Overseas Chinese Association (South West Region)

Analysis

Overseas Chinese Association (South West Region) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Overseas Chinese Association (South West Region) reported income of £74k and spending of £91k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £42k to £74k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Overseas Chinese Association (South West Region) sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Caribbean Elderly Hairoun Day Centre (£74k), The Worshipful Company of Farriers Charitable Trust 1994 (£74k) and Wapping Noorani Masjid and Cultural Centre (£74k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.