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CHtNESE INFoRmA￿oN AND AD￿CE CENlllE (A COMPANY LIMm BY GUARANTEE AND AREGiSTh￿ cHAR￿Y) Report of the Directors and Financial Statan¢nts For the year ended 31 March 2023 Charity DO.: 800646 Company no.- 02306765 lllll niiii *ACJHZ2BD' 3011212023 COMPANIES HOUSE

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CHINESE INFORMAllON AND AD￿￿ CENTrE STRUCTURE, REFEREKES AM) ADMIN￿TRAT￿E DEfA￿s Company The Chirw Inloffnatyon and Certh is a ujmpany Iwnited by guarantee and Th)t having a share (xpital incorporated in the Unknl lfjngdom ￿ 18 OLlobEr 1988 wkh gistr•l•)n no. 023C￿765. The c¢mpany 1$ a reytstsred tharity wrth registralion nvmb•r 80CN6. The directors rf Ihe ￿MpanY ao its trustees the wpose of the Ch*ilies Ad. and throughout tr#$ report are cdkctivety referred to as the Intstees. Under the Artideg of AssocHtson of the wyany. IIE trustees are ekcted al the AGM to s¢rve fDr a period of three years and are eligible for rfrelectiffi at ￿ AGM ther&ts. The tr￿lee5 who In Off￿ dLVY¥J Ihe yew the of trts rewi ￿re a8 follows.. Edmond Yeo (CPAirl Gareth Owen Foong Kiew Poon Lady Shaida Sheikh (aFP)inted 25 May 2004) [ap￿￿ted 14 August 2018) {apFrf)inted 12 Jun8 20171 (appoirted 31 May 2023) Basemen12 G8Trard Place. London WID 5P8 Indeperthnt Exafflln•r w￿liarn W 2307. 80 HouThJsdit¢h. E¢3A7A£ Lwlon Banker HSBC Bank p& 16 thg Stree( Co¥wiGardwK Londcffi WC2E Infomaiion GEn¢ral

CHtNESE INFoRmA￿oN AND AD￿CE CENTrE REPORT OF ThE TRUSTEES fln0n￿l st¥temenb dthe >werMd 31 taarth 2f23. Objocts and A¢li¥i08s Th mi$$I￿t of the chir￿ Inf(¥makn arvj Advice 'EhariV' or flAC'I is to ensure that dwdv4ntaged peo of Chinese Origin in the UK are atAe to a(￿sS quallty advict, infpmalton $upFrfrt kn planning Chaiivs to aLMeve its atm. the Trustees have given con5ideraliLTh to the ql￿daF￿e of the Clwity Commission on public benefit The Ch4Ws m¥vTr thibes and Th0 it arE des(YiW behjw. Al CIAC'S ¢aritab￿ a(thAie8 are undertaken to its Charitab￿ purpos•s fortr￿ publtc bon￿. The Chorty lasttyrly speo8d In wwdhg a0￿¢6 supwt on immvJrat arhg asylum law. It has d￿e10pèd 0 7Aide spe¢lrum of services to meet the rteeds of the Communty. Th8 sw4us offered Didude a ￿1que support kwrxmm• Yel Chinèsè ￿￿)Meft and their ehldren. in ￿ti￿lat to thw Vulnerdble to domestic VI￿&nee., aTrJ advocacy on S￿la1 Ylfarfr and beneffts, hr￿n9 and trrf>melessness. whth are exl8ndgd to dests.tuie refugees asylLtm seek•rs. ThnMpJh pathrsfvp initiabves. such as NHS. the ChaTty works t(p•Mds Ihe ÈQtterTr￿ d the Ife of the tocal 0￿￿Unty. MO￿9¥•r. tr Charty ￿lleCts and irdmthn lo thg c¥ynmtmitie$ throughout the UK Go¥•rnancg & Manag•m•nt Th• Board of Trusle8s meets * l•asl frAN b"m•s a year and is resF¥JnsiWe fry the govemance of the crganisatx￿. Trustees are supported through an inductsn proeess whkh Indudes a Trnslee Hmlucllon pad( on thew resFonsibfiilies aThJ ¢¢4e-of.¢orKlud •$ Irust¢¢s. In a¢Jdrtion to the regular ni•etrvJs. tr•e * • str•tw¢ busirless meebng to dwuss and plan our busne35 direc150ns. De¢i%ions C￿ the d8rtrtrday operati￿) of the Clwity are uThJertaken by the Chief Executive or. in his ab$er￿e. acting Chièf ExectstNe. in c4)nsuttation with the Trustee sub-commfrtees. Assessment of the pts￿n of the Clwty and nKJnitorirvJ of tts T8sourcgs 1$ carried OLrt by the Board. There are iwo other rynmittees lornxd by the Tmstees t0￿h¢r WTth the matters. Board of Twstees including organisational and ¢har¥)es. rewJrce5 risk, majoT Trustee5 are eleded at AGM. and Tnjstees may be reuuited during th• yaar lo ffiil up a va¢an¢y or tske on add￿ortal re4)¢)nsitslities. New T￿￿tee$ are recmited Ihrough Ktroductior6. enqu￿e$ and th8 Chartys ￿b$ll ' Resufts The net fesotsrrm for the aM¢KI￿ to £58,13812022: £{43,3271) of which thern was net {defitytv$U￿u9 of £18.13912022: £37.192) on restricted proie¢fs and a (de￿Il3L￿p1uS c£39.999 (2022: £{80.519)) on Unre*￿ xbvibes. roriwthion C]assifKJtiQR'. Gencral

CFttNESE INFORMAThON AND AD￿CE CENTRE (i) L•gal Advi Immvaration Services Crrri55Jn (OISC) on the proviSA￿ of legal immigralitsn and asylum Iw￿. le9￿ ¥d¥ts￿5 ha￿ atrined the required level of amditabon. The Charity makes referraL8 on complex ts8e¥. (li) Wom•n'$ and chlldrtfft￿ Th8 Womerfs Clyklren'$ Supwt rn¥id8s ￿rne￿ safety planning llee from dornestic vidence. emotwjnal support. inte1we￿. 855iStanc% in finding refuge or temporary a¢¢ommodotbM. and ad¥ic• on immigration. housrtrj. benefits and children issues. During the year under revi￿, there were outreh vollmteers providing c￿•ing ass¢stance to #NJ bÈfriendKig thé ser4ice users. The Charity also raised the aW•Wen￿ of dome$lt¢ amongst the Chwlese Ilwwgh M￿￿-agenCY partswship. workshops. Since 2013. the Charty foNMd a titi 21 other vthmtsry oTgarMsk)n5 and works in ￿the￿￿1P to gnd molen￿ against and gvls. Th15 w4oCt is fvnded by Ihe London coun￿1$ and the Charity byovides services "Advice and Supporf them8 and in parbujlar spety"alist in Chinese lanwage (Mandarin aTrJ Canlonesel. This InnovatNe partnership strengthens ref¢ffal pathays across ￿nisatIonS and identifies trends emerging ne8d$. Th8 sc4Jpe of service5 (x>nsi5ts of fronuine advice. oulreath. referral. drown services supportin9 wThnen $wvi¥rys of abu%e In acrEss¢ng safety and seiNice$ and in re￿IldIng Iheir lives. This proiè# also extends the supwt for rvJle mothers affected by dome5ti¢ violence. New round of funduy has been approved lo wovth qual and Sust￿nable supportf¢rbvomen ond gwls affted ty domèstic abuse. Wom8n's and Th￿dP￿ty RapoitiiNJ Cenlm th the grant from the Cty of Westrinster St J#mes'$ Warf in 2013, the Charity st up a third paty rwrbng ¢ertre to pro￿th a confidenlial ¢￿￿n￿e1 of report1￿ Motence uime ¥gainst women and a tteJlir in Chinese ￿n9￿ge for women in the event of emergency. Th￿ ¥erwees aro #ts.￿ provtd¢d by Iho Chity as a self4unded semco as w• s•• th• Imwrtan¢e ol maintauiing trds arniue forts chi￿ w￿n to seek help. Lkmesli¢ Awar8neSS The Charfty conllNes to raise a¥r￿ren￿ of domesfyc Viol￿ in ihe Clwnese txrnmunty. The film"Behind Closed Doors. was prouthy producd by the Chty with the help tsf a team of wofess¢onal K4unteef5. sin￿ its wemiere sh(Mf on 5 Seplember 2013. the short fikn aVaila￿e on YouTube link twe h1lp.jly￿thU.t¢nvbXGYNkGLy. Supwting women aThl gKls have No Re(xu5e to F￿d5 (NRPF) Women and gits who are affethd by geThler4Jased VIOn￿ and at the lime have NRPF are SLPPOrted by ￿Jr prcie(# luThJed by the Trust ILY London. The Chan"ty provbjes th? pr8ctic support for them on their iiyhts efigitslhtes. We also cSDsdy with other organisatfv)n to provi( ¢nj¢i￿ sIwrttrwxyn￿ ¥rfl lo address tr•ir imn*ial• pwwnal concem$. (ui) Beneffts and Tax Credlts Advice and Advocacy

CHtNESEINFORMAllON AND AD￿CE CENTrE The Charity proMde5 a ontrstop alvice ser¥￿e lor ts Chh)esg ￿￿￿ents sirKe 2011 to ide benefits and tay advice thr¢>ugh teleptrKir arnj fa¢+trtrkn sessti)n& While this fty the resJents ofthe Westrnv￿ Cwnd$ i$ funded. the Chwity aho exterKIs the yeNice outside the b(mvJh at a adrrthnistration fee. (iv) Hom•1￿￿- H¢)uslng Prol•ct The Offi¢1￿ definit>Jn of homelessness includes thos8 in temporary housry. oVe￿r￿ding acc¢)mmodation or faang eviclion. Th•rn are a lot of other tssues ¥sscciated wi homelessnèss. tt 1$ rot un¢ommon that the Clunese in such a dire sliuation would b8 urMvrarg ofthe appropriate ¢h¥fftel to ¢haNJe INir@ en¥ironment. The Chity is in a gKod posioon to help and assist tr￿M to sthlablè aco)mTfb)datvJn and tscle (v) Wellbeing #nd H￿ttI￿re Prolects In respond to ts NPIS campaign aPpe￿ry to the peo to wtt srnkmg in eatly 2014. CIAC p)&ied the lfjck4t task force Tmlh tYJ staff trained qualtfte<l as NHS Quit Smok￿9 Athsors in mi&2014. CSAC rec)￿]$¢￿ th¢ ITwJuth need for the Chinese community In ordei to benefft from Ihe NHS pnjgram. The Cfonty ha$ ts)mplÈte<l the 3 years proiert as thk-tt Stop Smokry Chirse commurty (let￿Y partnèr in the Tfvtorou9h areas (City of Westminstw. Kensiiwjn arKI Chelsea. Hammersmilh and Fulham). The Charity on the other hand address￿ the issues of protrlematic gamblire by l+osting règular community form olher c¢MM￿lty Stakehok1ets professionals n the fW. During the paTrJemic. the Charsty look on the nttMiNe. wortlrvJ cw wtth the Weslminthr Crty Coun¢il and NHS to ¢)r9ants8 Popup covif&19 Va¢tsrhalion Clinmx espe(ial to supyort th￿e who do rK)I have a address andl LY uncertain imrftigration status. Wth our dedicated team of w￿nteerS proNW logisl¢ and lJanslafTh suppoJ( tlis initsative had benefited ovw 7,000 indr¥idu815. {vi) R•fuge• and Asylum S8ek•r Sw)port housing. healthcare edu￿1￿ for Chvlese nwl arrivals. Duè to thè la¢k of fvnding. we now mginly make ￿ler￿lS to other ￿lugee Orgalwsabo￿ and wilti limited sevvrEs Carried out by volunteern. J)Jring ts year reported. the Charity had hosted monthly Home Offi¢e surgery to s￿pOrt those 1o¥e inxnKJralon corwn and assist some Und0￿Mented mvJrants to voluntsrity return to their home covnty. HLYne Offiee prthii%eil there will be NO enforcement %lw)n In these tsUrye￿ 80 ￿diVIdual8 hwe the tnBt and confjdence to op[￿oach us for assistarKe. {vii) Infornwtiw Do¥olo&Mnort The Charity published quarterfy b[lN￿UaI n￿13[el (tradrfional Cthese and Erg1¢5hl to provide nevm on immigralion nat￿lity kws, publK and events wrthin tr Chinese communty. This is a seK-fur*Jed proie¢l wilh the help gf volunteers frcyn researth artd erf￿n9 to translalion and pffjd￿. Four issues of the new￿etter have been published dUrll￿ th8 year indLth¥ an ek¢lr¢nK vwwon avwlable online. (will) UK Vlsas and lThMnIgratk￿ (pre¥low8ly UK B¢nler Ayncy) Surgery and Commwilty Sw¥ko Suryory The Charty hosts re￿ar Poffi¢¢ CcAxmunty Ser4fj¢e suryery at ts office. D8peThling on Iha availabilty ol the pJt¢e officer. thr¥ 1$ nlmlly hehj vrfery other month 8nd opens to the genèral pubk with free inlerpreter wovtded by the Chwity for the noTrEr4JKsh speakltVJ Ch￿eSe ￿1¢0 usus. Inf•rMatiortatssSfiuii(￿. Gwernl

CHtNESE INFORMAllON AND AD￿CE CENTRE Snc November 2012. the Chordy ciAlatrJrated with the offi￿ lo I￿$t the fir UKVI unty surgery at its offKe. 11 1$ &￿e￿Ied on the first Tuesday of eath month. The Home Offte offi¢ers altend the Ch•ity to anSv￿r er￿Ul￿ from the local c4Jrnmunty knmiwlion Oiaes. {ix) Sorial Enterwis¢ CIAC PnMde5 fee ¢harginy serv￿5 mder the xxaal entrwise niiti"otNe vthi¢h cJ)mwiw of tFanslation. interpretat￿n and pfinling knhty. This ser¥irE be￿fft$ the local communty a8 the Charity has a team of volunteers knilh a of ChinosfrEnOth Language slandard and spe¢disin9 in translation and irrtefixetthn. Ad¥i¢e thJ•llty Sl•rtdaYd (AQS) Charity trwJilt up tts (xpaoty Ihrwgh vrjunteer rec¥uitrnert WKI trainirg to streng￿n thè servic in wctm an of th¢ volunteers to the Chinese and SrAtheast Asian Corwnunity. The event has been SU￿essfUllY hosted Ihis year atthe House of Lords by BarL¥w u¢￿d￿ arKI the L¢Jrd Sheikh with a slight deLiy due to the PaTrJem Plan$ and Fulur• Prnl•cts guidan( on ￿)11¢ ber)¢fft when w•ing ths Charty'$ aim ¥nd obfftrwe¥ and in plannin9 its 14rture aGNities. In partI￿lar. the Trustees consKlèr planned activitw ￿11 conlribute to tho aims and ots'e¢lives have set The Charity. ¥&tule m￿n￿nYwj the seplictt und¥ the Office of the Imigralion Ser ComnM$$ioner (OISC). makes rèferrals to So1￿liOTS fth) asststs th• dtants wrfh int¢rpretalbn and reseafth on partnil¥ iirThi9rathJns rrAtters. The Chaiity dehverirvj benefft the seNices as part of its proieds in omen support arKI refugee aNI asylum suppNts. The service is extended to the wider group in the Chinese commLM)bty Irving ￿ Ihe Qty ofwestrnlnslerwho are unaware of ththr benefrt entilements and have no k￿A¥kndge to ap￿. FuThJing aPPl￿tI()n for the woiect to wovide the seNiees in other Londcfft Bor0￿$ l been un¢lerwrny. Infor￿all￿n clts>ifi￿i0n.- General

cH￿SE INFORMAThON AND AD￿CE CEbTTrE through tts lorKJ$tsrklirKJ history of aths(Yy %wrk in the cornmunity. Thè Charity now works dosety with St MartiTrlTrt￿FieknJ. Sl, P8Sgage, St Mun9D'5 BrDadwaywho promde $hèlter. meals and hyw day Ser￿CeS to the rough sleerws. We make Intsr4Yganisabon referrals forthe ChHlW S￿aknng clients. The ch￿lty seas the demand ofth& proi8¢t and it vitl ¢ontinue to se¥Jrefunding to frJrtherll#s in ￿1 London b¢x¢xvJh$. There is a growng popukliDn of thè eldety Chlnese. Most of thwn MEre mvjrdnts during 703 and 809. This first generatton of the Clunese migrants camè to fv UK to wort mainly in ¢aterfng. Later ¥b the 905. there BS an ffittux of M>rkws frurn the rna￿Land China. These mtgrwtts are m05ty JKk proficpncy in the Eryltsh Iwuage. NThf retired or al their 605. they are Lwjalty isolated and have wxjr heatth. From deafing with lh8 c&•nts. the Charity recognlged that there Is a need to promote weubeiny physicEy. eff￿1￿•11y a$ well as 1knan1￿ny. Vvhle the Charity has ¢ompleted a on￿off infcrnal rnunsellng proiect to the Chlnese cynmuny. it ts r￿ feth to deveknp furthu ￿1b￿l9 projects in c￿laborali0n with swnilar oryanisatrJn8 in prryTh)tiry acve Ir¥ing. I￿lIbY eating. eneryy sawng and FO￿o￿n9 the •J￿6¥S in the del¥wy otthe senslmtytraffting to Ihe LoTrJon probabon staff. Ihe Ch¥ty is tookiffd tsfunding to sw>port and èxtend thè project pr visits and a¢N￿e$ to iEYV¢¥è the sklL •ftd empltsyabdity of the ex-offenders upon thèir release and reduce the rtroffendiw rnt•. The Chity Ims fesearthed irrto •re8s the￿ is in accs8irtrJ Servi￿ for the Chinesè ¢4)mmunty. There K a svJnificanl lack ol Chinese speaknng serviw providing onettsone support to Fw>lt wrth M￿31 heamh issues. Antst￿ are• that the CharTrty will look into Is the servKe that tackkng prO￿emS assoid gambltrKJ e.9. debts and pr¢l•m gwJtsng at $wyl ¥thable Orn tr•Fved in pros11￿kn￿. SocIalEnIe￿n88 8ndgernth th)n4￿ The Trustees U)ntin￿ to eypkNE Ihe mwk& for fee ¢tsgiThJ sepKes urbaer Its sorial 8nt8rprise am whrch t)ukl Aichjde legal athict seNie•s. Tr Charity also appeated to businesses and individu for Ihewgerwous tr￿[p. supiJt and donatiors. Th& TrnSt￿ considered the lèvel of free reserves futbjs nG Ipd up in fued assets. designated fvnts or restrided funds) thatthe Charrti reryllre lo provide financ41 flwb%lity ovèr Ihe ¢owse ofthe forth￿￿an9 year shoLdd be 3 mMths olthe ffjSOLtrCS expended. This was approxwnate £25,000 in general The Charity continues to use its free re$eNe$ to retain staff and brKlge Ihe funding gaps. As of 31 Klarch 2023. the Iree and noTrd?spJnaled reseNe was £2.233 {2022". £{37.766)). tt 18 that the fr•e reswve hag bw) maintained at the rewired level. Ch81ity h•$ rervhEd the IEase wilh the larKIEord. Shaftestyjry. of th• c¥ffenl office space at BasemenL 2 Genard P4. LryÈkn W1D SPB. Tl Trustees decJed it was appropriate to put asJe destgnat&J reserve of £15.IXIO12022'. £15.1)00) fued a&%ets and £15,(KIO12022: £15.(Wl fty ¢*.1¥1dati￿ ofthe gjrrent office P￿lse$. luformalion a￿lf1(￿l￿n.. GcnEral

cH￿￿EsE INFORMAI]ON AND AD￿CE CENTRE The Trustees a￿ athvety orgNsing fundr•sMw to ￿1)Ease th8 Charity's unrestricted reser￿ in order to irK¥e8se the ¢apaoty ol thg Charity lo meet the r￿ed3 of Ihe Chinese Investffl•nt Poli Under tr memryarKlwn or#J ¥bdes of assoeAalYm. the Ctrwlty Ihe pryav to make •y InveBtment a8 the Tnth lh1￿ IL R•vi•w R8Mow of the Charit1$ stra and o¢1ivths ore fxrt ￿ #n •)nu81 ba$ to produce a comprehensNe thfetryear Tol￿r& strategK plan setriThJ out major ¢>ppothJnts$ available and the potential rssk5 exposed. The Trustees regularty monitor progress agaiftst th• strategic obiectNes. As part of thi5 Ihe TnL8tees have Nnplemènted a risk An annual remew ofthe W1￿Ch the Chwity may fac: Th& $st>lishm¢nt of Syst￿1$ and y￿ethIre$ lo mibgate Ihose ri$ thntified". and Th& impfem¢r)tatiM of any potenti¥ impart on the Char￿¥ ShO￿d arty cl tPme risks marialise. R•lat•d Partlos The Chority ￿1n￿r$$$ ils Trustees for exper#Jiiwe. Durry Ihe y￿r Ihwe was no rolated party transaction. Independent Examlner The B￿r{l of Trustees 0￿￿(10r that an audrt rx)t reqiired for the f¥W￿al year being reported under section 144{2} cl Ihe Charili# A¢1 2011 (the Charty ktl and that an independent examinality) 1$ nee¢Jed and lh¢ ¢crfnpany wa5 entitled to exemption from audit under seth.on 477 of the Corrp3￿ Aca 2008 (dated to small CAimpan•. The mÉmb$rs have not requwed the ￿rnpanY to oblawj the aLvJit of it5 a¢x4)Lrts for the JEar in question in ar£orts￿e wrth secliM 476. £c)￿ing to the Charty Aet,Wkli?m Wcw, on independent examiner was appointed aThJ it agreed lo be the independent examiner for the year erKled 31 Mardj 2f23. Slgrted f¢rand on bebaff of 8oaTd of Trustees Lady Shalda Shglkh TnJsts• 23" December 2023 ronNiiion Clwificaiion".

STATEMENfoF TRUSTEES. RESPC•4SI&LrrEs the cf)mpany law) are re5W)ns￿lle ts prep3n.ng the Tntslees, Report and the financial ststements in acwdan¢e wth appl￿ble lv ard United I￿￿d0M Stsndards Iunited Kingdcfn Generally Accepted ACK￿nting Practice). COmp￿Y requrts the Tfttees to wep¥e finardd statwerts for eath fuwiclal year whK gwe a true and fa¢r Mew of the affairs of the thitable c¢mpany of ￿)cOming résources and applicati.on ot the resoLwces, i￿￿￿Jing the inoJTh and expendi1￿. of the tharitable company for year. In p￿paring the the rpqLired to". observe the method5 and winc1p￿S in the Charities SORP. makejudgments and eslims that are ￿asonable aTrJ prudent Stale whether applicable UK ￿Un￿re Stsndarfs have been followed. wbie¢t to any fflateri￿ depaTbJres discb5ed aTha expla￿ed irb tho finan¢ial stements: and prepare the finanual ststennts on the gc¥ng cenc4rn basis Un￿5$ ti is inapprowiate to prewme thatthè thmpany ¥￿1 ￿thue ￿ operaiion. The Trustees are resp￿￿ble for keeping Proper￿)unD￿9 r￿d3 vthith dkdoso reasonab a¢¢ura¢y at any tsm8 the financial rx)stiton of the tharit3ble company and th¢ch enatrAe them to ensure that finanrial ¥ts¢e¥npnts ¢)>npty the Compaiies Act 20C6. They are also ponsible for saf&3uarding the assets of the thafilable vJmpany and he￿ for liig sleps for the prevention and dete¢tion of fraud ar)d other wregularthes. The Trustees are responsible for the rnairrten￿ and integrity of the cxwTrte and finarKxal information induded on the charilabk oynptys Tebsiie. LegislatiDn n the United ￿ngdoM govÈming the preparalion and (fissemirAllc￿ of ststements may differ fr(yn legi51atwJn in otherjurisdictions. In $0 tsr as thè trust8es are awdre atthetrne cfappThirs ourtrustees. anTh￿ ￿POrt there Is r•) rdevant nfrnticffi. beirwj hiforrn3￿ needed by the tndependenl examiner in c(￿nectiOn tAh Ewaring their reprt rl uthpeThJent examlr is unaware, and the TNstees, havfvig madè enquries of fePLw thctors ar#J that they ought to have indiwdually laken. have eac* taken au step5 that helshe is oithged to take as a dwecac By order of the Board ofTnthes Iiifonnalion C￿￿￿1r￿lI0￿'. G¢K¥al

INDEPEIIDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHINESE INFORMATI¢)N AND AowcE CENTRE ON THE A¢COUNf3 FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31 MAR¢H 2023 I report on the acojunts of ChIr￿e InfoThnth aThJ Afvice Cerbtre (the.Ch￿) ft￿the year 31 bAarth 2023 as s¢tout in tr annual rep The trusttts (v•ho are also the dffeitss of cxnpaw for thè purposes of eompafty law) re¥)on5a)le fly the preparation of Ihe a￿)UrrtS. The conswjer that an 15 not required fcYthisy¢arundersgcliM 14412) OltrrtCtArrb￿Art2ol1 (fv Ctrr￿¥s￿tsI andtPAlan Independent e￿￿mination is needed. Plaving Satisfied myself that the cfwity i% rnt $ubpc to Lvmlorlhe comF4ny law and is etbit4e for independent examirwtion. it is my re5porthhty to.. examine the atrxunts UThJer￿bQft 145 oftr Chantses A£L' foyow P￿)CedUreS 18id dovm ffj the 9en¢ral DKeclionsgi¥ffi byfv Cttarity Coffmtssion under seth.on 14515)Ib} of the Charibes Act". and My exami14t￿ was oried out in a¢CA%dan￿ the gewal DK8ctions g1¥￿ ty the Chartty Commission. An examination indudes a revie# of the all￿nI4￿j reojrds kept by the charity and compari50n of the a¢￿unts presented those records. 11 atso I￿VdeS Co￿￿derat[0ft of any unusual itsm$or disdoswes ffi the acu#Jnts. and seeking e￿a￿lOnsfrOrn the tNstees concemirvJ any such matteJ5. The W0￿Jure$ uThJert4¢en tr r#X kwtriide 011 tr evKlwwe thv￿￿k1 be requtrad in an audrt and ct)nsequenUy Th) opirion is gven as to whether ts acCO￿lts present a Irue and fair vievK and the report ts limite¢J to those mattws set in th¢ slafement be￿￿. l. whth me reasonable (xuse to any material respA. the requ￿nents.. to preparea¢c¢Lrtswfi¢h acctydwlh the accwntiThJ rec￿5 •)d axnpiywilh tha xc¥>untirwJ requirements of Section 396 rfthe Cthng•1ies Act 20C have not been Nt: 2. to wlwth, in my opimn. attenlM)n Sh(￿ be wi otsto a prow uThJ￿dinq of Entèr namè of Ind•pènd8nt Examln¢r William Wong Enter date 29 December 2023 InfomiaiioTr Classifityiiiw.. GcTrrrnl

CHTr4ESE INFORMAThON AND AD￿CE CENTRE STATEMeNT OF HNANCIAL ACTMllES & SUWAARY W4C0￿ & EXPENtfftlRE ACCOUNT Forthe year end￿ 31 March 2023 2023 2023 2023 2022 Fund$ Funds Funds Fund$ Donations 224.( 1.200 225.2C 13.097 Charitsbl• •cti¥itl•s L¢901 advtC• Women's and Childrerfs Support Chinese Bureau 36.994 36.994 57.705 Oth•rtradlng actlvltie5 Fundrai¥irvJ Grant Inveslment In(xxne 41.326 T¢)lal inw 224,OlJO 38,194 262.194 112,128 Exp•ndltyrg on Raisiny funds Legal a(fv W¢)men arKI Chfidrnn SUPI￿rt Chinese Athice BU￿aU wdit¢ing, 8￿erts and Homdessness irtomiation deve￿pMent & lthrpfetatron Expenses Totsl •xpgndlt4W• 1,200 1.200 18.855 23.519 1,200 39,433 20 179.338 184.￿1 179.338 114.822 20.055 204.057 155.455 N•t Incom•l{ex￿nditUreI and net movement in funits for the y￿1 Recon¢lllatlon of fvnds Totsl fvnds broughtforw•nl 39,999 18.139 58.138 {43.32n (T,766} 37,192 29,426 72.753 Total funds eattiedfoftnrd 32233 55.331 87,564 29.426 All I￿rnIng resources and resource5 expended d￿1¥8 from contrwing a¢tywkns. Th8 8tement of firwn¢ial ac16viOes incJdes all gans and losses recognised in the year. The notes on pages 14 to 21 fcrn ￿ integral part 0ftheSefin￿cial statements. Infonllaiion Classifiuiion.. fjeml

CHtNESE INFORMAThON AND AD￿CE CENTRE BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2023 2022 Fix•d Ass•ts 10 6,238 9217 Non4urrentABsets QeF4JS 1,667 1,867 Dobtors Cash at bank aThl kn hand 11.15 15,599 64,188 79.787 4.380 14.288 18.668 Llabiltlas credito￿.. nwnt fall￿9 wilxn one )wr 12. 15 14•t Cunwtt Ass•ts 79.787 18.868 13 1128) {12e} 87,564 29,426 Funds Unfestrthd funds General fund Destqnated funds oiitce t1ilapAlati"on Tang>le knd a3¥at T¢tsl designated fvnds Totsl unwlricted fvjnds 14 2,233 {37.786) 15.OCIJ 15.000 30,000 32.233 55.331 87,564 15.LNIO 15,000 30.IJOO 17.7661 37.192 29.426 14 The notes on pages 15 kn 22 fryrn an lrtewa part ofthese fin>oal Btatwwnts. se&1￿ 477 of the C¢xnpanies 2fK6 (ts ￿ relaltng to smad c4)mpanies. No members have uired the Company to olain an of its acLxunts for tr year in questK)n in a¢caydaneè with sect%¢Jn 476 of the Ata - however. in accordanee vhth Sectth 145 OF th9 A¢1 2011 the aC￿unts have been examined by an Indeperthnt exaffmner whoso r8ptyt ftsmis part of th1$ document The trustées ¥¢kntyvWge they reSWn5￿Ith$ for comptying th• reqLurements of Those ¥¢courts hwe been aLDydm the provision$ ap&4￿ats￿ to ￿MpanI$S subj'ed to th• small wnpans' wime. Lady Shaith Shglkh Tru¥ts¢ 12 I￿rOM￿lOn Classifi¢n(ion."GeA¥

CH￿￿sE INFORMAllON AND AD￿CE CENTRE CASH FLOW STATEMEMT For the year ended 31 March 2023 2022 19 46.1 (53.088) Purthase oflgng#)le f￿1 a5sots 3.8LKI 7.019 3.800 7,019 year 49.9)0 {46.{￿9) Cash and ¢ath eqL4vnts a¢ the Iwnnir4 ofts 14.288 60.357 Cash and ¢8sh q￿¥41•ntr atthèend ol theyear 64.188 14.288 13 InfDrniaiioTr Cla5sifi&ithi= G¢n¢rl

CHtNESE INFORMAllON AND AD￿CE CENTRE NOTES TO THE AccouNTS F￿the Ye￿ erKl&l 31 March 2023 1. Ac¢wntlng p￿1¢1¥ ++• Charibe5: Statement of Reconwnerthd P￿dice applrable to iarlie5 preparing their accounts in acwrdance with the Financbal Rel￿rt￿￿j Standard applhle in the UK anfl Reput1￿ of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffe(ve 1 Janwy 2015) - (Ctrorilw SORP {FRS 102)). the Fmancol Re￿￿ng Slandard applieabje in the UK and Repubk of Ireènd {FRS 102) 8nd the Companies Act 20Cfj. The Charity meets the defmrtKJn of a P￿iC benefft entity under FRS 102. The wi￿paI a￿￿U￿ting (8) Aceountlng conv•ntiixi The fM)aneial $tstom Iwe been prerore(l on a gtyr4J oxcwn basis ￿￿er the htstorical cost ¢onvention, m¢>Jffied to inc4ude ¢erfan items at f•r val￿. The fina￿al ¥tatements have been prepared in sterfry whith is the functio￿ of dMrty. (b) IncomiThJ rnsour¢•s In¢ome i$ rncwised th thg has entllement to fut a¢)y pwfomwKe condition$ altached to th8 itrfsl of income have b8en m81 tt is wcknable thal th• wll ￿ ye￿1vad and the amount can be mea8ured reiHW. In¢)wne from govwrun•rt and othgr grants. whethw 'rathf grants or 'T¥￿￿e, grants. 1$ reco￿lsed when the charty has enlilleM￿ to the fvrth. any performance condition5 attached to the grarts havè been mel. rt i8 pr01m￿O th ts incm il be ￿￿1¥4(1 and the amount can be asured rdHtily and is not deferre¢l No arThNnt is induded in tho fina￿￿al ststemerts ts volunt••r lime in line vAth the SORP IFRS 1021. Further dètsA is given Di thè Trust•ts' Amu￿ Repo Donations of servKes that can be reasonabty quantified usually resutt in the rwnth) of income and an expense. An asset will be re(>yJnised only TAthen those servic£s are Lts•d for the Prod￿¢￿ of an asset WKI ts Serv￿ recthd Vjlll be cl(sed a8 part ot the c(t ofthat asset. Th• eharity measures ine(rriry res￿rrS from ntsioxctrArwe transa¢bMs 0$ fojbws: (a) Donated services and facifities. that WOLdd have been purclpsed, shal be measureA * the value to the entity. Ib) other uic)mirg resoLr¢es from noTrexchange transactions shall be rn8asured at th• far ¥alu• ofts resowixs ¥ec8r¥ed or rec8iwabl•. In18re$tirwne Intere81 on fur#ts held on dwit is in¢Jded reC￿ab￿ and tre •nwnt wi b8 meawrod rella￿Y bythe ¢h•. {c} Resources ex￿nded l exFendItU￿ is ¥¢t>)unted for on ￿ a¢¢>uals basis. Exp￿rtUre is recognised once thw• is a legal or constructive obligation tr> rna(e a payrnt lo a thyd party, it is probable that setuement reguire<l and the amourt of the obl¥thn ￿ be measured reliatAy. Eynditure 1$ Class￿e￿ underthefollo¥Mng acbvty hearfiry". 14

CHtNESE INFORMAllON AND AD￿CE CENTRE Noles to Ih¢A¢¢ounts (¢fjnt1nu￿4 For the yurtnded JI MAr¢lh 2023 • Expenditure on dHritable actpiitKs w￿￿deS the (x¥sts ofdwltth thilies undartaken tt) fvrthor tr puTroses ofthe chity and their ¥$$￿￿ted support costs. (d) Support ¢o¥ts •llo¢alion Support costs are those functions tlot 8SSiSt the ol the thiity ¢Jc r#)t dlfe¢Uy un¢Jertako charitaue actmbes. SupFQrt costs incbjde back office costs, finance. per￿)nnel. payroll and governane8 costs support thè Charity activittfjs. Thw aré hxat•d to the reknv¥nt cost 8nd are eX￿ined in mtre d8tsil in the rths to th• aCts￿nts. the ¢harita￿e wnpany as opposed to the (tire( mwiagement fvnctions in generating funds, s¢Nice deliwy and progrwme or prop¢1 work. This indudes 8LKh items ay external independenl {e) Fund •cco Unfestriettd ftmds are o¥alabb to $perKI on ocbvths th fvr￿r any of tho purposes oflhe charity. Designated funds are wwestrlcted funds of the chaiity v4tii( the Intstees have decaded at thetr discretion tr S•t ade to use ft>r a speafic purpose. Restr￿ted •re donations whith the doncf h4$ $pe¢thed ao to ￿ sow u8ed ts ptoJar arnas rf the dwivs ¥Jik rA for speth artistic djèds bèing Und•1#k￿ ty the ts￿y. Transfers from general to r•strtrt•d are mad• T￿h￿ th• irKom• lor sppufic a(vities Joes not ¢4vw the ftdl ￿$ts. Transfers belween desvjnated fimd5 and 92neral are (fj Fixed assets Fixed assets are stated at cost less depr￿atr￿. F￿ed asset of¥a￿ w È150 i8 e8pit•knsed •nd desxeckatlon is p￿￿delI on a basis so as to t￿￿ off the cct of tr fixed 4&8ets over their eslimated {￿e￿I life as fOU¢Y￿..- Leasehcdd ￿prO¥￿ts Office equtoment . 3 years Ig) Going concern The financial statements been p¥ep￿ed a grAng conczrn basis as thè Intsteeg belreve that no malerial une4rtainties exit The trustees have ￿r￿￿1¢d the levd of ftmds heid and the exppcted levd ofincome and expendth for 12 miNth$ from aLrtfrthsin9 these fffiartial ststements. The budgètèd irtttime and experV￿re $uffi¢nt with the levd of reserve5 for thè charity to be abk to (x>nlviu8 as a gcing g)ncwn. 2. Legal stalus of tho Charity The Chwity is • ¢tynpwy lry ￿{Pe and IAS rn share cAthL The lipbiW of eath member the evert o1wfndi￿(v is fmited kn £1. Is InfoFMiiion Oa55ificiLkn.. GcrK7al

CHTr￿SE INFORMAllON AND ADNqCE CENTRE Notes to Ihe A¢¢ounts (¢ODtiDu¢d) Forthe yMreDded 31 Mr¢k 2fr23 20ZJ 2022 OSIC Le￿ lkniyerlFth fThe) 12C 12C 4. In¢om& frnffl charitable acllvitl• 2023 2022 36.9 57.705 81 Entwpmes BME Fcqum IfK- tts••p Smfthg cC￿￿Re101 36.934 57.705 5. Expndilw? on charttab￿ actlvlti•s and Chlnqse DEvdopm?nt L¢yl Chtydran Athir• hornel#S and Ba￿$ of IrtsrpTrlatlDn 7otal AlJo¢allon E>pendityw on acb¥it 8810￿ supportri>st 1&85S 18,855 pport Costs mintslratm rr 1,20ts ze 1,200 Total 20.055 No management Cost was vKuxred d￿n9 the ye¥. The adirwj chRf exac￿1￿ was cn a volur*ary b￿5 and therefore rw quantifialjle o)stwas ao>)unled fty. tharges. 16 knformarion Clas5ific4tion: Gtnernl

CHtNESE INFORMAllON AND AD￿CE CEI Notes to the Accounts (r￿In￿d) Forthe ye4r£nd¢d 31 M4r¢h 2023 ' 6. Go¥ernan¢e Msts 2023 2022 Independent exams fee 1.200 1.2C No provision of the thre¢torn' •)d cfftas. fwbilths in￿ranCe in￿rred in the year reFthed. Prof8ssiork41 indemnly insurance Iws Ix¢Tr Irmgd in th• year lo Cow any Iotilrfies aiising in the ¢OLtse of its delivery of semcè. 7. Net Inconrfexpffidlbjrel •Thl not Move￿ In funts 2022 Net Incml(gxpBndlfyTr} * Nvt rnowm￿ In fun for the yeararE Strtrd aftBr cl•rg1ry Ind9p￿deAt&￿aM1rte￿S fee Oepwotion offued as8ets 6,781 l. Staff costs 2023 Number Nufflb•r Av•rogs numt¢rofemFloyegs during the > l¥te<l on Ihe basis offU1￿1)Me Stsff ¢osts ¢omwi8•: Wages ￿￿1 salaiies Holiday pay luYlisedyac¢nJ Socral secuity costs Pgnslons 57. 25.533 2,389 2.$48 (2.WJl 2.349 There vas no empbyee ilh ern0￿Me￿ above £6O.OLK)12￿22: n￿} d&￿ed for taxatiw purpose duiing the year. There has been no iTrkirNI adviser se￿￿ vakmd rdud8d in St￿ Cost this ye¥r 12022: A￿1. No s¢lfmthed rykerwas &￿trac￿ this yw12022'. nitj. The key management per8otThl of the Ch¥ity, the trustees. the c￿ef Exeojtive OffirA and the honorary treasurer. The trustee ofthe Charity Wds pa*J £28.639 forthe year {2022'. nil). 17 InfoTmation Clwfi¢x¢iw". Getsetal

CHll4ESE INFORMAllON AND ADWCE CENThE Nokn to the Actounts (continued) For tkn ye4reAdtd 31 Marth ZOZ) During the Y￿ the tclal expenses r&Inb￿ kn Tnth rnnted to £11,758 (2022.. £5,862). . This prinopally ￿pres￿l3 travelllNJ tnfwrred in attendir@ Trusteè's. wnThNitees and other nRdings and WOVK&ng exe￿￿Ve cover during the pwKd the post of ¢hief execuknvè wo¥ vacaled. Orn afth•Trustew r￿1ved a [emw￿ d£28.639 (knir#J the ￿ar12¢Y22. nil). The Ch•tity had not purrt¢sed ts dreciors. and officers. fMbthi•s thnty irtsurarts during the year P022'. nll) to Indemnrfy the trustees and olkn against any V4Tongfvl aLts in the rde of DIreth￿rUstee5l0ffic¥5 indudirwJ Ixeath of thrty or trus( errw. mlsstatemgnL omlsskjn or ts￿8th of W•ffanty ol authtsrrty. H￿ver. ￿sIneSS insuranca pUrtha$￿ has ¢oVt￿d any damages or dawns lrrfyj￿Pd by Ihe T￿te9 beha￿ of the Ch8wrty ry the Charity il¥eJf urKkT employment prndicefor unf•rlwwW ￿nglu1 faihKe to wiipby or wonth, gt¢. 10. Fixed assets Lease1￿Id Ollke Fumtture & Total at 1 Atml 2022 Additior 41.4r2 391 49.681 3.8CO 53.461 at 31 Mch 3)23 45.272 391 Accwmulated Depreclatlon at 1 A￿1 2022 Charge forthe year at 31 March 2023 1.798 32,255 6.781 6,391 40.444 6.781 47.225 1.798 6.391 Net Book V• 8t 31 Marth 2023 6.236 at 31 2￿22 9217 9,217 11. Debto 20ZJ 2022 Rental DeFt&t Other deblNS Due from fvnder(s) 1.687 1.687 15.599 4.380 17266 6 047 18 Infonn81ion CloSsif￿￿0n'. Ge￿1

CHtNESE INFORMATtON AND AD￿CE CE li Notes to the Accounts (conlinttd) For th¢ yw end￿ 31 M•x¢h 2¢)23 11 Crnthlots: amowts taHing 1 y 2023 2022 13. Unrngtrlcted gnd r•StrtG￿ fvnds 01 In th• lJtill$•d In 2022 year th• year 2023 Deslgnat•d funds Ililapidation T￿gIble ftted assels Genèral hJnd$ Total unrestricled funts 15.000 15.000 (37.766) 15.000 15.000 2,233 32.233 224.000 224.000 184.001 184.001 01-Aw 2022 qalTr In thè LIIHSsed In year the year 31-M•r 2023 Regtrlcted fvnds Women'$ SW (ASCENT) 37,192 18.855 55.331 Legal Attiice- in knnd ser¥i National Veg&ian Week Healthcwe. Quit smo￿ng PrqeL* Inthind accounting s& SWAN Proie¢t Total re5ts1cted funds 1.200 37.192 38.194 20.055 55,331 19 Imforniaiion cI￿lfi￿lI0￿". Genw

CH￿4ESE INFoRmA￿oN AND AD￿CE CENTRE Notes to the AecoRnts {￿ntinUed} For they¢ar¢llded 31 M4r¢b 2023 Fund5 Total 2022 Funds Tangit4e F￿ed Assets 6,236 Rertsl lknot 1.e67 15,599 23.502 1S.S99 23,502 Cash at bank and in tAnd 34.188 30.000 64,188 Curyent liabilities PfOM8W)ns 1126) 1126) (1261 (126} N•t A$8el$ 57.564 30.000 87,S64 15. Provlslons for IlablNIios Hollday pay accrual As at 1 Awil 2022 Addthons Utilised at 31 2023 126 Thè holiday pay prowsiw ￿preSents hDlday balances as a resutt of swices rendwed in the ¢uffent period which the employees are entilled to w forMrd. The provisp)n rs measured as the saw cost payable fry fv wic•J of 8b8enc. 16. Taxalion As a wstered Larty the Chari￿¢ ¢ompany is exempt frvm taxatton of licomè gain$ tsllirwj vthin sedion S05 Taxes Acl 1988 or section 256 Taxation of Ch8rgeailè Ga￿5 Ac¢ 1992 10 the extent th8$8 are applied to its objects. No tay rthar￿ has arisen during the year. InformaEÈDn clwiflcali￿ Gencral

CHtNESE INFORMATION AND AD1￿￿ CENTRE Notes to the Accounts (￿rttinued) Fortbe yetrtnded 31 M•r¢h 2023 17. Guarnnte49 and ¢onling•nt I1￿)1111•S carlJle o)nyny h not rangunents in the year being reported. (2022.. ni 1& Op•rating l••s• cornmilrnnts folk7Y4ing pericJs'. 2023 2022 Propety Less than 1 y 2-5years Over S year 23.4(Xl 13.SC(J 19. R•conclllatlon of not in funth to n•t fkmfrom o•irwJ acll¥ttlo8 2023 2022 S8,138 6,781 143.327) 4.277 easellDernsel h)lid8y F¢y aQ>U 115,7051 In¢rea5e in debtor5 (D￿rease￿InCrease kn uJitors Net eash lused inYP￿¢￿j ty i)peratr¥ athibes 111.219) 1,667 441CQ 153.088) 21 l#fonTraiion aassific*ioh". &r%rnl