THE CHINESE OVERSEAS CHRISTIAN MISSION

Registered charity 1135892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity continues the work of the predecessor trust, for the advancement of the Christian gospel primarily among overseas Chinese people.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an annual surplus of £142,752 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total incoming resources of £2,950,056. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £5,721,356, of which £3,663,947 is represented by illiquid freehold properties, leaving £1,757,806 in liquid cash reserves. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate funds to cover ongoing operations and does not require debt finance to maintain liquidity.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Michael J Emery & Co Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £356k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Yeng Shiong Angchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Keith Lau
• Wesley Wai Lai

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

Operates in: France · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHINESE CHURCH IN LONDON.

• CHINESE CHURCH IN LONDON income £2.2m
• LEEDS CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £308k
• CHINESE CHURCH SUPPORT MINISTRIES income £177k
• READING CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £160k
• THE OXFORD CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £186k
• CHINESE ALLIANCE CHURCHES UNION (UK) income £847k

Side by side with its peers

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