CHINESE COMMUNITY WELLBEING SOCIETY

Registered charity 1181750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve hardship and distress by providing assistance, advice and services amongst the Chinese communityTo provide or assist in the provision of recreation for people and their families with a view to improving their conditions of lifeThe advancement of education between the Chinese community and the local community through educational, cultural and social activities

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a significant deficit in 2024/25, reducing its total net assets from £515,185 to £288,937. The trustees attribute this overspend to grants being shown in creditors rather than income and the deliberate run-down of reserves built up during the pandemic. Despite this, the independent examiner confirmed the accounts give a true and fair view and the trustees maintain that the organisation remains a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Avon County Council — “with the additional funding from Avon County Council, it was then changed to Bristol and Avon Chinese Women’s Group (BACWG) in 1992” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Sunny Chan
• Dr Tingting Zhang
• Dr Zheng Feei Ma
• Maria Fung-Ming Choi
• POH HOOI TEOH
• Royston Griffey · trustee of 1 other charity
• William Kuh Tet Liew · trustee of 1 other charity
• YEE KWAN LO
• Yee Kiu Wan

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Cornwall · Devon · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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