2025-03-31-accounts - Southampton Chinese Christian Church

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Trustees' Annual Report

For the period from 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2025

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 August 2025) in place. We carried out DBS check for all Youth group / Sunday School teachers and helpers. These checks will be renewed every three years as recommended.

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.
To provide a spiritual home for Christians and to care for their spiritual welfare.
To equip Christians for service
To collaborate with other Christian churches or organisations.
To relieve those in need, hardships and distress

Church Vision

By God’s grace, we will become a living and an outreaching church

Highlights of 2024-25

2024 witnessed an exciting beginning of the second phase of our church vision – Growth – so that SCCC would become a living and an outreaching church. The growth of our church community was based on various fellowships and home groups which provided a platform for training, learning to live as one body in Christ, promoting spiritual growth and preparing for gospel sharing. There were eleven fellowships and ten home groups that met regularly at various locations, such as church centre, university campus as well as brothers’ and sisters’ home. As part of phase two strategy, a new Mission department was formally established in October 2024 and led by Pastor Henry to facilitate outreach and to mobilise resources and manpower for evangelism activities. There were two hobby groups, table tennis and gardening, taking place regularly to reach out to those non-believers. An alpha course on parenting children was launched at a local Chinese School and well received by the parents.

Cantonese Sunday morning service, Children Sunday School and Youth group continued to take place at the Richard Taunton Sixth Form College. On average there were about 190 people attending the morning session each Sunday. The multilingual afternoon service remained at Portswood Church and the average attendance was about 70 people on each Sunday afternoon. There were also Children Sunday School and Youth group in the afternoon session. However, the main language was English.

In June we were visited by a group of Christian singers from Hong Kong and with our musicians they held a successful musical evangelism meeting which were attended by over 250 people despite power outage.

SCCC had the whole church summer retreat at Pioneer Centre, Northampton in July 2024. The theme of this retreat was ‘Love God deeper’ and it was attended by over eighty people.

In partnership with OM (Operation Mobilisation) our first Short Mission Team of eight brothers and sisters led by Pastor Henry and Irene visited Warsaw Refugee Camp in August.

In January 2025, our staffing team were joined by two new pastors, Gavin and Karen Li, a missionary couple who were seconded to SCCC by COCM (Chinese Overseas Christian Mission). Gavin and Karen will be involved in our second generation and campus ministries.

During these twelve months period, there were two baptismal services where a total of five brothers and seven sisters were baptised into our Lord Jesus Christ. In addition, another eleven brothers and sisters applied to become members of SCCC.

Weekly Wednesday online prayer meetings and online adult Sunday school courses were continued to complement various church ministries and sustain the spiritual growth of brothers and sisters in Christ.

SCCC continues to care for the spiritual needs of the new immigrants from Hong Kong but also provides practical support, such as a series of mental health talk and English speaking classes, to help them settle down in Southampton and its neighbouring areas.

Financial review

Our principal sources of funds are from members of the church. There is no outside fundraising or donation from outside organisation. 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 organisations and our mission partners. The charity employs one part-time worker for the children ministry, one part-time pastoral worker in training and one full-time pastors.

The general fund includes a reserve of one year of staff salary, pensions and operating expenses to ensure that the trustees can respond to any unexpected changes in income and expenditure.

The charity has a property as Church Centre at Ancasta Road Southampton which was purchased in December 2016.

All trustees are volunteers and do not receive any remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Prepared by

Dr Tat Shing Yam

Trustee

SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR FROM 1st APRIL 2024 - 31st March 2025

CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTERED NUMBER: 1087945

	Note General Fund RECEIPTS PAYMENTS Rent for church meetings Pastor ‘s accommodation rental cost Speaker Fee Salary and tax Contribution to Workplace Pension DBS Check Bibles & books Courses Insurance Music Licence Sundry payments 1 Donation to other charities 2 General expenses in Church Centre 3 Children and Youth ministry Outside Mission Support 4 Church events 5 TOTAL PAYMENTS BALANCE of General Fund this period ADD balanced fund b/f from last year 23/24 LESS transferred to Reserved Fund Balance of General Fund@31/03/2025	2024/25 £ 115,440 23,445 - 4,050 56,741 2,111 600 1,013 88 834 391 4,382 300 3,417 441 11,214 7,267 116,294 -854 106,650 105,796 A	2023/24 £
			91,420
			19,316 9,900 2,863 35,589 1,767 133 345 498 740 375 2,366 2,400 1,935 168 18,919 9,801
			105,522
			-15,695 120,752
			106,650

SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR FROM 1st APRIL 2024 - 31st March 2025

CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTERED NUMBER: 1087945

	CHURCH CENTRE FUND Offering received Less: Repair & Renewal Capital Expenses for Church Centre BALANCE of Church Centre Fund this period Add Retained fund from lastyear 23/24 Balance of Church Centre fund@31/03/2025 Reserved Fund @ 31/03/2025 Balance of Reserved Fund @ 31/03/2025 TOTAL FUND @31/03/2025 ACCOUNT SUMMARY Total income for the year Total expenditure for the year Total Net gain/loss for the year Add Balance b/f from last year23/24 Balance Fund for this year 24/25 Allocation of funds @31/03/2025 General Fund Church Centre Fund Reserved Fund TOTAL FUND	2024/25 £ - 877 25,090 24,213 B 50,000 50,000 C 180,009 A+B+C 115,440 117,171 -1731 181,740 D 180,009 105,796 A 24,213 B 50,000 C 180,009	2023/24 £ - 1,593 -
			-1,593 26,683
			25,090
			50,000
			50,000

			181,740
			91,420 105,522
			-15,695 197,435
			181,740
			106,650 25,090 50,000
			181,740

SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR FROM 1st APRIL 2024 - 31st March 2025

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 Liabilities NET Assets/(Liabilities)	2024/25 £ 166,250 2,176 7,787 39,956 150,000 30,009	216,169 180,009 396,178 0 396,178	2023/24 £ 166,250 2,176 7,787 39,956 80,000 101,740	216,169 181,740
				397,909
				0
				397,909

SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR FROM 1st APRIL 2024 - 31st March 2025

Notes on Accounts

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name SOUTHAMPTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH members of On accounts for the year Charity no ended 31[ST] MARCH 2025 (if any) Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024 . Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that 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 not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (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 concerns 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 brackets if they do not apply.

Signed:[ A Khan ] Date: 30/01/2026

Name: Asif Khan

Relevant professional	ACCA
qualification(s) or body
(if any):

Address:	26 Kent Avenue
	Slough

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Section B Disclosure

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 here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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