Sheffield Chinese Community Centre

Analysis

Sheffield Chinese Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08312856). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sheffield Chinese Community Centre reported income of £26k and spending of £45k, spending 171% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £50k to £26k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sheffield Chinese Community Centre sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Norton Canon Parochial Charities (£26k), African Village Support (£26k) and The Tuebrook Community Centre Group (£26k).

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.