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THE YEN MING DEH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1143741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promote the advancement and furthering of education; advance the education of the public in language, art and culture; educate the public concerning the culture of China; promote the protection and preservation of health and the advancement of health and related sciences in all or any of their branches and the diffusion of knowledge relating thereto.

Objects

OBJECT 1THE ADVANCEMENT AND FURTHERING OF EDUCATIONOBJECT 2TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN LANGUAGE, ARTS AND CULTURE.OBJECT 3TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE CULTURE OF CHINA; ITS LANGUAGE, HISTORY, HERITAGE, ART, MUSIC, PERFORMING ARTS AND TRADITIONS.OBJECT 4TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH RELATED SCIENCES IN ALL OR ANY OF THEIR BRANCHES AND THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE RELATING THERETO.OBJECT 5ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Latest income
£25k
Latest spending
£75k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £nil in free reserves at the end of the financial year, consistent with a policy of maintaining only a minimal balance following the establishment of an expendable endowment fund. Total incoming resources were £25,020, while charitable expenditure amounted to £2,000, resulting in a net increase in total funds.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“At 31 December 2024 free reserves (defined as unrestricted funds less fixed asset investments) held by the charity were £nil” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Watergold Company Limited
“On 23 July 2013 the charity received a gift of the whole of the share capital of an unquoted company, Watergold Company Limited, to hold as an investment.” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£25k£75k
31/12/2023£14k£974k
31/12/2022£5k£32k
31/12/2021£2k£30k
31/12/2020£2k£40k

Common questions

Is THE YEN MING DEH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £nil in free reserves at the end of the financial year, consistent with a policy of maintaining only a minimal balance following the establishment of an expendable endowment fund. Total incoming resources were £25,020, while charitable expenditure amounted to £2,000, resulting in a net increase in total funds. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.