2025-08-31-accounts - Overseas Chinese Association

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Reference and administration details

Other names charity is known by

Overseas Chinese Association Schooi

Registered charity number {if any}} 512882

Charity's principal address| c/o Birmingham Chinese Society Centre

11 Allcock Street

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Dates acted if not for whole year

TAR

March 2012

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|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Names and addresses of advisers (Optional|information)| |Type|of adviser|Name|Address| |Solicitor||~—=—|MsCChristine|Lee|—_| Christine Lee & Co.|(Solicitors) Lid.| |86 Hottoway Hear| |Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)|

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Section B

Structure, governance and management

Description ofr charity’s trusts

How the charity is constituted Trust

Trustee siertinn methods Elected by Annual Generali Meeting

Additional— issues (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about: © policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
e the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; |
e relationship with any related parties; |
e trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities A) To provide the education of the public in all Chinese cultures and
| traditions and the Chinese language.
— f the objects of th B) In the interest of social welfare to provide recreational and chitty Seeds tints . educational facilities with the object of improving the conditions of 9werin xodument life of the inhabitants of the area of benefit in which the g Coe Association shall operate. C) To establish or secure the establishment of a centre or centres to assist in the promotion of the above objects,

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March 2012

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)

You may choose to include furtherrelevant, statements, about where e policy on grantmaking; ° policy programme related investment;
e contribution made by volunteers.

TAR

March 2012

Section D

Achievements and performance

Section D	Section D	Achievements and performance
F Sseryage . achievements ofthe charity duringtheyear		inthisyeartermthe schoolhave 17classes inMandarinand3 classes in Cantoneselanguagecourses from year 1 toyear9 andGCSECertificate gee course. Theschoo!have250students inthisyearterm.Theagesrange ofthe students arefrom 4 to 18 years old.
		In thisyear termtheschool provide Chinesetraditionaldancing class and
		badminton classfor our students.
		Intheyearterm 2024/2025, ourstudents participated the Calligraphy and Mandarin Recitation competition with UKAPCE.
		Calligraphy competition: 2 in Silver prize
		9 in Bronz prize
		Mandarin Recitation
		Competition: { inGold prize 1 in Silver prize
		andGoldprizeingroupcompetition.

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Section E
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Financial review
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Brief statement of the charity’s" on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit | Further dimes a review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
e the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising),
e how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the oleae di
e investmentarn and objectives i cluding any ethical investment policy adopted.

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Section F
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| Other optional information

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

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March 2012

' CC16a

FOR ENGLAND AND WALES/Overseas Chinese Association

Receipts and payments accounts For the period To from 01/09/2024

31/08/2025

Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds Total funds Last year | tothe nearest £ tothe nearest£ to the nearest[£] to the nearest£ to the nearest £ Ai Receipis | eene |ee |—«85,030| 2ee }[4,903] ————S~dCSSCSCS~CS [SchoolBank interest Activity || CT CC‘ BOT| [SSCTC“‘CSCUC]:CSCSCOOCCee«dC«dCCY 972 | [10,030| PO) | pe ass Onel0 On eee oe es eeub total (Gross income for eee) |ees|ee i ee A2 Asset andinvestment sales, (see table}. eeee eeee es 7 A3 Payments Rental i |eee |[35,962] | TextlExerciseBooks| CB TC TTC‘sd |[«2,82] SCdCSSCSCCtWYTSTSCTCC CTC SC TCO [StationeyyPrinting| CdS | Student Activity | | BT eeCU CEB |ee Pe{41,9311| eennneeeee eeeee |ee e s | e* eee ee |eee pe i Se eae Te | Subtotal] eerste rst572 | Aé Asset and investment purchases sep table esee es esee eS Subtotal|_ | Total payments| 65785][J][J Net of receipts(payments)|- _8,707 |__ 11.665 A5tTransfersbetweenfunds [|—s_See Cash funds this yearend} __261,192 |___ 261,192 |

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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CHARITY COMMISSION;
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A

Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ ; members of |Overseas Chinese Association
On | accounts for the year | 31/08/2025 Charity no | 512882 ended {if any}
Set out on pages | | | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust} for the year ended “
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation is of report of the accounts in accordance with the requiremenis of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act”). | report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Aci and in carrying out my examination, ! have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent i have completed my examination. | confirm thai no material matiers have examiner's statement come to my attention-ethertharrthatdisctiosedbetow >} in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
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Relevant professional | 4, ashen ch, Covaa\ow
qualification({s)(s) or(if any): bod Birming hem Means trate Address:| Zoq Wh \de_threeG46 1\RE

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October 2018

Section B

Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.

IER

October 2018

Balancesa Sheet CHINESE as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account) 2024/2025

sa Sheet CHINESE as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)CHINESE as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)(Consolidation Account) Balancesa Sheet CHINESE as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)Sheet CHINESE as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)	sa Sheet CHINESE as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)CHINESE as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)(Consolidation Account)Account)	sa Sheet CHINESE as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)CHINESE as at 31.08.2025ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)ASSOCIATION (Consolidation Account)(Consolidation Account)Account)2024/2025	2024/2025	2024/2025
	OCASchool	OCA	TOTAL
BankofChina,CurrentAccount BankofChina, DepositAccount Bank of East Asia, CurrentAccount bankof EastAsia,DepositAccount PettyCash TAssets: Represented by: Opening Balance asat01/09/2024	£ 7,822.88 £ 32,908.77 £ 44,019.46 £ 175,207.11 £ 264.89 £ 260,223.11 £ 268,879.67	£ 969.33 £ 969.33 £1,019.33	£ £ £ £ £ £ £	7,822.88 32,908.77 44,988.79 175,207.11 264.89 261,192.44 269,899.00
Add:Total Income	£ 77,018.30	£ -	£	77,018.30
SubTotal:	£ 345,897.97	£1,019.33	£	346,917.30
Less: Total Expenditure	£ 85,674.86	£ 50.00	£	85,724.86
Closing Balanceasat31/08/2025	£ 260,223.11	£ 969.33	£	261,192.44
Signed by:		.
Trustge		Trustee

|OVERSEAS)|CHINESEASSOCIATION {Consolidation Accounts)|OVERSEAS)|CHINESEASSOCIATION {Consolidation Accounts)|OVERSEAS)|CHINESEASSOCIATION {Consolidation Accounts)|OVERSEAS)|CHINESEASSOCIATION {Consolidation Accounts)|OVERSEAS)|CHINESEASSOCIATION {Consolidation Accounts)|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |incomeand|ExpenditureAccountsfortheyearended31-08-2025||31-08-2025||||| ||||OCA School|OCA||TOTAL|| |INCOME:||School Fees|£56,757.00|||£|56,757.00| |||Donations|£ 3,189.12|||if|3,189.12| |||Bank Interest|£ 9,372.18|||£|9,372.18| |||School Activity|£ 3,729.52|||£|3,729.52| |||StudentActivity|£
670.48|||£|670.48| |||60thAnniversary Income|£ 3,300.00|||£|3,300.00| |||Totalincome:|£77,018.30||o|£|77,018.30| |EXPENDITURE:||Teacher/StaffFees|£39,066.00|||£|39,066.00| |||Rental|£18,299.08|||£|18,299.08| |||Text/Exercise Books|£ 3,890.03|||£|3,890.03| |||Stationery/Printing|£
189.12|||£|189.12| |||Advertising/Flower/Gift|£ 1,680.00|£ 50.00||£|1,730.00| |||School Activity|£ 9,611.00|||£|9,611.00| |||StudentActivity|£ 1,357.73|||£|1,357.73| |||TeacherTraining|£
860.00|||£|860.00| |||Travel Exses|£ 2,780.00|||£|2,730.00| |||insurance|£
668.91|||£|668.91| |||Membership Fee|£
60.00|||£|60.00| |||LT.|£
1,297.06|||£|1,297.06| |||Miscellaneous|£
267.53|||£|267.53| |||60th Anniversary Expenses|f£ 5,648.40|||£|5,648.40| |||Total Expenditure:|£85,674.86|£|50.00|£|85,724.86| |||Total Income:|£77,018.30||0|£|77,018.30| |||LessTotal Expenditure:|£385,674.86|£|50.00|£|85,724.86| |||TotalLoss:|-E8,656.56|-£|50.00|-£|8,706.56|