Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

    BISHOP HO MING WAH ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY CENTRE 

    Bishop Ho Ming Wah Association is a charity managing a community centre beneath St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London. The centre's members come from all cultures/faiths, but majority are Chinese. Centre activities aim to combat isolation, advice on healthy living and generally provide understanding for happy and secure residence in the UK. The centre offers a range of educational, cultural, recr
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    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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£49£76£-26n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/22£51£56£-5n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/21*£52£55£-3n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/20*£66£97£-31n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/19£360£93£267n/an/an/an/an/a40
    31/03/18*£85£84£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£70£83£-13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£110£88£22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£84£83£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£90£77£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£74£81£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£102£82£21£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£68£104£-36£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£56£91£-35£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£40£80£-41£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£76£47£29£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£58£41£17£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£76£71£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£82£50£32£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£72£61£11£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 40 years

    www.bhmwa.com

    enquiry@bhmwa.com

    02077661141

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Social clubs and similar
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout London,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 8 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/10/1984, number: 290398
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • 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
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR21: 10 days late, AR20: 10 days late, AR18: 5 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR05: 95 days late, AR04: 40 days late,
    Main office

    6 ST. MARTIN'S PLACE
    LONDON
    WC2N 4JH

    Objectives

    (I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONGST CHINESE PEOPLE IN LONDON; (II) TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR CHINESE PEOPLE IN LONDON IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE SUCH PERSONS HAVING NEED OF THE FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LONDON

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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