## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2020 Period start date To 31[st] March 2021 Period end date Charity name: COVENTRY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH** **Charity registration number:** 1035888 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and
promote the Christian faith amongst Chinese
people and in the general community. To
provide a programme of church life including
worship, fellowship, training and services. To
co-operate with Christian churches locally
and in the wider Chinese community. To
promote missionary activities in China and
other parts of the world.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Our activities take account of the need to
provide public benefit according to the
guidance given by the Charity Commission
for the advancement of religion.
Worship services are held every Sunday and
are open to all. Services are conducted in
Mandarin, Cantonese and English to enable
all to participate. Services are normally held
in the church building, and online services
are provided during lockdown. Sermons are
provided in 2 languages most Sundays with
interpretation into the 3rdlanguage.
Children’s activities include Junior Worship,
Sunday School and Youth Bible Study where
children and young people learn in small
groups appropriate to their age.
Fellowship groups take place weekly or
fortnightly in the 3 different languages
including: an English Language Bible Study;
an evening group for Mandarin speaking
families, a daytime Cantonese Cell Group,
daytime Mandarin Cell group and support for
Student groups at Warwick and Coventry
Universities. (both Mandarin and Cantonese
speaking)
A Bible Study group runs every 2 weeks in
Rugby and an afternoon service has started
in a local church.
Holy Communion is taken to members who
cannot attend particularly when they are in
hospital.| |||The church community is promoted by taking
days out together for teaching and recreation
or for weekend retreats.
Regular Baptism Services are held to enable
young Christians to make a public
declaration of their faith. Members are
encouraged to co-operate with other
churches in an Easter Open-Air witness and
with voluntary activities in the local
community.
Members are encouraged to attend
conferences to help them to understand and
practise their faith. Subsidies are provided
where there is need.
The church provides support, home visitation
to those who are unwell or who have asked
for a visit.
All our activities are open to all members of
the community although, due to language
restrictions, some are more suited to people
of Chinese origin.
The church prays for and provides financial
support to other UK charities for mission
work in the UK and abroad.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have regard for public benefit –
the church is run for the benefit of members
and all who are enquiring or want to discover
more about the Christian faith. Our services
are provided free of charge including regular
events as well as celebrations of various
Chinese festivals in the church building or
online. Our regular events are of great value
to ethnic Chinese people living in the
surrounding areas, students at Warwick and
Coventry Universities and to visitors from
China andHongKong.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The majority of the work and ministry in the
church is done by volunteers. They make a
huge contribution and the church would not
function without them.
The volunteers have continued to provide
support through online bible studies, group
meetings and individual cares emotionally as
well as practically throughout the period of| pandemic. The volunteers also participated in caring ministry such as delivery/donation of face mask/PPE kits to NHS and local residents Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Weekly Sunday services catering for
Mandarin, Cantonese and English speaking
members. Started to provide an additional
Cantonese Sunday Service to cater the need
of the large number of new immigrants from
Hong Kong and residing in Coventry and
surrounding regions. This has been welcome
and well used to support the new immigrants
spiritually, emotionally and practically. It has
also helped new immigrants to settle down
and slowly but gradually connected and
integrated into the wider community.
A Sunday School and Junior Worship
activities. A new online Youth Bible Study to
help young people to study the bible
systematically has started since Oct 2020.
Regular Cell Group meetings in various
languages and at various times to cater for
everyone who wants to join. These activities
proved to be very helpful in particular during
lockdown to support each other going
through the period of isolation.
Church prayer meetings held weekly.
All these meetings including the Sunday
services started to go online via zoom since
the Government declared a lockdown in
March 2020 because of Covid.
The church had one in person
Baptism Service following the Covid
guidelines in Aug when 2 university
students were baptised before they
returned to China.
The church continued to support 4
university student fellowships with
international students (2 Mandarin
and 2 Cantonese) of Chinese origins
in Coventry and Warwick University.
These activities and the support
provided, again, proved to be more| important during the pandemic. We have been able to support very anxious students getting through isolation as well as during the process of their returning home. The church’s full time pastor, Pastor Muk Lam (Sammy) Chan came to join the Church in Nov 2020 from Hong Kong, through sponsorship license. We now have 66 members including Pastor Muk Lam (Sammy) Chan (down from 67 last year) in our current members list as 2 members have stopped attending for over one year. Pastor Chan since then became a church trustee from the 1[st] of Nov 2020. The church normally has days out or retreat events on an annual base, no such events for this year due to the pandemic. Other evangelistic and local activities: Some members joined the Open Heaven Project in June – prayer walk around the streets in Coventry. Christmas: Due to the pandemic the church had its Carol Service in the church car park and online Christmas Day Service and family day. We have had families from HK during the open air Carol Service. This was the first Carol Service for these families and they started to engage with the church since then. The church joined UKHK church network in Jan to welcome and help new HK immigrants to integrate to British lives; composed and made available an information pack in the church website for HK immigrants in Jan. Pastor Chan ran 10-week online Praise Dance sessions on Saturdays in Jan through March which participants enjoyed very much. We held an online marriage and parenting Alpha course from March which benefited both the none- ## believers as well as believers With Pastor Chan’s encouragement and leading, the Cantonese activities increased significantly with new immigrants, an additional online Sunday service for this group has started from March. The Cantonese fellowship has since expanded a lot to include new immigrants. Self-help groups were encouraged and supported by the church volunteers that new immigrants has a place to turn to when encounter difficulties and problems on a wide range of aspects such as children’s education, job hunting, legal process of settling down, language barriers, looking for accommodation & etc. Some are supported when going through emotional distress during the process of settling down in the UK. In the beginning of the Pandemic, one of our cell groups ordered a couple thousand of face mask for members as well as for donation to NHS, and local residents in Tile Hill area. An online dental health talk by a professional dentist was delivered to members, families and friends. Throughout the year, our Rugby group continued to join the main online Sunday services while they continued their weekly activities online. Some members took part in the donation of PPE to organizations in need. Due to the pandemic the church was unable to have a physical Chinese New Year Celebration in church, instead we had an online celebration in Feb, well attended by the church members; families and friends living locally in UK as well as living aboard at the time. Trainings & conferences: Students and church members had other training opportunities including Discipleship training and Peer Counselling Training. The Sunday School teachers joined the Sunday school teachers training |delivered
by
Dallas
Church
in| |---| |America.| |We continue to support various| |missionaries and missions, including| |WRRCN led by Comfort Davis in| |Nigeria, Heartlink in India, Andrew| |Smith (OMF Int’l), Lawrence Sin| |(COCM), OM UK, CCHC-UK and| |Hope Coventry.| |All these church activities are free to those| |who attend with the exception of trips, but| |these are also subsidised to avoid anyone| |being excluded for lack of funds.| |Our activities not only enable members and| |enquirers to grow in faith but also provide| |them with a network of friends who support| |one another in times of need and prevent| |people from becoming isolated and lonely.| |Members cared and supported each other,| |especially when there were people| |diagnosed with Covid-19.| |The church also supports international| |students through student fellowship| |activities. These have proven to be| |beneficial for maintaining and strengthening| |their Christian faith and continue to benefit| |both themselves and others close to them| |even after they return to their own countries.| |The church building was used by the city| |council as a Polling Station. But the local| |elections were cancelled last year and the| |church buildings have had very little use.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| Other ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
ofthe period|Para 1.21|| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves will be used to fund the church’s
staff salaries, and to maintain and improve
the church buildings.| |Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Expenses for church activities and salaries
are met by regular offerings given by current
and occasionally from previous church
members. No fund-raising is actively
promoted although we encourage giving to
help other causes.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are nominated and elected by
church members| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|COVENTRY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1035888| |Charity’s principal address|COVENTRY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Linda Cubitt-Smith|Chair||Church Members| ||Muk Lam (Sammy)
Chan|Church pastor|From Nov. 2020|Church Members| ||Joachim Brandt|Treasurer||Church Members| ||Haifeng Wei|Secretary||Church Members| ||Elaine Leung|||Church Members| ||Xiao Jia|||Church Members| ||Chen Rong|||Church Members| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** Rev Edward Wei 75 Gurnards Avenue, Milton Keynes MK6 2BW **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Elaine Leung|| ||

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