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THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST

Registered charity 1174487 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants to postgraduate students and academic staff at universities and other higher education institutions- in Britain to undertake study, research & similar in China;- in China to undertake study, research & similar in Britain - to promote the study of Chinese languages- to enable them to participate in joint Chinese/British educational programmes and courses

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£532k
Latest spending
£792k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £103,646 for the year, driven by a significant £852,570 loss on its investment portfolio which reduced total assets. Despite this, the charity maintains free unrestricted reserves of £1,043,361, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue operations amid market volatility. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 100% of likely grants and overheads for the next 12 months (prudent level); 50% (minimum level) (held: £1.0m)
“The Trustees have agreed that a prudent level of free reserves would be 100% of the likely grants and overheads for the next 12 months. A minimum level of free reserves would be 50% of the grants and overheads for the next 12 months.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants paid to Great Britain China Educational Trust, a charity where Trustee Dr F Wood serves as a Trustee. Dr Wood withdrew from meetings when grants were approved.
“During the year grants of £65,000 (2024: £50,000) were paid to the Great Britain China Educational Trust. Dr F Wood is a Trustee of that Charity. She took no part in the applications for funding and withdrew from the Trustee meetings when the grants were approved.” — page 25
“The furnishings in Bede House were donated to the former Charity in 2005 by the Elizabeth Frankland Moore Foundation and Mrs Ely is a Trustee of that foundation.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Furnishings donated to the former charity by the Elizabeth Frankland Moore Foundation, of which Trustee Mrs Ely is a Trustee.
“During the year grants of £65,000 (2024: £50,000) were paid to the Great Britain China Educational Trust. Dr F Wood is a Trustee of that Charity. She took no part in the applications for funding and withdrew from the Trustee meetings when the grants were approved.” — page 25
“The furnishings in Bede House were donated to the former Charity in 2005 by the Elizabeth Frankland Moore Foundation and Mrs Ely is a Trustee of that foundation.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£532k
Total spending
£792k
Cost of raising funds
£156k
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~15.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: China · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£532k£792k
31/12/2024£543k£722k
31/12/2023£437k£741k
31/12/2022£619k£575k
31/12/2021£419k£286k

Common questions

Is THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £103,646 for the year, driven by a significant £852,570 loss on its investment portfolio which reduced total assets. Despite this, the charity maintains free unrestricted reserves of £1,043,361, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue operations amid market volatility. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY1£28k
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES1£7k
OAKHALL CHURCH, CATERHAM1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with A S HORNBY EDUCATIONAL TRUST CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST£532k—0unclear—no doubt
A S HORNBY EDUCATIONAL TRUST CIO FY2025£326k—0unclear—no doubt
INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF THE NUMBER 1 TRUST FUND FY2024£392k—0unclear—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024£3.2m——above—no doubt
SWIRE CHINESE LANGUAGE FOUNDATION FY2025£246k—0unclear—no doubt

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