Portsmouth Chinese Association

Analysis

Portsmouth Chinese Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Portsmouth Chinese Association reported income of £61k and spending of £45k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £69k to £61k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Portsmouth Chinese Association sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Birmingham Bach Choir (£61k), Eastney Area Community Association (£61k) and Bramcote Village Hall (£61k).