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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Cambridge Girls Chess Initiative CIO
Other names charity is known by[CGCI ] Registered charity number (if any)[1186873 ]
Charity's principal Jollyboys address Bakers Lane Felsted. Dunmow Postcode CM6 3LP
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Anna York-Weaving | Chair | 30 Aug. 2022 | Trustees’ | |
| Elisa Faraglia | Co-Vice Chair | 30 Aug. 2022 | Trustees’ | |
| Chryssi Giannitsarou | Treasurer | Trustees’ | ||
| Mette Elistrup-Sangiovanni | Co-Vice Chair | 30 Aug. 2022 | Trustees’ | |
| KerryCarter Cox | Secretary | Trustees’ | ||
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) Foundation Constitution How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by the Trustee Committee. Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
As of 30[th] August 2022, CGCI is formed of five individuals volunteering as trustees. Anna York-Weaving acts as Chair. The Trustee Committee consists of a Cambridge graduate, three lecturers and fellows at Cambridge University and one parent with business, marketing, and senior administrative skills. Trustee policies and procedures are to be updated after the pandemic. CGCI's coaching team is led by Anna York-Weaving who has previously represented female chess at Cambridge University, Internationally and within the UK. She is supported by Ian Wallace.
The charity has links with the English Chess Federation (ECF) and the team organising the Cambridge Chess Championships (CCC), plus many of the colleges at Cambridge University. Communication extends to the local and surrounding schools in Cambridgeshire.
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
The objects of the CIO are: (i) the advancement of education, in particular, but not exclusively, in the fields of science, technology, economics, mathematics and computing; and (ii) the advancement of amateur sport through the provision of, or assistance in the provision of, facilities for the teaching, coaching and playing of chess for the benefit of girls of school age who are resident in Cambridgeshire. CGCI provides regular monthly chess training workshops for girls aged approximately 5+. Such training workshops, which last between 2 and 2.5 hours, are open during school term-time and are typically attended by between 40-45 girls. CGCI provides three levels of coaching, depending upon ability. CGCI's coaching team is led by Anna York-Weaving. Pre-pandemic CGCI operated a competitive team which participated in the Cambridgeshire Chess Championship (CCC), playing a total of 12 matches throughout the academic year, and separately operates its own annual chess tournament. Post pandemic CGCI;s intention is to establish a competitive team, as before to compete at CCC and will host its own tournament, based at Cambridge Kings College on 2[nd] July 2023.
CGCI provides only basic facilities, namely a room in which it meets, and any other items necessary for the playing of chess, such as chess boards, chess pieces and chess clocks. CGCI does not operate on a "membership" basis and is open to all girls in the Cambridgeshire and surrounded areas aged 5+. CGCI actively approaches as many schools in Cambridgeshire and surrounded areas as it can in order to reach and engage with as many girls as possible.
CGCI's purposes provide the following benefits:
(i) greater female representation in the chess community by increasing the number of girls of school age in the Cambridgeshire and surrounded areas who are actively playing chess. (ii) the intellectual benefits of chess experienced by its beneficiaries, including the development of problem solving, logical and critical reasoning, pattern recognition, concentration, communication skills and interpersonal skills; and (iii) an increase in positive attitudes towards subjects such as science, technology, economics, mathematics, and computing in girls in education.
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
CGCI raises the majority of its funds by way of public donation. This comprises revenue raised via: (i) crowdfunding (ii) donations from certain colleges of Cambridge University, local business’/organisations. Such crowdfunded donations are made in small individual amounts and without conditions, whereas the donations from Cambridge typically range between £50 to £400. CGCI also occasionally applies for, and receives, grants.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
CGCI does not follow any formal policies or procedures in respect of such donations, as each individual donation is made unconditionally and is nonmaterial in respect of CGCI's operations as a whole and would otherwise provide a disproportionate administrative burden upon CGCI's current volunteers.
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Due to the Covid pandemic and following government guidelines, CGCI suspended activity from February 2020 until 22[nd] September 2022.
Trustees meet monthly. AGM minutes from 26[th] April 2023 outlined the initiatives strategy from September 2023 to September 2024, including the Cambridge Chess Championships (CCC), a planned CGCI mini tournament for intermediate and advanced players including external participants and the English Primary Schools’ Chess Association (EPSA) under 11’s Championship. CGCI will hold its own tournament on 2[nd] July 2023 open to external participants and will be held at Kings College, Cambridge. Due to lockdown, the CGCI were unable to participate or hold tournaments, therefore, no events were able to take place during the report period 31[th] May 2021 to 30 May 2022.
Part of the forthcoming strategy is to produce a yearly newsletter of events for the year 2023/2024, outlining the CGCI’s past achievements, chess news and future tournaments throughout the year.
Unfortunately, the outline above does not summarises chess awards or achievements relating to the reporting period, this is due to the pandemic, but does illustrate the charities commitment and the plans in place for the future.
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Section E Financial review
Due to the pandemic, accounts were frozen until CGCI resumed post Brief statement of the pandemic. There are adequate reserves to cover main outgoings; charity’s policy on reserves additional coaching for six months, plus costs associated with the CGCI tournament on 2[nd] July.
Details of any funds materially None in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include CGCI suggests a £5 donation from those who attend the training sessions and additional information, where stress that this is not compulsory. CGCI does not charge additional fees in relevant about: respect of the provisions or facilities.
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the charity’s principal Kings College School provides the facilities to CGCI for training sessions, sources of funds (including without charge. Kings College, Cambridge also provides CGCI with their facilities any fundraising); for tournaments at no charge.
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• how expenditure has The CGCI are solely dependent on grants and other forms of fundraising to supported the key objectives cover its costs and, importantly, the goodwill of parents and volunteers. of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Kerry Carter Cox Full name(s) Kerry Carter Cox Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc) Date 30th May 2023
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Cambridge Girls' Chess Initiative (CGCI) CIO 1186873 Receipts and payments accounts Period start date Period end date For the period To from 31-May-21 30-May-22
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Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Details Details Cash fund this year end Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 3,585 - - 3,585 Agreement Error Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
| Signature | Print Name Kerry Carter Cox |
Date of approval |
| Kerry Carter Cox | 30/05/2023 | |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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