Overall GiG Score: 1 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 10
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

CHINESE INFORMATION AND ADVICE CENTRE 

Immigration and asylum laws advice, women victims of domestic violence support and advocacy, support to children affected by domestic violence, benefit advice and advocacy, tackling homelessness, asylum seeker and refugee support, health and wellbeing advice, disseminate information to the Chinese community, campaign for policies change, cultural exchange and raising cultural awareness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 35 years

www.ciac.co.uk

info@ciac.co.uk

08453131868

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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*£112£155£-43n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/21£162£154£8n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£102£106£-4n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£102£103£0n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18£101£102£0£0£0£0n/a010
31/03/17£101£97£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£114£110£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£114£100£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£101£93£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£101£79£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£72£59£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£71£70£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£96£112£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£85£160£-75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£212£207£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£276£258£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£296£307£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£339£308£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£357£341£16£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 60 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
Trust for London - Chinese Information and Advice Centre
£5,335 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-01.06.2021-9130
Trust for London - Chinese Information and Advice Centre
£64,000 13/10/2021
36
The funding is for the salary and running costs of a Caseworker to help Chinese and Southeast Asian women, who are victims of domestic abuse or/ and gender-based violence who are destitute and in ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Chinese Information and Advice Centre
£50,000 28/09/2020
towards the project assisting older and more vulnerable people of the Chinese community to cope with the pressures and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic through predominantly smartphone use and ....more
Comic Relief - SWAN Project - Safer sexWork Access Network, safety for Sex-Workers + healthcare & human rights info
£50,000 25/07/2018
12
SWAN Project - Safer sexWork Access Network, safety for Sex-Workers + healthcare & human rights info
Comic Relief - SWAN Project - Safer sexWork Access Network, safety for Sex-Workers + healthcare & human rights info
£51,500 19/07/2017
12
Research shows a rise in the number of Chinese sex workers in London. Many of them face violent abuse and sexual exploitation and often won't seek support due to language barriers, fear of their ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 54-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/01/1989, number: 800646
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/10/1988, number: 02306765
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 22 days late, AR12: 8 days late, AR11: 31 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR06: 9 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Basement
2 Gerrard Place
LONDON
W1D 5PB

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS OF CHINESE ORIGIN PRIMARILY LIVING OR WORKING IN LONDON IN PARTICULAR BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INFORMATION AND ADVICE CENTRE.2. TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS TO HELP ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE AND TO ENCOURAGE QUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN PERSONS OF CHINESE ORIGIN AND PERSONS OF OTHER RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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