APPENDIX 1 oscr Penod start date m￿lh Year Period end date th Year Fr¢xn 01 Jan 2024 To 31 Dec 2024 offi￿ of the Scotiish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Charity name other names charity is known Port Glasgow Unltod Refom)8d Church Registered charity nurnber Charity's principal address SC000582 CIO 74 Mallaig Road, Port Glasgow Renfrewshire Postcode PA14 5YH Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees. Annual Report Trustee name Office Irf any) Dates acted if not for whole year (or tK)(tyl entttled to appoint trustee {rf anyl A.G.M. Secretary Treasurer Whole Year Whole Year A.G.M. Elder Whole Year A.G.M. Deacon Whole Year A.G.M. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details Narnes of all other charty tru5tee5 during the period, if any. {for exarnple. those who resigned part way through the financial period) Name Structure, governance and management Type of governing document The Church Constit￿lOn The Church Constttution of the URC Churches is an unincorporated Association established in temis of the United Reformed Church Act 2000. Trustee recruitment and appointment Deacons and Elders are appointed at the Annual General Meetlng usually held In March of each year or next avallable date to allow the minister and office bearers lo attend. Objectives and activities Charilable purposes As a Chrlstlan Church we are called:. To Worship God To care for one another To wltness In the local communlty To help spread the good news of Jesus Christ in the local and wider community. Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects We have maintalned worshlp every week durlng the year and provided pastoral care by visitation. Our Port Glasgow Church is part of the Inverclyde Cluster of three Unlted Reformed Churches, wlth Greenock West URC and Greenock East URC. Additional services are held at Easter and Christmas. Our Church is represented at Ecumenical events held in the communlty and we encourage our members to wltness thèlr Chrlstian faith. Ecumenical Lent Bible study held in our hall. As part of spreading the good news of Jesus Christ we allow our premises lo be used by other groups. We cc APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of We contlnue our Church Angels Project. A nonrefeiral the charity during the financial period foodbank, established in Novembers 2011. Members, sister Churches and friends of the congregation regularty donate nonyrlshable food and monetary donatlons. We have advertised the project through various agencies In Inverclyde to make people aware they can collect a food parcel. Many of our service users are from Nigeria and Ukraine. In the current financial climate the volunteers ar8 flndlng more and more requests for food parcels. We are open two days a week and giving out an average of 72 food parcels a week There is no charge for this. Our members support the annual Chrlstian Ald appeal, collect donatlons for Starter Packs Inv8rclyd8 and nomlnatad th8 local Ardgowan Hospice to receive the charity donation at Christmas time. Financial review Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves The Church reserves (general fund} are there to supplement the cost of mlnlslry and any major repalr to tho property, which may be required. General Fund day to day running costs Fellowshlp Fund donatlon to local Charlty at Chrlstmas Flower Fund flowers in the sanctuary Our treasurer also acts as treasurer for the Inverclyde URC Churches, account covering cost of the manse and ministerfs expenses. Details of any deficit Our accounts show a deficit of £3,634.27 and this is due to the Increase In the mlnister's expenses and malntenance for th8 manse, a decrease In members offerlngs and no hall lets In 2024. There was a decrease in monetary donations to the foodbank and no grants received from Inverclyde Council for the foodbank. Donated facilities and services (if any) Ther8 aro no donated facllltles APPENDIX 1 Other optional information Our Annual General Meetlng Is usually held on the thlrd Sunday In March, after mornlng worship. The minister had a family bereavement in March, followed by annual leave In Aprll. As the minister conducts worship on alternate weeks, to allow the minister, and office bearers, to be present the A.G.M. was held on 18th May 2025. The three Churches wllhln tho Inverclyde Clustsr operate soparately regardlng eld8rs' and Church meetings. Members are requested to attend this meeting to have the opportunity to express their opinlons or grlevances on the prevlous year's flnances etc. Our minister was paid a stipend arKI received benefit from a pension contribution from the Unlted Refomied Church Mlnlstry and Mlsslon Fund. The contrlbutlon from our church to The Mlnlslry & Mlsslon fund In the year 2024 was £7,200.00. Our Church's thlrd shar8 of th8 minister's and manse expenses paid into the Cluster account was £3,000.00. The Sundays our mlnlster Is not wllh us, the seNlce Is conducled by guesi preach8rs and a pulplt supply fee and expenses are pald. Declaration The trustees declare that they have apFKoved the trustees, re￿t above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature{s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Chairl Church Secretary Trusteel Deacon Date 24" May 2025 PORT GLASGOW UNITED REFORMED CHURCH Scottish Charlty Re8tstratk>n No SCCKQ582 NOTES TO ACCOUNTS 2024 page 2 IN Free Wlll Offerln8 envelopeS/￿nk trnnsfer Open Plate Offerlrws £9,906.85 £558.08 £10,697.13 £458.78 NO ATI Members & Frlends (Includes all accounts) Church An8els £10,671.69 £14.546.82 £936.15 £22,877.95 Chrlstlan Ald World Day of Prayer Refund Glft Ald - Church Refvnd Glft Ald - Church An8els Refund Scottish Power Fundralsln8 - Tubes URC Scotland Eneryy Grant- Wlndows URC Grant - Wlnter wonder Day Inverclyde Councll Grants to Church Angels Incvectyde URC Churches - repayment or8anlst fee £iio.(x) £77.50 £1.337.52 £554.C £1,643.99 £64.64 £2,590.(7) £122.94 £o.cx) £O.CA) £IOO.CK) £0. £981.56 £322.9S £o.cK) £33,16 £1,￿￿1.(x) £0. £8,500.IXI £30.C PORT GLASGOW UNITED REFORMED CHURCH Scottish C￿lIty Re815tratknn No SCC¢0582 NOTES TO ACCOUNTS 2024 pa8e 3 EXPENDITURE URC Mlnlstry & Mlsslon Fund Pulplt Supply & Expenses Mlnlster & Manse Expenses. £7,2LK). £889.60 £3,LU).CKI £7.200.IJ) £844.10 £2,500.IXI •Mlnlster and Marm Expenses are thared wlth Greenock East & Greenock West Thls fl8ure represents the contributlon pakl Into Inverctyde UIIC Churches Account durfn8 year. Insurance 'Have arran8ed to pay lox DID from February Heat & U8ht Renovatlon & Upkeep £2,079.46 £2,428.27 £4,479.42 £35.00 £4,124.97 £1,096.62 Synod Dele8ate Expense5 Books, Msterlal$ & One Day Wonder Statlonery, Ink & posts Organlst Fees Flowers CCLI SC4 Sheet Muslc £1,740.00 £io.c £284.40 £0. £1.560.CK) £14.CX) £278.17 £35.LXI Adrgowan Hosplce Chrlstlan Ald World Day of Prayer Collectlon Church Angels - parcels, postage URC Scotland donatlon to Patsy Re￿refflent URC Scotland Moderator Retlrement £3fy). £iio.cx) £77.50 £22596.03 £o.(x) £0. £3CQ.Q) £ico. £0.00 £37,642.49 £so.00 £50. •Collectlons are made for specffic Charltks durln8 the year. APPENDIX 3 OSCR Chffj Re8LOALY Independent examlnerf8 rnport on the account8 R•p¢)rt to th• Clwrny fi•ll• R•ql•t•r•d eh•rlty 8C numb•r SÉ 1 On th• M¢ount• of th• PWKXI stsrt dats 4￿rffy for lh• p•rfod Perlod ena date Y•w V•w Zo14 ZoZ14 8•t out on pag•• RMp•cdv• The charty8 trustee8 are re8rM)nslble for Ihe wepw*k>n of tt)e accounts kn aC￿rdanC r••pon8lblllll•• of tr￿1••• and •xamln•r the temis of Ihe Charth•• and Tru8toe Inv08trnent (ScoUand> 2005 Acl and tho Chantses Attixjnts (Scotland) Rewlation8 (a8 amended) The chanty tru8teeB Ixxi•ider that the audtt requ*ement of Reoulallon 10<1) (d) ol the Accounts Regulallon• doe8 not apply. ft18 my r•8pOMI￿ty lo exwnino a(xounts a8 r8qulred under 8éctson 44(1) (c) of Ihe Aci arml to 8tats wlthr paTOth rnattern have cune to my attentTh. Ba•1• of Ind•p•nd•nt My examlnallon Is cathed oul In aLY*rdrn Regulat￿ 1101 the 20C6 A￿a)untI •xamln•f• •tst•m•nt ReoulatkTh. An examinallon *Klude8 a of the ac4￿U￿ recth8 kept by Ihe chanty and a C4XnpanS￿ ol the 8o>Junts presented with th08e recuth. It d80 Indude8 c%￿Sidera1jon ol any unu8u* ftem8 or d18cIo8ures in acctsjnts and 8eek• explanat￿8 IrDm the trustee8 coIKemtsw any 8u(*b matters. The woc•dure8 ￿dertaken do not provth all the e￿der￿e Ihal would be required In an a￿3rt and, ¢x>nsewenty. I do not exwe•8 an audl opknlon Ihe v￿W given by Ihe aCco￿t8. Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•rf• In the ¢Y￿rn4 ol my examknatton, no rnatter ha8 come to my atten1k￿ {other than t￿1 •tst•m•nt (Noc4068d M the attach•J pagel l. vthK* glves me rea8wbk cause to that maleflal re8ped the requrnments.. lo keep a(￿mm￿n9 rec•xd$ In •curdwKe wllh 8eth>n 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Reoulatth 4 01 the 2008 Acc4xthts R•gulatK>ns. and to preparn account8 vthk* accord the acxxMJntsrYJ rocud8 and compty wlth Regulotbjn 9 of th• Acc￿nts RegulaOM8 nol been mel, 2. 10 th. kn my Wnkm, attenlkn sh￿ld be drawn In order to enabkn a proper 8lgn•d: m•: 131sizrtS R•l•vaTrt prvl••*lon*l AL LS I s (Asscc4-+cd Lh4•*+L