JAPAN CHRISTIAN LINK — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 26 November 2015
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £528,269
Latest expenditure: £468,976
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: JAPAN CHRISTIAN LINK, PO BOX 68, SEVENOAKS, TN13 2ZY

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

To help make a significant difference in the progress of the gospel among the Japanese people over the first half of this century.We do this through educating, encouraging and equipping the Body of Christ so that more and more the good news of Jesus Christ is proclaimed clearly, and disciples of Jesus Christ multiplied among the Japanese people, for his glory. (Matthew 28:19-20)

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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 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £528,269
Total Gross Expenditure: £468,976

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: 1 August 2025
Date Accounts Received: 1 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £559,136
Total Gross Expenditure: £629,900

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: 22 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 22 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £623,002
Total Gross Expenditure: £626,886

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: 13 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 13 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £665,484
Total Gross Expenditure: £620,395

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: 11 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 11 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £736,138
Total Gross Expenditure: £489,879

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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 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £528,269
Total Gross Expenditure: £468,976
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: 4

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: 1 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £559,136
Total Gross Expenditure: £629,900
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: 7

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: 22 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £623,002
Total Gross Expenditure: £626,886
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: 7

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: 13 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £665,484
Total Gross Expenditure: £620,395
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: 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: 10

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: 11 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £736,138
Total Gross Expenditure: £489,879
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: 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: 15

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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 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 515273
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 10075
Income Investments: 2921
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 528269
Income Legacies: 36070
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £468,976
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 468976
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 1431
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: -12688
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £392,961
Assets Total Fixed: 438732
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 438732
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £254,696
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,750
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £691,678
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1750
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £251,805
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 392961
Funds Restricted: 298717
Funds Total: 691678
Count Employees: 2
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: 1 August 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 552256
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 3475
Income Investments: 3405
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 559136
Income Legacies: 16977
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £629,900
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 629900
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 92077
Expenditure Governance: 2062
Expenditure Support Costs: 87676
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 9380
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £184,727
Assets Total Fixed: 456230
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 456230
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £189,781
Assets Total Liabilities: £938
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £645,073
Creditors One Year Total Current: 938
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £185,656
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 416727
Funds Restricted: 228346
Funds Total: 645073
Count Employees: 3
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: 22 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 613344
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 6053
Income Investments: 3605
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 623002
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £626,886
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 626886
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 146754
Expenditure Governance: 1053
Expenditure Support Costs: 81412
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 22851
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £421,064
Assets Total Fixed: 451826
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 451826
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £257,686
Assets Total Liabilities: £3,055
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £706,457
Creditors One Year Total Current: 3055
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £249,076
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 421064
Funds Restricted: 285393
Funds Total: 706457
Count Employees: 2
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: 13 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 658821
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 6282
Income Investments: 381
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 665484
Income Legacies: 39434
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £620,395
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 620395
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 1251
Expenditure Support Costs: 76419
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: -27728
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £417,314
Assets Total Fixed: 428928
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 428928
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £263,102
Assets Total Liabilities: £4,540
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £687,490
Creditors One Year Total Current: 4540
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £260,380
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 417314
Funds Restricted: 270176
Funds Total: 687490
Count Employees: 3
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: 11 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 710312
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 4694
Income Investments: 21132
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 736138
Income Legacies: 45944
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £489,879
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 489879
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 803
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 4369
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £425,548
Assets Total Fixed: 412504
Assets Own Use: 125184
Assets Long Term Investment: 287320
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £259,577
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,952
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £670,129
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1952
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £257,572
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 425548
Funds Restricted: 244581
Funds Total: 670129
Count Employees: 3
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

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Japan
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Australia
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Oceania
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: United States
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: North America
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Germany
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

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

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

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: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: JAPAN CHRISTIAN LINK
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2015-11-26T00:00:00

Charity Name: JAPAN CHRISTIAN LINK
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2016-02-09T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (s.74)
Assoc Organisation Number: 213834
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 213834
Assoc Charity Name: JAPAN CHRISTIAN LINK

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - Foundation Registered 26 Nov 2015
Charitable Objects: THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO GLORIFY GOD THROUGH THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL AND OTHER SUCH ENDEAVOURS THAT LEAD TO DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST BEING MULTIPLIED AMONG JAPANESE, WHEREVER THEY MAY BE IN THE WORLD. TO BE ACHIEVED BOTH DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CIO'S OWN ACTIVITIES AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION WITH OTHER CHRISTIAN INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES OR ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR OR COMPATIBLE AIMS.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 567340
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: JCL

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures