LEEDS CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Registered charity 1174012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is a Christian Church mainly (not exclusively) focus on the Chinese population in West Yorkshire; both local residents and overseas students. The church also runs a Chinese school on every Saturday during school teams teaching Chinese to the local born Chinese. Pastors of the church are also heavily involved in the universities and hospital chaplaincies.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PRIMARILY FOR ALL CHINESE CHRISTIANS REGARDLES OF DENOMINATIONAL DIFFERENCES;2. TO WITNESS JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOUR AND LORD, AND TO SEEK TO LEAD PRIMARILY THE CHINESE TO A PERSONAL FAITH IN HIM;3. TO PROMOTE EARNEST CHRISTIAN LIVING AMONG THEIR MEMBERS AND TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF THEM IN SERVING THE LORD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£308k

Latest spending

£226k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £2,294,776 to £2,376,632 during the year, reflecting a net income of £81,856. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £195,448, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £40,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £195k)

“The Charity holds £40,000 of unrestricted funds in reserve. This money would allow the Charity to provide a service for a period of three months if other funds were not available.” — page 4

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £330k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income

£638k

Total spending

£200k

Cost of raising funds

£168k

Reserves (reported)

£25k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 26.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DR FAI BIU MOK
Daniel Yangfan Zhou
Elizabeth See Wai Chan
James Cheuk Lun Fung
KIM WA CHIU
KIM YAP FOON CHAN
Kwai King Lee
Lanpeng Ji
ROBERT JORDAN
Rebecca Cheung
SUI ON LEE JOE
Vincent Kah Hume Wong

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£308k	£226k
31/12/2024	£370k	£226k
31/12/2023	£638k	£200k
31/12/2022	£466k	£175k
31/12/2021	£314k	£161k

Common questions

Is LEEDS CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased from £2,294,776 to £2,376,632 during the year, reflecting a net income of £81,856. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £195,448, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £40,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHINESE CHURCH IN LONDON	1	£37k
OAKHALL CHURCH, CATERHAM	1	£5k

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 £186k
SHEFFIELD CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £239k
READING CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £160k
LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £106k
CHINESE CHURCH IN LONDON income £2.2m
CHINESE CHURCH SUPPORT MINISTRIES income £177k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LEEDS CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH	£308k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE OXFORD CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2024	£186k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SHEFFIELD CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2024	£239k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
READING CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2025	£160k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LUTON CHINESE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FY2025	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHINESE CHURCH IN LONDON FY2025	£2.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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