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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
Delivered 11,474 sessions supporting 12,949 individuals across 40 programmes, generating 324,160 total engagements in 2025
Key Metric 2
Health & Wellbeing programmes delivered 270 sessions supporting 1,168 individuals, generating 7,315 engagements
Key Metric 3
Raised £50,714.49 net through the Foundation Fixture 2025 and £36,156.03 through the Fundraising Dinner (GBP)
Talking Tactics mentoring participant Jamie's confidence, aspirations and self-esteem grew significantly through one-to-one mentoring and mental health support
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
754 unique young people registered for Sport and Life Skills programmes (+114% vs 2022-23)
Key Metric 2
16 Locally Trusted Organisations delivered the programme, up from 9 in 2022-23
Key Metric 3
2,650 sessions held by delivery organisations in 2023-24
72% of young people reported 'getting on better at school or college' following engagement
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