October 2025 Update - More about us
A brief introduction...
Chromium formed as a company in 2017, and initially started to work with financial investors and start-up businesses. As time has gone on, we have focused more on our work in the education sector, offering both internal scrutiny services and ad hoc support to schools and academy trusts.
In the 2025/26 academic year we will be working with 13 different schools and academies, and discussions are in progress to increase this number still further. Internal Scrutiny is charged on a per report basis, along with a small charge for mileage to cover travel costs. A summary of the reports is provided at the end of the year for no additional charge.
In terms of ad hoc support, we will charge on an hourly or daily basis depending on the complexity of work to be undertaken. If we can complete the task in 90 minutes, then we will only charge 90 minutes. As an example, we have assisted schools to review their insurance offering, but we have also undertaken larger pieces of work such as system implementation and due diligence for schools joining a MAT.
If you would like to discuss your requirements, or would like a quote, please make contact via the e-mail address ian@chromiumfs.com
Sponsorship
We first sponsored a player in the Kilmarnock Women’s team in 2018, and this year marks our eighth consecutive year of being involved. We now sponsor three players (Abby Robinson, Lauryn Reside and Ellie Currie) at Kilmarnock with both Abby and Dionne winning Player of the Season during our sponsorship tenure.
Although we make regular trips to Ayrshire (and we are keen to undertake work there), the business is based in Luton and this season we are also sponsoring Tash Fensome and Emily Wilson at the Luton Town Ladies team. It represents our second season as player sponsors, and with the first ending in promotion we hope for more success this year. However that may mean consolidating in the current league rather than pushing for a second successive promotion.
Charity
Each year we donate to Crisis, and to EACHa. Both charities deal with homelessness, but with the aim of helping the individual concerned get back to being independent. We usually make our donation around Christmas time as this is the time of year when it is most challenging for those who do not have a roof over their head or a family to stay with. The challenge is both physical and emotional, but both charities make a big difference.