## **Trustees’ Annual Report for The Belonging Christian Church (CIO)** **Reporting Period** : 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 ## **Reference and Administrative Details** - Charity Name: The Belonging Christian Church - Charity Number: 1206709 - Principal Address: United Reformed Church, Baginton Road, Coventry CV3 6FP - Trustees: Ms Suk Chun Yvonne Ho, Mr Jason Zhengchen Peng, Mrs Yuk Fong Cheung ## **Structure, Governance & Management** - Constitution: The Belonging Christian Church is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), governed by its written Constitution dated 26 January 2024. ## **Objectives and Activities** - **Objects** : The objects of the church are to advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the statement of belief contained within Appendix 1 of the Constitution, in particular (but without limitation) for members of the Cantonese speaking community in Coventry, Warwickshire and the surrounding area - **Main Activities** : - Weekly Saturday worship service at 10:30 am, with Sunday School for children and youth groups for teenagers. - Small group fellowships meet on Wednesdays and Thursdays for prayer, Bible study, and support. - Sisters’ Fellowship (first Friday each month, Sept-July), Brothers’ Fellowship (fourth Friday each month, Sept-July). - Four quarterly congregational meetings for governance updates to discuss pastoral care, administration, and ministry plans, with open Q&A for regular participants. - Key events in 2024–25: Church Retreat (May), Trip to York (June), Outdoor Worship (August), Baptisms (August and December), Hongkongers Community Fair (September), Christmas Fellowship (December), Year-end Thanksgiving Service. - Online Bible Classes: 6-session course held September–November 2024. ## **Achievements and Performance** - Nurtured faith and fellowship through expanded worship services and increased participation in discipleship groups. - Facilitated pastoral care and church growth reflected in multiple baptisms and active youth engagement. - Demonstrated outreach and public benefit by hosting community events including a fair targeting Hongkongers, holiday meals, and retreats. - Improved transparency and member engagement via structured quarterly meetings with open Q&A. ## **Financial Review** - Trustees confirm that the church’s income of £51,280 derives principally from member donations and fundraising events; funding allocated to worship operations, fellowship activities, and outreach events. - Financial management follows the charity’s reserves policy, holding sufficient funds to cover ongoing and planned activities. - All significant expenditure decisions are discussed at quarterly meetings for openness. - Surplus funds of £12,276 were generated in the year to 31 March 2025. - Total unrestricted funds as at year end 31 March 2025 were £37,090 which are held in regulated UK bank accounts. ## **Declaration** This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 16 Sep 2025 and signed on their behalf by: Signature: __________________ Full Name: Ms Suk Chun Yvonne Ho Position: Chair Date: 16/09/2025 **The Belonging Christian Church No 1206709 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01/02/2024 31/03/2025 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**51,280**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**51,280**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**51,280**
**18,101**
**7,700**
**6,040**
**5,479**
**322**
**648**
**714**
**-**
**-**
**39,004**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,004**
**12,276**
**-**
**24,814**
**37,090**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**51,280**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**51,280**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**51,280**
**18,101**
**7,700**
**6,040**
**5,479**
**322**
**648**
**714**
**-**
**-**
**39,004**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,004**

**12,276**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**51,280**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**51,280**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**51,280**
**18,101**
**7,700**
**6,040**
**5,479**
**322**
**648**
**714**
**-**
**-**
**39,004**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,004**

**12,276**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |General Income|**51,280**|||||**-**| |||||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**51,280**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |Staff Costs|**18,101**|||||**-**| |Office Rent|**7,700**|||||**-**| |Speakers|**6,040**|||||**-**| |Donations|**5,479**|||||**-**| |Insurance|**322**|||||**-**| |Legal & Professional fees|**648**|||||**-**| |Office costs|**714**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**39,004**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**12,276**|**-**|**-**|
**12,276**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**24,814**|**-**|**-**|**24,814**||**-**| ||**37,090**|**-**|**-**|**37,090**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 19/09/2025 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
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behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
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Bank Accounts
**Details**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
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**Details**|**Unrestricted**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**37,090**
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**-**
**-**
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**37,090**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
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Print Name
Ms Suk Chun Yvonne Ho
Mr Jason Zhengchen Peng|**Endowment**
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approval| |||Ms Suk Chun Yvonne Ho|16/09/2025| |||Mr Jason Zhengchen Peng|16/09/2025| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 19/09/2025 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A** **Independent Examiner’s Report** ## **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name The Belonging Christian Church **On accounts for the year ended** **Set out on pages** 31 March 2025 **Charity no** 1206709 **(if any)** 3,4 (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 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 examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have 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: - 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. - _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed: Date:** 16/09/25 **Name:** Peter Taylor **Address:** 36 Alwyne Grove York YO30 5RT 1 **October 2018** **IER** **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** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**