LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Registered charity 1123218 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Weekly Sunday worship conducted in Cantonese, Mandarin and English; Sunday school for children and youths; preaching and sermons; house groups; home visits; outreach; fellowships; bible studies and prayer meetings; training and supporting of Theological students. Also, we provide care for those who need it.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WITH THE CHURCH'S BELIEFS AS SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF FAITH IN ARTICLE 2.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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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Registered contact address: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£71k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £267,615.14 at the end of the period, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the charity held a net surplus of £34,671.67 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ expenditure (reserves figure: £268k)

“the equivalent of six months’ expenditure is an appropriate amount to be held in reserve for our church.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 35

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 30

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

FELIX PING FAI OR
Hon Man Kwok
King Tin Leung
Mei Wah Irene Chan
Siu Wo Yiu
WAI KWAN SHING
WAI YAN MAK
Wing Suen Leung
XING MEI HO
YUAN HONG PAL

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£106k	£71k
31/12/2024	£106k	£71k
31/12/2023	£80k	£57k
31/12/2022	£71k	£49k
31/12/2021	£50k	£47k

Common questions

Is LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £267,615.14 at the end of the period, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the charity held a net surplus of £34,671.67 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OXFORD CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

THE OXFORD CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £181k
READING CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £160k
CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £61k
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £205k
LONDON CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH income £223k
CARLTON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £829k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE OXFORD CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2025	£181k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
READING CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2025	£160k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CALVARY CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2025	£61k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2025	£205k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£223k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.