UNIVERSITIES CHINA COMMITTEE IN LONDON

Registered charity 314133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Financial support of two-way flow of academic exchange between China and the UK. The encouragement of China-focused studies in the UK.

Objects

1. EXCHANGING LECTURERS WITH CHINA; 2. AID AND ADVICE TO CHINESE STUDENTS; 3. TO ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE TEACHING OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE ENDOWMENT OF PROFESSORSHIPS AND LECTURERSHIPS, OR OTHERWISE; 4. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CLOSER INTELLECTUAL CO-OPERATION AND TO PROMOTE CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND CHINA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £812,535, a decrease from £869,772 in the prior year, while total net assets decreased to £1,729,528. The charity reported a net expenditure of £57,237 against incoming resources of £85,906, resulting in a net movement in funds of £57,237. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2021)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (92% 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Derek John Hirdchair
• Charles David Collins
• Dr Neil Mallory Innes Munro
• Dr Paul John Kendall
• Lindsay Sarah Jones

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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