CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF TOWER HAMLETS

Registered charity 287813 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHINESE WELFARE PROJECT

Our charity offers Home Care services to frail elderly individuals, enabling them to live independently in their own homes. We provide a variety of classes at our centre, including Chinese calligraphy, Chinese medicine workshops, chair yoga, and a table tennis club, fostering personal well-being. We also operate a Saturday Chinese school for children, teaching Mandarin and Cantonese.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£463k

Latest spending

£430k

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £33,251 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £615,835. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting nine months of operational costs to mitigate the risk of disruption to their primary revenue stream from the Home Care Service. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties or governance failures disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Contract income (85% of income)

“Contract income 391,484” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: nine months of core operations (held: £616k)

“the Trustees/Directors have made the strategic decision to maintain a financial reserve that would support core operations for a minimum of nine months in the event of funding challenges.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01720498 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

LEE, Siu Fung — director, appointed 05/05/2023on trustee list
LE, The Vinh — director, appointed 01/10/2015on trustee list
YI, Chuang — director, appointed 01/10/2015on trustee list
CHENG, Meng Lu — director, appointed 16/11/2001on trustee list
SALAH, Harun — director, appointed 16/11/2001on trustee list
WU, Hoi Hung — director, appointed 16/11/2001on trustee list
CHAU, Alan Siu Lun — secretary, appointed 16/11/2001

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 29/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Chinese HomeCare Specialists: Good (28/12/2023) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Siu Fung Leechair
Chuang Yi
HARUN SALAH
HOI HUNG WU
MENG LU CHENG
PING HAYWARD
The Vinh Le

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£463k	£430k
31/03/2024	£431k	£395k
31/03/2023	£426k	£434k
31/03/2022	£457k	£348k
31/03/2021	£352k	£302k

Common questions

Is CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF TOWER HAMLETS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income surplus of £33,251 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £615,835. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting nine months of operational costs to mitigate the risk of disruption to their primary revenue stream from the Home Care Service. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties or governance failures disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF TOWER HAMLETS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF TOWER HAMLETS as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k	Core Costs and Provision of Emergency Support

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	30/06/2011	£75k	Grant to Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/03/2011	£10k	Learning Nature in Chinese