The Church of Scotland North Carrick Parish Church of Scotland Receipts and Payments Accounts Year ended 31 December 2024 Congregation No: 070441 Charlty No: SC000213 Rèfer¢nco and Administrative Infomiltian Charity NaThe'. orth C8rrick Pansh chU￿h of Scotland Charity Regist￿tIOn Number. SCD00213 Congregation Referen￿ Number. 070441 Contact Address Trustees The TnJsl8es threAJghout the year and up to the date ￿ $bJning of th• accourrts ￿re 0$ folltyts.. Klrk Session Minister 'acan', Banke￿.. Royal Bank of Scotland. Sandgate. Ayr North Gathek Parish Chureh of Scotland SG000213 Trustees. Annual R¢port Yoar •nd•d 31 Docgmb9r 2024 Structurg, Govomance andmanagemont The Church wa$ administered in acCOrdar￿ with the temis of ￿ Church of Swuand Model Deed of Constitution Iunrtary Forml. Recrnitment and Appointmont of Trnstees Membets ot the lQrk Session a￿ the chanty trustees. The lfjrk SessK)n members are the Elders of the church and are chosen from those members of the church are considered lo have the appropriate grfts and skills. The Minister. is a member of the KÈ'rk Se$s￿n. Is el8cled by the Congregatson and inducted or ordained by PresbWery. We did not have a Minister or Locum in post during 2024. Rev J Whrtecross served as interim moderator until the union of lQrkoswakJ wth crr￿Shi1l and Maywe. Rev P Russell Is currently in post. Organisational Stru¢tu The Kirk Session met five times during year. The Kirk Session Is responsible for SPEntual and temporal affairs ¥￿in Ihe Church. The Session Clerk wrote lo all Elders In July for the pijrpose of hawng a compfehen&ve list of active Ekjers going forward in the UnK)n. A number of Elders were happy lo step back after many year5 of service. The Session thanks them for their supp)rt over the years. Obie¢lives andActivitses The Chureh of Scotland is Trinrtarian in doth"ne. Reformed in tradition and PreS0￿erian In polity. It exists lo glorify God and to work for the advancement of Christ's ltingdom throughout the worfd. As 8 national Church. it acknovAedges a distsnctive call a￿¥ duty to bn.ng the ordinances of religion to the people in every parish of ScollaNJ throLtgh a territorial ministy. 11 co-operates wf(h other Churches in various ecLtmeni¢al *)odies in Scotland and beyond. Serwlces of Worship. Seryt￿$ of Worship are hekl every Sunday in Crosshill, Maybole and Kirkoswakd throughout the year. Dunng the summer months a Breakfast Church service is held in Maidens hall at 9 am for holiday makers and locals, ￿ndUCted by Rev conn￿ Bonner . Breakfast rolls are offered and made to order at Lrttle K Café next door. There ¥%ere services of Communion held during the year in eath place of worship and all wefe madè welcome. A joint Seryice of Union was held in the Carrick Centre on 3 Juty vthich was VRII attended. A joint watch night servtt on Christmas eve %Ya$ hekl in the Carrick Centre. On the first Sunday of the new year a joint servKe was held in Crosshill f01b￿*d by a cooked breakfast enjoyed by all. Youth Activibes A youth grcwp meets ￿teklY in Maidens hall. rhe Guild.. The Guilds united during ts year and meet in Cros$hill a M(￿ ¢YLsring the wnter. A busy sOla￿S has kept the members entertained and Infomied. The annual daffodil lea raises fijnds and welcomes visitors to the sooal evening. North Carrlck Parish Church of SGOtland SC000213 Tru?toe8' Annual Report Y?ar •ndod 31 Dgcember X24 Contlnutd A¢hiTevements and Perfommnce." The church has contnued lo m&ntsin a posti¥e a)mmitsnent dLxing the pa* year. We are indebted lo nd Fishertor il'c"sp.i= r￿arn for co￿￿uCtIng worship at Kirkoswald regularfy during con".Inuin9 va￿neY and t￿nd the Worstr¥'p Group lor their servKes at Maybc48 and Cr¢)sshill. This wth pulpit supply has ensLW every Sund8y in e&h churth. Maybola ehur¢h 1$ incorporated wthin the Car￿k Centre. •11rn4ryng the bxal to worf( in partnpAship to promijte a shared w)sè of gr*)vAh for the inhabitants of Maybole. A well esta￿l$ha￿ choir lead the ¢ffigregabon each Sunday and often coltr￿ute to Church worship th an anthem Monthly Sunday aftemoon seNi¢es tske place In FairknNe Nursing Horne. We have continued to de¥èk)p cxjr Fawtrade ststus and are registered rnembe￿ of the Scottish Fairtrade Forum The fvl Foodbank is supportay by monthty &snats'ons from the church. Rev look the Maid￿$ Sumrnw Breakfast Church again Ihis year akvays a treat lor holiday makers vranl an eaty start Hol rdls were bought in the Lrttle K's café next doDr. cenal. fruit juice. lea and coffee seNed to those w8nt&Y it The prorety team lead by propety convenor thm Whitef0￿ eontinues lo keep the buibth.ngs and grounds In gocxl repair. Thanks are due lo all Ihe volunlews who we oftheir bme and talents to maintain a high stsndart ￿th litle or no cost lo thuich. Botr manses we cuffenlly ba.ng let. Ilected sho8 boxes from the and fnetkjs suprK)rtsng The Samartians Purse Tea is awailable every Sunday afterthe Maytok service. On the first Sunday of the mcnth at Kithoswakl a oftea is served in the hal after the semce A glossy A4 quartefty North Carrick rnagujne di*ribLrted to every household in the vill>Je5 shares that is going in the Church. m￿aZineS are posted to members nL* living in the parish. A learn ol volunteers from Recovery AYT have ￿ffle on four (ttasgorts to V•ork in the ￿￿en t Kirk Wood, Kirkoswald. We thank them for th&r (￿tinUed siwrt. The Crrninal JusiKe leam regularty cul the grass at Maidens and lQ'rkOs￿dld. The halls In Klrkoswald and mal¢Jer￿ conD"nue to be ki ano gerwats Incc¥ne the church. North Carriek Pari8h ch￿￿h of Scotland SC000213 Tn￿te•*, Annual Report Yggr qndgd 31 DBcémbgr 2024 c￿tin￿l Flnanclal Rèvl•w The GhurcA's pnneJp81 sourtt ol ir&)me is by donabon whth In(xeased the Unicx) in June 2024. Gift Aid for 2024 has still lo be ￿alMe{l. Total receipts for the year w&re Ell4.￿. thi5 includes Kirko$wald m￿se fentsl of £5,400 and bank and deposit balances broughl m with the UnKJn of MaytKYe and Cr￿shIll of £44.182. EX￿5$ unrestricted re￿pts over paymenis for the year is £17.541, thra is after fabric 8xp6ndityre of £11.647. Giving lo Grow payments have greaty increased $i￿e the Urmon. This 15 b￿ause Maytxjle lir*8d %%Yth Crosshill had one mirnster allocated and Kirkoswald had o m￿ls1er. after Ihe urnon this is rbow only oTre minister for all. A8 bclh wgfg wnt a Vacancy dlswakl North Cafrid( Guild 250 Anniversary Lunth Cl Kirkosmeld 104879 93944 437 6109 81106 437 453 -225 515 319 545 Kirkoswakl KirkOs￿k1 289 -2097 289 1967 1LVa)59 94518 84105 Tof•l fvnds T￿74 114999 94772 95￿1 •nt Fu IT￿me tr(Kn the Ferguson Bequest is f(x provisiC￿ of a minister to the pan5h. Dunng vacancy the Inc¢xne Is used to maintain the manse In readiress fc¥ a minister and pulpit supp Ir￿me from the Mcmasler Trust is for upkeep ofC￿￿. W of the pansh upkeep of grave stones in the ch¢Jrch yard. Irtorne from the Bell Trust Is for b)e wrFX)St ol WOVkJirs gffts to the of thè Parish. dIStrTrb￿d $￿ety ty Ihe minister at Ihw'rtsgyet compa￿nal￿ Conmunty Fund.. The frktst8es have r￿1Ve￿ (kv)ab"ons for use In the comrn¢Jnty In a cxxnpas5WQte capaoty at the dis(xetsw of ts Trustees. Fabnc Fund to be used f(x repairs rnaIntenan￿ of mayth)￿ manse. Flower Fund." The Trustees have sel asth luThJs for maintsining thurch flowers each su￿laY Guild Fund." The Twslees have set aside knn(ts operation of Guild ￿1Vitres. Lunch Club.. The Trustees have set a￿de fLnJs frx a rn￿thty communty dLSb Youth Work to be used to finance future youth thth.es Chc¥r to te used to purchase mwc rdabj rtéms as wlired. North Carrlck Parfsh Church of Scotland SC000213 Not•8 to thè Accounts Unrpstrlctgd Rgstrfctgd Éndowmgnt Funds Funds Funds 2024 2024 2024 Totsl 2024 Total 2023 3 Anatysis of Donatk)n$ WFO Donations Grft Aid tsx recovery Open plate 8.514 23.090 1.300 6.843 8,514 23,090 1,300 6.843 1,709 8,037 5.276 39.747 39,747 Analysls of Payments 4 Cost ot Generatlng Funds Offenng envelopes Fundraising ex￿nseS 111 224 224 335 335 S Charitable Athltles Giving lo Grow Presbytery dues Pulp(f supply Organist Carriek Centre Cleaning Healing and lighting Insurance Postage and statio Website Flowers Sundries Fabrsc expendiur8 Guild expenditure Lunch Club- Kirkosvrdld Compassion in the Communty Ferguson Bequest disth"bute(I lo benefiaary 37,050 37.050 11,012 612 2,684 1.580 6.Ot6 2,205 6.016 2.205 3.500 1.265 9.414 7.095 500 19 1,265 9,414 7,095 1.667 2.216 2,843 513 19 19 468 11,647 545 29 309 2,404 183 276 105 200 11.647 545 29 200 200 79.753 200 26.667 6 Mlnlstefs Stipend JI Church of Scotland eongregats"on$ conln'bute lo the Nats"orbal Stipe￿1 Fund v#hich bears the osls of all ministers, stipends and employerfs COntribut￿nS for nath.onal insurance. pension and housing and loan fijnd. Mini$ters' sbpends are paid in accordanc* the national sts'pend scale. which is related to years of service. For the year under rewew the minimurn stipend was £31.842 arKI the maximum stipend in 5th and wbsequent years of service £38,884. North Carrick Parish Church of Scotland SC000213 Not￿ to tho A¢¢ounts Collections for Third Partios 2024 2023 D8menba ScoUaTrJ Chfisban ￿'d Erskine 115 103 330 330 Activities for generatlng fvnds Sale of Corner of Carrick brx)ks Maybole Chanty Shop Christrnas Fayre 1st Sunday Teas Guil(J daffodil tea Maybole leas Pennies Easy fundraisirwj Crosshill Lunches 105 1306 627 131 297 820 285 95 1735 751 132 231 4373 10 North Carrbck Parish Church of Scotland SC000213 App•ndbx Funds held for the benefft of the Congwation by the Churth of Scthand General Trustees Capltal Account Transferred from Union 01.06.24 126,901 31.12.24 31.12.23 Balance at market value 160.661 Revenue Account Balance al year end 22,778