Japan Christian Link

Registered charity 1164572 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Germany, Japan, United States

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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.

8 trustees on the board

Canon IAN Geoffrey Walker Chair since 2015
Anna Tetsuya since 2024
Dr Jonathan Mark Batchelor since 2015
Dr Mark Henry James since 2020
Mami Meader since 2021
Mark Thomas Crossley since 2020
Miho Walker since 2020
Susan Catherine Burt since 2016

7.1y median 6y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Canon IAN Geoffrey Walker Chair since 2015
Dr Jonathan Mark Batchelor since 2015
Dr Mark Henry James since 2020
Mark Thomas Crossley since 2020
Susan Catherine Burt since 2016

9.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Anna Tetsuya since 2024
Dr Jonathan Mark Batchelor since 2015
Dr Mark Henry James since 2020
Mami Meader since 2021
Mark Thomas Crossley since 2020
Miho Walker since 2020
Susan Catherine Burt since 2016

Portfolio (1)

Canon IAN Geoffrey Walker Chair since 2015

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

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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.

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

Church Burgesses Trust 1 shared trustee
Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
William Ellis Bequest 1 shared trustee
The Hounsfield Pensions Charity 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Vivacity Similar size; both Religion
Intercontinental Church Society Similar size; both Religion

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.jclglobal.org
Email	info@jclglobal.org
Phone	01732455453
Address	JAPAN CHRISTIAN LINK, PO BOX 68, SEVENOAKS, TN13 2ZY

Finances

£559,136 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£371,673	£350,054
2021	£736,138	£489,879
2022	£665,484	£620,395
2023	£623,002	£626,886
2024	£559,136	£629,900

What it does

What

Education/trainingReligious Activities

Who

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 26 Nov 2015

Trustees (8)

8trustees

67median age

0aged 70+

Canon IAN Geoffrey Walkerage band 65-69 Chair since 2015
Anna Tetsuya since 2024
Dr Jonathan Mark Batchelor since 2015
Dr Mark Henry James since 2020
Mami Meader since 2021
Mark Thomas Crossley since 2020
Miho Walker since 2020
Susan Catherine Burt since 2016

Connected charities (4)

Church Burgesses Trust 1 shared trustee
The Hounsfield Pensions Charity 1 shared trustee
Sheffield Diocesan Board of Finance 1 shared trustee
William Ellis Bequest 1 shared trustee

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