# SOCIAL MISSION INSTITUTE ("SMI")

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1172975
- **Other names:** SMI
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 10, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1172975


## Contact

- **Address:** 286 MALDEN WAY, NEW MALDEN
- **Postcode:** KT3 5QS
- **Phone:** 07817212936
- **Email:** SocialMissionInstitute@gmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SUPPORT FOR PERSONS LOCATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND/OR SUPPORT BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, BY MEANS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:A) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION;B) THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND AWARDS TO INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS ORGANISATIONS ADVANCING SIMILAR OR COMPLEMENTARY OBJECTS; ANDC) THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL, SKILLS AND/OR OTHER TRAINING, MENTORING AND ADVICE (LEGAL OR OTHERWISE).2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN KOREAN ARTS, HERITAGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE, BY MEANS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY CLASSES, EXHIBITIONS AND CONCERTS (IN ALL CASES OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC) ON SUBJECTS INCLUDING KOREAN CALLIGRAPHY, KOREAN TRADITIONAL AND MODERN MUSIC AND DANCING, KOREAN FOOD AND KOREAN HISTORY.

**Activities:** The Charity has a primary focus on supporting refugees, asylum-seekers and immigrants in the United Kingdom who are from North Korea and South Korea, in each case who have need of such facilities due to their age, financial hardship and/or social circumstances. This includes grants and other support to North Korean Saturday Schools, as well as Korean traditional cultural initiatives.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- China
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £200 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2019 | £4762 | £4200 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2018 | £0 | £4400 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2017 | £10000 | £5495 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JONG-MIN PARK** (Chair) — appointed May 10, 2017
- Kangae Byeon — appointed Dec. 11, 2017
- SUNG-HYUI PARK — appointed May 10, 2017
- Seung Cheol Choi — appointed Feb. 18, 2022