2024-12-31-accounts - Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre SCIO

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Annual Report

Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre

Established in 2018, the Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre is a non-profit charitable organization with over 400 members. Our aim is to provide a healthy and happy life for Chinese and local residents in Glasgow. We dedicated to bringing together Chinese immigrants and providing diverse activities for different groups in Glasgow.

Our mission is to promote traditional Chinese culture while embracing the diversity of ethnic cultures within society. Throughout the year, we organize various cultural and social activities, especially those related to traditional Chinese festivals, encouraging community participation and engagement.

These social activities help our members build connections, improve social skills, and adapt to life in Scotland. They also contribute to better health and well-being by fostering communication and a sense of belonging.

Community Goals

Our community's goal is to impact our life-wellbeing through five healthy lifestyles and contribute to our society, so as to reduce the burden of NHS.

Better mental health for elder
Better physical health for elder
Stronger community Support
Cleaner environment
More holistic educational and social opportunities: English, Music, Dance, Sports, Gardening.

Community Support & Special Initiatives

Recognizing that many of our members belong to the first generation of Chinese migrants in Scotland, we understand the challenges of limited family connections. Our centre provides an essential support network where members can form friendships, share experiences, and stay connected.

With generous support, in February 2024, we successfully secured a £10,000 wellbeing fund from Glasgow City Council. In June 2024, we also received National Lottery funding, which allowed us to launch more activities.

Community Allotment

Our community allotment locates in Springburn. Focusing on health and wellbeing are our aim. It allows our members to cut our carbon footprint by growing our own vegetables and flowers as well as making fantastic habitats for wildlife such as robins, hedgehogs, frogs and

bumblebees. Our plot is a great place to get up close views of wildlife. It supports our members to improve our physical and mental health and well-being by being outdoors, being active, connected to nature and within our community. While we develop ourselves, we help other communities and contribute to our society.

Annual Events & Cultural Celebrations

Each year, we organize outdoor activities, such as strawberry and cherry picking, to provide elderly members with experiences outside their usual routines.

We arrange group trips and celebrate major Chinese festivals. Additionally, we hold a monthly birthday party on the first Wednesday of each month to celebrate members born in that month.

At the Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre, we strive to foster a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive community, enriching the lives of local Chinese residents through cultural, educational, and recreational activities. We welcome everyone to join us.

Regular activities details:

Tuesday Ballroom Latin dancing 12-2pm 2, provide with tea, sandwich and fruit

Woodside Hall, 36 Glenfarg St, G20 7QE

Wednesday: 10:15—14:15 Fees: £3 including traditional Chinese Meal Lunch + Coffee/Tea

Activities: Tai Chi Quan, English Lessons, Dance Lessons, Ballroom Dancing/beginners class, Line dance, Chinese Style Dance

The St. Matthew's centre 200 Balmore Road, Glasgow, G22 6LJ

Thursday Yoga 12:30-1:30

Maryhill Community Central Hall, 292-316 Maryhill Road, G20 7YE

Friday: 10:30—12:30 Free Light Refreshment + Tea/Coffee

Activities: Singing Lessons, Dance Lessons, Tai Chi, Fan Lessons, English Lesson

Tron St Mary's Church 128 Red Road, Glasgow G21 4PJ

Sunday Calligraphy 12-1 pm

Woodside Hall, 36 Glenfarg St, G20 7QE

Activity Pictures Below

Weekly Calligraphy Lesson Christmas Buffet Party, Dec 18 2024 Monthly Party Celebration

Weekly English Lesson ee unc Itc en unteer roup Weekly Dancing Activities

Carbon Monoxlde Awareness & Energy Savlng Lesson Collabrated wlth CEMVO Weekly Yoga Lesson Weekly Tea Dancing with ref reshment

Daily Vegetable Picking in summer time, Community Allotment

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration, Sep 11 2024

Glasgow Springburn Community Street Festival 2024, Aug 25 2024

Opening Ceremony of the Edinburgh Art Festival, Aug 8 2024 Trip to Bruges of Belgium. Jul 2024 Stomach Cancer and Pancreas Cancer Lacture, Jul 10 2024

Refugee Day with the African Refugee Organization, 15 Jun 2024 Flrè knowledgè lètture. 12 Jun 2024 Dragon Boat Festlval, 6 Jun 2024

Gathering of organizations of different skin colours, Mar 21 2024

Local group’s tree planting activity, Mar 16 2024

21st Anniversary of the Minority Volunteer Ministry, Mar 1 2024

Chlnese New Year Celebratlon Dlnner, Feb 212024 Local School Spring Festival Performance, Feb 16 2024

Enter SC No. below SC048060

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				Period start date									Period end date	Period end date
	For the period from	01 Day			January Month				2024 Year	to	Day 31		Month December				Year 2024
Section A Statement of receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds				Expendable endowment funds					Permanent endowment funds				Total funds current period			Total funds last period
	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £			to nearest £					to nearest £				to nearest £		to nearest £	to nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations
Legacies
Grants	24,870														24	24	24,870	160
Receipts from fundraisingactivities	4,401														4	4	4,401	4,060
Gross tradingreceipts															-	-	-
Income from investments other than
land and buildings	-														-	-	-	5
Rents from land & buildings															-	-	-
Gross receipts from other charitable
activities															-	-	-
															-	-	-
*A1 Sub total*	A1 Sub total 29,271	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		29,271	29,271	29,271	4,225
A2 Receipts from asset &
investment sales
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets Proceeds from sale of investments A2 Sub total - - - Total receipts 29,271 - - ~~SS~~											- -	- -	- -		- - - 29,271	- - - 29,271	- - - 29,271	- 4,225
A3 Payments
Expenses for fundraising activities															-	-	-
Gross trading payments	3,277														3	3	3,277	2,197
Investment management costs															-	-	-
Payments relating directly to charitable	Payments relating directly to charitable
activities	9,451														9	9	9,451	2,967
Grants and donations
															-	-	-
Governance costs:
															-	-	-
Audit / independent examination															-	-	-
Preparation of annual accounts															-	-	-
Legal costs															-	-	-
Other	Other
															-	-	-
															-	-	-
**A3 Sub total **	12,728	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-		12,728	12,728	12,728	5,164
A4 Payments relating to asset and
investment movements
Purchases of fixed assets - Purchase of investments - A4 Sub total - - - - - - Total payments 12,728 - - - 12,728 5,164 ~~SSSSs~~
*Net receipts / (payments)* A5 Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	16,543 - - - 16,543 939) ( - 16,543 - - - 16,543 939) ( ~~==>>>>~~

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Section B Statement of balances	Section B Statement of balances
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B3 Other assets B5 Contingent liabilities B4 Liabilities B1 Cash funds B2 Investments	Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 5,232 16,543	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
	Cash and bank balances at start of year					5,232	6,171
	Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account					16,543	939) (
						-
						-
	Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	21,775	-	-	-	21,775	5,232
		-	-	- Fund to which	- asset belongs	-	-
						Market valuation to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





	Details		Fund to which	asset belongs	Total Cost (if available) to nearest £	-	-
						Current value (if available) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £









	Details			Total Fund to which l	-	-	-
					iability relates	Amount due to nearest £	Last year to nearest £





	Details			Fund to which l	Total iability relates	-	-
						Amount due (estimate) to nearest £	Last year to nearest £



	Signature			Print Name	Total	-	-
							Date of approval

2024 GCRC / Statement of balances

December 2007

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Section C Notes to the Accounts

C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)

Receipts from donations and membership fees raised during year.

C2 Grants

C3a Trustee remuneration

C3b Trustee remuneration - details

C4a Trustee expenses

Individual / institution GCC RSRSCS WI NHS CEMVO NHS	Number of grants made £	Number of grants made £
	1	10,000
	1	220
	1	100
	1	175
	1	200
	1	14,175
	Total	24,870

Type of activity or project supported Glasgow City Well-being Funding Changeworks RSRCS FPS Women's Integration Refugee NHS Greater Glasgow FPS Cemvo Enterprises Main Grants: Donation from National Lottery

If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)

£ Authority under which paid NIL If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box (otherwise complete section 4b) NIL

	Number of trustees £	Number of trustees £
		NIL




Nature of relationship	Transaction amount (£) Balance outstanding at period end (£)
		NIL

C6 Other information

2024 GCRC / Notes

December 2007

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Additional analysis (1)

Analysis of receipts and payments

1 Donations	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
DONATIONS AND FEES	4,401				4,401	4,060
					-
					-
					-
Total 2 Grants	4,401	-	-	-	4,401	4,060
	reference Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	-	-	reference Total current period to nearest £	reference Total last period to nearest £
NHS SUPPORT	175				175	160
GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL	10,000				10,000	-
RSRCS	220				220
WIR	100				100
ENVO	200				200
NATIONAL LOTTERY	14,175				14,175
Total 3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities	24,870	-			24,870	160
	- Unrestricted funds to nearest £	- Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	- Total current period to nearest £	- Total last period to nearest £
Membershipfees received during year					-	-
Income from investmenst other than land and buildings						5
Donations received
					-
					-
					-
					-
					-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	5
	-	-	-	-	-	reference error

4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities

	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Expendable endowment funds to nearest £	Permanent endowment funds to nearest £	Total current period to nearest £	Total last period to nearest £
Charityactivities expenses during year	12,728				12,728	5,164
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Total	12,728	-	-	-	12,728	5,164
	reference error	-	-	-	reference error	reference error

2024 GCRCAdditional notes (1)

December 2007

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Additional analysis (2)

Additional analysis (2)
Receipts 5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds	Unrestricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below	Unrestricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below	Total unrestricted funds	Total unrestricted funds last period
Donations					-
Legacies					-
Grants	24,870				24,870	160
Receipts from fundraisingactivities					-
Gross tradingreceipts					-
Income from investments other than land and	4,401				4,401	4,060
Rents from land & buildings					-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities					-	5
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	29,271	-	-	-	29,271	4,225
					-
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets					-
Proceeds from sale of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
	29,271	-	-	-	29,271	4,225
					-
Expenses for fundraisingactivities					-	-
Gross trading payments	3,277				3,277	2,197
Investment management costs					-
Payments relatingdirectlyto charitable activities	9,451				9,451	2,967
Grants and donations					-
Governance costs:					-
Audit / independent examination					-
Preparation of annual accounts					-
Legal costs					-
					-
					-
*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	12,728	-	-	-	12,728	5,164
					-
Purchases of fixed assets					-
Purchase of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	-	-	-	-	-	-
					-
	12,728	-	-	-	12,728	5,164
					-
	16,543	-	-	-	16,543	939) (

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	16,543	-	-	-	16,543	939) (
					-
Nature and purpose of funds

2024 GCRCAdditional notes (2)

December 2007

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Additional analysis (3)

Additional analysis (3)
Receipts 6 Breakdown of restricted funds	Restricted fund 1 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 2 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 3 - enter name of fund below	Restricted fund 4 - enter name of fund below	Total restricted funds	Total restricted funds last period
Donations					-
Legacies					-
Grants					-
Receipts from fundraisingactivities					-
Gross tradingreceipts					-
Income from investments other than land and buildings					-
Rents from land & buildings					-
Gross receipts from other charitable activities					-
*Sub total* Receipts from asset & investment sales	-	-	-	-	-	-
					-
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets					-
Proceeds from sale of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total receipts* Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
					-
Expenses for fundraising activities					-
Gross trading payments					-
Investment management costs					-
Payments relating directly to charitable activities					-
Grants and donations					-
Governance costs:					-
Audit / independent examination					-
Preparation of annual accounts					-
Legal costs					-
					-
					-
*Sub total* Payments relating to asset and investment movements	-	-	-	-	-	-
					-
Purchases of fixed assets					-
Purchase of investments					-
*Sub total* *Total payments* *Net receipts / (payments)* Transfers to / (from) funds *Surplus / (deficit) for year*	-	-	-	-	-	-
					-
	-	-	-	-	-	-
					-
	-	-	-	-	-	-

					-

	-	-	-	-	-	-
					-
Nature andpurpose of funds

2024 GCRCAdditional notes (3)

December 2007

APPENDIX 3 Independent examiner’s report on the accounts

Report to the Charity name trustees/members of Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre

Report to the trustees/members of	Independent examiner’s report on the accounts’s report on the accountss report on the accounts Charity name Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre
Registered charity	SC048060
number
On the accounts of the	Period start date Period end date
charity for the period	Day Month Year Day Month Year
	1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024
Set out on pages	(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner	The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees
	consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations
	does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section
	44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent	My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts
examiner’s statement	Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the
	charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes
	consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks
	explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken
	do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do
	not express an audit opinion on the viewgiven bythe accounts.
Independent examiner’s	In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that
statement	disclosed on the attached page*]
	1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
	requirements:
	• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and
	Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
	• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with
	Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
	have not been met, or
	2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
	understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:	Date: 26/08/2025
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body	ICAS
(if any):

Address:

*Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page.

APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section Only Complete rf the examiner needs to highlKJht material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose

APPENDIX 3 ’ Independent examiner s report on the accounts V2

Report to the Charity name trustees/members of Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre

trustees/members of	Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre	Glasgow Chinese Recreation Centre
Registered charity		SC048060
number
On the accounts of the		Period start date Period end date
charity for the period		Day Month Year Day Month Year
	1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024
Set out on pages		(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner		The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees
		consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations
		does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section
		44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s statement		My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the
		charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes
		consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks
		explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken
		do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do
		not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner’s		In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that
statement		disclosed on the attached page*]
		1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
		requirements:
		• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and
		Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
		• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with
		Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
		have not been met, or
		2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
		understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:		Date: 26/08/2025
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body		ICAS
(if any):
Address:

*Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page.

APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section Only eomplete rf the examiner needs to hilIght material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose