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Registered charity · Manchester

WAI YIN Society

WAI YIN Society is a registered charity (number 1073437) based in Manchester, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Juanita YAU. Latest income £516k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as WAI YIN Chinese Women Society (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £516k (2025)
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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
Where
Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham and more
Website
www.waiyin.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
WAI YIN Society
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£516k£671k
  • 2024£702k£700k
  • 2023£888k£822k
Earlier years
  • 2022£773k£747k
  • 2021£766k£652k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 44%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND PRIMARILY WOMEN OF CHINESE DESCENT IN THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR OF POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; ANDPROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFEESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECT

Grants received

24 grants · £1,784,123 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

6y median 8y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 5Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£516k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

16 from 23 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1073437
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/12/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/12/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/01/2014 as amended on 23 Jan 2022 as amended on 26 Jan 2025 as amended on 26 Jan 2025
Companies House
Company number 03479994 · Active
Contact on the register
01618330377 · info@waiyin.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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