RIDG501(c)(7) · MEDIUMNAICS 713910EIN 62-0337895

Ridgeway Country Club Inc

Memphis, TN · founded 1943
13 filings on recordFY 20112023medium confidence
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FY23 Total Revenue
$7.54M
▲ 6.9% YoY
FY23 Total Expenses
$7.05M
▲ 14.1% YoY
Operating Margin
6.5%
revenue minus expenses ÷ revenue
Employees
310
headcount as reported on filing

The Five-Year Picture

FY2019 — FY2023 · as filed
Revenue
$7.5M
▲ 50.2% / 5y
5.06.06.07.17.5
Expenses
$7.1M
▲ 53.0% / 5y
4.65.75.76.27.1
Total Assets
$14.9M
▲ 81.1% / 5y
8.212.312.313.914.9
Total Liabilities
$7.8M
▲ 88.9% / 5y
4.17.97.97.57.8

Year-on-year detail

from IRS Form 990
LineFY19FY20FY21FY22FY23Δ total
Revenue$5.0M$6.0M$6.0M$7.1M$7.5M+50.2%
Expenses$4.6M$5.7M$5.7M$6.2M$7.1M+53.0%
Net surplus$411K$316K$316K$878K$491K+19.4%
Total assets$8.2M$12.3M$12.3M$13.9M$14.9M+81.1%
Total liabilities$4.1M$7.9M$7.9M$7.5M$7.8M+88.9%
Net assets$4.1M$4.4M$4.4M$6.4M$7.1M+73.2%

Officer & staff compensation

FY23 · from IRS Form 990
Officer · EmployeeReportableOther
STEPHEN L HALL
General Manager· 55h/wk
$302,070$40,085
RICHARD J CRUTCHER
Head Tennis Professional· 40h/wk
$140,691$28,773
VALERIE HALL
Executive Chef· 40h/wk
$122,352$28,825
AMY HAWKINS
Controller· 40h/wk
$116,432$20,429
RORY BRANSON
Golf Course Superintendent· 40h/wk
$102,655$15,242

+ 11 unpaid officers/directors as reported (ART SEESSEL, BILL SAMISCH, DAVID WILDER, +8 more)

Top contractors

FY23 · vendors paid $100k+ as reported
VendorServicePaid
Keith Penke
COLLIERVILLE, TN
Management services$659,421
Clayborn Cleaning Services
OLIVE BRANCH, MS
Security & staffing$105,059

Revenue by activity

FY23 · dues, greens fees, dining, and other sources
Line itemAmount
MEMBERSHIP DUES & ASSESSMENTS$5,899,486
GOLF COURSE AND RELATED ACTIVITIE$962,567
CLUBHOUSE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES$148,672
TENNIS FACILITY$44,185
SWIMMING POOL$21,582

Balance sheet & capital

FY23 · IRS Form 990, Part X
Mortgages & notes payable
$5.6M
$278K paid down
Net land, buildings & equipment
$11.4M
book value, net of depreciation
Facility age
44%
accumulated depreciation ÷ cost — higher = older plant
Debt over time
$0$1.6M$3.1M$4.7M$6.3MFY20 · $6.3MFY20FY21 · $6.3MFY21FY22 · $5.9MFY22FY23 · $5.6MFY23

Mortgages & notes payable is the club’s reported long-term debt. A year-over-year rise typically signals a capital project being financed; a fall signals deleveraging. A dash marks a line the filing did not report — not a zero.

Operating expenses

Professionally managedFY23 · Form 990, Part IX
Management fees$87,800
Insurance$206,054
Depreciation & depletion$777,155
Advertising & promotion$25,123
Office expenses$168,251
Legal fees$4,501
Accounting fees$24,115
Other professional fees$813,712

Selected functional-expense lines as itemized on Form 990, Part IX. A reported management-fee line indicates the club pays an outside management company. Lines the filing left blank are omitted.

Retirement & benefit plans

DOL Form 5500 · plan sponsors
RIDGEWAY COUNTRY CLUB 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST
pension · 65 participants · $1.2M assets · FY2024

Retirement and welfare plans the club sponsors, from its DOL Form 5500 filing. Listed providers are the recordkeepers, insurers, and advisors paid $5,000 or more (Schedule C) — the incumbent benefits vendors.

RFounded in 1943, Ridgeway Country Club Inc reported $7.54M of revenue for FY23, at an operating margin of 6.5%. Revenue moved up 6.9% against the prior posted return. Every figure on this page is drawn from the club’s Form 990 as filed; a dash marks a value the filing did not report.

Source documents
Form 990, FY2023 · period ending Sun Dec 31 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2022 · period ending Sat Dec 31 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Form 990, FY2021 · period ending Fri Dec 31 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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IRS FORM 990
PART VII · NAMED OFFICERS
PART IX · COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE · INITIATION FEES
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