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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
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    BRISTOL AND AVON CHINESE WOMEN'S GROUP 

    Established: 24 years
    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
    UN SDGs
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    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
    31/03/22*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/21*£353£228£125n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/20£227£236£-8n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/19£233£218£15n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/18£223£183£40£0£0£0n/a010
    31/03/17£213£219£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£218£184£33£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£149£168£-20£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£156£162£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£162£176£-14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£164£199£-35£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£191£193£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£179£184£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£163£165£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£171£175£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£176£168£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£143£135£9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£149£118£31£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£116£102£15£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • General Charitable Purposes
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, Cornwall, Devon, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

    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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    National Lottery Community Fund£409,939
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£102,250
    DCMS£25,026
    Quartet Community Foundation£2,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Chinese Community Wellbeing Society
    £2,250 14/12/2022
    One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Chinese Community Wellbeing Society
    £50,000 07/12/2022
    24
    Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Chinese Community Wellbeing Society
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Bristol and Avon Chinese Women's Group
    £50,000 03/12/2020
    24
    Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Bristol and Avon Chinese Women's Group, awarded under the Foundation's Racial Equity funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to ....more
    DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
    £25,026 03/12/2020
    The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Chinese Lantern Project - Phase 2
    £409,939 14/10/2019
    59
    Chinese Lantern Project - Phase 2
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol & Avon Chinese Women's Group
    £2,500 05/07/2019
    To build the capacity of the Care Support Services to meet increased needs of ageing population.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Oriental Bridge
    £10,000 05/07/2017
    12
    A pilot project will be delivered to expand the group’s advice and support service for the Chinese community, through providing in-depth support across a range of issues. This will improve their ....more
    Quartet Community Foundation - BME Carer Open Day & Launch of the BME Dementia Report
    £3,000 20/12/2016
    0
    Toward a BME Carers Open Day as part of a consortium alongside Bristol Black carers and Dhek Bal.
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Chinese Lantern Project
    £386,114 21/08/2014
    62
    Not Available
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bristol & Avon Chinese Women's Group
    £15,000 21/01/2013
    Bristol & Avon Chinese Women's Group supports Chinese women and their families. This project provides an advice and advocacy service to help the Chinese community living in Bristol to access the ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2000, number: 1079401
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; AR22: 1 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR04: 32 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE, ADVICE, REPRESENTATION AND SERVICES AMONGST CHINESE WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHINESE WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES OR FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.THE ADVANCE OF EDUCATION BETWEEN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE CITY OF BRISTOL, BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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