# BRAILLE CHESS ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 263049
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 22, 1971
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=263049


## Contact

- **Address:** 58 Earl Russell Street, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE2 8LH
- **Phone:** 01164 296554
- **Email:** customerservices@braillechess.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.braillechess.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AMONG THE BLIND IN RELATION TO THE GAME OF CHESS. (FOR DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23RD OCTOBER 1970).

**Activities:** Vision StatementTo spread and advance the playing of chess among blind and partially sighted people throughout the United Kingdom by organising tournaments and providing coaching and reference material.  Also we provide, at subsidised cost, tactile chess sets and talking digital chess clocks.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Disability, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £116722 | £89669 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £113712 | £93003 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £65759 | £49358 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £22080 | £21616 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £34931 | £30664 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Voldi Gailans** (Chair) — appointed March 15, 2025
- Abi Emma Sian Baker — appointed March 26, 2022
- Brandan Scott Read — appointed March 15, 2025
- Clare Gailans — appointed March 21, 2026
- GERARD FRANCIS WALSH — appointed March 16, 2024
- Gary John Hogan — appointed March 15, 2025
- Gillian Mary Smith — appointed March 24, 2026
- Julie Ann Leonard — appointed March 8, 2014
- MARK KIRKHAM — appointed March 20, 2004
- MR GUY WHITEHOUSE — appointed March 3, 2007
- Tristram Charles Cole — appointed March 16, 2024
- WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG — appointed March 15, 2023