Kings Norton Tennis Club
Charity 1102872
Overview
Summary
Kings Norton Tennis Club appears to be more than a venue for playing tennis: it is a volunteer-run, place-based community asset using sport, coaching and social space to widen participation and build local connection. Its role combines accessible entry points such as pay-and-play and school or holiday activity with structured progression into coaching, competition, volunteering and leadership. The club’s longevity, dedicated facilities and recent membership growth suggest an established local institution that is actively renewing its community offer.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
King’s Norton South
Confidence: medium
The club identifies an active tennis venue in Kings Norton and describes tennis, coaching, pay-and-play and social activity there. The evidence does not directly establish ward-level operational geography.
- Kings Norton Tennis Club website — homepage
States that the club is located in Kings Norton, with three floodlit courts and a clubhouse, and delivers tennis, coaching, pay-and-play and social activity there. - Charity Commission Register — Kings Norton Tennis Club, charity 1102872
The charity's 2022 trustees' report describes the club as a community amateur sports club in the Kings Norton district of south Birmingham with three courts and a clubhouse.
Remaining uncertainties
- The club says it serves the south-west area of Birmingham and provides coaching through schools, holiday clubs and regular activities, but current school names, school locations and the frequency of off-site delivery are not published in the evidence reviewed.
- The evidence supports a district-level operational identity centred on Kings Norton and its surrounding south-west Birmingham catchment, rather than evidence of a fixed citywide service network.
- The partnerships with Bring it on Brum! and Sport Birmingham appear to support access to activities delivered at the Kings Norton venue; the reviewed material does not establish that they create regular delivery sites in additional Birmingham wards.
Additional evidence needed
- A current list of schools, community venues and holiday-club locations where the coaching team delivers activity, with dates or regularity of delivery.
- Current programme or impact reporting showing the geographic origin of participants and whether outreach is routinely delivered beyond the Kings Norton venue.
- Confirmation from the club or its partners of whether HAF or Get Set Girl sessions are delivered at any venues other than Kings Norton Tennis Club.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
Who they help
- Children/young People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A small sports club functioning as local civic infrastructure
The available evidence suggests that the club’s value lies not only in tennis provision but in maintaining accessible shared space, social contact and organised activity in its locality.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the club from a membership-only sports provider. Its clubhouse, open booking offer and community-facing programmes may make it a practical platform for wider wellbeing and neighbourhood activity.
Show evidence
“The charity promotes community participation in healthy recreation by providing tennis facilities in Kings Norton and surrounding areas.”
Source:Charity Commission“The club has three all-weather floodlit courts and a purpose-built licensed clubhouse.”
Source:Organisation“Court booking is available through Pay & Play from £12.”
Source:Organisation
The club appears to operate a participation pathway, not just isolated sessions
Its activities may create a route from first contact with tennis into regular play, competitive teams, volunteering and junior leadership.
Why it matters
A pathway model can retain participants and develop local capability, making the organisation potentially valuable to schools, youth organisations and partners concerned with confidence and progression.
Show evidence
“The club provides coaching through schools, holiday clubs and regular coaching activities.”
Source:Organisation“It offers tennis for complete beginners, improving players and competitive players represented in Birmingham and Metropolitan leagues.”
Source:Organisation“The Junior Leaders Programme aims to increase young people's confidence and develop skills for everyday life, school and college.”
Source:Organisation
Volunteer capacity is both a distinctive strength and a possible dependency
The club appears to combine volunteer governance and junior volunteering with professional coaching, creating a blended operating model that may strengthen ownership while relying on sustained local commitment.
Why it matters
Understanding this dependency is important when assessing resilience, succession needs and the feasibility of expanding community activity.
Show evidence
“The club is run by volunteers.”
Source:Charity Commission“Professional tennis coaching is available through club coach Matt Hillman.”
Source:Organisation“Junior Leaders and volunteers raised money for the Junior Leaders Programme.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether pay-and-play, schools activity and coaching reach people who are not already likely to join a tennis club.
- How membership growth is distributed across ages, income groups, gender and local neighbourhoods.
- Whether the clubhouse is used by other community groups beyond tennis-related activity.
Remaining uncertainties
- Participation, membership and retention data broken down by age, gender, postcode and access route.
- Information on school partnerships, non-tennis community use of the clubhouse and volunteer roles.
- Evidence of affordability support, concessionary access and outcomes from the Junior Leaders Programme.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Kings Norton Tennis Club is a community based tennis club serving the south west area of Birmingham. It provides a coaching programme to the wider community through schools, holiday clubs and regular coaching activities. The club is run by vulunteers and is the only tennis playing facility within the locality providing essential facilities to introduce both adults and youngsters to tennis.
Charity objects
THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING TENNIS IN THE KINGS NORTON DISTRICT OF BIRMINGHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS.