Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

CHINESE HEALTH INFORMATION CENTRE 

Provision of health services, health information and support, health promotion and interpreting service; drop in service, Chinese GP drop in surgery, health activities for older people, foot screening service,telephone information and help service, drop in service and health checks. General information and support service.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£123£128£-5n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£98£101£-3n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£81£99£-18n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£162£173£-11n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/19£144£164£-19n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£132£150£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£134£150£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£173£184£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£208£191£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£206£188£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£215£188£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£265£174£91£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£191£178£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£223£182£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£269£227£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£271£204£66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£200£178£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£159£138£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£137£116£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£73£63£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.chinese-health.org.uk

chic.manchester@gmail.com

01612280138

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Activity Co-ordinator & Administrator
£9,855 20/05/2022
The project aims to help and support people through the post-pandemic period meeting some of the physical psycho-social needs and preventing further loneliness and isolation among Chinese population. ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-73
  • CHI KIN HO Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Freelance Trainer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/10/2002, number: 1094063
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/06/2002, number: 04473484
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 9 days late, AR05: 0 days late,
Main office

6 Houldsworth Street
Manchester
M1 1EJ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR THE INHABITANTS OF GREATER MANCHESTER, IN PARTICULAR THE CHINESE AND SOUTH EAST ASIAN RESIDENTS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, AND THE LOCAL INHABITANTS IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:A) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY THE PROVISION OF AN ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICE.B) THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY PROMOTING HEALTH EDUCATION.C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND THE DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM, BY THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY SERVICES, IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, HEALTH, HOUSING, LEISURE, SOCIAL WELFARE AND OTHER SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER MANCHESTER.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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