CHINESE IN WALES ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1175444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHINESE IN WALES, CIWA

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with people in Wales who are socially excluded on the grounds of their ethnic origin, age, disability, ill health, poverty and other personal circumstances, in particular members of the Chinese community, to relieve the needs of such people and assist them to integrate into society.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£553k
Latest spending
£528k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 March 2025 was £553,335, resulting in a net surplus of £25,062. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £104,898, which the trustees describe as a prudent buffer to ensure continuity of essential operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months of core operating expenditure (held: £105k)
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds not designated for a specific purpose are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of core operating expenditure. — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£553k
Total spending
£528k
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£140k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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
31/03/2025£553k£528k
31/03/2024£536k£503k
31/03/2023£416k£396k
31/03/2022£291k£255k
31/03/2021£104k£121k

Common questions

Is CHINESE IN WALES ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 March 2025 was £553,335, resulting in a net surplus of £25,062. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £104,898, which the trustees describe as a prudent buffer to ensure continuity of essential operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/06/2023£100k"Our Stories: Collecting the oral histories of the Chinese community in Wales"
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2020£440kFind Me
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2020£10kCOVID-19 - Getting through Covid-19
UK government20/05/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2019£100kStand Up For You Project
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2018£10kSupport Me