Registered charity · Norwich
Bowthorpe Road Methodist Church
- 9 trustees
- Income £160k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Chi Wai LaiTrustee · since 2024
- Kai Chiu LiuTrustee · since 2022
- Kit Yee HollandTrustee · since 2026
- Rev Thomas John OsborneTrustee · since 2015
- Xue Qin WangTrustee · since 2026
- Yim Mui Connie ChanTrustee · since 2026
- Yuk Heung LeeTrustee · since 2026
- Yun Tuan LinTrustee · since 2026
- Zoe Lai Chun LamTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Norfolk
- Website
- norwichchinesechurch.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2023
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£160k£171k
- 2024£173k£141k
Income trend, 2024 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PURPOSES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH ARE AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SINCE THE DATE OF UNION THE ADVANCEMENT OF -(A) THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINAL STANDARDS AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH;(B) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY CONNEXIONAL, DISTRICT, CIRCUIT, LOCAL OR OTHER ORGANISATION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH;(C) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY SOCIETY OR INSTITUTION SUBSIDUARY OR ANCILLARY TO THE METHODIST CHURCH;(D) ANY PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING OF ANY CHARITY BEING A CHARITY SUBSIDIARY OR ANCILLARY TO THE METHODIST CHURCH.
Grants received
1 grant · £18,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £18,000
Most recent
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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
- Chi Wai Lai since 2024
- Kai Chiu Liu since 2022
- Kit Yee Holland since 2026
- Rev Thomas John Osborne since 2015
- Xue Qin Wang since 2026
- Yim Mui Connie Chan since 2026
- Yuk Heung Lee since 2026
- Yun Tuan Lin since 2026
- Zoe Lai Chun Lam since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Rev Thomas John Osborne since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Chi Wai Lai since 2024
- Kit Yee Holland since 2026
- Xue Qin Wang since 2026
- Yim Mui Connie Chan since 2026
- Yuk Heung Lee since 2026
- Yun Tuan Lin since 2026
- Zoe Lai Chun Lam since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Kai Chiu Liu since 2022
- Rev Thomas John Osborne since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1202520
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DEED OF UNION (1932) AND METHODIST CHURCH ACT (1976) ADOPTED 26 OCT 1976
- Contact on the register
- 07936737859 · info@chinese-norwich.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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