2024-07-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1/8/2023 Period start date To 31/7/2024 Period end date

Charity name: North West Chinese Language Centre

Charity registration number: 1191375

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To advance education, arts, culture and Chinese heritage to young people in Manchester and Northwest.
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	Teaching of Chinese language, arts and culture
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission

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	Received generous donation that will assure the charity’s operations for 2 more years. Achieved Meritations in National Writing and Calligraphy competitions. Achieved 3rd place in Tai Chi exhibition in New Year celebrations

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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	Position has been stabilised with external donations
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	Currently it is deemed unnecessary to hold reserves
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	0
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	Sufficient funds in the bank to cover most situations
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	Can donations be continued to maintain operations in future years

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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	By appointment, by existing trustees

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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		Sadly, Leong Nang Wong passed away this year and will no longer be a trustee, there is no plans to replace him.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Northwest Chinese Language Centre
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number	1191375
Charity’s principal address	314 Washway Road, Sale, M33 4RT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Raymond Chiu	Chair
	Peter Lee	Principal
	Liushan Yang
	Pui Kwan Ho
	ShaoQingSue
	Chi KeungPang
	Suet FongChu

– 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 held in this capacity

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects

Details of arrangements for 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

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)

Full name(s) Raymond Tor Wah Chiu

Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)

Date

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Northwest Chinese Language Centre Financial report For the year ended 31 July 2024

Income Members donation (tuition fee) Advanced members fee External donation Snacks Expenditure Classroom hire Teacher travel expense Tuition refund Donation Stationery Insurance Membership fees Bank charges Books Accountant Teacher Training DBS fees Meetings Website Advertising Snacks - exp Year end ceremony Net Income		Petty Cash £
		£0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £727.00
		£727.00
		£0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £486.36 £146.50
		£632.86
		£94.14
	Opening: Closing:	197.65 291.79

Bank
£
£0.00	£0.00
£16,290.00	£16,290.00
£100,000.00	£100,000.00
£0.00	£727.00
£116,290.00

£117,017.00

£49,140.00 £49,140.00 £14,000.00 £14,000.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1,050.00 £1,050.00 £384.00 £384.00 £261.83 £261.83 £170.00 £170.00 £130.66 £130.66 £1,401.50 £1,401.50 £100.00 £100.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £172.80 £172.80 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £486.36 £0.00 £146.50 £66,810.79 £67,443.65 £49,479.21 £49,573.35	£49,140.00 £49,140.00 £14,000.00 £14,000.00 £0.00 £0.00 £1,050.00 £1,050.00 £384.00 £384.00 £261.83 £261.83 £170.00 £170.00 £130.66 £130.66 £1,401.50 £1,401.50 £100.00 £100.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £172.80 £172.80 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £486.36 £0.00 £146.50 £66,810.79 £67,443.65 £49,479.21 £49,573.35
£66,810.79 £49,479.21
	£49,573.35

77,973.69 127,452.90

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trusteesl members of ND£TA wi£sT cAINEs£ £AA4L)A6E L£NT¢£ On accounts for the year ended 31-7- 2022k Charity no (if any) Ilq137£ Set out on pages I report to the twstees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {"the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As Ihe charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with Ihe requiremenls of the Charitles Act 2011 {"the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Ca￿led out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Dir8Ctions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{51{b} of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come lo my attention lolher than Ihat disclosed below '} in connection with the examination which giv8s me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounling records Indppendent examiner's statement I have no concems and have come a¢ross no other matters in connection with the examinalion lo which attenb'on should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. P188se delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 20> Name: Relevant professlonal qualificationlsl or body (if any): IcAEts CAeJ44& *t57+PI) Address: 7 L. r6L IER October 2018