Wimbledon: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited has no person with significant control recorded on the Companies House register. In the year to July 2025 it reported turnover of £427m.
- Registered name
- THE ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS & CROQUET CLUB LIMITED
- Company number
- 07546718
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 1 March 2011
- Registered office area
- Sheffield
- Industry code on the register
- 93120: Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to July 2025, filed 24 April 2026
What does Wimbledon do?
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club is the private members' club that owns the Wimbledon grounds and stages The Championships, the grass-court tennis grand slam held each summer. Its income comes mainly from broadcasting rights, tickets, sponsorship and official merchandise, and the surplus from The Championships goes to British tennis. The club was founded in 1868 and first held The Championships in 1877, the oldest tennis tournament in the world.
In brief: private members' club · stages The Championships, Wimbledon · broadcasting, tickets and sponsorship · grass-court grand slam
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: wimbledon.com.
Who owns Wimbledon?
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited, company number 07546718, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Wimbledon?
The Companies House register lists 13 current officers for The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited.
All 13 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Richard Gordon Atkinson | 1 March 2011 |
| Timothy Henry Henman | 16 March 2011 |
| Simon Alan Jones | 5 December 2012 |
| Ashley James Kenneth Tatum | 1 December 2015 |
| Augustine Thomas Odonnell | 1 December 2015 |
| Sally Jane Ambrose | 1 December 2015 |
| The Honourable Henry Bruce Weatherill | 6 December 2016 |
| Deborah Ann Jevans | 6 December 2016 |
| Kevin John Havelock | 3 December 2019 |
| Anne Viensouk Keothavong Bretherton | 1 December 2020 |
| James Ralph Acheson-Gray | 5 December 2023 |
| John Charles Taylor | 2 December 2025 |
| Dalton John Odendaal | 2 December 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Wimbledon file?
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited reported turnover of £427m in the year to July 2025. That was up 4.2% on £410m the year before.
It reported 523 employees. The year before it reported 511.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £45m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £37m the year before.
Staff costs came to £34m. That is an average of £64,000 a head. It ended the year with £101m at the bank and net assets of £537m.
| Measure | Jul 2025 | Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £427m | £410m |
| Pre-tax profit | £45m (filed) | £37m (filed) |
| Employees | 523 | 511 |
| Staff costs | £34m | £31m |
| Average staff cost per head | £64,000 | £61,000 |
| Bank and cash | £101m | £65m |
| Net assets | £537m | £497m |
| Interest paid | £3m | |
| Interest received | £9m |
Read the accounts to July 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
How Wimbledon compares
Wimbledon files as The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited, with turnover of £427m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Wimbledon
What does Wimbledon do?
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club is the private members' club that owns the Wimbledon grounds and stages The Championships, the grass-court tennis grand slam held each summer. Its income comes mainly from broadcasting rights, tickets, sponsorship and official merchandise, and the surplus from The Championships goes to British tennis. The club was founded in 1868 and first held The Championships in 1877, the oldest tennis tournament in the world.
Who owns Wimbledon?
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited has no person with significant control recorded at Companies House.
How much does Wimbledon make?
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited reported turnover of £427m in the year to July 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £45m.
How many people work at Wimbledon?
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited reported 523 employees in the year to July 2025.
Who runs Wimbledon?
The Companies House register lists 13 current officers for The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 07546718, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Wimbledon: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 28 September 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/wimbledon/. Figures from Companies House filings for THE ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS & CROQUET CLUB LIMITED (07546718).
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