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Asia House

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1072696
Status
Registered
Registered
Dec. 2, 1998
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
63 NEW CAVENDISH STREET
LONDON
W1G 7LP

Contact

Activities

THE AIMS OF THE CHARITY ARE- TO PROMOTE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ASIAN COUNTRIES AND SOCIETIES, THEIR CULTURES, ARTS AND RELIGIONS- TO FOSTER CLOSER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF ASIA AND THE UK- TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF THE UK ABOUT THE COUNTRIES OF ASIA IN PREPARATION FOR THE WORLD OF TOMORROW IN WHICH ASIA WILL PLAY A LEADING ROLE

Objects: The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit to educate the public in:4.1.1 the knowledge and understanding of the peoples and countries of the continent of Asia and of their past and present social and economic development; and4.1.2 the appreciation of Asian culture, arts, philosophy and history,by such means as the Trustees may from time to time determine.Asia means those regions of the world which on the first day of November one thousand nine hundred and seventy six were bordered on the north by the USSR but including Soviet Central Asia and Mongolia, on the west by the Caspian, Black and Mediterranean Seas, the River Nile and the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean extending through to the Timor and Arafura Seas, to the north of Australia and on the east by the Pacific Ocean thereby including Middle and Near Eastern countries from Turkey to the Arabian peninsula the Indian sub- continent and adjoining countries, the Malay peninsula, Indonesia and the Philippines, South-east Asia, China, Korea and Japan and the islands of the China Sea, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean which either culturally or geographically relate to the Asian mainland such as the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and the Ryukyu Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
Who
Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £2,111,000 £2,374,000 £8,763,000 17
Dec. 31, 2023 £1,973,834 £2,387,825 £8,763,948 17
Dec. 31, 2022 £1,860,598 £1,871,122 £9,113,157 14
Dec. 31, 2021 £1,183,714 £1,459,777 £9,844,661 13
Dec. 31, 2020 £1,170,749 £1,769,742 £9,334,195 23

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dominic Stephen Barton (Chair) March 20, 2025
Dee Poon Jan. 1, 2023
Duncan Buchanan June 20, 2024
Edward Knapp Sept. 18, 2019
Patrick Wong Jan. 1, 2023
Shen Yuhong Wang Sept. 18, 2019
Sir David Quarrey June 16, 2025
Tanuj KAPILASHRAMI March 4, 2020
Yuval Atsmon March 29, 2023