Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 01 2021 To 31 12 2021
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Other names charity is known by LCCC
Registered charity number (if any) 1123218
Charity's principal address LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 15 ROOKERY DRIVE LUTON Postcode LU2 7FG
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Mr Felix PF Or | Treasurer | |||
| Mrs Wai K Shing | Secretary | |||
| Mr KingTin Leung | ||||
| Miss Ann Yip | ||||
| Mrs XingMei Ho | ||||
| Miss Xinzhu Yu | ||||
| Ms Choi Wan Yuen | ||||
| Mrs Ru Zhu Pan | ||||
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
Type of governing document Constitution adopted 3[rd] February 2008
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted The charity is constituted as an unincorporated association (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods Trustees are elected or re elected by members of the charity annually (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
The objectives of the church are to advance the Christian religion in accordance with the Church’s beliefs. ie. The Church accepts the Christian faith as set forth in the Old and New Testaments and as summarized in the Apostles’ Creed.
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Weekly Sunday worship conducted in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Sunday School for children and youths, bible study groups, house groups and fellowship groups, prayer meetings, discipleship training, evangelistic meetings, student ministry, outings, retreats and home visits.
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)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Sunday worship
It was changed to online services which was broadcasted via You Tube since 22[ND ] March 20 due to the lockdown to prevent the spreading of the Covid-19 virus. They were conducted online successfully every Sunday morning in three languages including Cantonese, Mandarin and English until the year end although the actual Sunday service was resumed from August.
Regarding the attendance, until June, there was an average attendance of 35 people each Sunday including our children. The Cantonese people were counted approximately 80% and the Mandarin 20%.
However, after June, there were many brothers and sisters joining our church. They were coming from Hong Kong with their BNO visas. The number of attendances was therefore increasing gradually to approx. 100 people by the end of 2021.
Holy Communion on every second Sunday of each month was stopped from March 2020 due to the Covid-19 and it was resumed on the Sunday service from 8[th] August 2021 too.
Sunday schools
Our Sunday school was combined with the Baptist church service every Sunday, teaching children from aged 2 to 16. Due to the lockdown, this was done online until August.
Children learned about God through the bible studies and games. The attendance of children in our church was increasing from 10 children to approx. 30 at the year end.
Preaching and sermons
Our congregation was provided with English, Cantonese and Mandarin interpretation.
The theme in 2021 was “Reading Bible and praying while watching out together; practising the truths while evangelising the others.”
Apart from our own Pastors, we also invited guest speakers from Chinese overseas Christian Mission and other churches.
House Groups with Bible studies
Due to the increasing numbers of brothers and sisters, we had started a few more cell groups in the second half of this year. They are divided by areas such as Luton, Harpenden, Hemel Hampstead, etc.
They all have 4 to 8 members and met regularly online. They were mainly Bible studies with special themes occasionally.
Family Gatherings were held on the second Saturday afternoon of the
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last four months with an average attendance of 5 people.
Mandarin Student fellowship
Mandarin student fellowship was supposed to be held online on every alternative Thursday evening aiming to evangelise the Chinese students who studied in the University of Bedfordshire. It was 3.5 hours from 6 pm to 9.30 pm including dinner, sharing, worship, Bible studies and prayers. However, it was terminated from August last year because there were very few students attending it. And we did not have enough students to start again this year. Yet, we shall be running it again in the future when possible.
Outreach and visitations
We have not done any visitations to the local Chinese takeaway shops and restaurants in this year due to the lockdown up to August.
There were only some personal visitations to our church members or new comers by our council members or Pastor after the lockdown.
Prayer meetings
They were held online on Monday and Wednesday every alternative week.
The average attendance ranged from 3 to 8 people.
Donations to various missionary organisations and their workers
We gave money consistently to support various Evangelical organisations and missionary workers worldwide. The total of these donations in 2021 was £6,900.
We also gave to World Vision to support Children in the third world.
The Shoe Boxes for the project organised by Samaritan’s Purse International (Christmas gifts for children packed in Shoe Boxes) was cancelled again this year due to the pandemic.
We trained and supported the Theological students
We were supporting prayerfully and financially many previous theological students who had come to our church for block placements. They were all trained in our church and they have been working as missionaries in various parts of the world. Besides, we were also supporting those who were studying full time or part time in various Theological colleges too. The total spending on 2021 was £6,500.
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Providing individual helps to those who were in need
Some of us were old people living alone, broken families with problem children, divorced widows etc. We had provided them with visitations, care, love, counselling, food, and translations after the lockdown. We also help them to apply various social benefits including unemployment, housing, council taxes reduction, low-income support, pension, and pension credit…etc.
We took them to see the dentists or doctors in order to help them with the translation needed. Yet, during the lockdown, all our care was done by telephone calls or video conferences instead of physical consultations.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The trustees have considered the operation of the church and believe that the equivalent of six months’ expenditure is an appropriate amount to be held in reserve for our church. Such an amount would provide working capital to cover fluctuations in income and expenditure.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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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
[Felix Or ]
Signature(s) Full name(s) Felix Or Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 14th July 2022
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| Charity Name LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH |
Charity Name LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH |
Charity Name LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH |
No (if any) 1123218 |
CC16a |
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| Receipts and payments accounts | ||||
| For the period from |
Period start 01.01.2021 |
To |
Period end 31.12.2021 |
Section A Receipts and payments
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestrict ed funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| Gift aid offering 退稅奉獻 | 27614.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27614.22 | 33292.00 |
| NonGift aid offering 非退稅奉獻 | 6023.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6023.00 | 7794.99 |
| Tax rebate 退稅 | 8444.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8444.68 | 7789.75 |
| Sponsora child 資助一貧窮小孩籌款 | 0.00 | 250.00 | 0.00 | 250.00 | 160.00 |
| Deposit accountinterest 銀行利息 | 1530.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1530.55 | 1537.89 |
| Missionary giving 差傳奉獻 | 0.00 | 300.00 | 0.00 | 300.00 | 200.00 |
| Theology studentsfund 神學生基金 | 0.00 | 5440.00 | 0.00 | 5440.00 | 1116.00 |
| Sale ofcalendar售出月曆 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 20.00 |
| Sub total | 43622.45 |
5990.00 | 0.00 | 49612.45 | 51910.63 |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, etc. Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 43622.45 | 5990.00 | 0.00 | 49612.45 | 51910.63 | |
| Pastoral教牧組 | 31086.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31086.41 | 31258.60 |
| Teaching 教導部 | 287.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 287.23 | 20.66 |
| Outreach傳道部 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 |
| Auxiliary 事務部 | 353.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 353.08 | 1228.10 |
| Administration文書部 | 649.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 649.99 | 793.28 |
| Missionary 差傳 | 6600.00 | 300.00 | 0.00 | 6900.00 | 8000.00 |
| Theologicalstudentsfund 神學生基金 | 1060.00 | 5440.00 | 0.00 | 6500.00 | 1900.00 |
| Sponsora child 資助一貧窮小孩籌款 | 0.00 | 283.60 | 0.00 | 283.60 | 283.60 |
| Sub total | 40052.71 | 6023.60 | 0.00 | 46076.31 | 43500.24 |
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, etc. Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 759.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 759.98 | 0.00 | |
| 40812.69 | 6023.60 | 0.00 | 46836.29 | 43500.24 | |
| 2809.76 | -33.60 | 0.00 | 2776.16 | 8410.39 | |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 152706.41 | 1339.80 | 0.00 | 154046.21 | 154046.21 | |
| 155516.17 | 1306.20 | 0.00 | 156822.37 | 162456.60 |
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the | period | ||
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| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities |
Details | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest ~~£~~ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
| cash at bank | 155516.17 | 1306.20 | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Total cash funds | 155516.17 | 1306.20 | 0.00 | |
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
OK Restricted funds to nearest ~~£~~ |
OK Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Tax rebate | 1485.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) |
Current value (optional) |
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) |
Current value (optional) |
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| computer equipments | unrestricted | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| books & bibles | unrestricted | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Details | Fund to which liability ~~relates~~ |
Amount due (optional) |
When due (optional) |
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| 0.00 | ||||
| 0.00 | ||||
| 0.00 | ||||
| Signature | Print Name | Date of approval |
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| Felix Or | FELIX OR | 14th July 2022 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH members of
On accounts for the year 31[st] December 2021 Charity no 1123218 ended (if any) Set out on pages 8 to 9 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act,
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act, and
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner’s statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention examiner's statement (other than that disclosed below *)
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act
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have not been met ; or
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to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: Date: 14/07/2022 Name: Siu Hong Yau Relevant professional Master in Economics & Finance qualification(s) or body (if any):
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Address: [106 Rosemullion Avenue]
[MILTON KEYNES] MK4 3AY
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
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Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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