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Registered charity (CIO) · Sevenoaks

Japan Christian Link

Japan Christian Link is a registered charity (number 1164572) based in Sevenoaks, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Canon IAN Geoffrey Walker since 2015. Latest income £559k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as JCL (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £559k (2024)
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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, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Germany, Japan and more
Website
www.jclglobal.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£559k£630k
  • 2023£623k£627k
  • 2022£665k£620k
Earlier years
  • 2021£736k£490k
  • 2020£372k£350k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

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.

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.

8 trustees on the board

7.1y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 8Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 1The 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.

Manufacturing 2Education 1Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£559k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

3.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 10.4 in 2020

3 from 3 in 2021
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1164572
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 26 Nov 2015
Contact on the register
01732455453 · info@jclglobal.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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