No. SCOS0Th)
COLINfoN LAWN TENNIS CLUB
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

COLlfrffON LAWN TENNIS CLUB
REPORT AND ACCOUNfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OECEM8ER 3)24
Contsnts
Pag
IityeThJent &Kaml￿8 reFKlrt to the Tru8t
Rec•lFrt8 and a¢￿urt
Notes to the ac¢ounts
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COLINTON LAWN TENNIS CLUB
TRiISTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Introdud
The Tr￿teeS Fxesenl thèir rep)rt ￿1th the a￿OUnts of the eharty for the year ended 31 Oe¢em￿r 20?4.
These have been preFqred in afxordancevhth the Club Con8lrtution, the Chariti'es and Twslee Inv&8trnent
{scdI￿d} Act 3x15 arrtl the Charttle8 Ac￿n￿{s￿o￿a￿jl Regulati￿$ 2￿.
Charlty Inlormatlo
REGISTERED CHARtTY NUMBER
SC0507
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
BANKERS
Roya Bank ol S¢oiknd
239 St John's Road
Cor¥torphine
Eéinbur9h
EH12 7XA

COUIKOPI LAWN TENNIS CLUB
TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 (c¢￿t¥)
scio
colint￿ L8vm Tertn¥ Club LEgan in 1928 aTrd ha8 ormted ag an UnnicuFMxatwJ A98￿all)n urrtfil 1
May 2￿21 it CcThertr￿ to a S￿rtISh Charrtatle jThxJrpxa￿J (SCIOI.
The club'$ govemlry dogJment1s the Club Col￿tA￿le￿. An entirely constrtution vrn •d¢)Oed on
the club'• IrwrF¥)ratlon ￿ a SCIO. The dub maIrtai￿ rffjkntra￿on the Tennis As8oc*tion ILTAI.
Reoi8tralion Nblth Ihe LTA requtfès that the club haB in pkce a 8utsbty qu8lrfthY rernon aThJ arproyial8
ocedures to er￿Ule the Safety aTrJ V•tikt*tr¥ ol alt th• ¢lu& The club akn M￿rtair￿ a polw on
dfverslty and irKtusitin.
Tru•t•••
Tts Tn•tees arè apyomt¢d kn wKdanc* vAth Club CorolttutM)n. Ddaib of the Tru8tee8 8ep4ed
dunrvJ th• year w6 Ibted on page 3.
Rl•k and InfArnd c¢nlJol
Th• ¢bJb ha8 a rBk r¢gbtw arrt1 other interrAI I￿n¢T0* wKlwJiThJ a p)Iy ￿ brifffj and ¢¢yruKthn Wthlch
are desyned to p￿ide reaorrabl• a88urance aga￿ m*•rial mismanagement or kw. Comyehenstse
IMuranc• wlidey ¢￿enr1d normal Ir￿rabb are maitain•JJ b￿h thrt>Jgh th& dub's Tegffjtrat¥)n Ihilh
the LTA 4r#J thredty.
ObJ•ctlv•• A4Xlvlll••
The charivs OW8 are ¥•t In ts rxx¥tlukn, nwt*f.'.
Th• wfv•ncwn•nt of rthW¢ pArti¢i¥tlon kn swl; 8pecrfaty. the g•me oft¢MIJ.
The wov151on ol reueaiiwal f*lrtles. or thè ¢)ryan￿n of rec%eth"¢)nal Ixtirt*s ￿1th the oyect of
wnprovirYJ th• ¢mdrticfis of lrft for pern(¥M for Iho laelthj or a¢tiwti•s are yimarily intern1ed.
Th￿1 obA•d• can b• achl•%wd ty ￿￿+1¥ other thky...
In¢¥•a81ry kntr**6Je aThJ rftenrls x a SF￿ In ￿hance the IPrf•8 ofth• wbl¢
Pro¥i1ry I￿lItIeS for the trainry. athkne ar#J $upwt cl youty p￿e and •JuJts Pur￿11
tennlj a¥ a SFQrt for ￿lSUre Of car•er
Promettrg Wv4•m•nt In 01t¢n￿) f8cll)88 h Edlnbjrqh •nd Lothl•
Obwnln•tlrvJ lo Ihè pJfAbe aThl irtwe•l4d atayjt t•nnl&
MaklrKJ apwwale rmerrtatKffl to re1tr4ant lyJj￿ and other ¢)rpnsatior* on tehaff of Memte
J the conc*mir¥J tennis. wrsurt ofth• s￿rt ￿ the olfa¢ilMltss. tralniw. thi¢e ar
wpwJrt for th¢)&é er¥•ged kn rt.
Achl•vwn•nts and
Our makn achlwements dwiry perkjd *•r•'.-
Qur annul ¢Aub cPAmrA(xthpJ successfiAty hèkl, eulminatir¥J in finals *wk•fKI In
Seoemter. There a gocKI number of entries acrc6s am everl& The standard of pthy th the
ftnaLs was the be8t seen for qultè a number ol year& We were wjdened durirvJ the year ty the
death ol 8 1￿Mer Club PresKlent Men'$ ChamF*)n foi swernl years *ed a t4g part
in wganwrg thè dub Champ￿1￿￿.

COLIKfoN LAWN TENNIS CLUB
TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2Q41<XXbYd)
Fwr mers and fv+D t*lles leaft￿ V*Ete ertwed East of ScrAlaThl LTA ￿agueS. J￿10T teams
vRre ako entered in th￿[ le8gu
Coathwu cmb"nue5 to te one dthe ofthe dub**h a great deal cIgr￿P ￿ Ir￿N￿lua1
)achirg tskirvJ Fla￿ for ajums a￿j I￿￿r5. The club's Cp)ach has nrN t*en with the
club tr lY+p￿e Yea￿ arKJ has an excelent Y￿ wc¥Jrarnme. The heaJ coach '
$upWt￿ by a number ol as5i5t*rt coac*￿S.
The *ue by the dub cortinues to te very popl￿r V+ith mernte￿.
The club hekl 8￿c￿S￿l Twmoments thwir¥J th2 year. Bathe￿ *Ere hekj ot the
culmination of each tourroment. A suc¢es5ful quiz vras hekj in Octoter 31 memters
Ia￿"rvj part in vthat ￿a8 a very enjoyat4e eveniw. Thtse events wKl• an OPF￿unrtY for
members to sooalw lor new ￿￿mt￿lS to meel other8.
The tr￿tee8 hekl Thne meetiTrJs duiry the year. All meekn.ros V*ere helj in P￿in v￿tti a single
eX￿￿t￿)n due to t>al *￿ther.
The cbjbs memtership at th8 er•J of W24 Was apF￿xImatety 41S, V•tiid) reyesents a s￿dht fa
from 430 TeF*Xt&J last yeaf. AthoLwJh ths ks from the reCc￿d thl of at the same pynt
in 2021 and 4&) at the same time in 3Y22 thiy ￿ stil to bE a very accerAable numb
ar￿ hi5toricaly h¥h. The dub ContIn￿ lo a(xW new members reStrid￿
In Nv4emter2WJ nc¢ffi&J ofa Planniffj Enforcemenl Investsgat￿7 rydiro the re
ci)urts. The dub had previwsty th￿ed pknnirKJ Ulat the contradNs instaled ew new
Jlumns on the rear ¢tyJrts, Flannirg aPwO￿ vrns fcff six rtw cc4umrts the reuse
oftr*D axislry o)lumrts Irom the ￿t CO￿$. Durirg tr* jrtstslat￿￿ the Corrtrodt￿ W foLfKI th*
Ihe existiThJ front court column5 were rKJt str(ry enouJh to tske sets of IvJhts, i e. 8 Set facing
the front wirts as ￿￿11 as a set facir¥J the rear courts. Thvs ¢Jscovery despte the de5bJn fcf
the rear Gourt instalkticfi pryred ty a Sut*￿tra￿r app?￿ted ty our main corrtra¢aor.
In Decemtr*i the club aWied for ¥ nort-materral Varrati￿ to the Flannirg aFvoval to allu•V
the a*JitK)nal rear court columns to Terna￿ t*Jt wih the renThal of tM*D front cwrt cobjm
This apF4•xt*)n aFwoved in January 2￿24 ard the V+r¥kB Wtre caffi&J twt in March. Th
Planning Enforcement Invesluatson rèJardiro the rear courts remairs OFen. NclhirKJ has been
heard Irom the Gouncl either PlanNng EnfLvcement Invesb3ation Sin￿ December 2Q3.
The club ccYrtIrM￿ to te BU￿￿3rt&y TemiB h3x￿la￿¢ffj ILTAI a￿1 thrW Ihe LTA ty
L￿fie￿I ￿nn1r￿d ¢or6utsnts as a resL4t of a cxxnmeroal a￿argement befvfftn the LTA and
Lichf*kl. This SUFPJt has teen at no cfAt tothe club. Ns part of thts suppxt. LTA'$ Technic41
Director wgrted the dub in
4Jditional ivjndwy len0￿ ¥￿Ie￿ an)uTrJ the entrance arKJ a nthvg*e instslled. This
Yth to deter unal1tKJ￿d entran(* to the dub's growbJ5.
Many of ￿ll* suwrAt fer￿e dp4iJes the fr￿t o)urt8 from the rear courts V￿re
corrtsjed throLb3h aTrJ t￿ fen￿ was therelore in a **e. In No¥emt* aFI FQ5ts Mere
repkced Imth 98￿nts￿J pxts.
The tfU5tees are mirthl Oft￿ need fr*the dubto t* athievir¥J rt¥ charitat4e c*J'eclNes. ExtensNe
dst￿b)n$ have teen hekl at t￿￿tee8 rneetiros and local sthoo15 have teen apkYc4ched to
e8tablish ts)w V￿ mght surv)rt their wpib in takiry-up tennm. These dl8uMorts are continumg
th a v*wto Init￿Ne3 beww in th frcffl SwiThJ ￿.

COLINfoN LAWN TENNIS CLUB
TRLISTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 Icont'dl
Flnanclal R•v18W
FlnAnclal Infommtk
Full d￿al￿ of the a¢Apiities ofthe Qub durlrg the rth1 can be lound vlttm'n Ihe a¢L￿Jnts * tjetailvj on
pages 8 to 10.
A surptus of £18.￿WAS gen9ratoa In the year.
As the ac¢ounts are preF4red on a caBh ba81$ thgr•vAU #t tlmes te eX￿￿Jit￿re lalirvJ intoth¢ y•arthat
covers olheT Feriod5.
The TnBtees need to ensure that the Club has Suffic￿Trt roseThesto meet orvJc*y w4tal IMW￿1ernÉnts.
PlanTriTWJ requlrernents lorthe next &10 years is orgoiro.
The final F4yment fr*rthe rth fbodlhJM$ fov Court5 m8de in the yeartogethor with other
spJnifieanl repairs to fen&ng ￿rrOUrKIng the courtg. flIx￿ligm costs were ¢)ff8et by the I￿￿&SIb
generth￿ donatrjn 01£14.OCQ. The club sMII witinue lo retan a healthy at Lonk ar¥J t
Tft￿tees ￿11 c¢ntinue to gafeguard this %*thilst kin9 mlrthl of any ¢athl exFeTrJrture r4uiremMts.
sIgn￿ on behallof th• ¢harlty'• Tru8t¢o
Tmwrer
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES ON THE AeeouNTS OF COLipifoN
LAWN TENNIS CLUB
I report on the act•unts olthe ch*lty forthe year end&J 31 Dectmber 2ff24 vh'th comFrf￿e the ReceiFts
0￿j Paymenls Accojnt. thé Statemert ol Balan￿ aTrJ the 88gttlat&J Note8 tothe ￿￿￿nts.
This reF*)rt ￿ made lo the Tr￿tee5, •8 a t￿y, In aCcOrdar￿ *ith the lerwffj of my w4tyement. Myv*wk
has te8Tr urldÈ￿kern to enabk me lo rewjrt my OFrf'rrion a5 set o(rt telow and for no olhef wrp(6e. To the
fullest extent permitted ty law. I do not acc•F* or asswne resFVnBit¥lty to ¥byone other than the Charty
ar￿ the TrtAtees, as a Lr*, for my V+tTk or forthi4 rewrt.
Resix¢tlve respMslblllle8 oITru8knes Indwdwt ¢xamlner•
The ¢harltys trustees Sre reswnsiNe for the weparation of the accc*unts In accorda￿¢ the terms of
th¢ Chai((is% and Trustee InVestm￿t (s￿7t1a￿l Acl 2c￿5 (the Act) and the Chantles Ac¢ounts (SLolla￿lI
RegLlatKJrts Ith¢ RegulathThl. The chaTty InBiees Co￿￿erthat the a￿lt requirement of RgJLlatb)n
1q1)Idl Of the Regulations ¢Sxs nol apply It 13 my reswisiknlty lo examine the accounts as rwiired
uThJ8r section 44IIXc) of thè Aol and to 8tat* whether ￿rti￿1•r matte[¥ have come to my attent1￿*.
Bas18 of •xamlnèr's statèment
My examination ￿ carried (xrt in accorilance V￿th RegulatK)n 11 01 the Regulatsor￿. An eXaMinat￿n
includesa reV￿V011h8 actountirvj re¢)xd¥ kek* bythe charty ar* a compaii4c&n ol the atX£*unts ¢￿ented
V•th trK¥e records. 11 abo indudes conspaeratson of any unusual iletrts or disdosures in Ihg accrJunts and
3eelo explanatlons from Ihe Iru51ees concerning any such maiter8. The yo¢edure8 uTrJertaken d)
ovide all Ihe evpJenGe that wcukj be reqLftr&J ill an audtt, conSeq￿ntty I do not exwess an a￿Jit
opnion on the view gN¢n by the accounts.
Ind•rthl¢nt •xamlnw'• •t4t•m•nl
In the cc¥Jrse ol my examinatthin, no matt*r ha8 eometo my *lention.'
lo) vknich syve3 me reasonatle cause lo treltve that in any material respect Ihe requirement¥'.
to keep a¢rnunting iecwd8 In a￿0￿rrte Y￿t￿ SedKJn 44111{al c4 the Act and Regulatkjn 4 of the
Regujalons, and
tj to wepare a￿￿￿ts aG￿rd wfch the 8cccwntTrJ re¢orfs aTr3 con¥ly RegUlat￿n 9 of the
R8gulalions hav¢ not teeA rne( ¢y
Ib) to ￿lCh. ￿ my opinion atenticffl Should be drawn in crfder to enable a w¢4)er uTrderstarKIl￿J of the
accounts to be re8tr&.

Colinton Lawn T•nnls Club
Rtt•lpts and Paym•nts Account
12 months to
31 De¢•mbor 2024
12 month* to .,￿￿.￿
31 December 2023
RKolpts
Subs¢rlptk+n•
Senior
Interm&Jiate
Mini
JUn￿r
Family
Senity CitEen
NMPlayirKJ
County
Student Avmy
16.&so
16.%5
1.512
3.111
8,247
321
435S
204
594
819
38J33
34375
Interest
VB¢tor8
Soctal Events
Other Revenue
Donatbr
4670
31
2,8
451
14000
19,152
6.179
57A27
44,512
Payments
Depreckqtion
Bal
Water Rates
Insurance
Pavilion Management
Repairs & Maintenance
ESLTA Affiliati￿ & LTA RvJistration
10.414
1.16S
2.520
2,S35
1297
10,580
1.720
ii,iio
1,570
5.f21
General ExFwtses
Townaments
Sodal
Sut6cWic¥
Courts
177
710
1,081
35,046
39,321
Surplu* of Iniome
over oxp•ndlturn
18,206
9,467

C4)linton Tennls Club 19TP*k'W*tr'
Statement of Balances
31 Detember 2024
31 De¢embgr 2023
08.e78
SO,816
Bank aThJ Cash In Hand
FLKe¢termdeposll
CurTentac￿unt
94.131
47.980
52.505
AmouTrts Rrfehable
Debtors
All￿U￿ts PayablelLiabllltl8E
Creditois
210,989
192,783
OpenlngBalances
Stsipknslorlhe perlc*J
192.783
18.206
183.316
9,467
210,989
191783
Unre5tricled Feseryes
Restricted ReseThES
210.989
192.783
210,989
191783
Approved bl thè Trusteeg th12 FebTuary on their t*haN by tha lollowirg'.-
r8a8ur¢r
Th8 psgg 10 IDM? p•rtofiheso Mnt8

COLINTON LAWN TENNIS CLUB
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER ￿24
i. statomgntcf AccounllryJ Pdldofj
The acC￿Urts have been Fry)3￿￿ in acc￿￿• Charlkn arKI Tr￿lee IrNe81menl IS(*U¥•Jl
2(1)5 ￿ the Ch*rtw (S¢(lIar￿) Re9￿*1￿ 2rTh.
F￿d6 Structure
Unrestr￿￿ed fun0* tPw fvrth Truste￿ are fr¢• to use for any wrF•xe n furttr*ra￿Q
ofihe GharitstrAe owts
GovemarKe o)sts are o)sts aS￿lat￿ V+ilh ￿￿)nal slatutory rwuirements
oftlp chty. The ordy su¢* the ￿[kAY comedm th the examI￿ti
vthich vM5 ¢Jrt fre¢ of tharge.
l TrnAtoM' R•muneratlon
the year.
l Rql*od Parll•s
T￿re Vltre rw) tran&•aNTh with related F•rties dui*Yd tr* year.
Fixod JJsets
¢otyyrls¢
YEar
Ratè ot DK.23
2024 End Do¢ 3024
In 2024
s¢
Valve É fEth•inlTrg
lyearsl
Vahje £
1p.m
o¥4
¥ow
2th4
Styh
UgUO3
£1•￿14
£6•*78
Colinton La￿ Tenni5 Club wemEes wwe va￿￿ in March 21r21 at £570k M thE bw of LY)nlinumg use
as a terfffj dub by Rythn LLP
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