ASIA HOUSE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 2 December 1998
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03312073
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £2,373,065
Latest expenditure: £2,374,000
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 63 NEW CAVENDISH STREET, LONDON, W1G 7LP

Website recorded by the regulator: www.asiahouse.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

THE AIMS OF THE CHARITY ARE- TO PROMOTE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ASIAN COUNTRIES AND SOCIETIES, THEIR CULTURES, ARTS AND RELIGIONS- TO FOSTER CLOSER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF ASIA AND THE UK- TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF THE UK ABOUT THE COUNTRIES OF ASIA IN PREPARATION FOR THE WORLD OF TOMORROW IN WHICH ASIA WILL PLAY A LEADING ROLE

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 24 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,373,065
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,374,000

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 9 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 9 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,973,834
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,387,825

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 24 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 24 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,860,598
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,871,122

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,183,714
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,459,777

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 28 October 2021
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £1,170,749
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,769,742

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,373,065
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,374,000
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 200001 250000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 9 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,973,834
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,387,825
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Salary Band 250001 300000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 24 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,860,598
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,871,122
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 250001 300000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,183,714
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,459,777
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 2
Count Salary Band 150001 200000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2021
Total Gross Income: £1,170,749
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,769,742
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £78,993
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 200001 250000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 September 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 0
Income Other Trading Activities: 1820000
Income Charitable Activities: 150000
Income Investments: 141000
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2111000
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £385,000
Expenditure Other: 1989000
Expenditure Total: 2374000
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 1035000
Expenditure Depreciation: 92000
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £8,763,000
Assets Total Fixed: 12969000
Assets Own Use: 9851000
Assets Long Term Investment: 3118000
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £819,000
Assets Total Liabilities: £5,025,000
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £8,763,000
Creditors One Year Total Current: 745000
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 4280000
Assets Cash: £372,000
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 8753000
Funds Restricted: 10000
Funds Total: 8763000
Count Employees: 17
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 9 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 150000
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1693681
Income Investments: 129162
Income Other: 991
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1973834
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £430,241
Expenditure Other: 1957584
Expenditure Total: 2387825
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 100883
Expenditure Support Costs: 1158528
Expenditure Depreciation: 98482
Gain Loss Investment: 294115
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £8,753,948
Assets Total Fixed: 13141180
Assets Own Use: 9930761
Assets Long Term Investment: 3210419
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £647,373
Assets Total Liabilities: £5,024,605
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £8,763,948
Creditors One Year Total Current: 744605
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 4280000
Assets Cash: £413,416
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 8753948
Funds Restricted: 10000
Funds Total: 8763948
Count Employees: 17
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 24 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 150000
Income Other Trading Activities: 1564683
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 66497
Income Other: 79418
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1860598
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £22,826
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £366,755
Expenditure Other: 1481541
Expenditure Total: 1871122
Expenditure Investment Management: 22826
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 91626
Expenditure Support Costs: 956145
Expenditure Depreciation: 108072
Gain Loss Investment: -721580
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £327,633
Assets Total Fixed: 13055524
Assets Own Use: 10014678
Assets Long Term Investment: 3040846
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £698,360
Assets Total Liabilities: £4,640,727
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £9,113,157
Creditors One Year Total Current: 360727
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 4280000
Assets Cash: £355,157
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 9103157
Funds Restricted: 10000
Funds Total: 9113157
Count Employees: 14
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 161500
Income Other Trading Activities: 940841
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 81373
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1183714
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £253,608
Expenditure Other: 1206169
Expenditure Total: 1459777
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 48995
Expenditure Support Costs: 876373
Expenditure Depreciation: 110000
Gain Loss Investment: 272724
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 463000
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £3,248,661
Assets Total Fixed: 13824756
Assets Own Use: 10106000
Assets Long Term Investment: 3718756
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £770,208
Assets Total Liabilities: £4,750,303
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £9,844,661
Creditors One Year Total Current: 470303
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 4280000
Assets Cash: £593,408
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 9834661
Funds Restricted: 10000
Funds Total: 9844661
Count Employees: 13
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Received Date: 28 October 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 166260
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 85704
Income Investments: 85440
Income Other: 833345
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1170749
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £23,897
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £226,077
Expenditure Other: 1519768
Expenditure Total: 1769742
Expenditure Investment Management: 23897
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 21714
Expenditure Support Costs: 932192
Expenditure Depreciation: 126785
Gain Loss Investment: 502635
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £492,914
Assets Total Fixed: 13121032
Assets Own Use: 9739987
Assets Long Term Investment: 3381045
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,138,904
Assets Total Liabilities: £4,925,741
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £9,334,195
Creditors One Year Total Current: 645741
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 4280000
Assets Cash: £1,009,010
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 9324195
Funds Restricted: 10000
Funds Total: 9334195
Count Employees: 23
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: ASIA HOUSE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1998-12-02T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 JANUARY 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 24 MARCH 2005 AND 05 JULY 2007 as amended on 12 Jun 2024
Charitable Objects: The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit to educate the public in:4.1.1 the knowledge and understanding of the peoples and countries of the continent of Asia and of their past and present social and economic development; and4.1.2 the appreciation of Asian culture, arts, philosophy and history,by such means as the Trustees may from time to time determine.Asia means those regions of the world which on the first day of November one thousand nine hundred and seventy six were bordered on the north by the USSR but including Soviet Central Asia and Mongolia, on the west by the Caspian, Black and Mediterranean Seas, the River Nile and the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean extending through to the Timor and Arafura Seas, to the north of Australia and on the east by the Pacific Ocean thereby including Middle and Near Eastern countries from Turkey to the Arabian peninsula the Indian sub- continent and adjoining countries, the Malay peninsula, Indonesia and the Philippines, South-east Asia, China, Korea and Japan and the islands of the China Sea, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean which either culturally or geographically relate to the Asian mainland such as the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and the Ryukyu Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries