ISLINGTON CHINESE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1042435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q50107985 · Wikipedia

A Centre of Excellence providing diverse services and activities to the Chinese and wider community of all age groups and background. Activities include social, recreational, educational, cultural, welfare and information as well as health.

Objects

ANY CHARITABLE OBJECT TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON

Area of benefit: ISLINGTON, GREATER LONDON

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£305k

Latest spending

£342k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £36,643 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a significant drop in grant income and increased costs. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £322,262, which the trustees confirm far exceed their stated policy target of covering 3-6 months of running expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to have adequate resources to continue in business for the next 12 months, although they note a dependency on continuing grant aid.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of running expenditure (reserves figure: £322k)

“ICA’s reserves policy mandates that reserves should cover a minimum of 3-6 months of running expenditure.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity is dependent on continuing grant aid and as a consequence the going concern basis is also dependent on continuing grant aid. The directors/trustees have considered future cash flows and the going concern position of the charity . They are satisfied that the charity has adequate resources to continue in business for the next 12 months and foreseeable future.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 40
Government income: £20,000 — contracts £20,000 (1); 7% of the £305,078 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £261,250 — contracts £130,625 (4), grants £130,625 (4); 68% of the £381,749 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 50
Government income: £196,722 — contracts £132,661 (3), grants £64,061 (2); 58% of the £339,018 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

London City Bridge Trust Committee of the City Bridge Foundation — “這項新計劃由倫敦金融城慈善基金會的城市橋樑信託委員會撥款資助。” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Wyman Wongchair
Bo Kay Helen Joanne Benita Chung
Cindy Kwan Ying Manson Leung
Dr Stephen Lui Nam NG MBE
Frank Kuang Sing Lee
Siu Hung Perry Fung
Siu Yu Wong

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£305k	£342k
31/03/2024	£382k	£334k
31/03/2023	£339k	£322k
31/03/2022	£261k	£246k
31/03/2021	£141k	£146k

Common questions

Is ISLINGTON CHINESE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £36,643 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a significant drop in grant income and increased costs. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £322,262, which the trustees confirm far exceed their stated policy target of covering 3-6 months of running expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to have adequate resources to continue in business for the next 12 months, although they note a dependency on continuing grant aid. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ISLINGTON CHINESE ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ISLINGTON CHINESE ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£15k	Cripplegate Foundation Main Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Greater London Authority	26/07/2023	£19k	Realising Effective Hong Kong Community
Greater London Authority (GLA)	26/07/2023	£19k	Realising Effective Hong Kong Community
City Bridge Foundation	08/07/2020	£249k	Grant to ISLINGTON CHINESE ASSOCIATION
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/05/2019	£10k	STAYING WELL-BALANCED
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/12/2016	£4k	Celebrating 30 Years of Community Partnership
Sport England	27/09/2013	£45k	Sports For All
City Bridge Foundation	17/02/2011	£77k	Grant to ISLINGTON CHINESE ASSOCIATION
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/06/2010	£50k	"Legacy of Limehouse Chinatown"
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/12/2006	£5k	Islington Children Chinese Music Ensemble
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/07/2005	£5k	Healthy Eating for Children
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/09/2003	£5k	"This Group Has Been Runningfor Over 15 Years And In That Time Has Provided A Range Of Community Services Such As Supplementary Schooling And"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/09/2001	£5k	"This group provides social, leisure and educational activities for the Chinese community. The award will pay for the production of a book do"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/06/2000	£5k	"This group provides a pensioners luncheon/social club and meals-in-the-home services open 5 days a week. Dance classes english and mandarin"

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
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST	1	£3k
MIDDLESBROUGH VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHINESE HEALTH INFORMATION CENTRE.

CHINESE HEALTH INFORMATION CENTRE income £72k
COLCHESTER CHINESE ASSOCIATION income £51k
HARINGEY CHINESE CENTRE income £86k
CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £293k
SHEFFIELD CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £26k
CHINESE INFORMATION AND ADVICE CENTRE income £141k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ISLINGTON CHINESE ASSOCIATION	£305k	—	above	—	noted
CHINESE HEALTH INFORMATION CENTRE FY2025	£72k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLCHESTER CHINESE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£51k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARINGEY CHINESE CENTRE FY2025	£86k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2026	£293k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHEFFIELD CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£26k	—	above	—	no doubt

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