Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    OXFORDSHIRE CHINESE COMMUNITY AND ADVICE CENTRE 

    1.Bilingual information, advice, interpreting and translation services 2.Bilingual computing and English classes, talks and training courses3.Day care services to look after elderly and vulnerable members4.Recreational, cultural and community activities5.Home visitation for the socially isolated, & elderly and those living with long-term or mental illnesses.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    Established: 32 years

    www.occac.org.uk

    admin@occac.org.uk

    01865204188

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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£161£148£13n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/03/22£153£153£0n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/03/21£156£146£10n/an/an/an/an/a25
    31/03/20£124£128£-3n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/19£98£100£-2n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/18£66£94£-29£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£141£153£-12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£173£180£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£178£177£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£236£212£24£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£213£197£16£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£220£217£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11*£286£280£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£296£280£16£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£234£225£9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£266£250£16£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£262£255£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06*£222£216£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£229£240£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£290£311£-22£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Oxfordshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 25 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£40,000
    Oxfordshire Community Foundation£17,500
    Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Support for Isolated, Lonely and Vulnerable Non-English-Speaking Chinese in Oxfordshire
    £5,000 09/12/2021
    11
    Grant to Oxfordshire Chinese Community & Advice Centre
    Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Hong Kong British National Overseas (HKBNOs) Welcome Programme
    £40,000 21/07/2021
    Resettlement funding for Hong Kong British nationals (overseas)
    Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Improving Mental Wellbeing and Peer Support for Non-English-Speaking, Vulnerable Chinese in Oxfordshire
    £7,500 27/04/2021
    9
    Grant to Oxfordshire Chinese Community & Advice Centre
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 05/03/2021
    Application for £14,000 from Garfield Weston Foundation to serve the non-English-speaking, vulnerable, socially isolated and disadvantaged Chinese people in Oxfordshire
    National Lottery Community Fund - Support for non-English-speaking vulnerable Chinese during and after COVID-19
    £10,000 22/01/2021
    11
    The funding will be used to provide bilingual advice to facilitate access to services and benefits gain better understanding of the government guidelines deliver food and essentials and run online ....more
    Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID-19 Provision of urgent bilingual advice and support services for the vulnerable and self isolated Chinese in Oxfordshire
    £5,000 08/04/2020
    3
    Advice & support - Keep the Chinese Centre running, to serve the non-English speaking vulnerable Chinese, to provide immediate help for urgent, unanticipated needs caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Music Therapy For Older Chinese People
    £10,000 17/01/2019
    12
    The organisation will use the funding to provide music therapy for older Chinese people who are experiencing memory loss, depression, isolation, or the early stages of dementia. The project aims to ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Chinese Health, Mental Health and Carers Project
    £194,872 21/03/2018
    60
    The project aims to improve mental and physical health and reduce isolation amongst vulnerable people in the area. Through early intervention and prevention, the project will help improve quality of ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Oxfordshire Chinese Community Bilingual Training Project
    £208,784 12/07/2012
    60
    This project aims to help non-English speaking Chinese people in Oxfordshire who have little or no formal education and are confined to low-skilled and low-paid work or unemployment to overcome ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Chinese Health and Mental Health Project
    £299,850 15/03/2012
    60
    This expanding project will address physical and mental health needs identified with non-English speaking vulnerable Chinese people, supporting beneficiaries across Oxfordshire, Aylesbury, Reading ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (10)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/12/1991, number: 1006710
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • 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
    • 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
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR11: 0 days late, AR06: 125 days late,
    Main office

    44 Princes Street
    Oxford
    OX4 1DD

    Objectives

    FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OF CHINESE ORIGIN, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN OXFORDSHIRE: (1)TO RELIEVE EDUCATION (2)TO RELIEVE THE SICK (3)TO RELIEVE THE POOR(IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE) (4)TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSON USING THOSE FACILITIES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    OXFORDSHIRE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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