2023-03-31-accounts

UK Ambassadors for Christ Ltd

Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023

Period: 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

1 Basic information regarding the charity

1.1 Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers

• Charity name: UK Ambassadors for Christ Ltd

• Charity registration number: 1190178

• The company registration number: 11270775

• The official address: Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry, CV12NT

• The names of Trustees:

Kwok Choi NG (Treasurer)

Dakun WANG,

Yong Wang DENG

Junlong ZHANG (ex officio trustee)

1.2 Structure, governance and management

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 22 March 2018 and registered as a charity on 30 June 2020. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.

Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association the members of the trustee are elected to serve for a period of three

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years after which they must be re-elected at the next Annual General Meeting. All member of the Management Committee give their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the charity.

• The structure of the charity is shown below:

• Full time staff: the Managing Director, Junlong Zhang . He is responsible for running the charity on a daily basis. Mr Lei Zhang , Campus Ministry Coordinator, who works in Cardiff Chinese Christian Church, responsible for coordination of campus ministry activities; Natalie Shing Kan Yong , who works at Birmingham Chinese Methodist Church, help with Campus ministry

• Part time staff: Pastor Chi Man Lau , works at Camberley, is working in Discipleship training for Cantonese speaking congregation; Pastor Chee Horng Chang , works in a student bible study group, Leeds Chinese Alliance Church.

• Administration staff: Mrs Helen Yun Chen (Leeds), works as the cashier. Mrs Liu Shui a part-time administrative assistant, is assisting daily works and meeting, Mr Yuliang Wen & Junliang Chen are volunteers, assisting with IT and websites maintenance.

• Voluntary campus workers: Mrs Lin Hong (Southampton), Yuliang Weng & Jingjing He (Sheffield); Chunli Wang (Coventry); Chongsheng Duan (Southampton); Xing Zhang (Cardiff) ; Helen Yun Chen (Leeds).

• The board of trustee will sit annually, to make decisions on important matters. Currently, the other positions, including Directors for Campus Ministry, Mission Conference, Training Ministry

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and Administration are vacant. We will need to identify suitable candidates to fill these positions in due course.

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2 Objective and activities

2.1 Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE UNITED KINGKOM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, SHORT STAY RETREATS, PASTORAL CARE AND CARRYING OUT OUTREACH WORK IN THE COMMUNITY

2.2 Main Activities and Achievements

Ministry report for UK Ambassadors for Christ Ltd for AGM 2023

（for period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023） Briefly, the main activities can be summarized as below:

1. Campus ministry

• Workshops on how to face the challenges in UK Campus ministries : Two workshops have been undertaken in 2022, one was taken place physically in Coventry on the 25 Jun for one day and the second one taken place on the 5 Nov online. The videos for the two workshops are available online on the website. The online workshop was well received with about 40 participants. Leaders from 7 churches were invited to share their local campus ministries and Paul Zhang shared UKAFC campus ministry strategies.

• Students’ bible studies/fellowships . UK AFC staff have served in several university fellowships in leading bible studies, training students, providing pastoral care for students etc. The fellowships are located in Cardiff, Southampton, Birmingham, Coventry, and Leeds.

2. Mission Conference Ministry. A planning committee has been formed for the preparation of Chinese Mission Conference UK 2024. This is an event occurs once in every three years. The venue has been booked in Hayes Conference Centre, to be taken place on 1 April to 4 April 2024.

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• The theme for the conference has been determined, and three theme speakers confirmed.

• The Adults Program for Chinese and Cantonese speaking congregation have been formed.

• Formed the committee for youth program have been formed.

3. Training Ministry

• Discipleship training : A total of 86 new people registered Life influencing life discipleship training during 1 April 2022-31 March 2023. Actual number of people attended the training was over 100 persons, as not all people have registered on our websites. They come from Sheffield, Birmingham, Southampton, London, Derby, Manchester, Lancaster, Reading etc. A total of 435 people registered since the start of the discipleship training by 31 March 2023.

• Guided Bible reading , started in Jan 2023, to promote reading the whole bible within one year, have 36 members.

• Bible copying competition, started in Jan 2023, aiming to copy manually the whole bible from A to Z, has over 70 members in the group. One person has completed copying the whole bible in less than 100 days. A second person has completed copying the whole Old Testament.

• Sunday school teachers training. Pastor Sunny Kao from Dallas Chinese Fellowship Church was invited to deliver this training course, which contained 6 sessions of two hour courses. There were 66 students from 17 churches participated the six weeks training. The participants commented that the course was very helpful.

• Preaching in different churches to share Christian messages to Congregations of Mandarin, Cantonese and English. We have now five preachers being frequently invited to preach in various churches on Sunday or during special events. These preachers include Paul Junlong Zhang, Lei Zhang, Natalie Shing Kan Yong, Pastor Chi Man Lau & Chee Horng Chang.

5. Declaration

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

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Kwok Choi Ng

Chair

21 Nov 2023

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Charity No. : 1190178

UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd

UKAFC 2022/23 Finance Statement	UKAFC 2022/23 Finance Statement	UKAFC 2022/23 Finance Statement	UKAFC 2022/23 Finance Statement	UKAFC 2022/23 Finance Statement
Income and Expenditure Report (April 2022-March 2023)
			2022/23	2021/22
Income		Note	£	£
Donation		1	41,222	84,602
Gift Aid Credit			1,694	9,440
Partnership Grants			9,384
Receipt Total			52,301	94,042
Expenses
Salary		2	61,571	37,204
Employer: NIC and Pension			1,574	1,407
Travel and subsistence			861	652
Office Administration			568	1,144
Sponsorship		3	7,091	5,936
Hospitality			288	317
Retreat cost			450	99
Gifts and Compassion Care		4	4,300	-
Bank charges			96	-
Activities/Events			200	38
Expenditure Total			76,999	46,797
Expenditure over Income (Deficit)			- 24,698	47,245

UKAFC Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023	UKAFC Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023	UKAFC Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023	UKAFC Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023
		2022/23	2021/22
Assets		£	£
Bank		51,074	72,431
Account Receivable		13,450	9,174
Less : Account Payable		7,617
Net Assets		56,907	81,605
Funded By
Funding b/d		81,605	34,360
Current Year Surplus / (Deficit)		24,698 -	47,245
		56,907 81,605

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees The trustees declare that they have approved the financial statement above.

_________ Kwok Choi Ng Chair

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Income and Expenditure Report (April 2022-March 2023)

Note: 1 Donation Donation - Oversea Gift Aid Credit Partnership Grants Self raising fund 2 Salaries Basic salary (3 full time) Basic salary (2 part time) 3 Sponsorship Missionary - Mr Chang Missionary - Mr Tang Visa and admin fee 4 Gifts and Compassion Care Gift for the Missionaries and volunteers	2022/23	2021/22
	26,815 69,650 9,000 14,952 1,694 9,440 9,384 5,407
	52,301 94,042
	55,971 £ 33,204 £ 5,600 £ 4,000 £
	61,571 37,204
	3,600 2,700 2,100 2,700 1,391 536
	7,091 5,936
	4,300 -

UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd

Charity No. 1190178

Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:

• the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial

• • and with*  Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014

• the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom

• • and with*  and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)

• and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.*

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1.2 there is no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern,

• 1.3 The accounts present a true and fair view and there is no change of accounting policy

1.4 There is no changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP).

1.5 There is no material prior year errors have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP).

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UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd

Charity No. 1190178

Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 2 Accounting policies 2.2 INCOME

This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those ticked "No" or "N/a". Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.

Recognition of income Income from membership subscriptions Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in Donations and Legacies. Membership subscriptions which gives a member the right to buy services or other benefits are recognised as income earned from the provision of goods and services as income from charitable activities. Settlement of insurance claims Insurance claims are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP) and are included as an item of other income in the SoFA. Investment gains and losses This includes any realised or unrealised gains or losses on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year. Support costs The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs. Volunteer help The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report. Income from interest, royalties and dividends This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable can be measured reliably. Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as income from donations when receivable. Donated services and facilities Donated services and facilities are included in the SOFA when received at the value of the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably. Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as income with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in the SOFA. The cost of any stock of goods donated for distribution to beneficiaries is deemed to be the fair value of those gifts at the time of their receipt and they are recognised on receipt. In the reporting period in which the stocks are distributed, they are recognised as an expense at the carrying amount of the stocks at distribution. g g expected proceeds from sale less the expected costs of sale, and recognised in 'Income from other trading activities' with the corresponding stock recognised in the balance sheet. On its sale the value of stock is charged against 'Income from other trading activities' and Goods donated for on-going use by the charity are recognised as tangible fixed assets and included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable. Tax reclaims on donations and gifts Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the donor. Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise. Contractual income and performance related grants This is only included in the SoFA once the charity has provided the related goods or services or met the performance related conditions. Donated goods Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be exchanged) unless impractical to do so. In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the extent that the charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to the grant only occurs when the performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102 SORP). Legacies Legacies are included in the SOFA when receipt is probable, that is, when there has been grant of probate, the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in the estate and any conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the charity or have been met. Government grants The charity has received government grants in the reporting period · it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources; and • the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. Offsetting There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless required or permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102. Grants and donations Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP). These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when: • the charity becomes entitled to the resources;	Yes No N/a	Yes No N/a	Yes No N/a
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2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES

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UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd

Charity No. 1190178

2.4 ASSETS Intangible fixed assets Heritage assets POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE Debtors Current asset investments Stocks and work in progress Investments Basic financial instruments Tangible fixed assets for use by charity Deferred income Creditors Provisions for liabilities Grants with performance conditions Grants payable without performance conditions Redundancy cost Liability recognition Governance and support costs	They are valued at fair value except where they qualify as basic financial instruments. Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received. The charity has has investments which it holds for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a maturity date less than one year. These include cash on deposit and cash equivalents with a maturity date of less than one year held for investment purposes rather than to meet short term cash commitments as they fall due. Investments held for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a maturity date of less than 1 year are treated as current asset investments Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower or cost or net realisable value. Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net realisable value based on the service potential provided by items of stock. Work in progress is valued at cost less any foreseeable loss that is likely to occur on the contract. The charity has intangible fixed assets, that is, non-monetary assets that do not have physical substance but are identifiable and are controlled by the charity through custody or legal rights. The amortisation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 9.5 They are valued at cost. The charity has heritage assets, that is, non-monetary assets with historic, artistic, scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held and maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture. The depreciation rates and methods used as disclosed in note 9.6.1.4. They are valued at cost. Fixed asset investments in quoted shares, traded bonds and similar investments are valued at initially at cost and subsequently at fair value (their market value) at the year end. The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment. The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per paragraph 10.7 FRS102 SORP. Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17 to 11.19, FRS102 SORP. These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least They are valued at cost. The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 9.2. No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts. The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output. Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be recognised. The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty. Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support. Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.	Yes No N/a	Yes No N/a	Yes No N/a
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Charity LAk RMBRSSAWPS FOR CHRLsr LTD On accounls for the year ended AfE 2022- MBR 2023 Charlty no {if any) 1190118 Set out on page$ fo the p8yè numt*rs ol addl1￿n01 Aheèt51 I report to the trustees on my examinati1￿ of the accounts of the above arity {Ihe Trusn for the year ended 31 03 20 Responslbllltle8 and basls of report As the charitys trustses, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe kn￿). I report In respect of my examinats'on of the Tnjst's accounts carried out under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Diréctions given by thè Charity Commission under sectlon 145{5)(b) of tha Act. Independent examlnerfs statement app1w￿. Delele l ] ifnot applicable. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material mallers have come lo my atten1k￿ In connection with the examination letherth dIse1￿.} vthich grves me cause lo believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Acl,. or the accounts did not arAxsrd with the accounting records. or the accounts did not comply wth the applicable requirements conceming the fom and content of accounts set oul Sn the CharStSes (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2(h)8 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'lrue and fairf view vthich is not a matter considered 8s part of an independenl examin81ion. I have no cx)ncems and have come a¢X)5s no other matters in connection vAth the examinats'on lo vthich attention should be dra1th￿ in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not 8ppty. Signed: Sii fiTr8 Pi"n? puJ6 Plk16 SIL Date: 10 10. 2025 Name: Relevant professlonal quallflcatlon(s) or body IER Ocl 2018

(rf any): J/A Address: SL Tx Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs lo h￿hlIght material matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charrty ac(x)unts'. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brfef datalls of any itèms that the examiner wlshes to dlsclose. /9 IER Oet 2018