CHINESE WELLBEING

Registered charity 1001288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHINESE CARERS NETWORK, CHINESE CARERS' NETWORK, CHINESE LUNCHEON CLUB, MERSEYSIDE CHINESE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, SILK ROAD NEWS

Our services help to keep Chinese Elders in independent living as long as possible. We provide Domiciliary Care and Respite Services , Personal Wellbeing Services, a pre and post diagnostic dementia support service. Our Evergreen Club provides health talks including Covid related and various activities which reduce social isolation, loneliness and help to improve physical and mental wellbeing.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MERSEYSIDE IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF CHINESE ORIGINTO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY; TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES OF A CHARITABLE NATURE FOR THE BENEFIT PRIMARILY BUT NO EXCLUSIVELY OF CHINESE PERSONS RESIDENT WITHIN THE AREA WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PERSONS TO WHOM SUCH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED; TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF CHINESE ORIGIN, WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

Area of benefit: MERSEYSIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £10,933 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £150,827. The trustees note that the charity is financially viable but faces challenges due to reduced income and the withdrawal of a key domiciliary care contract.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02446695

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chinese Wellbeing (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PASSEY, Timothy David — director, appointed 10/03/2026on trustee list
• LING, Colin Austin — director, appointed 20/01/2026on trustee list
• HOU, Xiaoxiao — director, appointed 02/07/2024on trustee list
• CROOK, James — director, appointed 01/12/2016on trustee list
• WONG, Kai Kwong Simon — director, appointed 01/12/2016on trustee list
• KAN, Simon Siu Man, Dr — director, appointed 27/08/2009on trustee list
• IP, Oscar Kwai Hung — director, appointed 25/10/2007not on trustee list
• OWEN, Helen Yee-Hung — director, appointed 11/01/1993on trustee list
• WONG, Stephen — secretary, appointed 06/02/2001

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Merseyside Chinese Community Development Association — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 09/09/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Ling
• Dr SIMON SIU MAN KAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• HELEN OWEN
• JAMES CROOK
• Kai Kwong Simon Wong
• OSCAR IP FCA
• STEPHEN WONG
• Timothy David Passey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Xiaoxiao Hou

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).