GREAT BRITAIN-CHINA CENTRE(THE)

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Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Comptroller and Auditor General

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that GBCC will be able to continue its operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due to March 2027.”

Group structure

1. GREAT BRITAIN-CHINA CENTRE(THE) · parent
   1. UK-China Forum

Significant events

• “During the financial year, GBCC carried out a number of project activities and dialogues with Chinese and UK-based partners.”
• “In 2024-25, GBCC continued to deliver an increasing number of China Capability training courses funded by the FCDO and targeting both mid- and senior-levels of the civil service. A total of 350 civil servants from across Whitehall departments and agencies benefitted from these courses during the reporting period.”
• “In March 2025, GBCC organised the second FLP alumni study trip to Beijing, where participants attended a variety of meetings and events, including with the Central Party School, IDCPC, ACYF, HSBC and China-Britain Business Council.”
• “GBCC led a political dialogue in Beijing in January 2025 focusing on AI, consisting of cross-party parliamentarians with two academic experts to deepen and broaden wider ongoing dialogues around the Senior Leadership Forum.”
• “Two projects funded by the European Union through the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) came to an end during FY24/25; one on restricting the use of death penalty and one on improving criminal procedures in child sexual abuse.”
• “Additionally, a new one-year project funded by the Dutch Embassy in Beijing was launched to enhance access to justice and combat gender-based violence in China.”
• “GBCC was able to witness and contribute to specific reforms and normative discussions on the rule of law, and continue to believe that technical advice and meaningful discussions can both help deepen and broaden reforms and keep bringing in international perspectives at a time when this is increasingly difficult but perhaps more needed than ever.”
• “The year concluded with an exposure visit to Beijing in March 2025 for the second cohort of programme alumni.”
• “To mark its 50th Anniversary, the company hosted two commemorative events—one at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London and another at the Ambassador's Residence in Beijing. These events welcomed over 250 guests from government, academia, think tanks, business, civil society, and, in China, representatives from ministries and Beijing-based embassies. These one-off events were financed from reserves.”
• “During the 2024-25 financial year GBCC incurred a foreign exchange loss of £8,563 (2023-24: loss £10,945), a bad debt of £2,000 (2023-24: £nil) and a fraud loss of £711 (2023-24: £nil).”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -15.4%

  £1,715,251 → £1,451,633

• Cash

  -39.5%

  £1,049,391 → £635,373

• Net assets

  -7.6%

  £687,604 → £635,637

• Employees

  +14.3%

  7 → 8

• Operating profit

  -78.3%

  -£223,863 → -£399,141

• Profit before tax

  -79.6%

  -£216,406 → -£388,664

• Wages

  +15.2%

  £396,975 → £457,349

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers