Nottinghamshire Chess Foundation

Analysis

Nottinghamshire Chess Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in June 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Nottinghamshire Chess Foundation reported income of £23k and spending of £10k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2025, income fell from £648k to £23k (-97%), an average of -67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 6.2% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Nottinghamshire Chess Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flamstead Village Hall (£23k), Toddington Scout Group (£23k) and Blue Star Foundation (£23k).