## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01 March 2024 Period start date To 28 February 2025 Period end date Charity name: LONDON CHINESE CULTURE SALON** ## **Charity registration number: 1185461** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are to advance the
education of the public primarily, but not
exclusively in topics such as artificial
intelligence, history, humanities and Chinese
culture through educational knowledge
exchange.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Arrange and provide for or join in arranging
and providing for the holding of exhibitions,
meetings, lectures, classes and seminars.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had due
regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit when
exercising their duties.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Between 2024 and 2025, we organised
around ten talks and seminars on various
topics in art and humanities.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The financial statements are prepared and
reviewed by Trustees. At the end of financial
year 2025, the charity held a small amount
of reserves of £3,973.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The reserves are held as a source of
fundings for future charitable activities.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£3,973| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A – the charity will continue the activities
in the next financial year. There are no
uncertainties of operating as a going
concern.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|The appointment of trustees is passed by a
resolution of existing trustees.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|London Chinese Culture Salon| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1185461| |Charity’s principal address|2 Townsend Road, London SE3 9FS| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr Leren Li|||| ||Dr YangChen||30 May2023|| ||Xin Li|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Leren Li **Full name(s)** Leren Li **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 24/12/2025 ||**LONDON CHINESE CULTURE SALON**|**LONDON CHINESE CULTURE SALON**|**LONDON CHINESE CULTURE SALON**|**1185461**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|3/1/2024|**To**|2/28/2025| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Donation income
**557**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**557**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**557**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**557**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donation income|**557**|**-**|**-**|**557**|**3,156**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**557**
|**-**|**-**|**557**|**3,156**| |**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 557**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
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**557**|| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**|**557**|**3,156**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **||**557**||**-**||**-**||**557**||**3,156**|| |**A3 Payments**
Expenditures
**515**
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**_Sub total_ 515**
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**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 515**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 42**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**853**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 3,973**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**-**
**-**
**-**
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**515**
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**515**
**42**
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**3,931**
**3,973**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**78**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**78**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**78**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**|**42**|**3,078**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**3,931**|**853**| ||**-**|**-**|**3,973**|**3,931**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
Leren Li
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,973**
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**3,973**
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OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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Print Name
LEREN LI
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||Leren Li|LEREN LI|12/24/2025| |||||