Registered charity · London
Chinese Information and Advice Centre
Chinese Information and Advice Centre is a registered charity (number 800646) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Edmond YEO. Latest income £141k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Ciac (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £141k (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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.ciac.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Chinese Information and Advice Centre
- Registered
- 1989
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£141k£149k
- 2024£196k£246k
- 2023£262k£204k
Earlier years
- 2022£112k£155k
- 2021£162k£154k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS OF CHINESE ORIGIN PRIMARILY LIVING OR WORKING IN LONDON IN PARTICULAR BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INFORMATION AND ADVICE CENTRE.2. TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS TO HELP ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF RACE AND TO ENCOURAGE QUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN PERSONS OF CHINESE ORIGIN AND PERSONS OF OTHER RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN.
Grants received
6 grants · £208,083 total360Giving 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
- Comic Relief · £101,500 (2 grants)
- Trust for London · £69,335 (2 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £30,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £7,248
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Edmond YEO Chair
- Foong Kiew Poon since 2017
- James Beng Ong Ng since 2024
- Siyuan Ren since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Foong Kiew Poon since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Siyuan Ren since 2026
Portfolio (3)
- Edmond YEO Chair
- Foong Kiew Poon since 2017
- James Beng Ong Ng since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 800646
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18TH OCTOBER 1988 AS AMENDED 14TH JULY 2004.
- Companies House
- Company number 02306765 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03002011868 · info@ciac.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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