Chess Homeless

Registered charity 1093901 Registered since 2002

Operates: Essex

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

Andrew Stephen Murphy since 2020
Graeme Hall since 2020
Julie Ingham since 2024
Nadine Hendrie since 2025
Richard Alfred Madden since 2024

3.4y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Andrew Stephen Murphy since 2020

5.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Andrew Stephen Murphy since 2020
Graeme Hall since 2020
Julie Ingham since 2024

Portfolio (2)

Nadine Hendrie since 2025
Richard Alfred Madden since 2024

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 5Accommodation/housing 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 5Hospitality 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£4.6m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

47 from 26 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

60%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Hope House Essex 1 shared trustee
Essex Shire Hall Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

East Cheshire Housing Consortium Limited Similar size; both Housing
Leeds Women's AID Similar size; both Housing
Cyfannol Women's AID Similar size; both Housing
AGE UK Northamptonshire Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.chesshomeless.org
Email	rob.saggs@chesshomeless.org
Phone	01245 281104
Address	Chess, 200 New London Road, CHELMSFORD, CM2 9AB

Finances

£4,637,778 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£578,813	£513,812
2022	£956,757	£937,665
2023	£1,508,610	£1,499,777
2024	£1,568,463	£1,618,675
2025	£4,637,778	£1,676,419

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The Charity’s objects are restricted specifically, only for the public benefit, to relieve poverty, hardship and distress, in particular but not exclusively, amongst the homeless, those at risk of homelessness, and those living in adverse conditions.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28TH MAY 2002 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 6 FEBRUARY 2006, FURTHER AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2007. as amended on 25 Oct 2019 as amended on 15 Mar 2021 as amended on 30 Jun 2021 as amended on 16 Jul 2021

Trustees (5)

5trustees

56median age

1aged 70+

Andrew Stephen Murphyage band 65-69 since 2020
Graeme Hallage band 45-49 since 2020
Julie Inghamage band 55-59 since 2024
Nadine Hendrieage band 50-54 since 2025
Richard Alfred Maddenage band 70-74 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Chess Homeless · 04407742 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/04/2002

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Hope House Essex 1 shared trustee
Essex Shire Hall Trust 1 shared trustee

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