CAMBRIDGE CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1111280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGE

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

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Latest income
£171k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The policy is attached (held: £106k)
“RESERVES POLICY The policy is attached”
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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2016£3kCambridge Chinese New Year Celebration Festival
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2015£3kCambridge Chinese New Year Celebration Festival
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2015£2kCambridge Chinese New Year Celebration Festival
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2005£195kTo provide a Chinese Community Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund18/01/2005£3kChinese New Year Gala
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/07/2002£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 Fund20/03/2002£3k"Chinese Community uses an award to involve the wider local multi - cultural community in traditional Chinese cultural activities to develop"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE - BIRMINGHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMBRIDGE CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE£171k—0unclear—no doubt
CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE - BIRMINGHAM FY2025£207k—0within—no doubt
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£4.3m——below—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE CYRENIANS LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—0within—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE FORUM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FY2024£116k—0unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE HOUSE AND TALBOT FY2025£2.2m——unclear1.4%no doubt

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