UK Ambassadors for Christ Ltd
Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025
Period: 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
1 Basic information regarding the charity
1.1 Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers
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Charity name: UK Ambassadors for Christ Ltd
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Charity registration number: 1190178
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The company registration number: 11270775
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The official address: Union House, 111 New Union Street, Coventry, CV12NT
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The names of Trustees:
Kwok Choi NG (Chair of Trustee’s board)
Lawrence Tien-Chiang Lu
Yong wang Deng
Joseph Yu-An Rao
Dakun WANG
Junlong ZHANG
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 winding up, each member is liable to contribute up to £10.
Under the provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the trustees are elected to serve a three-year term, after which they must be re-elected at the next Annual General Meeting. All members of the Management Committee give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity.
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The structure of the charity is shown below:
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Full time staff : the Managing Director (effective from Jan 2025), Rev Joseph Rao and his assistance Pastor M Chu . They are responsible for running the charity on a daily basis. Dr Lei Zhang , Deputy Director of Campus Ministry, who works in Cardiff Chinese Christian Church, responsible for coordination of campus ministry activities. Dr Junlong Zhang is the secretary of the company.
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Part time staff : Pastor CM Lau , works at Camberley, is working in Discipleship training for Cantonese speaking congregation, was promoted to Deputy Director of training ministry; Pastor CH Chang , works in a student bible study group, Leeds Chinese Alliance Church. Pastor WH Chan (BNO) joined UKAFC from May 2024, as an associated staff. Rev PF Leung joined in Sept 2024. He was also been appointed as the chaplain of the University of Edinburgh, and will develop campus ministries in Edinburgh University.
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Administration staff : Mrs Y Chen (Leeds), works as the cashier. Mrs L Shui a parttime administrative assistant, is assisting daily works and meeting, Mr YL Wen & JL Chen are volunteers, assisting with IT and websites maintenance.
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Voluntary campus workers: Mrs L Hong (Southampton), YL Weng & JL He (Sheffield); C Wang (Coventry); X Zhang (Cardiff); M Zhou , a London School of Theology student, was helping students’ fellowship at Birmingham.
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The board of trustee will sit annually, to make decisions on important matters.
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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 2024/25
（ for period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 ）
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.
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.
3. Bible camp organized in Feb 2025, which had attracted about 80 participants, and about 22 university students responded to the alter call.
4 ． Short mission activities to promote mission work.
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Poland: Led by Pastor CM Lau, 25 people coming from Mandarin, Cantonese and English speaking background. The trip covered 7 days and 6 nights. The ministries included visitation of Refugee centre of Ukraine in Warshaw, orphanage centre, daily devotion, prayers, serving in the Ukraine mission conference etc.
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University Campus short mission: Led by Rev Rao & Chu, 14 brothers and sisters, including 3 from USA joined the mission team. The team visited universities in Coventry, Birmingham and London in Sept 2024
5. Training Ministry: Discipleship training: A total of 16 new people from different churches registered Life influencing life discipleship training during 1 April 2024-31 March 2025. However, not all who have attended the training course were registered on UKAFC websites.
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Among those, about 30 Cantonese speaking brothers and sisters attended the training course were not registered. A total of 484 people registered since the start of the discipleship training by 31 March 2025.
- Preaching in different churches to share Christian messages to Congregations of Mandarin, Cantonese and English. We have now eight preachers being frequently invited by different churches (e.g. Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Reading, Southampton, London) to preach in various churches on Sunday or during special events. These preachers include Paul Junlong Zhang, Rev Joseph Rao & Pastor M Chu, Rev Leung, Pastor WH Chan, L Zhang, Pastor CM Lau & CH Chang.
6. 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
Dec 2025
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UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd Charity No. : 1190178
| UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd | UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd | UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd | Charity No: 1190178 | Charity No: 1190178 |
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| UKAFC 2024/25 Finance Statement | ||||
| Income and Expenditure Report (April 2024-March 2025) | ||||
| 2024/25 | 2023/24 | |||
| Income | Note | £ | £ | |
| Donation | 1 | 146,666 | 88,276 | |
| Gift Aid Credit | 4,157 | 2,997 | ||
| Church Sponsorship | 13,791 | 54,618 | ||
| Events and Activities | 31,587 | |||
| Others | 5,286 | |||
| Loss of Deposit | - 13,450 | |||
| Receipt Total | 188,037 | 145,891 | ||
| Expenses | ||||
| Salary | 2 | 148,527 | 92,371 | |
| Employer: NIC and Pension | 16,644 | 17,740 | ||
| Travel and subsistence | 2,524 | 1,549 | ||
| Office Administration | 1,009 | 548 | ||
| Sponsorship | 3 | 3,900 | 3,300 | |
| Hospitality | 122 | 210 | ||
| Retreat cost | - | 2,400 | ||
| Gifts and Compassion Care | 763 | 1,106 | ||
| Bank charges | 149 | 267 | ||
| Activities/Events | 4 | 29,811 | 2,465 | |
| Missionary Sponsor | 5 | 14,141 | 7,966 | |
| Misc | 8,066 | 1,860 | ||
| Expenditure Total | 225,656 | 131,781 | ||
| Expenditure over Income (Deficit) | - 37,619 | 14,110 | ||
| UKAFC Balance Sheet | as at 31 March 2025 | |||
| 2024/25 | 2023/24 | |||
| Assets | £ | £ | ||
| Bank | 33,398 | 56,216 |
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UK Ambassadors For Christ Ltd Charity No. : 1190178
| Account Receivable | - | 14,801 | |
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| Less : Account Payable | - | - | |
| Net Assets | 33,398 | 71,017 | |
| Funded By | |||
| Funding b/d | 71,017 | 56,907 | |
| Current Year Surplus / (Deficit) | - 37,619 | 14,110 | |
| 33,398 71,017 |
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 |
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| Note: Donation Donation - Oversea Gift Aid Credit Partnership Grants / Church sponsorship Others Events and Activities Loss of Depsoit (CMCUK) Salaries include NI and pension Basic salary (4 full time) Basic salary (2 part time) Sponsorship Missionary - Mr Chang Missionary - Mr Tang Visa and admin fee Sponsorship Bible Camp Expenses Poland Mission SMC Expenses SME Trip Gospel Camp Expenses Others |
2024/25 | 2023/24 |
| 146,666 83,671 - 4,605 4,157 2,997 13,791 54,618 5,286 31,587 13,450 - |
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| 188,037 145,891 |
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| 142,127 85,971 6,400 6,400 |
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| 148,527 92,371 |
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| 3,900 3,300 |
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| 3,900 3,300 |
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| 19,337 2,600 3,305 1,298 1,500 1,770 2,465 |
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| 29,811 2,465 |
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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 |
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| On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages |
31 MARCH 2025 | 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 31/03/2025..
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:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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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.
| Signed: Name: |
Sii Ping Ping | 27.11.2025 |
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| PING PING SII |
| Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): |
N/A |
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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 .
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