## **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.
2. To provide a spiritual home for Christians and to care for their spiritual welfare.
3. To equip Christians for service
4. To collaborate with other Christian churches or organizations.
5. 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|
|---|---|---|
|||**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|
|||**60,731**|
|||8,325
54,221|
|||**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|
|---|---|---|
|||-37,353
60,207|
|||**22,853**|
|||50,000|
|||**50,000**|
||||
|||**135,399**|
|||72,941
101,970|
|||-29,028
164,428|
|||**135,399**|
|||62,546
22,853
50,000|
|||**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**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**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|
|---|---|
||**£25,260**|
||£31
£353|
||**£383**|
||£251
£120
£101
£60
£50
£46
£24|
||**£652**|
||£605
£19
£214
-£232
£576
£78
£294
£167|
||**£1,721**|
||£252
£106|
||**£358**|
||£1,200
£600
£600|
||**£2,400**|
||£420
£16|
||**£16**|
||£2,000
£5,000
£2,000|
||**£9,000**|
||£215
£20
£320
£598|
||**£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