Registered charity 515530
Chester Photographic Society
What it does
Photographic lectures, competitions and demonstrations
Its charitable purposes
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AS AN ART.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Who it helps
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West & Chester
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £2,852 and spent £2,107.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £2,852 | £2,107 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £2,306 | £2,026 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £2,538 | £2,592 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £2,061 | £1,982 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £1,988 | £1,154 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 43%, from £1,988 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £2,852 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 74% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2004, worth at least £9,428.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2005 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,470 |
| 23 Aug 2004 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,958 |
Trustees
9 trustees run the charity.
- Alison Wendy Fletcher
- Andrew William Dixon
- David Melville
- Donna Ann Hughes
- Janice Wilding
- Keith John Fitzpatrick
- Owen Gwyn Watkins
- Susan Champion
- Thomas Malcolm Wyn Jones
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 24 October 2025, 99 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 3 October 2024, 120 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 22 December 2023, 40 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 4 January 2023, 27 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 19 January 2022, 12 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 515530
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 2 October 1984
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 1 MAY 1984
- Website
- www.chesterps.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Flintshire
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.