Registered charity · Wimbledon
The Wimbledon Foundation
- 8 trustees
- Income £4.6m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Henry Bruce WeatherillChair · since 2017
- Anne V K Bretherton MBETrustee · since 2021
- Deborah Anne JevansTrustee · since 2024
- Kevin HavelockTrustee · since 2020
- Ruth Victoria ShawTrustee · since 2025
- Samantha Jayne OlsenTrustee · since 2026
- Sir Keith Onyema Ajegbo OBETrustee · since 2015
- SIR Nicholas YoungTrustee · since 2015
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Merton, Wandsworth
- Website
- www.wimbledon.com/foundation (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Wimbledon Foundation
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.6m£4.8m
- 2024£4.3m£4.5m
- 2023£4.2m£3.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.1m£3.2m
- 2021£2.5m£2.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE TO PROMOTE ANY PURPOSE THAT IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION:THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH SPORT;THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING OR SUPPORTING THE PROVISIONS OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING TENNIS OR OTHER SPORTS AND BY ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITY; ANDRELIEF FOR THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.
Grants given
704 grants · £14,696,872 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top recipients
- Youth Sport Trust · £2,776,355 (4 grants)
- WaterAid · £1,952,500 (5 grants)
- Crisis · £1,350,076 (6 grants)
- British Red Cross · £750,000 (7 grants)
- Magic Bus UK · £315,000 (4 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Henry Bruce Weatherill Chair since 2017
- Anne V K Bretherton MBE since 2021
- Deborah Anne Jevans since 2024
- Kevin Havelock since 2020
- Ruth Victoria Shaw since 2025
- SIR Nicholas Young since 2015
- Samantha Jayne Olsen since 2026
- Sir Keith Onyema Ajegbo OBE since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Henry Bruce Weatherill Chair since 2017
- Kevin Havelock since 2020
- SIR Nicholas Young since 2015
- Sir Keith Onyema Ajegbo OBE since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Henry Bruce Weatherill Chair since 2017
- Anne V K Bretherton MBE since 2021
- Deborah Anne Jevans since 2024
- Kevin Havelock since 2020
- Ruth Victoria Shaw since 2025
- SIR Nicholas Young since 2015
- Samantha Jayne Olsen since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Sir Keith Onyema Ajegbo OBE since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1156996
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06 JUN 2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/04/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/03/2014AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08/04/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 08559364 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02089712702 · foundation@aeltc.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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