Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

CHESS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES

Advancement of education, amateur sport,social inclusion for the public benefit by promoting the mental and moral development and improvement of young people, socially and economically disadvantaged and socially excluded as a result of unemployment, financial hardship, old age, ill health or disability through the promotion, teaching, coaching, playing and competition of chess

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£1,210	£1,142	£68	£5	£1,479	£1,115	11.7	6	30
31/08/22	*	£1,020	£1,268	£-248	£20	£1,487	£1,156	10.9	4	30
31/08/21		£1,006	£861	£146	£11	£1,800	£1,511	21.1	5	50
31/08/20		£1,162	£1,138	£24	£10	£1,568	£1,256	13.2	7	6
31/08/19		£1,489	£1,558	£-69	£155	£1,536	£850	6.5	6	50
31/08/18?	*	£612	£660	£-48	£60	£1,535	£902	16.4	6	0
31/12/17		£1,728	£1,531	£198	£450	£1,583	£1,058	8.3	5	0
31/12/16		£1,705	£1,661	£44	£59	£1,385	£935	6.8	5	0
31/12/15		£1,550	£881	£668	£25	£1,343	£1,039	14.1	5	0
31/12/14		£1,534	£1,382	£151	£48	£674	£303	2.6	3	0
31/12/13		£937	£993	£-56	£10	£523	£208	2.5	4	0
31/12/12		£784	£842	£-58	£24	£577	£338	4.8	4	0
31/12/11		£1,007	£715	£292	£51	£635	£474	8	2	0
31/12/10		£937	£595	£342	£39	£342	£342	6.9	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 11.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 12.9

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 15 years

www.chessinschools.co.uk

malcolmpein@aol.com

02079353445

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Community sports activities

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Gibraltar, Isle Of Man, Kenya, South Africa, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to CHESS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
£5,000	09/11/2023	TASK fund donation towards core costs
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Chess in Schools and Communities
£90,000	17/11/2022	West London Schools Chess Initiative

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-71

ALISON SHARP Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Headmistress

ISABEL KEEN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self Employed

STEPHEN MEYLER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

STEPHEN O'CONNELL CBE Appointed: 2023

WILLIAM WATSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Lawyer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/12/2009, number: 1133120
Registered at Companies House on 14/09/2009, number: 07017640

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR22: 38 days late, AR18: 21 days late,

Main office

44 BAKER STREET
LONDON
W1U 7RT

Objectives

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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND

Data Sources

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