2025-03-31-accounts - Brent Chinese Association

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1[st] April 2024 31[st] March 2025 To

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Brent Chinese Association Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1193993 Charity's principal address Unit 206, China House 401 Edgware Road London Postcode NW2 6GY

Brent Chinese Association

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(if any)
	Dr Etheldreda Kong	Chair
	Ms Mei Wu
	Mrs Irene Pek Liau

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

TAR

March 2012

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Foundation Model How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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March 2012

The objects of the CIO are: 1) To advance the education of the public in Chinese history, art, culture and traditions
Summary of the objects of the 2) To relieve poverty, sickness and distress particularly amongst charity set out in its members of the Chinese community in Brent governing document 3) To provide or assist in the provisions of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation for inhabitants of Brent in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life
The CIO:  provides health checks, support services and advice  gives health talks  acts as a resource  helps in translating and interpreting in Mandarin/Cantonese/English
 provides art and cultural events to our communities  provides activities to our communities to improve their health & wellbeing

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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March 2012

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

TAR

March 2012

Section D Achievements and erformance p We had a successful year delivering events and activities in line with our Summary of the main objectives. achievements of the charity during the year We provided befriending, signposting and translating / interpreting services to local hospitals and mental health services as well as DWP. Park walks: We arranged 3 park walks Canal Walks: 2 canal walks Organised visit to the British Library to see the exhibition “A silk Road Oasis” and to the British Museum which was running a similar theme. Visit to Victoria & Albert Museum Visit to Wembley Stadium: For many, it was their first time inside a football stadium Watch football matches: Our seniors watched live football matches for the first time at Wembley Stadium. One of the matches they attended was the Lionesses vs Spain. Tai Chi classes: Tai Chi for Beginners, a series of 8 sessions “We wear Heritage” Project- introducing the public to various Chinese and East and South East Asian’s (ESEA) traditional costumes- origins of the costumes, adaption and evolution of the traditional costumes with the Diaspora journeys to the fashion as we now know. Volunteers paraded the costumes to the diverse communities Community get-together newtworking lunches Arts & Crafts workshops: Chinese jewellery, beading and knotting Cookery classes including dumpling making Celebration of International Women’s Day to appreciate the contribution women make Mooncake Festival in a local community hub Cancer awareness and promoting national cancer screening programmes: We ran workshops in various sites in the borough. We provided health talks including mental health, dementia, diabetes, heart disease in local church centres Chinese/Lunar New Year celebration with the communities ESEA Mental Health Awareness Football Tournament 2 programmes of after school football activities for children Our events and activities were well received with good attendance from the Chinese communities as well from other diverse communities

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March 2012

Section E Financial review

We keep £2000 aside as reserve

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially nil in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Dr Etheldreda Kong Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)

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March 2012

Date 31 December 2025 TAR March 2012

Brent	Chinese Association	Chinese Association	No (if any)
	Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
For	the period from	01-Apr-24	31-Mar-25 To

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Donation	2,217	-	-	2,217	1,364
Grants received	21,648	-	-	21,648	11,000
Sundryincome	405	-	-	405	31
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	24,270	-	-	24,270	12,395

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					12,395

Events & Activities	10,055				4,319
Computer, mobile phone & website costs	962				282
Insurance	96				96
Subscription	36				-
Events/Activities Equipments	1,726				106
Travel & Parking	170				-
Sundrycosts	412				-
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**Sub total **	13,457				4,803

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					4,803

	10,813				7,592
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	-				19,301
	10,813				26,893

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

28/12/2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

bank Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 37,706 - - 37,706 Agreement Error Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional)	Endowment funds to nearest £
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Details	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
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Signature	Print Name Dr Etheldreda Kong
			Date of approval
	Dr Etheldreda Kong		31-Dec-25

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

28/12/2025