Trustees' Annual Report
For the period from 01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021
Charity Name: SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Also known as: SCCC
Registered charity number: 1087945
Charity's principle address
The Chapel Ancasta Road Southampton Hampshire SO14 6SL
Name of Trustees
Dr Tat Shing Yam Mr Ho Lee Wong Mr Erik Hu
Governing document Constitution adopted 6 July 2001
The charity is constituted by Trust
Trustee selection method
Candidates must be 18 years of age or over and are members of the SCCC and have demonstrated over a sufficient length of time that they are faithful and spiritually mature members of the body of Christ. Existing trustees can nominate new trustees for election at the SGM or AGM.
Policies and Procedures
There is a safe-guarding policy (updated in November 2019) in place. We carried out DBS check for all Sunday School teachers and helpers. These checks will be renewed every three years recommended by Charity Commission.
Ongoing review of the health and safety issues to ensure that all statutory requirements and standards are met.
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Objectives of the charity
l. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Chinese, primarily but not exclusively, in Southampton and its surrounding areas.
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To provide a spiritual home for Christians and to care for their spiritual welfare.
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To equip Christians for service
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To collaborate with other Christian churches or organizations.
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To relieve those in need, hardships and distress
Church Vision 2020
By God’s grace, we will become a living and outreaching church
Highlights of 2020-21
Since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of the first nationwide lockdown in the UK, we have ceased all our face-to-face meetings and swiftly commenced our weekly online Sunday Service using Zoom and live streaming on SCCC YouTube channel. We are thankful that God has provided the expertise and the right skill mix among our members so that the online service can be made possible. All other small groups and fellowships including Sunday school and Youth group have also one by one adopted online virtual meetings. Moreover, during this period Pastor Henry Wai produced daily short video talk on the Gospel of John and the Book of Acts to nurture and encourage brothers and sisters.
The online Sunday service and the SCCC YouTube channel has also provided us a great opportunity to reach out to Christians and non Christians overseas, which in turn paved the way for the Hong Kong immigrants ministry at SCCC later in 2020.
SCCC is part of the Hong Kong Ready Churches Network to help and welcome those people from Hong Kong who are planning to move to the UK due to the change of the UK government immigration policy for the BNO passport holders in Hong Kong. We launched our first online seminar sharing about ‘Life in Southampton’ in December 2020. This episode on SCCC YouTube channel alone received over two thousand views in the first three months. Both of our Whatsapp and Signal groups for Hong Kong immigrants have around 220 participants altogether.
During the first quarter of 2021 we have seen a number of families arrive from Kong Hong and settle down in Southampton and its neighbouring areas. SCCC has been providing them with practical help and support wherever possible even with difficulties during the lockdown periods. Praise the Lord that some of these families have already joined our church for meetings and fellowships. With increasing number of Hongkongers at SCCC, several new cell groups / fellowships are created to meet their needs, such as Cantonese Ladies Group, Cantonese/English
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Young Family Group and daily bible reading sessions. In addition, Weekly Wednesday prayer meeting and Adult Sunday School were introduced in February 2021 to complement various church ministries and sustain the spiritual growth of brothers and sisters in Christ.
Since the University cancelled almost all of the face-to-face lectures and switched to online teaching, the number of students attending Chinese Christian Fellowship (CCF) and Mandarin Christian Fellowship (MCF) were significant reduced as most of them had gone back to their home countries.
On 23[rd] January 2021 we held a virtual meeting online to celebrate the 25[th] anniversary of SCCC. We were grateful that some brothers and sisters from overseas including previous pastoral workers and mission partners were able to join us altogether to count God’s blessings and give thanks to the Lord.
Financial review
Our principal sources of funds are from members of the church. There is no outside fund raising. The key expenditures for this year include the rental cost for our Sunday meeting venue, staff salary and wages, as well as financial support to the external Christian Mission organizations and our mission partners. We also donate to other charity organisations for the relief of natural disasters and the homeless. The charity employs one part-time worker for the children ministry and one full-time pastor.
The general fund includes a reserve of one year of staff salary, pensions and operating expenses to ensure that the trustees are able to response to any unexpected changes in income and expenditure.
The charity has no deficit.
The charity has a property as Church Centre purchased in December 2016.
All trustees are volunteers and do not receive any remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Signed by
Dr Tat Shing Yam Trustee On behalf of SCCC Management Committee
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SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR FROM 1st APRIL 2020 - 31st March 2021
CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTERED NUMBER: 1087945
| General Fund Note RECEIPTS General Fund Bank interest Gift Aid Tax Refund Rent received from CC-Church centre Donation to other charities Supporting Others Sundryreceipt 8 TOTAL RECEIPTS PAYMENTS Rent for church meetings Pastor Henry Wai's accommodation rental cost Speaker Fee Salary and tax 1 Contribution to Workplace Pension 2 DBS Check Bibles & books Insurance Music Licence Sundry payments 3 Donation to other charities 9 General expenses in Church Centre 4 Children and Youth ministry 5 Outside Mission Support 6 Partnership with Pastor Junlong Zhang Outreach evangelism events TOTAL PAYMENTS BALANCE of General Fund this period ADD balanced fund b/f from last year 19/20 LESS transferred to Reserved Fund Balance of General Fund@31/03/2021 |
2020/21 £ 70,576 94 21,357 16 92,043 3,450 9,900 1,360 25,260 383 129 581 196 652 9,000 1,721 358 2,400 320 55,710 36,333 62,546 98,879 A |
2019/20 £ 59,985 305 671 4,353 1,320 395 570 |
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| 69,056 | ||
| 8,937 9,075 1,360 26,009 405 270 304 551 533 1,960 1,450 1,522 240 4,780 1,600 279 |
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| 60,731 | ||
| 8,325 54,221 |
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| 62,546 |
SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR FROM 1st APRIL 2020 - 31st March 2021
CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTERED NUMBER: 1087945
| CHURCH CENTRE FUND Offering received Less: Repair & Renewal 10 Captial Expenses for Church Centre 7 BALANCE of Church Centre Fund this period Add Retained fund from lastyear 19/20 Balance of Church Centre fund@31/03/2021 Reserved Fund @ 31/03/2020 Balance of Reserved Fund @ 31/03/2021 TOTAL FUND @31/03/2021 ACCOUNT SUMMARY Total income for the year Total expenditure for the year Total Net gain for the year Add Balance b/f from last year 2018/19 Balance Fund for this year 2019/20 Allocation of funds @31/03/2020 General Fund Church Centre Fund Reserved Fund TOTAL FUND |
2020/21 £ 3,000 1,153 420 1,427 22,853 24,280 B 50,000 50,000 C 173,158 A+B+C 95,043 57,284 37,759 135,399 D 173,158 98,879 A 24,280 B 50,000 C 173,158 |
2019/20 £ 3,885 41,238 |
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| -37,353 60,207 |
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| 22,853 | ||
| 50,000 | ||
| 50,000 | ||
| 135,399 | ||
| 72,941 101,970 |
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| -29,028 164,428 |
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| 135,399 | ||
| 62,546 22,853 50,000 |
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| 135,399 |
SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR FROM 1st APRIL 2020 - 31st March 2021
CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTERED NUMBER: 1087945
Statement of Assets & Liabilities
| Assets Church Centre building Legal and survey fee Fixtures,fittings & equipment Improvement to Property Deposit accounts Bank current account Cash in hand Liabilities NET Assets/(Liabilities) |
2020/21 £ 166,250 2,176 8,764 39,956 80,000 93,158 - |
217,146 173,158 390,304 0 390,304 |
2019/20 £ 166,250 2,176 7,190 39,956 80,000 55,340 59 |
215,572 135,399 |
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| 350,972 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 350,972 |
SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ACCOUNT FROM 1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021
Notes on Accounts
| 1 Salary Deborah Harris Chi Kong Wai 2 Pension Payments SCCC contribution to Deborah Harris SCCC contribution to C K Wai 3 Sundry payments COCM Calenders S C N (Southampton church network-subscription) Payroll system(SAGE) Wreaths (2) Christmas Gift for Debbie Postage for sending masks to other churches Keys 4 General Expenses of Water bill Church Centre Paper towels Electricity Electricity rebate Gas Gas safety inspection & boiler service-annually Broadband Bin collections 5 Children and Youth ministry Urban Saints - teaching materials (£21 per month) Easter materials and books for Sunday school 6 Mission Support Glo-bless (£100 per month) Andrew & Laura (£50 per month) Carol Forbes (£100 per month) 7 Captial Expenses for Church Centre CCTV 8 Sundry receipt Parenting books 9 Donation to other charities AfC (Ambassador for Christ) COCM CCHK & Herald Newspaper 10 Repair & Renewal Padlock replacement Screwfix equipment Carpet/tiles Laptop |
7,260 18,000 |
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| £25,260 | |
| £31 £353 |
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| £383 | |
| £251 £120 £101 £60 £50 £46 £24 |
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| £652 | |
| £605 £19 £214 -£232 £576 £78 £294 £167 |
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| £1,721 | |
| £252 £106 |
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| £358 | |
| £1,200 £600 £600 |
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| £2,400 | |
| £420 £16 |
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| £16 | |
| £2,000 £5,000 £2,000 |
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| £9,000 | |
| £215 £20 £320 £598 |
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| £1,153 |
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report R8POrt to the trusteesl members of Southampton Chinese Christian Church On accounts for tha year ended 31 March 2021 Charity no (if any) 1087945 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above tharity (Iha Trusf) for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the A¢t°). I r8PQrt in respect of my examination of the Trusys accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying Out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent IThe charity's gross incorne exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete I l rf not applicable. I have completed my examination. l confinn Ihat no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act- or the accounts did nol accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming Ihe form and content of accounts set out in the Char¢tl8S (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no conM$ and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the braGkets if they do not apply. Signad: Date: J&/, Name: MRS EMILY CHEUNG Relevant professional qualification{s} or body ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT IER Oct 2018
(if any): Addr888: 57 ADAMES ROAD, FRATTON, PORTSMOUTH, HANTS P015QE Section B Disc105ure Only complete If the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern {see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give hera brief deta118 of any items that the examiner wishes to discloso. IER Oct 2018