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Registered charity · No. 512882

Overseas Chinese Association

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Overseas Chinese Association is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training.

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What are the key facts about Overseas Chinese Association?

Reported income · year ending 2025-08-31
£77,018
Reported spending · year ending 2025-08-31
£85,725
Registered charity number
512882
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Other
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Solihull
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded

Quick answer

Overseas Chinese Association (number 512882) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Overseas Chinese Association do?

To promote the education to the public for Chinese language, cultures, and traditions.. To provide recreational and educational facilities to the public. The school had a total of 27 classes of Chinese language courses (2 classes in Cantonese and 25 classes in Mandarin) and total of 420 students in the year term 2018 to 2019. There were also 1 dancing class for our students.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Overseas Chinese Association

Answers Overseas Chinese Association gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 August 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Overseas Chinese Association's highest-paid staff paid?

Overseas Chinese Association's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register does not record Overseas Chinese Association as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.

Overseas Chinese Association's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Also known as
Overseas Chinese Association School
Where it says it operates
Birmingham City

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People.

Reported activities: Provides Human Resources.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Overseas Chinese Association registered for?

Education/training

Why is there no Clarity Score for Overseas Chinese Association yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Overseas Chinese Association. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Overseas Chinese Association a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Overseas Chinese Association as a registered charity (number 512882) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Overseas Chinese Association's charity number?
Overseas Chinese Association's charity number is 512882. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 512882?
Search 512882 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Overseas Chinese Association do?
To promote the education to the public for Chinese language, cultures, and traditions.. To provide recreational and educational facilities to the public. The school had a total of 27 classes of Chinese language courses (2 classes in Cantonese and 25 classes in Mandarin) and total of 420 students in the year term 2018 to 2019. There were also 1 dancing class for our students.
Does Overseas Chinese Association have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Overseas Chinese Association. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Overseas Chinese Association?
Overseas Chinese Association does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is Overseas Chinese Association's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Overseas Chinese Association's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Overseas Chinese Association?
The register does not record Overseas Chinese Association as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Overseas Chinese Association's trustees paid?
Overseas Chinese Association's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Overseas Chinese Association registered as a charity?
Overseas Chinese Association was entered on the register on 16 July 1982.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.