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 #320 CHtNESE INFORMATtON AND ADWCE CENfRE CONTENTS ReJ)ort of the TnA8tets ...-......-...---.-..-..-.--..-..---.------.-....._._.._...._...... 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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 >werM*d 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 aL*Meve 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 Th*0 it arE des(YiW behjw. Al CIAC'S ¢*aritab￿ a(thAie8 are undertaken to its Charitab￿ purpos•s fortr￿ publtc bon￿. The Chorty lasttyr*ly speo*8d 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 r*ynmittees 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 Crrri55*Jn (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 outre*h 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 oTgarMs*k)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 path*ays 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 aff*t*ed 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 s*t up a third paty rwrbng ¢ertre to pro￿th a confidenlial ¢￿￿n￿e1 of report1￿ Motence uime ¥gainst women and a tte*Jlir* in Chinese ￿n9￿ge for women in the event of emergency. Th￿ ¥erwees aro #ts.￿ provtd¢d by Iho Ch*ity as a self4unded semco as w• s•• th• Imwrtan¢e ol maintauiing trds arniue forts chi￿ w￿n to seek help. Lk*mesli¢ Awar8neSS The Charfty conllNes to raise a¥r￿ren￿ of domesfyc Viol￿ in ihe Clwnese txrnmunty. The film"Behind Closed Doors. was prouthy produc*d by the Ch*ty 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 VIO*n￿ 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 res*Jents 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 Ch*ity is in a gKod posioon to help and assist tr￿M to sthlablè aco)mTfb)datvJn and tsc*le (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 t*YJ staff trained qualtften 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 obfftr*we¥ and in plannin9 its 14rture aG*Nities. 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 physic*Ey. eff￿1￿•11y a$ well as 1knan1￿ny. Vvhle the Charity has ¢ompleted a on￿off infcrnal rnunsellng proiect to the Chlnese c*ynmun*y. it ts r￿ feth to deveknp furthu ￿1b￿l9 projects in c￿laborali0n with swnilar oryanisatrJn8 in prryTh)tiry ac*ve 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 Ch*ity Ims fesearthed irrto •re8s the￿ is in acc*s8irtrJ 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 assoi*d gambltrKJ e.9. debts and pr¢**l•m* gw*Jtsng at* $wyl ¥thable Orn tr•Fved in pros11￿kn￿. SocIalEnIe￿n88 8ndgernth* th)n4￿ The Trustees U)ntin￿ to eypkNE Ihe mwk& for fee ¢tsgiThJ sepKes urbaer Its sorial 8nt8rprise am whrch *t)ukl Aichjde legal athict seNie•s. Tr Charity also appeated to businesses and individu* for Ihewgerwous tr￿[p. supi*Jt and donatiors. Th& TrnSt￿ considered the lèvel of free reserves futbjs nG* Ipd up in fued assets. designated fvnts or restrided funds) thatthe Charrti reryllre lo provide financ41 flwb%lity ovèr Ihe ¢owse ofthe forth￿￿an9 year shoLdd be 3 mMths olthe ffjSOLtrC*S expended. This was approxwnate £25,000 in general The Charity continues to use its free re$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 P*4. LryÈkn W1D SPB. Tl* Trustees dec*Jed it was appropriate to put as*Je 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$. luformalion a￿lf1(￿l￿n.. GcnEral cH￿￿EsE INFORMAI]ON AND AD￿CE CENTRE The Trustees a￿ athvety org*Nsing fundr•sMw to ￿1)Ease th8 Charity's unrestricted reser￿ in order to irK¥e8se the ¢apaoty ol thg Charity lo meet the r￿ed3 of Ihe Chinese Investffl•nt Poli Under tr* memryarKlwn or#J ¥bdes of assoeAalYm. the Ctrwlty Ihe pryav to make •y InveBtment a8 the Tnth lh1￿ IL R•vi•w R8Mow of the Charit1$ 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 ma*rialise. 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$rs have not requwed the ￿rnpanY to oblawj the aLvJit of it5 a¢x4)Lrts for the JEar in question in ar£orts￿e wrth secliM 476. *£c*)￿ing to the Charty Aet,Wkli?m Wcw, on independent examiner was appointed aThJ it agreed lo be the independent examiner for the year erKled 31 Mardj 2f23. Slgrted f¢rand on bebaff of 8oaTd of Trustees Lady Shalda Shglkh TnJsts• 23" December 2023 ronNiiion Clwificaiion". STATEMENfoF TRUSTEES. RESPC•4SI&LrrEs the cf)mpany law) are re5W)ns￿lle ts prep3n.ng the Tntslees, Report and the financial ststements in acwdan¢e wth appl￿ble l*v ard United I￿￿d0M Stsndards Iunited Kingdcfn Generally Accepted ACK￿nting Practice). COmp￿Y requrts the Tft*tees to wep¥e finardd statwerts for eath fuwiclal year whK gwe a true and fa¢r Mew of the affairs of the th*itable c¢mpany of ￿)cOming résources and applicati.on ot the resoLwces, i￿￿￿Jing the inoJTh* and expendi1￿. of the tharitable company for year. In p￿paring the the rpqLired to". observe the method5 and winc1p￿S in the Charities SORP. makejudgments and eslim*s that are ￿asonable aTrJ prudent Stale whether applicable UK *￿Un￿re Stsndarfs have been followed. wbie¢t to any fflateri￿ depaTbJres discb5ed aTha expla￿ed irb tho finan¢ial st*ements: and prepare the finanual ststen*nts on the gc¥ng cenc4rn basis Un￿5$ ti is inapprowiate to prewme thatthè thmpany ¥*￿1 ￿thue ￿ operaiion. The Trustees are resp￿￿ble for keeping Proper￿)unD￿9 r￿d3 vthith dk*doso 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 l*iig 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 T*ebsiie. 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 tA*h 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 c*xnpaw 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 Ctr*r￿¥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 th*v￿￿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 resp*A. 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 N*t: 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 8t*ement of firwn¢ial ac16viOes inc*Jdes 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 Llabil*tlas 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 ol*ain 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 wnpan*s' 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 eqL4v*nts 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¢r*l 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 i*arlie5 preparing their accounts in acwrdance with the Financbal Rel￿rt￿￿j Standard applh*le 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 c*l(sed a8 part ot the c(*t ofthat asset. Th• eharity measures ine(rriry res￿rr*S 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$tirwne Intere81 on fur#ts held on dwit is in¢*Jded reC￿ab￿ and tre •nwnt wi b8 meawrod rella￿Y bythe ¢h•. {c} Resources ex￿nded l exFendItU￿ is ¥¢t>)unted for on ￿ a¢¢>uals basis. Exp￿rtUre is recognised once thw• is a legal or constructive obligation tr> rna(e a payr*nt lo a thyd party, it is probable that setuement reguirer a speafic purpose. Restr￿ted •re donations whith the doncf h4$ $pe¢thed ao to ￿ sow u8ed ts p*toJar arnas rf the dwivs *¥Jik rA for speth artistic djèds bèing Und•1#k￿ ty the ts￿y. Transfers from general to r•strtrt•d are mad• T￿h￿ th• irKom• lor sppufic a(*vities *Joes not ¢4vw the ftdl ￿$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 cc*t 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 $uffi¢*nt with the levd of reserve5 for thè charity to be abk to (x>nlviu8 as a gcing g)ncwn. 2. Legal stalus of tho Charity The Chwity is • ¢tynpwy lry ￿{Pe and IAS rn share cAthL The lipbiW of eath member the evert o1wfndi￿(v is fmited kn £1. Is InfoFM*iiion Oa55ific*iLkn.. GcrK7al CHTr￿SE INFORMAllON AND ADNqCE CENTRE Notes to Ihe A¢¢ounts (¢ODtiDu¢d) Forthe yMreDded 31 M*r¢k 2fr23 20ZJ 2022 OSIC Le￿ lkniyerlFth fThe) 12C 12C 4. In¢om& frnffl charitable acllvitl•* 2023 2022 36.9 57.705 81 Entwpmes BME Fcqum IfK*- tts••p Smfthg cC￿￿Re101 36.934 57.705 5. Expndilw? on charttab￿ actlvlti•s and Chlnqse DEvdopm?nt L¢yl Chtydran Athir• hornel#S and Ba￿$ 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 exam**s 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¥teU 115,7051 In¢rea5e in debtor5 (D￿rease￿InCrease kn u*Jitors Net eash lused inYP￿¢￿j ty i)peratr¥ athibes 111.219) 1,667 441CQ 153.088) 21 l#fonTraiion aassific*ioh". &r%rnl