THE JAPANESE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (UK)

Registered charity 1089193 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JCF

The Japanese Christian Fellowship (JCF) holds weekly services in Japanese in central London, as well as running several bible study groups on weekdays in local areas in London and beyond (e.g. in Reading). We have appointed a full time pastor in August 2024. He offers counselling and direction to Japanese Christians and enquirers. We network with other Japanese churches in the UK and Europe.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN LONDON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSE WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST (B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: LONDON AND OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,651 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £42,415 and expenditure of £38,764. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with sufficient reserves, and net current assets increased to £69,750 from £66,099 in the previous year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Isao Makabe
• Kikusaburo Horinouchi
• Kiyoshi Udagawa
• NOBUHIRO BABA
• REV Ken Cowell
• Satoshi Fukuda
• Takao Ikeya

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Reading · Throughout London

Income and spending

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