SHE PLAYS TO WIN
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2023
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2023.
Directors' responsibilities statement
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The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
She Plays To Win (SPTW) is the largest girls chess organisation in the UK. SPTW teaches girls to play and compete in chess up to and including at the highest levels; open to all girls in primary, secondary or university regardless of chess level or experience.
Our mission is to get more girls playing chess and to provide a pathway for girls to achieve at the elite level of the game.
We run programs with schools as well as weekly online training sessions, alongside a robust calendar of live events and tournaments.
This year, SPTW put forward the first all girls’ teams competing in the UK’s most prestigious chess league, the 4NCL (Four Nations Chess League). 40+ girls played at this level for the first time, and 40% of girls in the university team, 64% of SPTW Lionesses, and 79% of our Young Stars gained international rating points and increased their positions in national and international rankings.
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