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Registered charity · London

Chess in Schools and Communities

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £2.0m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £10,100 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Kenya, South Africa, Gibraltar and more
Website
www.chessinschools.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Chess in Schools and Communities
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.0m£1.7m
  • 2024£1.2m£1.5m
  • 2023£1.2m£1.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.0m£1.3m
  • 2021£1.0m£861k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE MENTAL AND MORALDEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY ANDECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, THROUGH THE PROMOTION, TEACHING, COACHING, PLAYING ANDCOMPETITION OF CHESS.3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT, INCLUDING THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION,FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THROUGH THE PROMOTION, TEACHING, COACHING, PLAYING AND COMPETITION OFCHESS.3.3 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROMOTION, TEACHING,COACHING, PLAYING AND COMPETITION OF CHESS AMONG THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULTOF UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, OLD AGE, ILL HEALTH OR DISABILITY.

Grants received

3 grants · £95,340 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

6 trustees on the board

7.2y median 8.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
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 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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

Education 5Finance 4Business services 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£2.0m 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.

8.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 21.1 in 2021

4 from 5 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1133120
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/09/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 18/06/2014
Companies House
Company number 07017640 · Active
Contact on the register
02079353445 · malcolmpein@aol.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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