Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Qualified accounts: -3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

HACKNEY CHINESE COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION LIMITED

To promote cultural recreations and to raise social and health well-being of the Chinese/Vietnamese Community.To establish educational standard amongst different age groups of the Chinese/Vietnamese community.To initiate and to foster racial harmony and to dispel feelings of racial discriminations so as to facilitate integration of the Chinese/Vietnamese into the society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • The latest accounts were qualified
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
?31/03/23£299£257£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£401£283£118n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£197£132£65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£168£167£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£107£141£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£127£124£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£95£130£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£186£207£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£237£184£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£191£200£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13?£195£191£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£206£222£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£208£212£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£235£214£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£253£184£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£202£196£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£206£171£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£199£200£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£167£217£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 35 years

https://www.hackneychinese.org.uk/

INFO@HACKNEYCHINESE.ORG.UK

020 8986 6171

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Hackney Council£73,146
City Bridge Trust£49,889
DCMS£35,367
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£28,418
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£20,000
Greater London Authority£19,206
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
The Fore£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - A gendered perspective of support for Hongkonger Women
£19,206 27/07/2023
This project aims to raise awareness within mainstream services about the challenges that Hong Kong women are facing; to develop relationship/referral pathways with mainstream services that support women; to up-skill Hong Kong women who have ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Chinese Community Services Association Limited
£26,000 13/10/2022
Providing social welfare advice to residents from the East and South East Asian community.
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Chinese Community Services Association Limited
£26,014 21/03/2022
Social & Welfare Advice Service for Hackney Chinese
National Lottery Community Fund - Staying Active
£10,000 05/11/2021
The funding will be used to introduce new activities such as wellbeing walks tai chi traditional Chinese medicine treatment and acupuncture and inter-generational massage. The project aims to get people active helping to revive social lives overcome ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Hong Kong British National Overseas (HKBNOs) Welcome Programme
£28,418 21/07/2021
Resettlement funding for Hong Kong British nationals (overseas)
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Chinese Community Services Association Limited
£1,000 30/06/2021
This grant will be used to fund a day trip to Camber Sands.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 09/06/2021
Hackney Chinese Community Services are a community-led organisation established to help meet the specific needs and support the Chinese community in Hackney. They support the East and South East Asian community throughout Hackney, London and the UK ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hackney Chinese Community Services Association Ltd
£49,889 22/03/2021
towards the salary of an Outreach Worker to develop the organisation's reach as outlined in your application, but excluding the cost of project coordination
Hackney Council - Grant to Hackney Chinese Community Services Association Limited
£20,132 10/12/2020
12
The provision, promotion and improvement of educational, social and health services to the local community of Hackney and primarily to the Chinese and Vietnamese communities.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,367 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Hackney Chinese Community Services Association
£5,000 06/07/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Hackney Chinese Community Services Association, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - People Together
£10,000 22/02/2019
12
The project will provide elderly members of the Chinese and Vietnamese community with a number of activities to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Old Bath Community House
£35,000 10/02/2019
Develop a multicultural community centre, with a codesigned kitchen at the centre of its services. It will be open to local people and offer training in East Asian cuisine, social entrepreneurs to demonstrate their culinary skills, as pop up ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hackney Chinese Community Services
£10,000 06/08/2015
This project will provide cultural workshops debate and life skills workshops homework support and a trip for young people from Chinese and Vietnamese families. It will increase confidence social inclusion and communication skills.
Sport England - HCCSA Sport in the Community Programme
£9,990 16/02/2015
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'HCCSA Sport in the Community Programme'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
National Lottery Community Fund - Good for Your Health Project
£108,813 17/01/2013
36
A new project in Hackney will aim to increase confidence of Chinese and Vietnamese women to enable them to take control of their health through exercise, self-medication and accessing medical services. Support will include weekly health workshops ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hackney Chinese Community Services
£40,000 19/09/2011
the salary of the Centre Manager including NI
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-74
  • CHUN SING CHOU Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financier
  • DORA DAI YUN LAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Artist
  • HIU YEUNG BENJAMIN LEE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Property Analytics
  • HSIAO-HUNG PAI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Journalist
  • JOSEPHINE CAROL SNIPE FARRELL (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • LAI WA SO Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • LOONG-YU CHRISTOPHER AU Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • RICHARD SIU MING CHEUNG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • YAN WAI YU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Activist
  • YUET MAY WONG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/02/1990, number: 800142
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/08/1988, number: 02287510
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR18: 47 days late, AR17: 84 days late, AR11: 87 days late, AR09: 59 days late, AR08: 118 days late, AR07: 48 days late, AR06: 38 days late, AR05: 63 days late, AR04: 178 days late,
Main office

12-14 Englefield Road
LONDON
N1 4LS

Objectives

1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF HACKNEY AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND IN PARTICULAR CHINESE PEOPLE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF HACKNEY AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND IN PARTICAR AMONG CHINESE PEOPLE. 3. TO PROMOTE GOODRACE RELATIONS IN HACKNEY AND ITS SURROUNDING DISTRICTS BY ENDEAVOURING TO ELIMINATE DISCREIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE AND ENCOURAGING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HACKNEY LB

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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