About the charity

Our purpose

Napton Padel Club is a registered charity (no. 1216376). Our purpose is to promote healthy recreation, exercise and amateur sport for the people of Napton and the surrounding area. We'll do this by providing accessible padel courts, with coaching and training particularly for young people, schools and community groups.

Napton Padel Club is a charity. Any surplus will be reinvested in our charitable purposes, including support for local sports clubs.

Our charitable objects

Our constitution sets out the charity's objects. For the public benefit, they are:

1. To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing padel tennis, contributing to improvements in health, wellbeing and fitness.
2. To advance amateur sport by promoting, facilitating and organising the playing of padel tennis.
3. To provide accessible facilities for the public at large, and for the people of Napton and the surrounding areas, in the interests of social welfare and improving social cohesion.
4. To advance sporting education by providing opportunities for coaching, training and participation in padel tennis, particularly for young people, schools and community groups.

What we do

As registered with the Charity Commission, the charity will promote participation in healthy recreation in the local community, specifically through:

1. the provision of facilities for participating in padel tennis
2. the making of grants to local sports clubs that provide facilities to participate in sports capable of promoting physical health, fitness and wellbeing.

• Two outdoor floodlit courts at Napton Sports Field, open 8am to 10pm every day.
• Free loan of rackets and balls for every booked session.
• A 10% discount on membership and court hire for Napton residents.
• Reduced membership for under-16s, over-65s and people with disability.
• Day Membership for people who want to play without paying a membership fee.
• Coaching for every level, including juniors and school groups.
• Any surplus will be reinvested in our charitable purposes, including support for local sports clubs.

Who we serve

The club is for everyone. Napton residents receive discounted rates, and players from nearby villages and towns are equally welcome. Members, Day Members, residents and visitors can all book and play on the same court together.

Around 37% of Napton households responded to our community survey in June 2025, and 98% of those who responded supported padel courts at Napton Sports Field. What people told us, and how we've responded.

How the courts are funded

Building the two courts costs over £280,000. We are grateful to Sport England for their grant, and to Warwickshire LTA for a loan of £26,000 over six and a half years. We also thank RMF Installation and Services Limited, our commercial sponsor, for their continued support.

Project progress

Our trustees

• Andrew RileyChair
• Tim CokerTreasurer and Secretary
• Tom WilliamsTrustee
• Darius Potten-RavensheadTrustee
• Bethan HannaTrustee

All our trustees are unpaid volunteers.

How the charity is run

Napton Padel Club is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It is governed by its board of trustees, who are responsible for the charity's finances, policies and operation. Our constitution is the charity's governing document. Our Governance and Operations Handbook sets out our policies on trustee responsibilities, financial controls and day-to-day operation. See charity documents. You can also read summaries of every trustee meeting.