CHESS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
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Cash
£763K
+62.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.6M
+19.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
5
+25% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,210,106 | £1,241,748 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £4,040 | -£148,363 | £265,525 | +279% | |
| Cash | £560,091 | £469,459 | £763,404 | +62.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,516,931 | £1,368,566 | £1,634,110 | +19.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,479,431 | £1,331,066 | £1,596,610 | +19.9% | |
| Equity | £1,479,431 | £1,331,066 | £1,596,610 | +19.9% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 5 | +25% | |
| Wages | £138,486 | £184,159 | £245,918 | +33.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.3% | -11.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 16.94x | 6.10x | 1.81x |
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
- FLINTHAM MACKENZIE AUDIT 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 principal objectives for the 2024/2025 academic year were managed growth in the core activity, to substantially expand the prison programme which had begun to gain momentum in 23/24 after being halted during Covid and securing a major corporate sponsor for core activity as well as further developing our mass participation events.”
- “The APPG on Chess was successfully reestablished and began to lobby the government to reinstitute the support for chess that was initiated in 2023. All in all, a very good year.”
- “The charity greatly increased its support for Ukrainian refugees and Ukrainian children in the war zone, thanks to support from the Orp Foundation and private donors.”
- “The fifth ChessFest was staged at Trafalgar Square on July 13th, 2025, supported by XTX Markets. The attendance was again around 23,000, making it by far the largest chess event in the UK.”
- “Thanks to support from XTX Markets, the London Chess Classic was restored to its former glory and staged at the Emirates Stadium in November and December 2025.”
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 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.