From 1877 to 1912 The Championships were promoted and managed by The All England Lawn Tennis Club and all profits remained in their control. In 1913 the Club amalgamated their three Championships with the five World Championships awarded by The Lawn Tennis Association and, in return, agreed to pay the LTA a percentage of the gate receipts. In practice, the LTA waived their right to this income for the years 1913 and 1914 to allow the Club to further expand the Worple Road Centre Court facilities. The LTA also took no money in 1919 but in 1920 and 1921 received a very small percentage of the gross receipts from admission and seats.

In 1920 a company was formed (The All England Lawn Tennis Ground Ltd.) with the objective of the Club purchasing and equipping a new ground at Wimbledon (present site) and with a view to raising capital by the issue of debentures and entering into a formal Agreement which would lock together the interests of the Club and The Lawn Tennis Association. The interlocking of the finances of The Championships between the Club, The Lawn Tennis Association and the Ground Company stems from an Agreement made in 1922, whereby the surplus from The Championships was shared between the Club and the LTA after paying the running expenses of the Club and deducting a preferential sum towards the redemption of debentures.

A revised Agreement made in 1934 provided, inter alia, for joint arrangements for managing The Championships instituted by the Club, mutual obligations in the event of a Championships financial deficiency and/or insufficiency, the transfer by the Club to the LTA of one half of its share-holding in the Ground Company and the payment to the LTA of all the surplus arising from The Championships after meeting expenses incurred in running and administering the Club and the expenses of running The Championships (other than capital expenditure).

The 1934 Agreement was varied by a Deed of Variation in 1993 to give effect to changes appropriate to the circumstances in the 1990s and beyond: it comes to an end on or at any time after 31st July, 2013 on the expiry of five years' notice given by either party. The Deed of Variation perpetuates the financial principles set out in the earlier Agreement, recognises the part played by the Club in staging The Championships and incorporates The All England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon) Ltd. as the fourth party to the Agreement - a company formed for the purpose of exploiting commercially any trademarks, trade names etc. for the financial benefit of The Championships.

The funds generated by The Championships, less tax, are used by the LTA to develop tennis in Great Britain. The sum paid in 1981 exceeded the million pound mark, for the first time, and this figure has substantially increased each year.

Championships Surplus 1877 - 1933

Funds generated by The Championships, less tax, are used by the LTA to develop tennis in Great Britain.

YEAR	SURPLUS		YEAR	SURPLUS
1877	(1)		1905	£2,104
1878	(1)		1906	£2,263
1879	£116		1907	£1,268
1880	£306		1908	£1,165
1881	£541		1909	£1,103
1882	£344		1910	£1,760
1883	£426		1911	£2,401
1884	£614		1912	£2,292
1885	£797		1922	£7,009
1886	£535		1923	£8,121
1887	£276		1913	£3,518
1888	£530		1914	£5,741
1889	£436		1919	£6,769
1890	£321		1920	£6,430
1891	£256		1921	£2,950
1892	£318		1922	£7,009
1893	£270		1923	£8,121
1894	£218		1924	£16,742
1895	-£33		1925	£17,165
1896	£142		1926	£17,372
1897	£132		1927	£18,676
1898	£70		1928	£13,973
1899	£200		1929	£16,160
1900	£311		1930	£27,224
1901	£735		1931	£18,408
1902	£548		1932	£22,936
1903	£780		1933	£25,380
1904	£1,291

YEAR	SURPLUS		YEAR	SURPLUS
1934	£24,413		1974	£87,478
1935	£24,349		1975	£121,422
1936	£25,571		1976	£184,516
1937	£27,367		1977	£501,616
1938	£24,217		1978	£515,976
1939	£23,705		1979	£306,737
1946	£25,100		1980	£420,810
1947	£21,881		1981	£1,068,952
1948	£30,101		1982	£1,530,585
1949	£35,803		1983	£2,751,154
1950	£30,875		1984	£4,252,193
1951	£41,088		1985	£5,373,444
1952	£35,227		1986	£6,200,848
1953	£69,417		1987	£7,154,990
1954	£60,445		1988	£7,670,657
1955	£61,983		1989	£9,202,486
1956	£59,416		1990	£9,620,856
1957	£50,233		1991	£11,990,761
1958	£51,458		1992	£14,282,940
1959	£50,964		1993	£16,419,974
1960	£51,926		1994	£27,876,306
1961	£48,521		1995	£27,932,657
1962	£46,607		1996	£29,125,964
1963	£58,310		1997	£31,002,000
1964	£57,712		1998	£33,078,748
1965	£55,270		1999	£30,222,804
1966	£49,041		2000	£31,136,610
1967	£60,054		2001	£32,044,906
1968	£37,310		2002	£25,626,034
1969	£73,685		2003	£25,869,917
1970	£57,245		2004	£26,840,761
1971	£66,973		2005	£27,035,130
1972	£64,993		2006	£25,544,765
1973	£58,048