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The John Robinson Youth Chess Trust

Registered charity 1116981 Registered since 2006

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

4
trustees on the board
8.3y median 8y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
6.8y
average years in governance
1 vs 2 portfolio
first-time trustees
0
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 3Education/training 3Disability 1

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  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Contact

Websitewww.johnrobinsonchess.org
Emailadmin@johnrobinsonchess.org
Phone07711017678
Address6 Mayfield, CRAWLEY, RH10 7FT

Finances

£29,947 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£26,563£8,996
2021£173,587£28,958
2022£29,495£26,132
2023£29,596£24,317
2024£29,947£47,492

What it does

What

Education/trainingAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE TEACHING DEVELOPMENT AND SUPERVISION OF THE PLAYING OF CHESS AMONGST PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY ONE YEARS RESIDENT IN ENGLAND OR ELIGIBLE TO REPRESENT ENGLAND AT CHESS WHO ARE OR MAY BE INTERESTED IN CHESS AND BY STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOLS COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENGLAND AND TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF TWENTY ONE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR

Governing document: DEED OF VARIATION DATED 24 JUNE 2006

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

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