The Church of Scotland
GATEHOUSE AND BORGUE PARISH CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Congrogatlon No. 080463
Charlty No. SCOI)0961

Charity No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Borgue Parlsh Church
Trustee's Annual Report
Year Ended 31 DeGember 2025
Th• Trustees pregent the Amual Report and Accounts for Gate1￿U￿￿ aNI Borgue Parish Churth
(Church of Scotlandl Ihe year 31 December 2025
R•feTonce ¥nd Athini8tratiVo infomut
GatehouÈè and Borgue Paiish Churth
Charity Name:
Charity Registrats'on No.
Congreg*M)n Rele￿n(* No.
SC000981
080463
Contact Address
ArO*all
Gatehouse of Fleet
DG7 2EN
Tru*ts•¥
Mirgaret Andrew¥
Hilary Mcconchie
Alexander McCullc¢h
Marga￿t Sloan
Roberta Galloway
Fiona McCullo¢h
Joanna Dunnett
Chri8tino AslwoTth
Le81￿ Holme$
Arnlrew McKoan
Kate Benney
Gwen Cor50n
Charles l)unnett
Andrew Mcconthie
Janet Byrom
Yvonn• Mcconnéll
Valerie Oti
Alastair M¢Carl
Gordon Hunler
Prfn¢lpAI 0ffl¢04>•ar•rn
Minister.
SessK)n Clork.
Church T￿aSUreT..
Pfopety Conven¢
Rev Va￿110 Ott
Andrew McKean
Alexander IAcCulSoch
Andrew McCon¢hig
Independtnt Examlner
Mrs EilKlh J Harnian BA (Hon81 CA
Bell Ogilvy
CharteTed Accountants
38 King Street
Castle Dougla8
OG7 1AF
Banker•
Bank of Scouand
192 King Street
Castle Douglas
DG7 1DB

Charity No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Borgue Parish Church
Trustee's Annual Report
Year Ended 31 December 2025
Structure. Governance and MaMg•ment
Governlng Document
The Church 1$ athinistarèd in accordance with ￿ temis of th8 Deed of Constit￿lOn (Unilary Foml.
Racrultmont and Appolntmtrnt of TruslMS
Members of the ￿[k Sessth are the Chanty Trustees. The Kirk Session Member8 are the Elders of
th6 Church and are chosen from thosé Members of the Churth who a￿ considered lo have ltr
appropriate gifts and skills. Th& Minister. who L% a Member of the Kir1( S￿s1On, 18 ele￿ad by th?
Congregalion arKI induGted by Presbytery.
Oryanls•tlonal Structur•
The Kirk S68$￿n is chaired by the Mirrister and méets fve lknes a year. It is responsible for spiritual
and tèmwal 8ffairn within the Church. Cartain responsibilitie$ are dglegat•Y to the FlnarK
Commthee and the Propety Commlttee as apFvopriate.
ObJeth8s and Acllvltl•s
The Church of Scotland 18 Tri￿tan￿n In doctrina, RefOrn￿ in Ir8drt￿n and Presbyl•ri•n in polrty. It
eMlSt6 to glorify God and to work for the 8dvanc4m•nt of Chri8t'• Kingdtsm throughout world. A6
nalional ChurGh. It acknowladges a distinctive call and duty to bring the ordinances trf rellgign to
the people in every Parish of Scotland throu￿ a territ￿la￿ mini51ry. 11 cooporat88 wilh ot￿r
Churches in various ecumeni¢al bod￿8 bn SccrtlaTrJ and beyorKI.
A¢hlevem•nts and Perfornianco
Forty lo frfiy peoplo atter￿ worship on a Surthy momirvJ in Gatehouse Church, rislng10 5iXty in Ihe
8ummer, with regular visitors and holiday makers, arwj even morg fof sèrvice$ at Chrssimas. Easter,
H8rve$t and Remembraftce. On the first Sunday of every month a 8er¥i¢• Is hald in Borgue Villag*
Hall Once a month in Gatthouse we are ioinod by a Sunday Schod ofaboul six chihyren who come
into the Church for the first part of the service and then go through irrto the H811. Th•r8 15 4 choir ol
around ￿￿1ve singers. p8rfryming an introit at the beginning of each sèNice. and occa¥ionally an
anthem as well. The hall is a￿0 a regular meeting pla￿ for a group of senior citizens, the Mond•y
Club and Churches Togèther.
Voluntser4
The church reliwd on tho conln'tKJtson of volunteer¥ to carry out it8 aclivitie# but no arnountg are
recorded in the accounts for this.
Financlal Revi8w
Unreslricted donation inc<#iie (inckxlirKJ Gift AKI inwn•> decieas•d by some £31.718 in Ihe
year.
Other staffing ¢ost¥ have incre8sed by around £3.000 due to Increa￿ of orgon player paymentg.
Repairs total has decreased by some £2,000 aThJ Manse buikling costs ha8 incr8888d ty arourKI
£1,600 due lo Fencing repairs in Marth 2025.
The main result of the yeafs transadions is that tsre is an unTestri¢ted deficrt of £22,549 for the
year. The reslrithed Surpkts was £383 and SUfK4us £145.

Charity No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Boryue Parish Church
Trustee's Annual Roport
Year Ended 31 December 2025
R•s•r¥o• Pollcy
At 31 Decemb8f 2025 Ihc Church held urrfestrict•d cash funds of £12,146, restricted fund8 of £7,735
and end¢Jwment furKls 01 £4,8S4. The trustees 8ckncMltsd98 that thtr lovel of unrestricaed
requires to be improved.

Charity No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Borgue Parish Church
Trusteo's Annual Report
Year Ended 31 December 2025
S￿t￿n•￿t of Trugts8'$ Responslbilltl••
The Memters of the Kirt( s￿¥10n I CryegalK>n•l Board must wepare Financi81 Sl•tements whlch
gNe suificjent delad to ￿able an appreciatw ofthe transadions of Church during the fThfteJal
year. The members of th6 Kirk Session I Conwat￿n81 Board a￿ respon8ible for keeping proper
accounting r8cofds whith, on request. musl reflect the fin￿￿81 p)sition of the Church al thbl time.
This must btr don& lo ensuff that the FinarKo1 Statements comply with tha Ch•ritie5 and Trust68
Investment (Scotland) Ad 2005, the Chaiit*s Ae¢ounts (SwllaTrJ} Regulations 20061 a8 amendedl
and the Regulations An8nt Congregalional Finance approved by the General As8émbly of the
Church ol Scotland 2007. They are also resFon*ble for saf8guarding the assels of the Church and
must lake reasonable steps for the wevents.on and l or detectitin of fraud and other irTegularilb08
inGluding the adoption of iho Chwch ol Scotland Pohci88 w Confy"d of Intéie$t and 1hhi5t￿bI0wIng.
oprovod by tho Trustees arwj sKJned on Iheir behalf.
Mr Androw M¢Kean
Sosslon CI•Tk
Oato: 11311

Charity No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Borgue Parish Church
Trustee's Annual Report
Year Ended 31 December 2025
lTr(knp•nd•nt E*￿ID•￿S R•port to the TnMtw• of Gatehou￿ of Fle•t Pari•h Church
I rewjrt an the Accounts ol thg Charity for the year ended 31 0￿￿mber 2025.
Re$p•dlve f•8pon81bllltles of Tru•to0s and Examiner
The Charity's Trustees a￿ respon$itAe for the yeparation of the Ac(y)ut)ts in accordan￿ with the
terms of the Chanbes and Trustee Investment (ScoYarKI) Act 21X)5 and the Charit￿$ Attoun18
{Scotlond} Regulations 2006 (as ￿er￿led}
The Charity Trustees con8id•r that the 8udrt ￿UlleM8Trt lo Regulation 1011) to Id} of lh• Accounts
Regulations 2006 las 8mendèd) does not 8￿y. 11 is my respon8kn"lityto examine the Accounts
requlred under Section 441lllcl of the 2{￿ Act and lo stale V4ttether par￿cular m8tt¢rs havè com?
to my attention.
B•¥l• of Independwrt Ex•mln•rfs Stst•mont
An examination is Carr￿ OLrt in &¢ordance wth Regulation 11 of the Chgrities Accoun1• {Scotl3nd)
R89ulalion8 2006 lay amended). An examir￿li0rt irKludes a revivw of the accourting records kept
by the Charity and a comparison of the Accounts presented with those record$. 11 a180 indudes
Consideration ot any unusual Il•m$ ￿ disdosures in thg Accountg. and s•eks axplanatson$ from the
Trustaos conceming any Such mattern. The procedures undertakon do ntx provkle Jll the evKlen¢e
that woukl be required in an aL>Jii, and consequentty I do not express an audrt opinion on th8 Vi$W
giv•n by the Accounts.
Indep•nd•nt Examln•rf• Statement
In the Courso of my examination, no matter h88 ¢Crn to my atten￿on'.
1. Whth gives me re8¥onable c4u¥e lo bebieve that in ony malerial rgspecl the requlremonts:
to keep accountry records In 8cc(fftsnc• wrth se￿11)n 44(1) of the 2005 A¢t and
Regulation 4 of Ine 2006 A￿OUntS Regulalk>ns195 8mendedl. aTha
lo prepare Accounts which accord wilh the acLounting record3 and o)mply with
Regulation 9 01 the 2006 Accounts R•gulation8 IA8 amand•d) havo not beon mot, or
2. to which, in my owrhion, alIent￿n $houkJ be drawn in orderto enablo a proper understandlng
of the Accounts lo t* reacl*d.
EldL
Mrs Eilldh J Harnan BA (Honsl CA
Bell Ogllvy
Chartered A¢eount*nts
36 Kin9 Stre•t
Ca8lle Douglas
DG7 IAF
Dat•: LL Mcv CLI 2DQ

Charlty No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Borgue Parlsh Church
Raceipts and Payments Account
Year Ended 31 December 2025
Tot•1
2024
Ftsndb
26
Furtds
2025
2025
Don¥tioThs
Aci1vil￿O lor Ger*th*vJ
57.783
Fl.783 89.499
1.711
937
61.8(
145
fj2,lJ4
93,0rn
R•r*wts from L￿k8￿ ChurEh••
c￿rItabl• xtMth•
Excw I ID•lkltl of R•t￿p￿ oY•r
Poym•nl• for y••r b•lry•
363
145 122.021
20.025
I ID•fi¢ltl ot R••ti •¥•r
P•ym•nl• for th• y••r

Charity No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Borgue Parish Church
Statement of Balances
Year Ended 31 December 2025
2025
202$
2025
46,756
26.731
88nk ar*Y do[￿1. balanfm
forwa
ovem•nt y•Ar.
Payments for the year
B•nk & O•po•h
(C￿1 £74,887)
For on behalf of the Kirk Session 8nd Financtal Board
Ses¥loD Clerk
Trn•sur•r

Charity No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Boryue Parish Church
ststem•nt of Balances
Y•ar Ended 31 December 2025
Tru#ts• R•mun•ratSon and R•latsd Party Transxtkn
t)unng the year 1 Trustee receNed reimlwrsemtytt of CounLyI Tax for the Man88 of £3,613.
In addttion Mrs Cor50n who is a Trustee, réc•i¥ed £632 for woviding her seNic•s to pulprt
Jupply and Mr Mthean, 8LYJ a Truste8. W8ceivad £540 for deaning wvi¢es.
Movgm•nts In Fund•
AtJ*nuw* R•t*ipts P•yrMni• Trnn•fws It ￿ D•c
2026
2025
2025
2025
2025
UnM•trlBt•d fvnd•
Gorw•l Fund
R•¥trkt•d fund•
S Bell M•nten￿¢•
Gr4v•• Up*••p
140
112
M•nzi•5 TNsi
co81￿ Leg
T¢X¥l Fur
of R•otri¢
Fyn
Graves Upkeep Fund - to maintain the Graveyard
Clo¢k & B911 Mainte￿￿t* Fund- transferred from the Borgue Church for m•intenanc•
s of Endobffii
Funds
Income from the Menzies Legacy 1$ to bB used lo matwials for Christian education
Income from the Coate8 Legacy 15 to b? used for th8 needy in the Parish

Charlty No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Borgue Parish Church
Notes of the Accounts
Year Ended 31 December 2025
Analys18 of D¢xutlon*
Fwd
2025
202S
2025
2025
32,428
17.114
6.547
Gift Dor*t*yis
Tax R￿MIed on GTrl AKI Don&ml
Ordinary Qfferiny low PI*)
Other Offering8. 00￿$ etc
9,948
7,814
7.814
Analy8h of Pw4m•nts
ch•￿*￿trI• •ctlvitl••
Mink•tnè8 & Miswon Al￿¢811
34.244
27,214
Z790
177
6,382
23,3S5
1524
3,961
1198
2.069
1.698
510
3.209
239
9,420
21.264
3.813
4,831
3,372
3.000
1.2
eoo
239
9.420
21.264
3,813
Pulprf Supply
Othw •taffirfj co
Fabric repairn & mwd•nwc•
Counal Tax
Hwl #fid Ilghl
1Tr8iir
Oth•r wts- Manse
Pnnting. 6t8lionery 8n¢J po•tyg•
Ind•wnd•nl Ex•￿￿1 100
8ank
3.372
1.226

Charlty No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Borgue Parish Church
Notes of the Accounts
Year Ended 31 December 2025
Mlnl¥t*• 8th￿fid
All Churth ol Scotland Congregations contribut• to the Nat￿¥1 Slipend Fund whth b•ars th• c<*$ts
of all Minister's sliper￿S and employerfs contribution$ for national insurance, pension gnd housing
and loan fund. Ministerg, stiwds are P8KI in a(o)rdanc8 wilti the national stipend scalè. whith is
rèlated to years of seNirA. For the year utMl8r review. th8 minimum sbwnd was £32.433 and th8
maximum sts'pend (in the 5 and subwueTrt ye¥s) £39.856.
Coll•ctions ft>r Thlrd Partl•s
2026
3024
CHAS
ShelterAhJ
Me<thco1 Aid fty P*estr
Chn8t*n AKI
Oxtam
Ste418rty Food
475
23$
842
428
405
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Charity No. SC000961
Gatehouse and Borgue Parish Church
Appendix
Year Ended 31 Decomber 202S
FUNDS HELD ON BEHALF OF THE CONGREGATION
BY THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND GENERAL TRUSTEES
co
2033
Credil 88Lqrt•• hfjd •t 31 D8cM*ef * ttht
Market Va￿& of Balar￿5 •t 31 D•c•ff
Credtt 8•iqThx * 31 D8¢xmt•r
Durha lh• •nded 31 De￿￿1 2021. Ilh• 018w ¥ld ftylol•l rwt of£33,894.44,
•nd th•8• fuNI8 nwrfte•J F•bthc
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