BISHOP HO MING WAH ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Charity number: 290398
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Bishop Ho Ming Wah Association is a charity managing a community centre beneath St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London. The centre's members come from all cultures/faiths, but majority are Chinese. Centre activities aim to combat isolation, advice on healthy living and generally provide understanding for happy and secure residence in the UK. The centre offers a range of educational, cultural, recr

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £64,423
Total expenditure: £48,505

People

6 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout London

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 October 1984: Standard registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • BISHOP HO MING WAH ASSOCIATION (Previous name)
  • BISHOP HO MING WAH ASSOCIATION ANDCOMMUNITY CENTRE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
WAI YIN ALICE CHAN Chair
None on record
HOI YAN GLORIA WONG Trustee 24 October 2024
None on record
ROBERT OLIVER DEMMING Trustee 01 April 2017
None on record
ELIZA MO YIN KWONG Trustee 18 December 2012
None on record
Rev SAMUEL MARTIN WELLS Trustee 18 December 2012
THE CONNECTION AT ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS
Received: On time
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNORS' CHARITABLE TRUST
Charity reporting is overdue by 1076 days
YU HIN EUGENE LING Trustee
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 £65.59k £51.71k £50.72k £49.21k £64.42k
Total expenditure £96.86k £54.71k £55.84k £75.55k £48.51k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A 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 30 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 30 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 28 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 28 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 15 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 15 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 10 February 2022 10 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 10 February 2022 10 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 10 February 2021 10 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 10 February 2021 10 days late 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.

CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSION DATED 17 SEP 2019

Charitable objects

(I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONGST CHINESE PEOPLE IN LONDON; (II) TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR CHINESE PEOPLE IN LONDON IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE SUCH PERSONS HAVING NEED OF THE FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit

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

LONDON

Contact information

Address:
6 ST. MARTIN'S PLACE
LONDON
WC2N 4JH
Phone:
02077661141
Email:
enquiry@bhmwa.com
Website:

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