ASSOCIATION OF CHAIRS

Registered charity 1154293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We:- Provide support and challenge and foster peer networking among Chairs;- Create, disseminate knowledge through research, analysis and exchange;- Assure standards, generating self-regulation, offer professional development;- Give voice to Chairs, champion their role and contribution to the effectiveness of their boards and organisations.

Objects

2.1 The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:2.1.1 To advance education; and 2.1.2 The promotion of the voluntary sector in particular, but without limitation, by developing the skills and capacity of chairs and other members of the governing bodies of voluntary sector organisations.2.2 In these Articles ‘voluntary sector’ means charities and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations which exist for public and community benefit purposes and whose constitutions prohibit the distribution of surplus assets to members

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a positive operating surplus of £11,788 and unrestricted reserves of £192,880, which are slightly below the upper end of their target range of £125,000 to £200,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing a flexible cost base and adequate free reserves to manage financial risks.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Read more about our support for chairs, funded by Garfield Weston Foundation.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathon Hugh Christopher Saxtonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anthony Blackman · trustee of 4 other charities
• Eran Eytan Alvarez
• Julia Tybura
• Malcolm John
• Penny Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pradeepan Velayuthan
• Rajesh Kumar Burman
• Rashmi Rungta · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.

• THE SOCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION income £690k
• THE SOCIAL POLICY ASSOCIATION income £219k
• ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS income £1.7m
• THE SOCIETY OF COLLEGE, NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES income £769k
• THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS income £161k
• THE ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

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