Hastings & St Leonards Chess Club Ltd

Analysis

Hastings & St Leonards Chess Club Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hastings. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07737752). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Hastings & St Leonards Chess Club Ltd reported income of £15k and spending of £12k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £18k to £15k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Hastings & St Leonards Chess Club Ltd sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Level Road Community Centre (£15k), The Oxford Sinfonia (£15k) and The Juliet Gomperts Memorial Trust (£15k).