Hull and East Riding Chess Association

Registered charity 1155858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HULL & DISTRICT CHESS ASSOCIATION

To promote the game of Chess through the provision of learning, teaching and playing of chess for the benefits of the residents of Hull and District (defined as the local authority areas of Hull and the East Riding).

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, NAMELY:THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT BY PROMOTING THE GAME OF CHESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF HULL AND DISTRICT (DEFINED AS THAT AREA BOUNDED ON THE SOUTH BY THE RIVER HUMBER, ON THE EAST BY THE NORTH SEA, AND INLAND BY THE COUNTY OF EAST YORKSHIRE “THE BENEFICIARIES”);THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE LEARNING, TEACHING AND PLAYING OF CHESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIARIES WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a deficit of £505 for the year, with total income of £25,723 and expenditure of £26,228. The trustees report that the charity remains in a very strong financial position, supported by unrestricted reserves (cash at bank) of £12,143 and investment assets valued at £191,323.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew David Bettley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Christopher John Matthews
• DEREK ALAN SHEPPARD
• DOUGLAS VLEESHHOUWER
• Daniel Malbon
• David Atkin
• Keith Porteous
• PROFESSOR GRAHAM CHESTERS · trustee of 4 other charities
• Richard Atkinson

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

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