Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 01 2023 To 31 12 2023
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
| red charity number (if any) | 1123218 | 1123218 |
|---|---|---|
| Charity's principal address | LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH |
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| 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 Kwan Shing | Secretary | |||
| Mr KingTin Leung | ||||
| Miss Ann Yip | ||||
| Mrs XingMei Ho | ||||
| Ms LingHsuan Fu | ||||
| Ms Choi Wan Yuen | ||||
| Ms Mei Wah Irene Chan | ||||
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)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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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 / services
Since August 2021, the Sunday service was resumed and we could come back to the church every Sunday although most of us were still wearing the masks to protect each other from the Covid-19. Nevertheless, the service was also recorded and posted onto the You tube media so that those who could not come because of their vulnerability could watch the full programme online in home. Regarding the attendance, there were still many new brothers and sisters joining our church. They were coming from Hong Kong with their BNO visas. The number of average attendances was therefore increasing from 100 gradually to approx. 130 people by the end of 2022.
Sunday schools
Our Sunday school was combined with the children from the Central Baptist Church every Sunday, teaching children from aged 2 to 16. They learned about God through the bible studies and various games.
The usual attendance of children from our church was increasing from 25 children to approx. 35 at the year end.
Preaching and sermons
Our theme in 2022 was - Equip to grow and serve. United in love and share. Our congregation was providing Cantonese interpretation for English or Mandarin sermons in each Sunday service.
Apart from our own Pastors, we also invited guest speakers from COCM (Chinese overseas Christian Mission) and other sources.
House Groups with Bible studies
Due to the increasing numbers of brothers and sisters, we had increased to ten cell groups
in this year. They were divided by areas such as Luton, Harpenden, Hemel Hampstead, etc.
They all have 4 to 10 members and met regularly online. They were mainly Bible studies with special themes occasionally. And sometimes they had organised outings or gatherings in each other’s houses.
Outreach and visitations
We have done some visitations to the local Chinese takeaway shops and restaurants in this year because the outdoor activities were unlocked.
There were also many individual visitations to our church members or new comers by our council members and Pastor. For the elders, they were offered the Holy communion each month because they could not
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attend our Sunday Services.
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 (Cantonese) and Wednesday (Mandarin) 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 donation in 2022 was £7450.
We gave also money to World Vision to support Children in the third world and the refugees of Ukraine.
We supported the Theological students
We were supporting prayerfully and financially many previous theological students who had come to our church previously 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 in 2022 was £3,100.
Providing individual helps to those who were in need
For those who are elders living alone, broken families, divorcees or widows etc., we had provided them with visitations, care and counselling, food supplies, and very importantly the translations for letter correspondences and medical appointments. We also help them to apply various social benefits including unemployment, housing, council taxes reduction, low-income support, pension, and pension credit…etc.
For those who were new comers from Hong Kong, we had given them various support too.
This included the local knowledge in this country, the practical knowledge of running a house, the legal advice and assistance towards their incidences such as traffic accidents.
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Anyway, the most important thing is to help them to find a good school for their children and a good job for themselves.
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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 6[th] June 2024
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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 |
01.01.2023 Period start d t |
To | Period end d t 31.12.2023 |
Section A Receipts and payments
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted 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 | 42846.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42846.94 | 42379.90 |
| Non Gift aid offering 非退稅奉獻 | 20838.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20838.82 | 11829.39 |
| Tax rebate退稅 | 10249.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10249.08 | 11578.97 |
| Sponsor a child資助一貧窮小孩籌款 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 321.50 |
| Deposit account interest銀行利息 | 2654.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2654.40 | 35.55 |
| Missionary giving 差傳奉獻 | 0.00 | 2000.00 | 0.00 | 2000.00 | 850.00 |
| Theologystudents fund神學生基金 | 0.00 | 1500.00 | 0.00 | 1500.00 | 3300.00 |
| Other income其他收入 | 200.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200.00 | 650.00 |
| Sub total | 76789.24 |
3540.00 | 0.00 | 80329.24 | 70945.31 |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, etc. Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 76789.24 | 3540.00 | 0.00 | 80329.24 | 70945.31 | |
| Pastoral教牧組 | 40449.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40449.74 | 36670.99 |
| Teaching 教導部 | 122.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 122.00 | 58.46 |
| Outreach傳道部 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 213.68 |
| Auxiliary 事務部 | 3618.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3618.23 | 865.89 |
| Administration文書部 | 645.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 645.11 | 806.88 |
| Missionary 差傳 | 7480.00 | 2000.00 | 0.00 | 9480.00 | 7450.00 |
| Theological students fund神學生基金 | 1100.00 | 1500.00 | 0.00 | 2600.00 | 3100.00 |
| Sponsor a child資助一貧窮小孩籌款 | 243.60 | 40.00 | 0.00 | 283.60 | 293.00 |
| Sub total | 53658.68 | 3540.00 | 0.00 | 57198.68 | 49458.90 |
| 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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| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 53658.68 | 3540.00 | 0.00 | 57198.68 | 49458.90 | |
| 23130.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23130.56 | 21486.41 | |
| -303.04 | 303.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 176774.08 | 1534.70 | 0.00 | 178308.78 | 156822.37 | |
| 199601.60 | 1837.74 | 0.00 | 201439.34 | 178308.78 |
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | 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 B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds |
Details | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 199601.60 | 1837.74 | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Total cash funds |
199601.60 | 1837.74 | 0.00 | |
| Details (agree balances with receipts and payments |
OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
OK Restricted funds to nearest £ |
OK Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| Tax rebate | 2319.38 | 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 equipment | unrestricted | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Audio equipment | unrestricted | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Bibles & books | unrestricted | 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 | Name | Date of approval |
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| Felix Or | Felix Or | 6th June 2024 |
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