CAMBRIDGE CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE
The charity aims to promote the benefit of the community of Cambridge. By associating together the Chinese people and the local authorities and other organisations in a common effort to relieve poverty and sickness, advance education, promote racial harmony and provide facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said community.
Objects
TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF CAMBRIDGE, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE CHINESE COMMUNITY, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE CHINESE PEOPLE AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID COMMUNITY.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves increased from £48,754 to £105,981, while restricted funds remained stable at £149,767. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,386 for the year, with total incoming resources of £171,003 and total resources expended of £113,776.
What the accounts disclose
“RESERVES POLICY The policy is attached”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
- 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
Trustees
- Dr Wei Sunchair
- Anthony Reynolds
- BINGRONG REYNOLDS
- Chunmei Jian
- Fangdong Wang
- Jade Ng
- John Cheung
- Lan Zhu
- Lingyu Wu
- MA SANG TSANG
- QI O'NEILL
- Rebecca Ma
- Rose Chen
- SHIBO SHANG
- Yang Clark
- Ying Wu
- Zhixin Li
- Zonghui Yang
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £171k | £114k |
| 30/06/2024 | £150k | £70k |
| 30/06/2023 | £66k | £34k |
| 30/06/2022 | £9k | £10k |
| 30/06/2021 | £19k | £10k |
Common questions
Is CAMBRIDGE CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves increased from £48,754 to £105,981, while restricted funds remained stable at £149,767. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,386 for the year, with total incoming resources of £171,003 and total resources expended of £113,776. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 26/10/2016 | £3k | Cambridge Chinese New Year Celebration Festival |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 02/12/2015 | £3k | Cambridge Chinese New Year Celebration Festival |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 28/01/2015 | £2k | Cambridge Chinese New Year Celebration Festival |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/11/2005 | £195k | To provide a Chinese Community Centre |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/01/2005 | £3k | Chinese New Year Gala |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 22/07/2002 | £3k | "Chinese Community Uses Their Award To Organise An Exhibition In Tandem With Libraries Service To Promote Their Culture And Heritage Raising" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 20/03/2002 | £3k | "Chinese Community uses an award to involve the wider local multi - cultural community in traditional Chinese cultural activities to develop" |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE STRANGWARD TRUST | 2 | £12k |
| GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION | 1 | £370k |
| THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION | 1 | £347k |
| PRISM THE GIFT FUND | 1 | £200k |
| THE EVELYN TRUST | 1 | £174k |
| TRUST FOR LONDON | 1 | £102k |
| UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY | 1 | £62k |
| THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST | 1 | £36k |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMBRIDGE CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE | £171k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE - BIRMINGHAM | £207k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | £4.3m | — | — | below | — | no doubt |
| CAMBRIDGE CYRENIANS LIMITED | £1.7m | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| CAMBRIDGE FORUM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY | £116k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| CAMBRIDGE HOUSE AND TALBOT | £2.2m | — | — | unclear | 1.4% | no doubt |