The Chinese Overseas Christian Mission

Registered charity 1135892 Registered since 2010

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, France

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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.

3 trustees on the board

Dr Yeng Shiong Ang Chair since 2025
Keith Lau since 2025
Wesley Wai Lai since 2018

3.3y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Wesley Wai Lai since 2018

6.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Keith Lau since 2025
Wesley Wai Lai since 2018

Portfolio (1)

Dr Yeng Shiong Ang Chair since 2025

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 3Religious Activities 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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 4Professional services 1Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£3.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.2 in 2020

68 from 35 in 2020

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Manchester Chinese Christian Church 1 shared trustee
H20 Help to Orphans 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Azhar Academy Similar size; both Religion
The Joseph Rank Trust Similar size; both Religion
Friends International Ministries Similar size; both Religion
ST Paul's Theological Centre Similar size; both Religion

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.cocm.org.uk
Email	cocm@cocm.org.uk
Phone	01908234100
Address	Chinese Overseas Christian Mission, 2 Padstow Avenue, Fishermead, Milton Keynes, MK6 2ES

Finances

£2,950,056 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£1,235,630	£1,239,562
2021	£1,656,224	£1,366,342
2022	£2,052,324	£1,917,712
2023	£2,742,763	£2,527,805
2024	£2,950,056	£2,807,304

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES SET OUT INARTICLES 16, THE OBJECTS ARE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO TEACHTHE DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO PEOPLEOF CHINESE RACE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTRIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 DECEMBER 2009

Trustees (3)

3trustees

59median age

0aged 70+

Dr Yeng Shiong Angage band 55-59 Chair since 2025
Keith Lauage band 65-69 since 2025
Wesley Wai Laiage band 45-49 since 2018

Linked company (Companies House)

The Chinese Overseas Christian Mission · 07106567 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/12/2009

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

H20 Help to Orphans 1 shared trustee
The Manchester Chinese Christian Church 1 shared trustee

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