2021-07-31-accounts

Section A

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date From 1 August 2020

Period end date

To 31 July 2021

Reference and administration details

Charity name Portsmouth Chinese Christian Church

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1088197

Charity's principal address

Wesley Centre 128 Fratton Road, Fratton Portsmouth, Hampshire Postcode PO1 5DD

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Alex Pun
	EmilyCheung	Treasurer
	Mei LengFong
	Julie Wong	Secretary

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B

Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Portsmouth Chinese Christian Church Constitution (created and Type of governing document submitted to Charity Commission in 1999, amendments were made (eg. trust deed, constitution) which were approved and updated by the Charity Commission in April 2014)

By trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Trustees are elected or reappointed at the AGM for a term of 2 (eg. appointed by, elected by) years

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

1. Ongoing review of heath and safety issues to ensure that all requirements and standards are met.

2. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

3. the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

4. relationship with any related parties;

5. trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C

Objectives and activities

To glorify God by preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, promoting and advancing the Christian faith, and by providing Christian fellowship primarily but not exclusively among members of the Chinese community in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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• Sunday service

• Bible study

• Student fellowship

• Adult and children Sunday School

• Annual Student Gospel Camp

• Children’s Days

• Visitation to families, students and the elderly

• Outreach activities into the local community

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

• Evangelistic meetings

Some face to face meetings have not yet been resumed due to Covid where members do not feel ready to return. This includes the elderly fellowship group.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Achievements and erformance p

Section D

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

• Adult and Children Sunday School - weekly meetings for different age groups after the main service to deepen their understanding of God’s Word and purpose for their lives

• Student Ministry – regular meetings and alternate cell group evenings

• Continued support of the Herald Christian newspaper (in Chinese) via distribution and visits to local Chinese businesses and families in Portsmouth and surrounding areas

• Use of Wesley Centre for informal sports and games activities for children and young people in the local community on Saturdays and half term breaks

• Help and support for new immigrant families to settle into life in the UK. There has been a sharp increase of new families from Hong Kong.

• Training of members to lead regular meetings including students

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Section E

Financial review

Reserves are used to:

• Brief statement of the  Maintain the day to day running of the ground and first floor of the

• charity’s policy on reserves Wesley Centre  Provide financial support to other Christian organisations for the work of preaching the gospel of Christ

Details of any funds materially The charity is not in deficit in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

The charity’s principal source of funds is purely from offerings made from members and Christians from other churches and organisations.

The expenditure enables the charity to provide the necessary outreach work to the local community especially during special events such as Chinese New year, Easter, Christmas and various outings during the year.

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F

Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Emily Cheung Julie Wong Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc)[Treasurer ] Date 2022

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages Responsibilities and basis of report	Charity Name Portsmouth Chinese Christian Church	Charity Name Portsmouth Chinese Christian Church	Charity Name Portsmouth Chinese Christian Church
	31 July 2021	Charity no (if any)	1088197
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	I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 /07 /2021. As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination 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.

Date: 27.5.2022 Signed: Name: Mandy White Relevant professional ICAEW qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Ashton House, Forest Road, Swanmore SO32 2PL

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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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