Association of Chairs

Analysis

Association of Chairs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08287034). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Association of Chairs reported income of £251k and spending of £239k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £307k to £251k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Association of Chairs sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmond National Schools Trust (£251k), Bow Bears Pre-School CIO (£251k) and Dartington Cattle Breeding Trust (£250k).