INTERNATIONAL CHINA CONCERN

Registered charity 1164736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

International China Concern is a Christian development organisation bringing love, hope and opportunity to China's children with disabilities. Founded in 1993 by David Gotts, International China Concern exists to help the disadvantaged live life to the full and to their God-given potential.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£430k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased significantly to £1,395,805, driven largely by a £1,300,000 legacy received during the year. The charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £1,390,320 against a policy that aims to retain funds to cover temporary income shortfalls or unexpected expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knight Goodhead Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£430k

Reserves (reported)

£1.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~38.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Venerable Simon Philip Gateschair
Katharine Mary Simpson
Lorely Charman
Rev Gemma Lau
Yanping Ye

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

Operates in: China

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.7m	£430k
31/12/2023	£475k	£486k
31/12/2022	£406k	£389k
31/12/2021	£372k	£371k
31/12/2020	£507k	£493k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL CHINA CONCERN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased significantly to £1,395,805, driven largely by a £1,300,000 legacy received during the year. The charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £1,390,320 against a policy that aims to retain funds to cover temporary income shortfalls or unexpected expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Knight Goodhead Ltd.

Who funds INTERNATIONAL CHINA CONCERN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL CHINA CONCERN as a grant recipient include THE GEORGE MULLER CHARITABLE TRUST, HERRINGTHORPE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, CHINESE CHURCH IN LONDON, THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION, THE S M B TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GEORGE MULLER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£31k
HERRINGTHORPE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH	FY2023	£6k	Support of chosen charities
HERRINGTHORPE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH	FY2022	£5k	Support as one of the three chosen charities
CHINESE CHURCH IN LONDON	FY2025	£4k	Mission grant
CHINESE CHURCH IN LONDON	FY2024	£3k	Mission work
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k
THE S M B TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH LITTLE HEATH	FY2023	£800	Mission and charitable giving - church overseas
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH LITTLE HEATH	FY2021	£560	Mission and charitable giving - church overseas
QUEENSBERRY BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2022	£430	Work with abandoned and disabled children and young people in Hunan Province, China
QUEENSBERRY BAPTIST CHURCH	FY2025	£192	Missions
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH LITTLE HEATH	FY2024	£66	Mission and charitable giving - church overseas

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
OAKHALL CHURCH, CATERHAM	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUMAN CONCERN INTERNATIONAL.

HUMAN CONCERN INTERNATIONAL income £974k
CHINESE CHURCH SUPPORT MINISTRIES income £177k
KIDCARE INTERNATIONAL income £137k
THE CHINESE OVERSEAS CHRISTIAN MISSION income £3.0m
CHRIST INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £432k
LEEDS CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £308k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INTERNATIONAL CHINA CONCERN	£1.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HUMAN CONCERN INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£974k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHINESE CHURCH SUPPORT MINISTRIES FY2025	£177k	—	above	—	no doubt
KIDCARE INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£137k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHINESE OVERSEAS CHRISTIAN MISSION FY2024	£3.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2024	£432k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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