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Registered charity (CIO) · Worcestershire

The Chess Trust

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £27k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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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About

What it does
Education/training, Amateur Sport, Recreation
Where
Throughout England
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£27k£105k
  • 2024£17k£99k
  • 2023£60k£86k
Earlier years
  • 2022£190k£92k
  • 2021£12k£63k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT BY PROMOTING THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF CHESS IN ALL ITS FORMS, PRINCIPALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF ENGLAND; AND 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF CHESS.

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.

10 trustees on the board

1.9y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

1
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 10Education/training 10Recreation 8General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Professional services 6Business services 3Finance 2

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£27k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1160881
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 13 Mar 2015
Contact on the register
07772264551 · david.eustace01@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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