NEWHAM CHINESE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1039371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We run a variety of health and fitness classes for elderly chinese in the communityincluding chair based exercises for the elderly We run Healthy eating classes including nutrition and cooking skills and health promotion and Language classes to aim integration

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE SEX SEXUAL ORIENTATION POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER SUCH PERSONS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITYS VOLUTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURETIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND IN PARTICULAR OF THOSE WHO AHVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO PERSONS OF CHINESE ORIGIN OR DESCENT

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£40k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased significantly to £36,867 from £62,156 in the prior year, resulting in a net deficit of £3,503. The trustees attribute this reduction to problems created by a failed court case involving Espria, which affected confidence and activities. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £24,821 and confirms it is prepared on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: null

“The Charity’s total income was £36,867.and the total expenditure was £39,370 compared to the previous year’s Income £62,156 and expenditure of £58,378” — page 2

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 6
Government income: £20,500 — grants £20,500 (2); 56% of the £36,867 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £39,909 — grants £39,909 (4); 64% of the £62,156 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £38,277 — grants £38,277 (2); 68% of the £56,494 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sui Fan Leungchair
Chun Ping Yau
Shun Ping Cheung

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

Operates in: Newham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£37k	£40k
31/03/2025	£62k	£58k
31/03/2024	£56k	£61k
31/03/2023	£32k	£48k
31/03/2022	£59k	£62k

Common questions

Is NEWHAM CHINESE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased significantly to £36,867 from £62,156 in the prior year, resulting in a net deficit of £3,503. The trustees attribute this reduction to problems created by a failed court case involving Espria, which affected confidence and activities. Despite the deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £24,821 and confirms it is prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NEWHAM CHINESE ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEWHAM CHINESE ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include ONE NEWHAM.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ONE NEWHAM	FY2024	£1k	City Bridge Foundation Second Step Grant
ONE NEWHAM	FY2022	£500

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/08/2023	£67k	"Malaysian Angels of the NHS"
Greater London Authority	07/10/2022	£11k	Hello Summer – Newham Chinese Association
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/02/2020	£10k	Still Spring for Your Age
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/07/2019	£66k	"Chinese Fortunes Oral History"
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/11/2018	£10k	Active Elders Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2005	£2k	Video Art Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION	1	£15k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£1k
MIDDLESBROUGH VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF TOWER HAMLETS.

CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF TOWER HAMLETS income £463k
CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £293k
NORTH EAST CHINESE ASSOCIATION income £33k
CAMDEN CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £624k
ISLINGTON CHINESE ASSOCIATION income £305k
NEWCASTLE CHINESE SCHOOL income £47k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEWHAM CHINESE ASSOCIATION	£37k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF TOWER HAMLETS FY2025	£463k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026	£293k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH EAST CHINESE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£33k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMDEN CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£624k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ISLINGTON CHINESE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£305k	—	0	above	—	noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.