esea contemporary ltd

Charity Number: 518992
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art aims to advance the education of the public in contemporary Chinese arts and culture. Our work covers four main areas; exhibitions, education, agency work and advocacy which includes training, conferences and publications.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £424,715
Total expenditure: £417,190

Total income includes £331,271 from 2 government grant(s)

People

12 Trustee(s)

47 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£70k to £80k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Manchester City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 June 1987: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • CHINESE ARTS CENTRE (Working name)
  • CENTRE FOR CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART (Previous name)
  • CHINESE ARTS CENTRE (Previous name)
  • CHINESE VIEW ARTS ASSOCIATION (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Ngan Ying Krivinskas Trustee 15 September 2024
None on record
Maria Chen Trustee 15 August 2024
None on record
Pieternella Cornelia van den Houten Trustee 14 August 2024
None on record
Peter Yen-Ju Lin Trustee 02 August 2024
None on record
Chi Yan Stephanie Ho Poon Trustee 01 August 2024
None on record
Wenkai Xu Trustee 13 July 2022
None on record
Yung Yuen Ma Trustee 12 May 2022
None on record
Ying Hua Simon Li Trustee 26 March 2022
CANON SLADE TRUST
Received: On time
Bonnie Sue Yin Yeung Trustee 18 March 2022
None on record
Philomena Lee Yuen Chen Trustee 18 March 2022
None on record
Nicholas James Buckley-Wood Trustee 22 November 2019
None on record
Christopher Yen Sing Lau Trustee 22 November 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £486.31k £568.77k £405.21k £341.67k £424.72k
Total expenditure £472.80k £456.63k £357.27k £492.68k £417.19k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Income from government grants £36.90k £490.99k £380.60k £327.77k £331.27k
Income - Donations and legacies N/A £111 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A £590 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A £567.33k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment N/A £738 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A £374.30k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A £82.32k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A £16.38k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A £0 N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 16 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 16 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 28 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 28 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 27 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 05 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 07 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 07 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 04 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 04 September 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/06/1987 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/11/1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/1994 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/03/2004 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/09/2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/02/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/02/2012 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28/01/2015 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 JAN 2018 as amended on 21 Oct 2022

Charitable objects

A. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL FORMS OF CHINESE CULTURE. B. TO SUPPORT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY MAY DETERMINE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED.

Contact information

Address:
esea contemporary
Market Buildings
13 Thomas Street
MANCHESTER
M4 1EU
Phone:
01618327271
Email:
hello@eseacontemporary.org
Website:

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