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Registered charity · London

Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £463k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.thchinese.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£463k£430k
  • 2024£431k£395k
  • 2023£426k£434k
Earlier years
  • 2022£457k£348k
  • 2021£352k£302k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 85%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THOSE RESIDENT OR WORKING WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF CHINESE ETHNIC ORIGIN WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINIONS BY: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATING TO MENTAL PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE; TO PROVIDE FREE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA. (B) TO ENCOURAGE THE EXERCISE OF AND MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS OF CHINESE CRAFTS BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN, PRESERVE AND IMPROVE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND FOSTER PROMOTE AND INCREASE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THEREIN.

Grants received

4 grants · £195,850 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.

7 trustees on the board

8.3y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

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

Health and social care 8Education 1Hospitality 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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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£463k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
287813
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28TH JULY 1983 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 28TH NOVEMBER 1985
Companies House
Company number 01720498 · Active
Contact on the register
02075155598 · londonchinese@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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