MANCHESTER CHINESE CENTRE

Registered charity 1114121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

- Offer a variety of educational Chinese workshops to wider communities and schools- Run ESOL English, Chinese languages and IT for unemployed and local community- Run weekend supplmentary school and homework club - Run activities for Manchester Chinatown and Chinese Archive- Run Chinese festivals for the local community- Run opera club for the elderly- Run Badminton for families

Objects

TO OFFER A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS TO CHINESE CHILDREN. CHILDREN BORN IN CHINA WILL BE TAUGHT ENGLISH AND CHINESE CHILDREN BORN IN ENGLAND WILL BE TAUGHT CHINESE. THE CENTRE WILL ALSO TEACH IT SKILLS, USING COMPUTERS AT THE CENTRE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE MANCHESTER.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £20,527 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £194,962 and total expenditure of £174,435. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £188,271, which they consider sufficient to provide stability to services. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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
• 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
• 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 05641623

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.

• SOI, Foifuen Nicole — director, appointed 15/04/2021on trustee list
• YEOH, Dennis Keat Aik — director, appointed 01/09/2020on trustee list
• TANG, Maggie Sau-Yan — secretary, appointed 15/04/2021

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dennis Keat Aik Yeoh
• Foifuen Nicole Soi
• Maggie Sau Yan Tang

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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