Lambeth Chinese Community Association

Analysis

Lambeth Chinese Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lambeth Chinese Community Association reported income of £171k and spending of £198k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £236k to £171k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lambeth Chinese Community Association sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minerva Arts & Wellbeing (£171k), Star Trust (East Midlands) Ltd (£171k) and IHYA Foundation (£171k).

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.