Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol
Tennis First
The objects of the CIO are, in any part of the world: (1) To enable and encourage any person up to the age of twenty three years, or persons up to the age of twenty five years receiving education or vocational training at universities, colleges or...
- 9 trustees
- Income £301k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Brendan Dermot GilsonTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher Courtenay PerrinTrustee · since 2020
- Douglas FordhamTrustee · since 2018
- James CalderTrustee · since 2024
- Johnson Daniel GarnerTrustee · since 2023
- Lianne Estelle Firth MBETrustee · since 2020
- Mark LaurenceTrustee · since 2019
- Stephanie Elisabeth HauserTrustee · since 2024
- Suzanne Michelle HassanTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- tennisfirst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£301k£281k
- 2024£385k£386k
- 2023£215k£353k
Earlier years
- 2022£387k£299k
- 2021£193k£150k
Charitable objects
The objects of the CIO are, in any part of the world: (1) To enable and encourage any person up to the age of twenty three years, or persons up to the age of twenty five years receiving education or vocational training at universities, colleges or similar educational establishments to play the game of tennis and thereby to assist in ensuring that due attention is given to the physical education and development of such persons enabling them to meet their full potential as well as to the development and occupation of their minds, and (2) The provision (or assistance in the provision) of facilities for recreation or other leisure-time occupation for the benefit of the public in the interests of social welfare.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Brendan Dermot Gilson since 2023
- Christopher Courtenay Perrin since 2020
- Douglas Fordham since 2018
- James Calder since 2024
- Johnson Daniel Garner since 2023
- Lianne Estelle Firth MBE since 2020
- Mark Laurence since 2019
- Stephanie Elisabeth Hauser since 2024
- Suzanne Michelle Hassan since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Courtenay Perrin since 2020
- Douglas Fordham since 2018
- Lianne Estelle Firth MBE since 2020
- Mark Laurence since 2019
- Suzanne Michelle Hassan since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Brendan Dermot Gilson since 2023
- Christopher Courtenay Perrin since 2020
- Douglas Fordham since 2018
- James Calder since 2024
- Johnson Daniel Garner since 2023
- Mark Laurence since 2019
- Stephanie Elisabeth Hauser since 2024
- Suzanne Michelle Hassan since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Lianne Estelle Firth MBE since 2020
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1173079
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 May 2017 as amended on 29 Jan 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01962711491 · abbie@tennisfirst.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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