GAMES AID
Charity number: 1081706
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
GamesAid is a UK video games industry based charity which distributes funds to a range of charities which benefit children and young people.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025
Total income: £317,205
Total expenditure: £311,650
People
9 Trustee(s)
6 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
- Education/training
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 24 July 2000: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE CHARITY (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
9 Trustee(s)
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| Catherine Anderson | Trustee | 01 February 2026 |
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| Gregory Weller | Trustee | 01 February 2026 |
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| Matthieu Fernand Robert Gras | Trustee | 01 February 2026 |
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| Amelia Suchy | Trustee | 01 February 2026 |
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| Jonathan Paterson | Trustee | 01 February 2026 |
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| Dominic Shaw | Trustee | 01 February 2026 |
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| Gavin Timothy Smith | Trustee | 04 July 2022 |
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| Sara Natasha Veal | Trustee | 07 January 2022 |
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| Mark Washbrook | Trustee | 19 July 2018 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | 31/03/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £48.72k | £200.77k | £210.15k | £344.25k | £317.21k | |
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Total expenditure | £71.45k | £75.57k | £272.25k | £352.77k | £311.65k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2025 | 21 January 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2025 | 21 January 2026 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 29 January 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 29 January 2025 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 29 January 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 29 January 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 04 April 2023 | 63 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 04 April 2023 | 63 days late | |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 07 November 2022 | 280 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 07 November 2022 | 280 days late |