Trustees, Annual Re ort for the eriod 16 Januan, 2023- 31 .Mareh 2024 Reference and Administration Details Charity name: Stoke-on-Trent Chinese Christian Church (SCCC) Registered charity number: 1201589 Charity's principal address: 40 Fair-Green Road. Baldwins Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme. ST5 5LS. Charity trustees: Eric Yiu Wah Lee (Chainnan) So Ling Ronnie Ng (Treasurer) Rebecca Bik-Kay Lee Structure, Governance and Management The charity is governed by its Conslitution of a Charitable Incotporated Organisation. The trustee selection is based on the individual being a committed Christian with the skills, knowledge and experience to administer the church effectively. Every trustee is appointed by a re501ution passed in a rneeling of the charity trustees. Objectives and Activities We aim to advance the Christian faith and to advance education of the Christian faith as set out in the Constitutio In planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Commission's guidance on public benefit. We conduct regular Sunday 'OrShIp and prayer tneetings; preaching the way Christians should live through biblical teaching: leaming the Gospel; building up their knowledge and trust in God; to enable p¢opl¢ to have an intimate TelationshTrp with God and to live according to the teaching of the Christian faith. Achievements and Performance SCCC are committed to provide a variety of Christian-based services throughout the year and by participation our Communiiy find them spiritually beneficial and enlightening. Our regular Sunday services welcome all to attend. During these services, the participants can draw close to the IA)rd through singspiration. prayer and listen to the sern]ons which give them direction and meaning of life to ¢nable them to have wisdom and strength to live each day. Our children Sunday school classes offer children aged from 3 to 14 years old to attend. which has attracted aEK*ui 25 children attending regularly throughoui this year. Besides biblical teachings through stories, there are also times for play and singing, handicrafts and drawings for the children to do. which consolidate the teachings made. The Sunda} school teachers trained by the pastor's wife have been gradually iaken up the planning and teaching roles under her supervision. Dtfferent bible study groups are being held each week to meet different needs. such as basic Christianity knowledge. Alpha Course" discipleship training, etc.
Pastoral care is provided to those people in nee such as ernotional health problems, family problems and the old [Ople. An usher team and a singspirdtion leam have been set up to serve rhe Church. Pastors Hon Kwan Chan and Tim Ng have been regularly preaching via Zoom to our church congregation on a monthly basis through out the year. Pastor Hon Kwan Chan and his wife carne to visit our church in early April and he has assisted the church in dealing with a church member s disciplinary matter. This church ember has refused to adhere to the church disciplinary actions and subsequently left the church in her own accord. Outings were made for the families of the church during the year and every participant had thoroughly enjoyed these trips. The places we visited including the Roaches Walk in the Peak District and Casington Water Reservoir. The highlighi of the year was the Winter Camp held at Cefn L£a Park in Wales during the period of 301121202) to l/ll?024 ,]lh 31 people participated. It was considered a memorable and joyful come together evenl. Financial Review At the pr¢sent moment, we do not have a policy on reserv¢s. However, this will be considered in due course by the trustees. To make use of the funds available, the trustees are seeking to purchase a property to be used by a pastor with the aim of developiThg th¢ ministy furth¢r. Volunteers We would like to thank all volunteers m.ho haN'e contributed so much to the day-to- day operation of the church, Mithout hICh the church will find it difficult to achieve its aitns and objectives. Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Sighed on behalf of the charity's trUeeS Signature: Full name.. Eric Yiu Wah Lee So Ling Ronnie Ng Position.. Chairnian Treasurer Date:
| Stoke-on-Trent Chinese Christian Church |
Stoke-on-Trent Chinese Christian Church |
Stoke-on-Trent Chinese Christian Church |
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Period start date 16-Jan-23 |
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| A1 Receipts Donations/Offerings 164,093 - - - - - - - 164,093 - - Sub total - Total receipts 164,093 A3 Payments Rent for the worshipvenue 3,200 Pastor's salary 6,200 Children SundaySchool 266 Special support 400 Miscellaneous 4,496 - - - - Sub total 14,562 - - Sub total - Total payments 14,562 Net of receipts/(payments) 149,531 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end 149,531 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 164,093 - - - - - - - 164,093 - - - 164,093 3,200 6,200 266 400 4,496 - - - - 14,562 - - - 14,562 149,531 - - 149,531 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Details Normal Church Fund Church Property Fund Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ 19,531 130,000 - 149,531 OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
| Signature | Print Name Eric Lee Ronnie Ng |
Date of approval |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner’s Report
Charity Name
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of STOKE-ON-TRENT CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages
31 March 2024
Charity no (if any) 1201589 (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 DD / MM / YYYY 31/03/2024 .
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 (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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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.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed: Date: 27 Jan 2025 Name: Peiying Rifat Relevant professional ACCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 2 Sowerberry Close, Chelmsford CM1 4YB
October 2018
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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 .
October 2018
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