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English Chess Federation

Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 59

  1. Robert William King 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Katarzyna Jolanta Toma 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Alexander Longson 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Sarah Natasha Longson 2023-2025 Director View profile
  5. Dr Stephen John Greep 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Shohreh Bayat 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Adam Gerard Ashton 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Robert Frederick Willmoth 2020-2025 Director View profile
  9. Nigel Stewart Towers 2020-2025 Director View profile
  10. Natasha Katherine Regan 2020-2023 Director View profile
  11. Adrian Geoffrey Elwin 2018-2020 Director View profile
  12. Christopher Fegan 2018-2021 Director View profile
  13. Sarah Natasha Longson 2016-2017 Director View profile
  14. Julie Louise Denning 2015-2020 Director View profile
  15. John Patrick Foley 2014-2015 Director View profile
  16. Traci Susanne Whitfield 2014-2018 Director View profile
  17. Robert Kane 2014-2015 Director View profile
  18. Angus James French 2014-2014 Director View profile
  19. David Eustace 2013-2020 Director View profile
  20. Lawrence Hugh Cooper 2013-2014 Director View profile
  21. Andrew Meredith Paulson 2013-2014 Director View profile
  22. Julian Clissold 2013-2022 Director View profile
  23. David Roy Thomas 2013-2020 Director View profile
  24. David Kay Openshaw 2012-2015 Director View profile
  25. Roger John Edwards 2012-2013 Director View profile
  26. Christopher James Mattos 2012-2013 Director View profile
  27. Sean Daniel Hewitt 2012-2014 Director View profile
  28. Phillip Charles Ehr 2011-2015 Director View profile
  29. Nigel David Short 2011-2012 Director View profile
  30. Timothy William Woolgar 2011-2012 Director View profile
  31. Jack Timothy John Rudd 2010-2013 Director View profile
  32. Gunn, Michael John, Proffessor 2010-2013 Director View profile
  33. Gareth Alexander Caller 2009-2012 Director View profile
  34. Andrew Philip Farthing 2009-2012 Director View profile
  35. David Welch 2009-2011 Director View profile
  36. Jonathan Lee Paines 2009-2010 Director View profile
  37. Connagh-Joseph Joseph De Mooi 2009-2012 Director View profile
  38. Adam Nasim Raoof 2009-2012 Director View profile
  39. Andrew Martin 2008-2008 Director View profile
  40. Alan Charles Martin 2008-2010 Director View profile
  41. Christopher Ellis Major 2008-2010 Director View profile
  42. Cyril Frederick Walter Johnson 2008-2009 Director View profile
  43. Stewart Reuben 2008-2011 Director View profile
  44. Peter Walter Purland 2008-2011 Director View profile
  45. Claire Summerscale 2006-2008 Director View profile
  46. Richmond, Robert John, the Executors of 2006-2009 Director View profile
  47. Peter John Barry Wilson 2006-2009 Director View profile
  48. Martin Peter Regan 2006-2008 Director View profile
  49. Peter John Sowray 2006-2008 Director View profile
  50. Christopher Ellis Majer 2005-2006 Director View profile
  51. Geoffrey Frederick Steele 2005-2011 Director View profile
  52. John Raymond Wickham 2005-2012 Director View profile
  53. Rupert William Jones 2005-2006 Director View profile
  54. Roy Lawrence 2005-2006 Director View profile
  55. Gerard Francis Walsh 2004-2009 Director View profile
  56. Roy Heppinstall 2004-2006 Director View profile
  57. Bruce Wallace Associates Limited 2017-2021 Corporate-secretary View profile
  58. John Alan Philpott 2011-2016 Secretary View profile
  59. Robert John Richmond 2004-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
22/11/2004
Registered office
Birmingham

Financials

Total assets
£110,127
Cash
£403,491
Employees
4
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

2 grants · £500,000 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

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £500,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £200,0002023-10-31
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £300,0002023-10-31
Board analysis

Board DNA

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

13 directors on the board

5.4y median 1.7y
average tenure
15.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (8)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Property 2Finance 1Manufacturing 1Professional services 1Retail and trade 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
05293039
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/05/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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