# CHINESE INFORMATION AND ADVICE CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 800646
- **Other names:** CIAC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 23, 1989
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=800646


## Contact

- **Address:** Basement, 2 Gerrard Place, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1D 5PB
- **Phone:** 03002011868
- **Email:** info@ciac.co.uk
- **Website:** www.ciac.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS OF CHINESE ORIGIN PRIMARILY LIVING OR WORKING IN LONDON IN PARTICULAR BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INFORMATION AND ADVICE CENTRE.2. TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS TO HELP ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE AND TO ENCOURAGE QUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN PERSONS OF CHINESE ORIGIN AND PERSONS OF OTHER RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN.

**Activities:** Immigration and asylum laws advice, women victims of domestic violence support and advocacy, support to children affected by domestic violence, benefit advice and advocacy, tackling homelessness, asylum seeker and refugee support, health and wellbeing advice, disseminate information to the Chinese community, campaign for policies change, cultural exchange and raising cultural awareness.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £140823 | £149015 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £196000 | £246000 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £262194 | £204057 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £112128 | £155455 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £162119 | £154447 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **EDMOND YEO** (Chair)
- Foong Kiew Poon — appointed June 12, 2017
- James Beng Ong Ng — appointed April 11, 2024


