2025-09-30-accounts - True Jesus Church (Forest Hill)

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	01	Oct	2024		30	Sept	2025
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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name True Jesus Church (Forest Hill)

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1158740

Charity's principal address 11 David’s Road London Postcode SE23 3EP

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Mr Jonathan Chun BongLi-Parrett	Religious Affairs Officer
Mr Ming-Yi Chien	General Affairs Officer
Ms Shavella Fei PengLoh	Religious Education Officer
Mr Michael J Parrett	Secretary Officer
Ms Sheau-Harn Lin	Financial Affairs Officer
Mr Yoke Fah Chong	Evangelical Planning Officer	Appointed 1stJan 2026
Ms XialingChen	FellowshipOfficer	Appointed 1stJan 2026

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

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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

Trust Deed dated 15/02/2014

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Unincorporated How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Election in accordance with Trust Deed Trustee selection methods

(eg. trust, association, company)
(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document 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)	The objectives of the Church are as follows: •To provide a place of worship for the members of the True Jesus Church in London. •To worship the one true God in accordance with the Old and the New Testaments of the Holy Bible. •To preach the full gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ unto the world. •To prepare for the Lord's second coming.
	These objectives are met through regular meetings for worship where they are preached to the congregation. In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees have considered the charity commission guidance on public benefit. Our main activity is to preach the salvation grace of Christ Jesus, the one True God. The benefit is for those who believe, to gain eternal life in the future. The Church provides a place of worship for the followers and any truth-seeking friends in London. The Church also holds regular services on Saturday for the followers to keep the Sabbath. In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the charity commission relating to public benefit.

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

The objectives of the Church are as follows:
•To provide a place of worship for the members of the True Jesus
Church in London.
•To worship the one true God in accordance with the Old and the
New Testaments of the Holy Bible.
•To preach the full gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ unto the world.
•To prepare for the Lord's second coming.

These objectives are met through regular meetings for worship
where they are preached to the congregation.
In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities,
the trustees have considered the charity commission guidance on
public benefit.
Our main activity is to preach the salvation grace of Christ Jesus,
the one True God.
The benefit is for those who believe, to gain eternal life in the
future.
The Church provides a place of worship for the followers and any
truth-seeking friends in London.
The Church also holds regular services on Saturday for the
followers to keep the Sabbath.
In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have
given due consideration to general guidance published by the
charity commission relating to public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;

The Church Committee operates a policy to contribute a proportion of its income to the UKGA.

The level of contribution is suggested by the UKGA and is currently about 30% of the total general offerings received by the church.

contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

The Church has increased in membership and has generally Summary of the main strengthened the faith of its members in line with the objectives achievements of the charity outlined above and by such activities as fellowships, religious during the year teachings, convocations and publications.

The Church is to undertake further evangelism and spiritual convocations to promote the gospel, actively seeking lost sheep and to encourage members to grow in the stature of Christ in line with our stated objectives.

There are plans to undertake refurbishment works to the external elements of the church building.

Section E Financial review

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The reserves are currently held in cash, which the Church Brief statement of the Committee feels is appropriate given the volatility of the stock charity’s policy on reserves market in recent years. The Church Committee keep this policy under review.

The free reserves are the total unrestricted funds less the designated property funds. The free reserves are -£48,384 at year end. This represents more than 12 months of operational costs. The Church Committee considers this level of reserves to be satisfactory given the necessity to continually maintain the church building.

Details of any funds materially 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);
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.

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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Mr Jonathan Chun Bong Li-Parrett Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Religious Affairs Officer etc) Date 27th July 2026

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of True Jesus Church (Forest Hill)

On accounts for the year 30 Sept 2025 Charity no 1158740 ended (if any) Set out on pages 10-11 (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 30 / 09 / 2025.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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 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:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: Signed: 27 July 2026 Name: Ms Szu Yu Huang Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Flat 1, 114 Canbury Park Road Kingston-Upon-Thames KT2 6JZ

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND ANO WALES True Jesus Church IForest HS111 any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 0111a12024 3010912025 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to th• n•ar•st Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year toth• n•ar•5t£ to th• n•ar•st£ to th• n•ar•st£ toth• n•ar•st£ A1 Recel ts General Offenn RE Bible 3nd n Book S8ks HMRC 25% GrfLAd Sub total(Gr055 income for AR) 55,378 35 23,644 79,022 35B 74,981 311 17,406 17,406 19,813 73,142 23,644 96,786 95,105 A2 Asset and investment sales, seo tabla Sub total 73.142 23.644 96,786 95,105 A3Pa ments Insurance Phone Pastonng, visrting and travel expenses Food RE, library & audio Bible. hytnns church publication Sundry consumables Sundry nonconsumables EPG gospel aet and advertising Water. he31 and light UKGA contribution Donation lo Other Churches Travel expenses Refurbishtnent & maintainance RE ouknrwl act1vrtS Funeral wreath 1,971 167 267 267 1.964 579 1.551 602 579 608 914 909 4.829 11,215 50.000 604 49,367 9.980 105 135.841 600 914 909 4.129 955 474 1.023 21.593 50.000 250 196 so.000 604 49,367 9.9JO 1QS Sub total 135,841 86.657 A4 Asset and Investment urcha5es see table Sub total 135.841 135.841 80.657 Net of receiptsl(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year ond Cash funds this year end 62,699 23,644 39,055 8,448 14,316 48,384 144,644 168,288 160,611 168,959 119,904 TAR 2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted Restricted funds funds to nÈarÈ$t£ to ne8rest£ Endowmenl funds to nearÈst£ CatÈgtsrles DÈtalls B1 Cash funds Coneral 16B2B8 Totsl cash funds 1GB.2B8 lagree balances with relpI$d paymer*8 Unrestricted funds to Treaiesi£ Restricted funds to nearest E Endowment funds to near8$t £ Details --•444 Fund to which asset beknn Details CosiicW)Trall Curwtvalue nal B3 Investment assets Fund to which asset btrknn Details CostlcytsoTrall CUrret value nal B4 Assets retslned for the charity's own use 111- Fund lowhh reIe$ Atn0Utdlle Thal When due Details B5 LIabIlle$ Signed by one or two trustees on half of all the trustees Signature Pnnt Name Date of approval Mr Jonathan Chun Bong Li-Parrett 2Ph Juty 2026 TAR 2025