60 I ITF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION • ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2015
2015 2014
Professional Tennis 26 22
Tennis Development 22 21
Commercial 9 8
Presidential & Communications 13 13
Science & Technical 7 7
Finance & Administration 18 18
95 89
Number of employees
2015 2014
$000 $000
Professional Tennis 1,897 1,757
Tennis Development 2,132 1,678
Commercial 976 940
Presidential & Communications 2,825 2,251
Science & Technical 664 606
Finance & Administration 1,673 1,563
10,167 8,795
2015 2014
$000 $000
Wages and salaries 8,391 7,345
Social security costs 782 717
Contribution to defi ned contribution plans (note 17) 417 316
9,590 8,378
The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows:
The total staff costs of $10,167,000 (2014: $8,795,000), have been charged to the six departments as follows:
15. Staff numbers and costs
The average number of persons employed by the group (including directors) during the year, analysed by category, was as follows:
The difference of $577,000 (2014: $417,000), between aggregate payroll costs and total staff costs relates to private healthcare,
recruitment, temporary staff, training and other staff costs.
Notes (forming part of the fi nancial statements)