Hull and East Riding Chess Association

Analysis

Hull and East Riding Chess Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Hull and East Riding Chess Association reported income of £26k and spending of £26k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £5,156 to £26k (+399%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hull and East Riding Chess Association sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hamaari (£26k), Denver Playing Field Association CIO (£26k) and Wilstead Jubilee Centre (£26k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.