924**|
|||||
||||3,451
210
1,189
902
492
309
-|
|One-of|**Grant**
**Grant - Disability Tennis**
**Coach**
**Fundraising Events**
**Donatons**|3,300
2,300
1,000
1,725
2,700
250
2,450
1,080
250
250
-
250
665
358
307
307
18
-
18
(32)|1,575
1,620
-
358
50|
||Tennis Balls Sale
Club Kit
Other Income
Interest Instant Access
Interest 32 Day Notce Account
Interest 95 Day Notce Account
Interest Fixed Deposit
Interest
**Total Other Income**
**Total Income**|25
-
25
(80)
25
-
25
25
-
-
-
(50)
158
50
108
158
192
192
192
315
420
(105)
117
1,582
1,725
(143)
1,582
-
-
-
(337)
**16,420**
**11,253**
**5,167**
**5,575**
**29,059**
**23,253**
**5,806**
**5,290**|105
-
50
-
-
198
-
337
**10,846**
**23,770**|
**Note** - All values are rounded to the nearest £ for reporting purposes and as a result totals may display small discrepancies.
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## **ELTC Expenditure**
|**ELTC Expenditure**|**ELTC Expenditure**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Expenses**
Court Maintenance
Grounds Maintenance
Floodlight Maintenance
Clubhouse Maintenance
Electricity
Rent
Tennis Balls
Smart Gate Fee
LTA Fees
Insurance
Payment Fees
Club Equipment
Bin collecton & cleaning
Club Tournament
Water Rates
Club Development
Promoton
Community coaching
Coach Membership referals
Groceries / Cleaning
Website
Medical Supplies
Statonery
Meetngs
Disability Tennis
||**Actual**
**2024/25**
**Budget**
**2024/25**
**Budget Vs**
**Actual**
**+ = benefcial**
**Prior Year Vs**
**Actual**
**+ = benefcial**
13,866
15,000
1,134
(12,183)
406
750
344
(126)
138
1,000
862
247
97
600
503
352
999
1,000
1
(346)
750
750
-
-
1,233
1,100
(133)
45
774
850
76
(23)
1,008
850
(158)
(168)
712
1,000
288
199
575
550
(25)
(68)
256
1,500
1,244
(89)
231
300
69
(9)
93
200
107
68
315
250
(65)
(95)
-
400
400
111
-
400
400
-
881
1,445
565
(163)
-
120
120
120
13
100
88
27
85
100
15
15
-
100
100
(78)
-
50
50
-
81
50
(31)
(40)
13
100
87
6
||**Cash Basis**
**2023/24**|
|||13,866
15,000
406
750
138
1,000
97
600
999
1,000
750
750
1,233
1,100
774
850
1,008
850
712
1,000
575
550
256
1,500
231
300
93
200
315
250
-
400
-
400
881
1,445
-
120
13
100
85
100
-
100
-
50
81
50
13
100
||1,683
280
385
450
653
750
1,278
751
840
911
507
167
222
161
220
111
-
718
120
40
100
(78)
-
42
19
|
|One
-of|Sundry|35
200|165
(4)|31|
||**Development Projects**|2,600
6,800|4,200
3,266|5,866|
||**l**|**2**
||**22**|
|**Tota Expenses**
**Income/(Expense) pre Sink Fund**
Sinking Fund
Payments for refurbishment
**Total Sinking Funds**
**Net Income / (Expense)**||**5,160**
**35,565**||**16,3**
**7,546**
5,773
-
**5,773**
**1,773**|
**Note** - All values are rounded to the nearest £ for reporting purposes and as a result totals may display small discrepancies.
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|**ELTC Achievements**|**ELTC Achievements**|
|---|---|
|**LTA President visit 2025**|Sandi Procter, the LTA President, visited the ELTC as part
of a tour of tennis clubs in Leicestershire. The chair of
Enderby Parish Council, the holder of the health portolio
at Blaby District Council, representatves and users from
Enderby Adult Educaton and the SEND school pupils, Joe
Humphries Memorial Trust, and club members also
atended.|
|**Tennis coaching for pupils with complex**
**needs 2025**|Free coaching sessions and courts were provided to pupils
aged from 10 to 19 with social and emotonal and other
complex needs. Reduced cost court bookings also
provided, which allowed pupils to play between coaching
sessions. Coaching sessions will be contnued; courts will
be provided free of charge; coaching costs will be paid by
the school.|
|**Free court session ofers for Enderby**
**Parish residents 2025**|ELTC worked with Enderby Parish Council (EPC) to provide
fve free one-hour tennis sessions each month. Rackets
and balls are also provided. The free sessions are
promoted on the EPC and ELTC social media.|
|**Court surface rejuvenaton 2024**|ELTC closely monitors the status of the courts and did a
major rejuvenaton of the courts in October 2024 at a cost
of ~£12,000. This is expected to increase the court lifespan
by 3 to 4 years with contnuing normal maintenance.|
|**LTA Club of the Year Award 2023**|ELTC were awarded the Leicestershire Club of the Year
award in February 2023. The award was presented by
Greg Rudeski in recogniton of the clubs “Tennis for
Everyone” vision and the work done by the club with
adults with learning difcultes, children with special
educaton needs and children from the local primary
school. Our vision has also resulted in making pay and
play more accessible, including providing tennis rackets
and balls for free for people who do not have the
equipment.|
|**LED Floodlights 2023**|Installed LED foodlights which meet the LTA 500 lux
standards. The LED lights use almost 50% less energy,
require less maintenance, and are longer lastng. Funding
for part of the cost was received from SUEZ Communites
Trust and Blaby District Council.|
|**SEMH (Social Emotonal and Mental**
**Health) Tennis coaching ongoing since**
**2023**|Worked with Bright Ideas for Tennis to introduce tennis
coaching for a SEND school with pupils aged 5 t0 11.
Funding received from Bright Ideas for Tennis, the LTA,|
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|**ELTC Achievements**|**ELTC Achievements**|
|---|---|
||and Tennis Leicestershire. The deputy head of the school
reported that the sessions are of great beneft for the
well-being and self-confdence of the students.|
|**Defbrillator cabinet installed 2023**|An external defbrillator cabinet, provided by the Joe
Humphries Memorial Trust, was installed. This means that
the club defbrillator is available for pay and play users as
well as members. It is available 24/7 and is registered on
the BHF Circuit so members of the public can be directed
to it in an emergency.|
|**Disability Tennis / Social Prescribing**
**2021 and ongoing**|In 2021 worked with Blaby District Council Social
Prescribing Team to develop social prescribing to improve
wellbeing, both physically and mentally. In 2022
transitoned to disability tennis for adults with learning
difcultes and work with Enderby Adult Educaton Centre.
Inital funding was received from Sport England.|
|**Lease renewal 2022**|35-year lease agreed with King George V Playing Fields
Enderby charity. Signed lease documents submited to the
Land Registry in Jan 2022. Lease start date is 1 April 2020.
The lease negotatons took several years due to the
charitable status of the KGVPF which meant the Charity
Commission had to be consulted.|
|**Free racket and tennis ball loan**|To encourage more people to try tennis ELTC introduced
free racket and tennis ball loan. The aim is to enable
people who may not be able to aford rackets to get the
physical and mental health of playing tennis.|
|**Danemill Primary School Tennis Classes**
**- 2017 to 2022**|The free tennis coaching sessions for Danemill Primary
School have been running for many years and the children
really enjoy the sessions. The sessions are run over a ten-
week period each summer term.|
|**Other achievements**|First club in Leicestershire to install Smart Access Gate
integrated with online booking system, it increases the
court tme available to Pay & Play users by 4,000 hours a
year.|
|||
## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Enderby Lawn Tennis Club**
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Enderby Lawn Tennis Club (the Club) for the year ended 31 August 2025.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Club you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Club’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statements**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Club as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Neil Ford 38 Peers Way Huncote Leicester LE9 3BT
13 January 2026
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