Income
At the last AGM (9th March 2024) the club had a total of £4,013.11 in the account. Below is a breakdown of the income received by the club since that date.
£3,515 was brought in through memberships, an increase of £653 from last year. The reduction in family membership fees from £190 to £100 was offset by the increase in family memberships.
£350 was received from visitors fees throughout the year.
£629.50 in match fees were received from members playing in the 3 teams. The fees were increased from £2.50 to £3.50 this year which contributed to the higher intake.
£1000 was received by the Local County Council to contribute towards the new gate.
£500 was also received through the Tesco Stronger Starts scheme. Many thanks go to Steve Capewell for organising these grants.
£245 was raised through the Christmas Bonus Ball games (many thanks go to Stephen Packer).
£145 was also raised during the Halloween themed events.
£110 came in from hosting several Cawood Tennis club nights while their floodlights were out of action.
£16 was received via member floodlight contributions.
£220 came in via the monthly £20 charged to the Riccallish Allsorts acting group for prop storage in the clubhouse’s spare room.
£30 was received for 6 clubhouse keys.
£35 was received from the pickleball taster session.
The total income for the year was £6,790.50.
Outgoings
£926.57 was spent on electricity for the year, with the floodlights being the main usage.
£215.88 was used to purchase tennis balls for the season, a reduction from last year due to the club fielding one less mixed team.
£2,500 was spent on the clubhouse including new steps, paving, landscaping the clubhouse area and skip hire.
£229.44 was spent on stone chippings and wood for repairing the bench.
£288 was spent repairing the clubhouse roof leak.
£2,184 was spent on the new entrance gate and fencing.
£131.29 was paid for a new net.
£291.60 was spent on three new tennis club & visitor entrance signs, and £93.60 for a new notice board.
£36 was spent on fire extinguisher was serviced.
£450 was paid for RSA affiliation, an increase of £50 from last year.
£180 to renew the website hosting for riccalltennisclub.com, domain name, online booking system, membership system and emails for the year.
£58.80 was paid in standard banking fees from the club’s HSBC bank account.
£18.88 was spent on supplies for the Christmas event, plus £12.87 for the Halloween event.
£17.82 was also used to cover Steve Capewell’s safeguarding and DBS certification.
In total the club spent £7,631.87 during the 2024-2025 year, with an operating deficit of £841.37.
The account balance as of the 13th February 2025 stood at £3,185.29, with just over £8 in the two additional accounts.
Financial details for the 2024-25 year and the previous 5 years can be seen in the table below:
