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LTA Tennis Foundation Annual Report 2025

LTA Tennis Foundation is the Lawn Tennis Association's independent charity, funding organisations and programmes that use tennis to improve lives across Great Britain. Its 2025 Annual Report shows £21.4m of social value generated through its Grant Making Framework, alongside continued investment in disability tennis, underserved communities and grassroots facilities including the completed Park Tennis Project.

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Grant Making Framework (Innovate/Recover/Scale grants); LTA Open Court for disabled players; LTA SERVES for underserved communities; FAGE LTA Youth Schools; Facility Loan Scheme; Park Tennis Project Custom geography from upload: England

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 £21.4m of social value generated in 2025 through the Grant Making Framework
Key Metric 2 34,424 participants positively impacted across 579 venues via funded partners
Key Metric 3 £4m awarded across 47 organisations since the Grant Making Framework launched in 2023

Key Outcomes

  • 94% of participants in funded programmes demonstrably improved in confidence
  • 91% of participants improved their physical activity levels
  • Park Tennis Project transformed 3,000+ park courts, over half in areas of highest social deprivation

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Close to 2,000 participants supported in 2024/25 across youth, prison and environmental programmes
Key Metric 2
826 students from 10 state schools took part, 67% female, with 70% of partner schools in the most deprived areas (IMD 1-4)
Key Metric 3
184 serving or released prisoners engaged through the 'Boats not Bars' reducing-reoffending programme
85% of young people improved their mental wellbeing and 83% felt more confident through the youth programme
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
21,212 people engaged with in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
17,708 people played some form of rugby through Foundation programmes
Key Metric 3
More than £9,000 raised through Foundation Day; 9,000+ given back to grassroots rugby clubs
88% of girls in the Girls Tackle Rugby programme reported feeling more confident, per independent research with Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
£3,112,419 raised to deliver projects in 2024/25; total income £2,920,000 and total expenditure £2,850,000 (year ended 31 August 2024)
Key Metric 2
28,692 people took part in activities; 307,544 visits to sessions; 17,793 sessions delivered
Key Metric 3
More than 16,000 young people engaged across early years and primary programmes; 34 Premier League Primary Stars partner schools; over 7,000 healthy meals provided...
Blackpool FC Sports College A Team won the CEFA league title 2024/25; BFC School received 'Good' Ofsted rating in November 2024; Norbreck Primary Academy reached EFL Utilita Kids Cup National Final at Wembley, winning Regional Finals unbeaten
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Key Metric 1
Total income £659,217 and total expenditure £674,216 (year ended 30 June 2025, charity no. 1137275); 10,252 individuals engaged across the 2024/25 season, with 9,713...
Key Metric 2
82% of participants reported positive impact on mental wellbeing; 84% on physical wellbeing; 82% on sense of community; 86% made new friends since joining
Key Metric 3
70% agreed they made positive changes to their life as a result of CUF activity; 63% of adult participants felt a strong sense of...
56.7% of young people hardly ever or never feel lonely vs national average; 94% of participants feel welcome, safe and included; CUF participants ranked higher than Cambridge and UK averages for happiness, life satisfaction and worthwhile life