## **Calvary Chinese Christian Church Annual Report For The Year Ended 31st December 2023** ## **Administrative information** Calvary Chinese Christian Church (Calvaryccc) is situated in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes. Calvaryccc Council members who served from 1st January 2023 until the date of this report was approved are: Elected Council members:Ms Katie Yuen Ki Ho Chairman Ms. Kitty Kwan Secretary Ms. Siu Mui Wong Treasurer Mr. Wing Ho Leung Mr. Shu Moon Leung Mr. James Voong ## **Objectives and Activities** Our main goals are preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and teaching the doctrines of the Christian faith as set forth in the Holy Scriptures, primarily but not exclusively, to the Chinese in Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas. In addition to regular Sunday worships, fellowships and bible studies; there are other affiliated activities targeting non-believers, so they can get to know about our church and have the opportunity to know the Gospel. ## **Structure, governance and management** Church constitution. Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Trust Trustee selection methods Trustees are selected and elected by members according to the church constitution. (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Achievements and Performance** ## Church attendance Crossway services. Sunday school had 80 children under the age of 18. ## Review of the year Calvaryccc continued to invite Raymond Au-Yeung to be the church pastor, his second contract for a duration of 2 years commenced from 1[st] June 2023. The congregation grew since 2021. A steady flow of BNO newcomers has impacted the church. A pastor is required to shepherd and teach the congregation. Raymond Au-Yeung had taken up the challenge and he has already made positive impact. A number of courses were set up and well attended. Through visitation and family groups, a number of new converts came forward. The church also held two baptismal service in 2023. The congregation constitution has changed and integrated well in church life. Many are willing to participate fully by becoming church members. Church members grew in 2023. Crossway, an English speaking congregation, is also impacted by the influx of these newcomers. Their numbers have increased significantly, especially in children’s work. Other challenges are the language barrier and cultural difference. The Friday Fellowship groups, Cantonese stream has grown from 70 to 80, English stream 27 to 30. Sunday school attendees about 60, three classes of 20. Sunflower Fellowship for age above 60 was established, started on 25[th] May 2023, would be held on 4[th] Thursday every month. ## Bible Study and Sisters’ Fellowship There are two bible studies. One was held every other Friday evening, the other was held on the 2nd and 3rd Saturday morning. It has been continued with zoom throughout the year. Other courses were added throughout the year at regular interval. Each course is set for 6 to 8 weeks depending on the length of the course, mainly conducted by pastor Raymond Au-Yeung. Sisters’ Fellowship was held on 2[nd] and 4[th] Thursday every month during school term time. ## **Financial Review** ## Brief statement of the church’s policy on reserves ## **Contingency fund** : £108,105 Our reserve policy is to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to at least three months of routine unrestricted payments (£9,000), to cover emergency situations. ## **Pastoral worker fund:** £23,145 Fund balance at the end of 2023 was £23,145. Pastor Raymond Au-Yeung was employed for the whole of 2023, his salary and related expenses (£19,217) were paid out from this fund. 20% General Fund Surplus for the year, at £6,141, is added to it. ## **Short Term mission Fund** : £35,460 To encourage members to participate in short term mission, the church decided to support each applicant 50% of the mission cost. 10% General Fund Surplus for the year at £3,070 is added to this fund. No expenditure made this year. ## **Mission fund:** £5,673 This fund is used for missionary giving. 10% of General Fund income for the year at £5,673 was transferred in. Payments of £4,413 were made in the first quarter of the year to designated Christian Missionary Organizations agreed by the Church Council. **Commented [RL1]:** ## **Caring Fund** : £6,401 This comes from designated donations for the church, and is used for members (including active and non-active members) or friends who need help in financial difficulties. During this year, donation of £120 has been received, but no spending. ## **Theological Education Sponsorship Fund** : £5,000 This fund was set up in 2020. It is available to active member studying a degree course at a registered establishment. Up to 75% of the tuition fee could be covered once an application has been approved by church members. No movement in this year. **Investment policy** – Surplus funds may be invested in bank fixed deposits or publicly traded bonds, low risk and highest return possible. The maximum allowed amount of £85,000 has been invested with a high street bank previously. In 2023, investment of £50,000 was matured in October, and a new one of £50,000 made out immediately for another two years. Total general fund income for the year was £56,612. Detailed Financial Statements are on pages 4 & 5. £4,430 was spent to provide Christian ministry in preaching the gospel and teaching the doctrines of the Christian faith. £1,320 was spent on speaker’s honorarium for English Worship. Special donations of £3,300 was made to Laurence Mo for his involvement in our youth work and his ministry in COCM. The net balance at 31st December 2023 carried forward to Contingency Fund was £15,822. Members who are tax payers are encouraged to make an offering by Gift Aid which the church can reclaim the tax from the government. **Approved by the CalvaryCCC Council on 17 April 2024 to update and signed on their behalf by Katie Ho (Calvaryccc chairman)** **Charity Name No (if any) CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1120143 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a** 01-Jan-23 31-Dec-23 **For the period from To** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts(see note 1)**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**51,462**
**-**
**-**
**1,966**
**3,184**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**120**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations andlegacies|**51,462**||**120**||**-**||**51,582**|**42,338**| |Charitable activities|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |Othertrading activities|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |Investmentsincome|**1,966**||**-**||**-**||**1,966**|**903**| |Tax Rebate|**3,184**||**-**||**-**||**3,184**|**5,887**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**56,612**||**120**||**-**||**56,732**|**49,128**| ||||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**|||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(not applicable).**||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments (see note 2)**||||||||| ||**56,612**||**120**||**-**||**56,732**|**49,128**| ||**-**
**21,385**
**4,520**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**23,630**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|||| |
Raisingfunds|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |Charitable activities|**21,385**||**23,630**||**-**||**45,015**|**32,793**| |Special Donations|**4,520**||**-**||**-**||**4,520**|**1,600**| |Other|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**25,905**||**23,630**||**-**||**49,535**|**34,393**| ||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**|||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||||| |**,**
Fixed term deposit|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||| ||**25,905**||**23,630**||**-**||**49,535**|**34,393**| |||||||||| ||**30,707**||**- 23,510**||**-**||**7,197**|**14,735**| ||**-**|
|**-**|
|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**30,707**||**- 23,510**||**-**||**7,197**|**14,735**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/05/2024 1 CCXX ￿2￿COUn￿{s9 2810Y2024 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**f assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
None
**Details**
Fixed term deposit
Cash at bank and in hand
**Details**
None
Epson Projector £600
Projector
Laptop for Sunday school £350
**Details**
3|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**108,105**
**-**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||**108,105**||**25,679**
**-**
**-**|| ||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**| ||**108,105**||**25,679**|**-**| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
expensed in
General Admin dept
~~in 2019~~
expensed in
General Admin dept
~~i~~
~~2023~~
expensed in
General Admin dept
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**50,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**| |---|---| ||Cash at bank and in hand| ||| ||| ||**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**| ||Fixed term deposit| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||**Details**| ||None| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||**Details**| ||Projector| ||Epson Projector £600| ||Laptop for Sunday school £350| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| |||**Details**| |---|---|---| |**B5**|**Liabilities**|None| |||| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 28/05/2024 |Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||||||||| |**Fund Balances**|**Type PE, EE R**
**or UR ***|**Fund balances**
**brought forward**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers**|**Gains and**
**losses**|**Fund balances**
**carried forward**| |Mission Fund|R|4,413||- 4,413|5,673|-|5,673| |Pastoral Worker Fund|R|36,220|-|- 19,216|6,141|-|23,145| |Short Term Mission Fund|R|32,389|-|-|3,071|-|35,460| |Contingency Fund (from general fund
surplus)|UR|92,283|-|-|15,822|-|108,105| |General Fund|UR|-|56,612|- 25,905|- 30,707|-|-| |Theological Education Sponsorship
Fund|R|5,000|||-||5,000| |CaringFund|R|6,281|120||||6,401| |**Total funds**||**176,586**|**56,732**|**49,534**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**183,784**| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||| ||||||Katie,Yuen Ki Ho||| ||||||Siu Mui Wong||| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 28/05/2024 4 ## **Calvary Chinese Christian Church Annual Report For The Year Ended 31st December 2023** ## **Administrative information** Calvary Chinese Christian Church (Calvaryccc) is situated in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes. Calvaryccc Council members who served from 1st January 2023 until the date of this report was approved are: Elected Council members:Ms Katie Yuen Ki Ho Chairman Ms. Kitty Kwan Secretary Ms. Siu Mui Wong Treasurer Mr. Wing Ho Leung Mr. Shu Moon Leung Mr. James Voong ## **Objectives and Activities** Our main goals are preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and teaching the doctrines of the Christian faith as set forth in the Holy Scriptures, primarily but not exclusively, to the Chinese in Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas. In addition to regular Sunday worships, fellowships and bible studies; there are other affiliated activities targeting non-believers, so they can get to know about our church and have the opportunity to know the Gospel. ## **Structure, governance and management** |Type of governing document
How the charity is constituted
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)|Church constitution.| |---|---| ||Trust| ||Trustees are selected and elected by members according
to the church constitution.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ## Church attendance The average weekly attendance was around 100-130 for Cantonese service and 6080 Crossway services. Sunday school had 80 children under the age of 18. ## Review of the year Calvaryccc continued to invite Raymond Au-Yeung to be the church pastor, his second contract for a duration of 2 years commenced from 1[st] June 2023. The congregation grew since 2021. A steady flow of BNO newcomers has impacted the church. A pastor is required to shepherd and teach the congregation. Raymond Au-Yeung had taken up the challenge and he has already made positive impact. A number of courses were set up and well attended. Through visitation and family groups, a number of new converts came forward. The church also held two baptismal service in 2023. The congregation constitution has changed and integrated well in church life. Many are willing to participate fully by becoming church members. Church members grew in 2023. Crossway, an English speaking congregation, is also impacted by the influx of these newcomers. Their numbers have increased significantly, especially in children’s work. Other challenges are the language barrier and cultural difference. The Friday Fellowship groups, Cantonese stream has grown from 70 to 80, English stream 27 to 30. Sunday school attendees about 60, three classes of 20. Sunflower Fellowship for age above 60 was established, started on 25[th] May 2023, would be held on 4[th] Thursday every month. ## Bible Study and Sisters’ Fellowship There are two bible studies. One was held every other Friday evening, the other was held on the 2nd and 3rd Saturday morning. It has been continued with zoom throughout the year. Other courses were added throughout the year at regular interval. Each course is set for 6 to 8 weeks depending on the length of the course, mainly conducted by pastor Raymond Au-Yeung. Sisters’ Fellowship was held on 2[nd] and 4[th] Thursday every month during school term time. ## **Financial Review** ## Brief statement of the church’s policy on reserves ## **Contingency fund** : £108,105 Our reserve policy is to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds which equates to at least three months of routine unrestricted payments (£9,000), to cover emergency situations. ## **Pastoral worker fund:** £23,145 Fund balance at the end of 2023 was £23,145. Pastor Raymond Au-Yeung was employed for the whole of 2023, his salary and related expenses (£19,217) were paid out from this fund. 20% General Fund Surplus for the year, at £6,141, is added to it. ## **Short Term mission Fund** : £35,460 To encourage members to participate in short term mission, the church decided to support each applicant 50% of the mission cost. 10% General Fund Surplus for the year at £3,070 is added to this fund. No expenditure made this year. ## **Mission fund:** £5,673 This fund is used for missionary giving. 10% of General Fund income for the year at £5,673 was transferred in. Payments of £4,413 were made in the first quarter of the year to designated Christian Missionary Organizations agreed by the Church Council. **Commented [RL1]:** ## **Caring Fund** : £6,401 This comes from designated donations for the church, and is used for members (including active and non-active members) or friends who need help in financial difficulties. During this year, donation of £120 has been received, but no spending. ## **Theological Education Sponsorship Fund** : £5,000 This fund was set up in 2020. It is available to active member studying a degree course at a registered establishment. Up to 75% of the tuition fee could be covered once an application has been approved by church members. No movement in this year. **Investment policy** – Surplus funds may be invested in bank fixed deposits or publicly traded bonds, low risk and highest return possible. The maximum allowed amount of £85,000 has been invested with a high street bank previously. In 2023, investment of £50,000 was matured in October, and a new one of £50,000 made out immediately for another two years. Total general fund income for the year was £56,612. Detailed Financial Statements are on pages 4 & 5. £4,430 was spent to provide Christian ministry in preaching the gospel and teaching the doctrines of the Christian faith. £1,320 was spent on speaker’s honorarium for English Worship. Special donations of £3,300 was made to Laurence Mo for his involvement in our youth work and his ministry in COCM. The net balance at 31st December 2023 carried forward to Contingency Fund was £15,822. Members who are tax payers are encouraged to make an offering by Gift Aid which the church can reclaim the tax from the government. **Approved by the CalvaryCCC Council on 17 April 2024 to update and signed on their behalf by Katie Ho (Calvaryccc chairman)** ||**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**
**Charity Name**|**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**
**Charity Name**|**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**
**Charity Name**|**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**
**Charity Name**|**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**
**Charity Name**|**1120143**
**No (if any)**||**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||||| ||**For the period from**||01-Jan-23||**To**|31-D|ec-23|| |||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||| |**A1 Receipts(see note 1)**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**51,462**
**-**
**-**
**1,966**
**3,184**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**120**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations andlegacies|**51,462**||**120**||**-**||**51,582**|**42,338**| |Charitable activities|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |Othertrading activities|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |Investmentsincome|**1,966**||**-**||**-**||**1,966**|**903**| |Tax Rebate|**3,184**||**-**||**-**||**3,184**|**5,887**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**56,612**||**120**||**-**||**56,732**|**49,128**| ||||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**|||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(not applicable).**||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments (see note 2)**||||||||| ||**56,612**||**120**||**-**||**56,732**|**49,128**| ||**-**
**21,385**
**4,520**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**23,630**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|||| |
Raisingfunds|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |Charitable activities|**21,385**||**23,630**||**-**||**45,015**|**32,793**| |Special Donations|**4,520**||**-**||**-**||**4,520**|**1,600**| |Other|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**25,905**||**23,630**||**-**||**49,535**|**34,393**| ||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**|||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**||||||||| |**,**
Fixed term deposit|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||| ||**25,905**||**23,630**||**-**||**49,535**|**34,393**| |||||||||| ||**30,707**||**- 23,510**||**-**||**7,197**|**14,735**| ||**-**|
|**-**|
|**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**30,707**||**- 23,510**||**-**||**7,197**|**14,735**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/05/2024 1 CCXX ￿2￿COUn￿{s9 2810Y2024 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**f assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**
None
**Details**
Fixed term deposit
Cash at bank and in hand
**Details**
None
Epson Projector £600
Projector
Laptop for Sunday school £350
**Details**
3|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**108,105**
**-**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||**108,105**||**25,679**
**-**
**-**|| ||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**| ||**108,105**||**25,679**|**-**| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
expensed in
General Admin dept
~~in 2019~~
expensed in
General Admin dept
~~i~~
~~2023~~
expensed in
General Admin dept
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**50,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**| |---|---| ||Cash at bank and in hand| ||| ||| ||**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**| ||Fixed term deposit| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||**Details**| ||None| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||**Details**| ||Projector| ||Epson Projector £600| ||Laptop for Sunday school £350| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| |||**Details**| |---|---|---| |**B5**|**Liabilities**|None| |||| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 28/05/2024 |Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|Total Net Assets, represented by fund balances below:|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||||||||| |**Fund Balances**|**Type PE, EE R**
**or UR ***|**Fund balances**
**brought forward**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers**|**Gains and**
**losses**|**Fund balances**
**carried forward**| |Mission Fund|R|4,413||- 4,413|5,673|-|5,673| |Pastoral Worker Fund|R|36,220|-|- 19,216|6,141|-|23,145| |Short Term Mission Fund|R|32,389|-|-|3,071|-|35,460| |Contingency Fund (from general fund
surplus)|UR|92,283|-|-|15,822|-|108,105| |General Fund|UR|-|56,612|- 25,905|- 30,707|-|-| |Theological Education Sponsorship
Fund|R|5,000|||-||5,000| |CaringFund|R|6,281|120||||6,401| |**Total funds**||**176,586**|**56,732**|**49,534**
**-**|**-**|**-**|**183,784**| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||| ||||||Katie,Yuen Ki Ho||| ||||||Siu Mui Wong||| CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 28/05/2024 4 ||**Charity Name**
**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**|**Charity Name**
**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**|**Charity Name**
**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**|**No (if any)**
**1120143**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period from**|01/01/2023|**To**|31/12/2023| |||||| |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Prior year**
**£**
**£**
Sunday Offering
39,392
- -39,392 26,327
Sunday Offering( English)
730
- - 7301,400
Gift Aid offering
11,273
- - 11,27314,265
General grants provided by government/other
charities
- - - -
Other (BBQ offering)
67
67346
CaringFund
- 120
- 120
-
**Total** 51,462 120
-51,58242,338
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Other
- - - - -
**Total**
- - - - -
- - - - -
Other
- - - - -
**Total**
- - - - -
Bank Interest
816
- -816 47
Interest on Fixed Term Deposit
1,150
- -1,150 856
Other
- - - - -
**Total** 1,966
- -1,966 903
Gift Aid
2,163
- - 2,163 3,887
Small donations scheme (GASDS)
1,021
- - 1,021 2,000
Other
- - - -
- - - - -
**Total** 3,184
- - 3,1845,887
**Other:**
cancelled cheque
- - - - -
- - - - -
**Total**
- - - - -
**56,612 120**
**- 56,732 49,128**
**Other information:**
**Other trading activities:**
**Donations and legacies:**
**Charitable activities:**
**Tax Rebate :**
**TOTAL INCOME**
**Note 1 Analysis of Income**
**Analysis**
**Income from investments:**||||| **All income in the prior year was unrestricted except for: (please provide description and amounts)** **Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the reporting period, please give the reason for the conversion.** **Within the income items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)** Sunday offering increases as a result of a larger congregation, many are from Hong Kong holding BNO visas. Church membership doubled Interest in 2022 was from investments of £50,000. It matured in October and being re-invested for another 2 years. Bank interest income significantly higher than previous year as a result of interest rates increase in 2022. ||**Charity Name**
**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**|**Charity Name**
**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**|**Charity Name**
**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**|**Charity Name**
**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**|**Charity Name**
**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**|**Charity Name**
**CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period from**|01/01/2023||**To**|31/12/2023|| |||||||| |Fundraising agents
Operating charity shops
**Note 2 Analysis of payments**
**Analysis**
**Expenditure on**
**raising funds:**
Incurred seeking donations
Incurred seeking legacies
Incurred seeking grants
note 2
Staging fundraising events
Advertising, marketing, direct mail and
publicity
Start up costs incurred in generating
new source of future income
Database development costs
Other trading activities
Investment management costs:
Cost of obtaining investment advice
**Total expenditure on raising funds**
**Expenditure on**
**charitable activities**
Pastoral Department
Youth Department
Evangelism Department
General Administration Department
Caring Department
Missionary Giving
Use of short term mission fund
Finance Department
**Total expenditure on charitable**
**activities**
**Separate material**
**item of expense**
Special donations
Retreat venue deposit
**Total**
**Other**
Governance cost
**Total other expenditure**
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Prior year**
**£**
**£**
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - -
-
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
16,139
- 16,13912,786
157
- 157501
181
-181 437
3,527
-3,527 1,619
1,381
-1,381 707
-4,413
4,413 6,512
- -
- -
- 19,217
19,217 10,231
21,385 23,630 - 45,015 32,793
3,400- -3,400 1,600
1,120- - 1,120-
- - - - -
- - - - -
4,520- -4,520 1,600
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
**25,905**
**23,630**
**-**
**49,535**
**34,393**||||| |||**25,905**|**23,630**|**-**|**49,535**|**34,393**| ## **Other information:** ## **Items of expenditure on charitable activities** |**Activity or programme**|**Activities undertaken directly**|**Activities undertaken directly**| |---|---|---| |||| |Pastoral Department|Expenses in relation to pastoral teaching & caring covering
Sunday worships or devotional meeting or bible studies,
biblical training, visitation etc|| |Youth Department|Expenses incurred on youth work covering Sunday school
or young people fellowship or training etc Venue Hire in
2024 will also come under this heading rather than Pastoral
Dept|| |Evangelism Department|Expenses incurred on evangelistic meeting such as training
and seminar, BBQ for members & non members|| |General Administration
Department|Expenses incurred on administrative and/or sundry
activities such as insurance, purchase of equipments,
website subscription, refreshment for Sunday worships,
stationery etc|| |Caring Department|Expenses incurred on activities covering adult fellowship
meeting, members visit etc|| |Missionary Giving|Donation to Christian missionary organisations as agreed
by the Church Council, decision usually made around the
end of the year so payments could fall within the same year
or the following year.|| |Use of short term mission
fund|Providing 50% of total cost incurred by members going on
short term mission trip|| |Finance Department|Church pastor in post from June 2022, salary & related
expenses are funded from Pastoral Worker Fund. From
2024, expenses will be funded from General Fund.|| |||| |||| |**Prior year expenditure on charitable activities can**
**be analysed as follows:**||as detailed under Expenditure on charitable activities above, increase on Pastoral
department is as a result of significant growth in church congregation| |||| |**Within the expenditure items above the following**
**items are material: (please disclose the nature,**
**amount and any prior year amounts)**||Special donation £1,600 in this year's accounts, all relates to support to James So of COCM
(Chinese Overseas Christian Mission) for his involvement in our youth work and his ministry
in COCM| |||Special donation £2,300 in last year's accounts analysed as follows:
a) £2,000 is continued support to James So of COCM (£200 monthly), Nov & Dec payments
£400 were made in Feb 2022. b)
£300 donated to COCM for use of its venue|