CHINESE ALLIANCE CHURCHES UNION (UK) — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 20 June 2002
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 04247363
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £846,762
Latest expenditure: £775,649
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Manchester Alliance Church, Unit 9, The Quadrangle, Hulme Street, Manchester, M1 5GL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.CACUUK.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Chinese Alliance Churches Union (UK) seeks to be an indigenous federation of Chinese evangelical churches according to the tradition of Christian And Mission Alliance, whose purposes are to proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, to assist the advance of His church in the United Kingdom, and to promote a missionary base for national and world-wide evangelization in affiliation with the AWF.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 28 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £846,762
Total Gross Expenditure: £775,649

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 8 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 8 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £918,310
Total Gross Expenditure: £700,762

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 15 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 15 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £793,754
Total Gross Expenditure: £601,153

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 19 September 2023
Date Accounts Received: 19 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £715,955
Total Gross Expenditure: £880,718

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 13 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 13 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £596,884
Total Gross Expenditure: £584,258

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £846,762
Total Gross Expenditure: £775,649
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 200

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 8 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £918,310
Total Gross Expenditure: £700,762
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 200

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 15 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £793,754
Total Gross Expenditure: £601,153
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 19 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £715,955
Total Gross Expenditure: £880,718
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 13 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £596,884
Total Gross Expenditure: £584,258
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 August 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 624089
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 2017
Income Other: 220656
Income Total Income And Endowments: 846762
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £772,380
Expenditure Other: 3269
Expenditure Total: 775649
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 627
Expenditure Support Costs: 29405
Expenditure Depreciation: 3098
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £65,417
Assets Total Fixed: 108425
Assets Own Use: 108425
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £681,465
Assets Total Liabilities: £47,525
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £742,365
Creditors One Year Total Current: 22911
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 24614
Assets Cash: £632,886
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 663808
Funds Restricted: 78557
Funds Total: 742365
Count Employees: 19
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 8 September 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 701860
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 2272
Income Other: 214178
Income Total Income And Endowments: 918310
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £698,891
Expenditure Other: 1871
Expenditure Total: 700762
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 629
Expenditure Support Costs: 27001
Expenditure Depreciation: 3098
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £63,223
Assets Total Fixed: 111522
Assets Own Use: 111522
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £609,728
Assets Total Liabilities: £49,998
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £671,252
Creditors One Year Total Current: 20677
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 29321
Assets Cash: £534,846
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 584760
Funds Restricted: 86492
Funds Total: 671252
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 15 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 604104
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 1424
Income Other: 188226
Income Total Income And Endowments: 793754
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £599,108
Expenditure Other: 2045
Expenditure Total: 601153
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 588
Expenditure Support Costs: 23187
Expenditure Depreciation: 3098
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 114620
Assets Own Use: 114620
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £381,456
Assets Total Liabilities: £42,372
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £453,704
Creditors One Year Total Current: 8057
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 34315
Assets Cash: £380,404
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 375338
Funds Restricted: 78366
Funds Total: 453704
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 19 September 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 371153
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 144
Income Other: 344658
Income Total Income And Endowments: 715955
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £878,649
Expenditure Other: 2069
Expenditure Total: 880718
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 720
Expenditure Support Costs: 21329
Expenditure Depreciation: 3098
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 117717
Assets Own Use: 117717
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £191,548
Assets Total Liabilities: £48,162
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £261,103
Creditors One Year Total Current: 9955
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 38207
Assets Cash: £183,761
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 199038
Funds Restricted: 62065
Funds Total: 261103
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 13 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 385889
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 15
Income Other: 210980
Income Total Income And Endowments: 596884
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £582,626
Expenditure Other: 1632
Expenditure Total: 584258
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 500
Expenditure Support Costs: 20546
Expenditure Depreciation: 7950
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 319744
Assets Own Use: 319744
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £261,157
Assets Total Liabilities: £155,035
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £425,866
Creditors One Year Total Current: 22105
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 132930
Assets Cash: £257,868
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 198290
Funds Restricted: 227576
Funds Total: 425866
Count Employees: 16
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: CHINESE ALLIANCE CHURCHES UNION (UK)
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2002-06-20T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 JULY 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26 APRIL 2002 AND 30 MAY 2005 as amended on 13 Feb 2021 as amended on 13 Feb 2021 as amended on 16 Mar 2021
Charitable Objects: 4. The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to: 4.1 promoting the Christian Faith in all parts of the world in accordance with the Doctrinal Statement set out in Appendix 1, including (but not limited to) by all or any of the following means: (a) The proclamation of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to people of all nations, and in particular (but not exclusively) those who speak Mandarin and/or Cantonese, and the discipleship of all those who become Christians through receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord so that they may grow in spiritual maturity and understanding. ?(b) Fostering the growth of church as an indigenous body of Christ. (c) The education and training of Christians for the ministries of the Church both at home and overseas and the encouragement of Christians to become established as active members of their local churches.(d) Facilitating evangelism and Christian training in Churches and organisations that agree with the Doctrinal Statement (as set out in Appendix 1) and conduct their affairs consistently with it.(e) The establishment and encouragement of churches related in fellowship with the Union around the world who share the purposes of the Union in the proclamation of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.4.2 letting out the Union's facilities for educational and other charitable activities which are compatible with promoting the Christian Faith in accordance with the Doctrinal Statement.Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries