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East & Southeast Asian Community Centre

East & Southeast Asian Community Centre is a registered charity (number 800142) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Lin Fat Man since 2025. Latest income £949k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

1. To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the recreation and other leisure time occupation of people living or working in the London Borough of Hackney and its surrounding districts and in particular people of East and Southeast...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £949k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 6 more
Where
Hackney
Website
www.hackneychinese.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
East and Southeast Asian Community Centre Limited
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£949k£804k
  • 2024£492k£618k
  • 2023£299k£257k
Earlier years
  • 2022£401k£283k
  • 2021£197k£132k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 78%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the recreation and other leisure time occupation of people living or working in the London Borough of Hackney and its surrounding districts and in particular people of East and Southeast Asian heritage in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life.2 To advance education among the inhabitants of Hackney and its surrounding district and in particular among people of East and Southeast Asian heritage.3 To promote good race relations in Hackney and its surrounding district by endeavouring to eliminate discrimination on grounds of race and by encouraging equality of opportunity between persons of different racial groups.

Grants received

30 grants · £906,614 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

  • Hackney Council £19,5002025-01-04
  • Independent Age £120,0002024-12-04
  • Hackney Council £29,2332024-11-29
  • Greater London Authority £19,2062023-07-27
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £40,0002023-04-01
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.

6 trustees on the board

1.3y median 1y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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 5Dormant 1Property 1

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£949k 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.

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

7
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
800142
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16TH AUGUST 1988, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 11TH NOVEMBER 1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 MAY 2024 as amended on 06 Feb 2026 as amended on 06 Feb 2026
Companies House
Company number 02287510 · Active
Contact on the register
020 8986 6171 · INFO@HACKNEYCHINESE.ORG.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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