LIVERPOOL CHINESE GOSPEL CHURCH

Registered charity 1179991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity under the delegated supervision of the five committees organise and run regular (weekly) church services in Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and English and an assortment of other largely Christian ministry activities that include meetings during the week for a variety of age, gender, language and training groups.

Objects

2.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN LIVERPOOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL BASIS HEREAFTER STATED.2.2 TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP, POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN LIVERPOOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.2.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN LIVERPOOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.2.4 TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 small deficit of £691 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. However, the trustees report that unrestricted free reserves stood at £289,537, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of £79,270 required for three months' running costs and redundancy provision.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £100k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr MAW JOO TAN
• Hoi Ming Ho
• Oon Jiew Lim
• TOMMY HO YIN KWAN

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

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