CHESS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-26 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£469K
-16.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-10% vs 2023
Employees
4
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,210,106 | £1,241,748 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £4,040 | -£148,363 | |
| Cash | £560,091 | £469,459 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,516,931 | £1,368,566 | |
| Net assets | £1,479,431 | £1,331,066 | |
| Equity | £1,479,431 | £1,331,066 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | |
| Wages | £138,486 | £184,159 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.3% | -11.9% | |
| Current ratio | 16.94x | 6.10x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- CAS House Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHESS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES · parent
- Chess Promotions Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The increase in the number of schools with weekly chess activity from 250 to 311, with more schools set to start, was an excellent result.”
- “Thanks to support from a donor, the charity launched series of free chess tournaments in London which were oversubscribed.”
- “The fourth ChessFest was staged at Trafalgar Square on July 7th, 2024 again supported by XTX Markets. The attendance again broke the previous record of 15,000 with over 23,000 coming to Trafalgar Square.”
- “The relationship with the Ministry of Justice remains strong and was strengthened by a visit from Woody Harrelson to Wormwood Scrubs arranged by the Chief Executive who accompanied Woody to the prison in January 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEIN, Malcolm | Secretary | 2009-11-30 | — | British |
| CLARK, Christopher John | Director | 2025-02-12 | May 1961 | British |
| KEEN, Isabel | Director | 2019-11-19 | Mar 1969 | British |
| MEYLER, Stephen | Director | 2015-10-15 | Nov 1953 | United Kingdom |
| O’CONNELL, Stephen | Director | 2023-05-25 | Apr 1963 | Irish |
| SHARP, Alison | Director | 2015-10-08 | Oct 1957 | British |
| WATSON, William Nicholas Christian | Director | 2016-02-25 | Apr 1962 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURGOYNE, Peter | Director | 2009-09-28 | 2015-09-30 |
| CHAPMAN, Penny Jane | Director | 2009-09-14 | 2009-09-28 |
| DAVIES, Peter Graham | Director | 2010-11-04 | 2017-02-28 |
| FARTHING, Andrew Philip | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2022-10-26 |
| ICETON, Ian Gordon, Dr | Director | 2016-03-16 | 2022-10-21 |
| SCHOLES, Gordon Alexander | Director | 2009-09-28 | 2011-02-07 |
| SOWRAY, Peter John | Director | 2009-09-28 | 2015-09-30 |
| STERN, Michael Charles | Director | 2009-09-28 | 2010-09-26 |
| WALSH, Katharine | Director | 2013-10-08 | 2018-12-31 |
| BROADWAY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-09-14 | 2009-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+2.6%
£1,210,106 £1,241,748
-
Cash
-16.2%
£560,091 £469,459
-
Net assets
-10%
£1,479,431 £1,331,066
-
Employees
0%
4 4
-
Wages
+33%
£138,486 £184,159
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers