## **UK Ambassadors for Christ Ltd** ## **Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024** **Period: 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024** ## **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 (Chair of Trustee’s board) 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 years after which they must be reelected 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: Page 1 - **Full time staff** : the Managing Director, **Junlong Zhang** . He is responsible for running the charity on a daily basis. Deputy Managing Director, Rev **Joseph Rao** and Pastor **May Chu** , joined in March 2024; **Dr Lei Zhang** , Deputy Director of Campus Ministry, who works in Cardiff Chinese Christian Church, responsible for coordination of campus ministry activities; **Natalie Shing Kan Yong** left UKAFC in Feb 2024 - Part time staff: Pastor **Chi Man Lau** , works at Camberley, is working in Discipleship training for Cantonese speaking congregation, was promoted to Deputy Director of training ministry; **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) **; Xiujuan Wang** (London). - The board of trustee will sit annually, to make decisions on important matters. Page 2 ## **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 2024** （ for period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 ） Briefly, the main activities can be summarized as below: **1. Campus ministry** . 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, London, Birmingham, Coventry, and Leeds. Some achievements include: - Students fellowship in Birmingham and Cardiff have used the Alpha course for sharing the good news. - 3-4 Jun, University Student Fellowship at Birmingham met with the Cardiff University Student Fellowship in Cardiff. - There were over 120 new comers in the welcome meeting at Southampton students’ fellowship in Oct 2023. - A training on “Life-coaching, how to accompany students (Z-Gen)” organised, taken place on 16[th] -18[th] Nov, 2023 _._ 18 persons from different campus fellowship coworkers and leaders, including pastors, attended the camp. Pastor Tsun-En Lu from AFC US delivered the training sessions _._ **2. Mission Conference Ministry.** Chinese Mission Conference UK 2024 was taken place on the 1-4[th] April 2024 at the Hayes Conference Centre. This was a big event occurred once in every three years. Over 300 people from over 50 different churches and organizations across the UK attended the conference. Page 3 ## **3** ． **Short mission activities to promote mission work.** - An one-day meeting organised, taken place on the 22[nd] Jul, with a focus on “how to establish and develop Campus ministry in UK Chinese churches”. Missionary teams from two US Church - Dallas Chinese Fellowship Church (DCFC, Elder Qiu Fang) & Chinese Christian Church of Columbia (CCCC, Pastor Su Kunming & Rev Michael Krigline), and AFC (Pastor Peng Chaoyang & family) attended the meeting and gave talks, and following by 1-2 weeks visitation to a number of churches in the UK. - Organised short mission trips (three days and two nights) in Huaxia, which was well received and had helped the establishment of a student fellowship in the church thereafter. A short mission manual has been compiled and the draft version of the manual has gone several rounds of discussion. **4. Training Ministry:** Discipleship training: A total of 30 new people from different churches registered Life influencing life discipleship training during 1 April 2023-31 March 2024. Actual number of people attended the training was over 50 persons, as not all people have registered on our websites. They came from Coventry, Cardiff, Sheffield, Leeds, Glasgow, Huddersfield, London, etc. A total of 466 people registered since the start of the discipleship training by 31 March 2024. 5. **Preaching** in different churches to share Christian messages to Congregations of Mandarin, Cantonese and English. We have now six preachers being frequently invited by different churches (e.g. Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, Gloucester, Southampton, London) to preach in various churches on Sunday or during special events. These preachers include Paul Junlong Zhang, Rev Joseph Rao & Pastor May Chu, Lei Zhang, Pastor Chi Man Lau & Chee Horng Chang. ## **6. Declaration** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **_________________________________** **Kwok Choi Ng** ## **Chair** ## **26 Dec 2024** Page 4 **UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd[Charity No. : 1190178]** |**UK Ambassadors For**|**UK Ambassadors For**|**Christ Ltd Charity No. : 1190178**|**Christ Ltd Charity No. : 1190178**| |---|---|---|---| |**UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd**||**Charity No: 1190178**|| |**UKAFC 2023/24 Finance Statement**|||| |**Income and Expenditure Report (April 2023-March 2024)**|||| |||**2023/24**|**2022/23**| |**Income**|**Note**|**£**|**£**| |**Donation**|**1**|**43,941**|**41,222**| |**Gift Aid Credit**||**2,997**|**1,694**| |**Oversea Donation**||**44,335**|| |**Partnership Sponsor**||**54,618**|**9,384**| |**Receipt Total**||**145,891**|**52,301**| ||||| |**Expenses**|||| |**Salary**|**2**|**92,371**|**61,571**| |**Employer: NIC and Pension**|**2**|**17,740**|**1,574**| |**Travel and subsistence**||**1,549**|**861**| |**Office Administration**||**548**|**568**| |**Sponsorship**|**3**|**3,300**|**7,091**| |**Hospitality**||**210**|**288**| |**Retreat cost**||**2,400**|**450**| |**Gifts and Compassion Care**||**1,106**|**4,300**| |**Bank charges**||**267**|**96**| |**Activities/Events**||**2,465**|**200**| |**Missionary Sponsor**|**4**|**7,966**|| |**Misc**||**1,860**|| |**Expenditure Total**||**131,781**|**76,999**| ||||| |**Expenditure over Income (Deficit)**||**14,110**|**- 24,698**| ||||| |**UKAFC Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024**|||| |||**2023/24**|**2022/23**| |**Assets**||**£**|**£**| |**Bank**||**56,216**|**51,074**| |**Account Receivable**||**14,801**|**13,450**| Page 3 **UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd[Charity No. : 1190178]** |**Less : Account Payable**||**-**|**7,617**| |---|---|---|---| |**Net Assets**||**71,017**|**56,907**| |**Funded By**|||| |**Funding b/d**||**56,907**|**81,605**| |**Current Year Surplus / (Deficit)**||**14,110**|**24,698**
**-**| |||**71,017**
**56,907**|| **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees The trustees declare that they have approved the financial statement above.** **_________________________________ Kwok Choi Ng Trustee** |**_________________________________**
**Kwok Choi Ng**
**Trustee**||| |---|---|---| |**Note:**
Donation
Donation - Oversea
Gift Aid Credit
Partnership Sponsor
Self raising fund
Salaries include NI and pension
Basic salary (3 full time)
Basic salary (2 part time)
Sponsorship
Missionary - Mr Chang
Missionary - Mr Tang
Visa and admin fee
Missionary Sponsorship / Gift to Voluntees
DVD Sponsor
CML Partnership
SNY Sponsor|**2023/24**|**2022/23**| ||43,941
26,815
44,335
9,000
2,997
1,694

54,618
9,384

5,407|| ||**145,891**
**52,301**|| ||85,971
55,971
6,400
5,600|| ||**92,371**
**61,571**|| ||3,300
3,600

2,100
1,391|| ||**3,300**
**7,091**|| ||1,788
5,378
800
4,300|| ||**7,966**
**4,300**|| Page 3 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.*  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). Page 5 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**
**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.
**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.
**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.
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.
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.
**Support costs**
The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs.
**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.
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.
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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
**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).
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
**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.
These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
• the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
· it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources; and
• the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
**Offsetting**
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N/a||| ||||| **2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES** page 5 UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd Charity No. 1190178 |**2.4 ASSETS**
**Intangible fixed assets**
**Heritage assets**
They are valued at fair value except where they qualify as basic financial instruments.
**Debtors**
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.
**Current asset**
**investments**
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.
They are valued at cost.
**Investments**
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.
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 and work in**
**progress**
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.
**Basic financial**
**instruments**
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.
**Tangible fixed assets**
**for use by charity**
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.
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.
**Grants payable without**
**performance conditions**
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.
**Redundancy cost**
The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period.
**Deferred income**
No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts.
**Creditors**
The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade
discounts
**Provisions for liabilities** 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
**Liability recognition**
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.
**Governance and**
**support costs**
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.
**Grants with**
**performance conditions**
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
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N/a||| ||||| **POLICIES ADOPTED ADDITIONAL TO OR Nil DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ABOVE** page 5 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees** Charity Name UK AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST LTD ||Charity Name
UK AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST LTD||| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|APRIL 2023 – MARCH 2024|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1190178| ||||| ||1-2
(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 **31/03/2024. Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** [ ~~The charity~~ ’ ~~s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to~~ **examiner's statement** ~~undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body~~ ]]. _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable._ I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination ( ~~other than that disclosed below *~~ ) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Date:** 22.11.2024 **Signed: Name:** PING PING SII **Relevant professional** N/A **qualification(s) or body (if any):** 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Address:** 56 The Canter Leeds ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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** . N/A 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**