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Registered charity · Oxford

Friends of the Church in China

Friends of the Church in China is a registered charity (number 1004221) based in Oxford, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Kerry Scott Houston since 2025. Latest income £8k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £8k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, China, Ireland, Scotland
Website
www.thefcc.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1991

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8k£8k
  • 2024£51k£12k
  • 2023£11k£18k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£27k
  • 2021£16k£10k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BY PROVIDING A MEANS OF FRIENDSHIP INFORMATION MUTUAL ENCOURAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CHRISTIANS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND CHRISTIANS BOTH PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

5.4y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Religious Activities 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1004221
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 21ST NOVEMBER 1987, AS AMENDED 10TH NOVEMBER 1990, 14TH NOVEMBER 1992, 2 NOVEMBER 1996, 14 NOVEMBER 1998 AND 20 NOVEMBER 1999 AND 15 NOVEMBER 2003
Contact on the register
+44 7810585450 · FriendsChuChina@aol.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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