2024-12-31-accounts

WELLPARK MID KIRK OF GREENOCK (CHURCH OF SCOTLAND) TRUSTEES. REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3191 DECEMBER 2024 S(Ottlsh Cliaiity Rel No SC(M)1043 ("owie4otkin No 150814

WELLPAK MID KIIK OF GAEENCCK ICHURCH s> SCOTLANOI TRUSIEEI AEPOA T AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENYX) 31 DECEMOER otilsh Ch¥iryRel No". SC(4)1043. CoTrArtDUOn Nry I S(14 The LfuSIIES prMni iht repon atcot51or Welpjrk KI￿ ol Greofftock I￿￿1¢h ol lor yur ded JI Decenor 2024 The IirLin<41 xaiements h.i¥t bteD propJrtd In a<rorJanco ¥ftth tht a<couAtsni Yèt oul ID •otsl 4tcpuDCs wih th¢ Gene￿1 Assembty Replbuoni lor Cowepu•nal hMn<e. the Char￿1¢5 Trwttw Ibw•#m•nt Fc¢flJndl kt 2005. tho Ch¥K kt4yJfrs (S¢•fkndl Atpl&tlfiJ ?CK16 amEndedl xctsr&¢Tr Per.ori ChanEei- relir0d￿￿lry 2C24. "Tdr¢d DEC¢m￿r 1024 Jnt•rlm Pl•d•r•¢ar. $4111•Tr Cl•rlt'. Church Trwurnr: Wurjhlp Comtnltt¥e F•bri¢ Comm￿r•• . Quir••¢h C¥mmlttee Socbal Commltteo.. FI￿anCe ComrnltrD• '. Exrninor The Royl ol Siorbnd 122 Cithqafi &rtei GfteTrOtk PAI 5 18A V81ffi Monev 10) Wcst Stnoi Gree￿(1 PAI 5 1 XR

'I'RIIC TIIRE C.OVERNANC'F. AND MANAGEM&P4T Tht Ionkregtion Is i ieKistorod chArity. Dumboi SC001043 Is )dmiTristered ID )ccordan¢e wih the trrm5 01 Lhe Untsry Dèed ol Constit￿1￿1￿ ind Is subittt lo ihe Ac15 ind Regu1Ations ol the General Assembly of the Cthurch of SCOt￿n+$. MM￿r5 oliho Kirk St$510n Aro tht rhariL¥ irusteos. Tho Kirk Session mÈmbersart rhe tlders olthe Cknrch and are cholen Irom tho$e membpr5 01 the church who are con51dered to have ipproprllte 8ths3nd thHs. The MIn￿er. ¥vho ry a menkner ol tht Ktrk 5¢%510D. 1% electtd by the conregkllon.Ind Inducted by the Presbytory. The Ksrk SeI5ion lu￿nts those who cE.75 Irusites by IO-OPling nKmbor5 of tle n h3S 3 Business commi￿e0 and INQ sub-cornmittee5-. Propeny. Outreach. Fundraisin8 & SO£￿1. Finance ind Worshy>. which have power5 LO CO.OPt mEmbers ol the wrth re1È¥3nt skills The Church of Scod4nd Is Trinitarryn In docLrino. Reformed In (radition and Presb￿erlan In polrty. IL exi¥ts ro glorrfy God and to work lor the atknncemEnt of Chrrfs Kinsdom throuthovi tht wodd. A5 a nXUOThal Church. ￿ xknowkdges d1511nciNÈ tall 3nd duTy ro bring the ordinanct5 of relwon to the peoplt In Èvery Parish of ktrdahd throu8h a reitor tninw. It co-operates w￿h othEr Churches In ¥ar￿u5 ecumenital bod￿% In S¢otknnd 4Dd beyond. The congrEgJtion providt$ opportunirks lor pJbh"c worship every ￿h&Y of the year. The ser¥Ke exh Sunday IS strearrtd 1￿C v13 YouTube. Tht sanctuary 15 rn3de a￿l￿ble ¢0 Church tnembcrs and non-membÈrs alike lèr weddings and fiJnerakn. The santwary 15 also 3n excellent perforwthnce 3rea ind i) midc a¥al￿ble lor use by the conirtptson. and youth Efoup5 for concerts by 3 Wdriory of mu51cal youps. Thf halls are mado 3¥311able w. aTrd )rc rcgukrty u5od by. 3 Whle Variety of Church and coTnmunitY VOUP5. For ex3ryle. rht congrtpiion directly spon50rs and supports The Btsy5' 8ri83de 3nd Gir15' 8Trgade Afid In kns & Crafts Gftsup In iddioon. we proyide hEavily sUb￿dised 3ccommod3tion and supp)rE lor other com[￿nitY groups. The church has become èn InreEf31 P3rr of Ihe 'Ga1o5hans FcstThal. 3 highty 5uc¢esslul annu31 romrnuniry proiect On 3 Svnday-by-sunday b35iS tht congregation proyidos ChristMTr edu£aiièn for about 12 thihlren Jnd young peop Chri%t13n educztson. aYdiliblÈ to all In the community. 15Jlso extended through ihÈ rÈgubT rwnniTrg ol T￿tin£S based on the Jpha Course and occasional Bible Study. The ¢Ongre¥dtiOn a¢￿elY supports tho Ylork o15tartcr Packs In¥erctyde. whh proYidc5 he￿ ro formtrty h¢¢nRIESS pe•p %vho are moving iTrro Iheir Iirsi home. In a¥socorioD wirh the local 5oclal Work DepartnrnL The Local Food Bank Is ako relukr￿ Supported by ionrribuuons. Ar Christmas the ¢Qh8Yepiion org3n15o a <oIIECtion ol lor children In 0￿4￿￿¢d hDrn￿$ which aro dMributed thro￿￿Out the 3Kea. Wellpark Mld Kirk proYide5 iollortors lor o number olthJrItxb￿ or￿OiS1110nS 5Uih as Christun Aid ind Ardgowan Hospict. ThE production ol 3 lull colDur. 810s5y mayzino lor the CongrE￿tIon pinsh. ￿¥￿￿h 15 d1stri￿re4 fro¢. brinp In rtvenue and provides qu3lity. lo%Y cosi adw¢rtisin8 lor small local bu51ne55E5 ThE church websilè is being ro-dev01o￿d io Éreaitr Interfaio wilh the congrtpuon and the wider community and during 2021 we lurther de¥eloped our use tsl social medva. ThE Conyepuon ol Wellpark Mid Kirk 15 linked Wilh Hlmihon &rdrdinnty Church ol Scoiland Port Gb*ow.

Durkni 1024 the ol tht drOp￿d w 368 rraiTrty lknth. W•nhl Sundzrf wrning worship 15 atr¢n&d by aboui 80 aduks 12 chddrerl. fJr ro ou¢ te¥uJI locarKh, re¥uLirty wolcorne ¥15rtor$ 10 the Ion 3t 0￿r stWKes Wor5h1p h$ bttn enhanced by the use OlPowt￿oITri presenDuonS ¢d tht use The c¢M¥r?￿)fi pro¥thsthe owrtwiylDrmÈnthrs th be F4r¢ dThe Churth Choir %•thKh IEads tht IL S￿daY Worship. 0￿r hworK links the k)cal rroD that we ho￿ the Xrknn. d the the ¢own s RtrnembTrn¢e servK¢ ind any ¢erÈtrK>Try. Wellprk Mid Kirk Is thé ofchoice lor the bc•l ol tht &)ys' BryadE to hold their #nh)¥al Cxol ServKe. The 8oys' 8r¥ade B3ttJlion have kocited thÈir bast m Welpark Kr Durini Ihe there were 8 FuneAl& I Wcddmg and l Bapu5 The Girls. 8ryde ha$ 3rv¥nd I I twlSand 5 o&erSa￿l the Boys, We hasar%wmd 18 bO￿￿d offiLtr WE CDlltinu¢ to Pr￿de ￿der￿¥ irainmyfor neotholywth wk th and have dEvekpEé the yomh prograrnme oThline. ou￿rfe fvoups The halls are USEd frequcn ty youps andthe cor4reptyoft io dEYeb)p ysefvlne55 to the comr¢WJnrty as a rewirce for Ir￿etIn Internuttonal The coTrgregauoTr supprys ¥eti4 tv1EtrM￿3 a chld ￿ the VIHrtthkn 5ch¢JoL Vonda. SDuth kn and. throuth the Prqsb>%ery. kn links the church ￿ Zllri¥b￿. Cry15c >Ips Ovr fflos( rEcent vEnturE rl to tsp￿ tht chtsrth Ets the rrAfty Inrerr1a￿ YtsXtsr5 GrEefflc w the rr4fiy (rU￿t ships that dock ￿ Gfeenock Th13 to be w<ce5s1ul. Dewelopment Tht Kirk Stwon IS COnS13DIty re￿t￿Tr8 way5 th de¥elop a￿￿ $￿en•h￿￿ thÈ eX￿t￿l CODV¢PDonil ittrrfitsex links ne￿b0￿￿￿K £oTryepuons. 10 Str¥e the <on¥ThJnity io v5t tht skjus aTrd ol mort rymbeT5 the doihi th

•lfti Cony•wh Thè prNKIp31 riik laciii rhe ti the a￿￿phbr oltht rnembonhip As ) canry rely Iknort entlr•ty •n avr to fuhd our ara thii thmLlni n#y 15 a•d The Kirk St55wJn make Mv¢n￿o￿l tltortsw encOU￿St￿t (onyepwjn to thwwmi sevETrI yoat hi¢h¢rtt5 had in thai ow Are stablE loynz m•fflbers ¢hrou deaih The Kiik Sess￿0 entourys ne nntr% awj a mEntrshy cknssis rnn ttht4 required. Tho Kwk kswjn Is cri¥tty purwyo a ol ertowath)t vse ol our prns ty cDlirwnrtY ro￿p3 10 iugmenl ¢)ur hals4ethng incoft Lliitd 8uildlTr¥ Tho Listtd 01 Our rhwch (Xr￿ vAth Ir a I￿￿¢ rtwnskndty. The Krk Se%￿n li that Iht extra respor1￿b4rr vl rrunjynia L￿ed Biibdmg ￿ offset by the gf 5UFg0rt 3 IsTlfy¢ (an ?Thc Le•drnhlp A chxrry ol thp Jnd ol W•I￿r￿ Mid nwnbw ￿ ￿•F41 wrth oc•Mary spiniv¥ maLUwity. apyoprii %kiM5 rowited cornrrirnt io te truxpe5 WEre ¢lyE r• be a tsl tho Charyym￿1d be it ro FIlian￿￿ Revlew DunDg the year ￿￿er reviEw. our io¢omt dEc￿￿Ed thE to the thop ￿ thE COWEV￿)￿al wO11. The Treasurtr3nd CoThThte¢ MlcorrfiDuE tv exk4ore al p055lo rweaDS oloncourwiz rnErthr5 ro In(reaye thir &TrIAg5 indv4p Olver￿n¥ fr•n vthersovrctL A ryhtCOMrolon exwdojtr ¢￿vr•Ie w be ktfrt thrr¥Jthoui Ihe yAr5 10 c¢m Y¢tSry•s Polky t ￿ rhe polKy ol the TwMee5 10 ￿ to rTrBirtsin three rrthths expefvd￿u￿ fft r￿Tre m lh ￿ftdS ol the Charity. In addiDon. the TrusEte5 try EQ he¥hhy re$￿t$ i• the vaTh)us restrthd fufvjs bji #Ot at thE weThse ol tht PUVP05es knr thtsE Fund5 iNtDdrd The Trustees are ahys m￿lIu] olth puTrosts •f these FuThds aThd look Eo th¢rn wherevtr ￿551>￿. Statement of Trustees. Responslbllltks Charig bw requi￿￿ rhe tsu5ree5 to prEp3r¢ fffjanckl ststrnThtsfor txh f¥Er￿ yw shw a tn afvd view tsf the STait ol afvirsoltht rh¥rrtyand rtsfiFAD¢#lacovitsforthat the trusrees are reqjired 1¢.. selttt a¢¢¢￿￿￿Trs polKies and IhtTh appty ihtin ctsnsiXTn ke lud%￿￿￿ts and esrimaieg th>1 are Ind prudenl.. state whether at¢thurrfmg s￿d￿ts soierne•ts ol prarrKe kne boen lollowl Subject io wy deprtLre5 diStkJ5Ed aid ID the kna￿thI and prepre the fifftaTroal s1arofjrn￿ urdE55 It o awprOpr4￿ to presurne thr chx Tht trtsxtts xe respOns￿tOr ktepl)tprowaccow￿ry record5 dtsc&)se rexorablt ac<wJcy Ji trnè rhe finaTrclll positsoTh ol the chafv iDd io to th?r the f1Tr31<&11 com the Ctharffjes Jnd Tr￿Tte Invesrffrnr IStodJfidl 2C4)5 3Thl the Chanues AL(￿n[sI5(￿lI￿dl 2C•6. Thty arè iko re¥¢n%b for safyxdin8 the a5set5 01 the £FAnty I￿n(E lortsknxrewon?ide Aeps lor •￿tects0n d frJud and wDro¥td bv the Trvstees aad ymed OTh tPir bel￿.

WELiP•RKMID KIRXQF fjPIElm{(mIIAC￿0FScOTLIN01 IndRptffidenl Eiambntr'5 R•pDrttO IhE Trusthos DIwI￿rk PAhlI￿OIf￿4•rrtx I rèpnrt onthp ol the charhv ltsr theyeai 11 DpcenbET J024 whithare Itt¢ut Me5 7 to l2 Il Lli•illV'& t1￿5￿￿e% are iesponiirAe lotlhe prepar•iion oi the a¢iouThts In aca)rdancewrtp thtterms 01 IhE CharitSeS •hJTw5t4È In¥estmertl5(Ol￿ndl Aci L¥J5andthi charbt￿SA(1QUThls Ikoll4ndl Re(U&t￿nS 2W Th?chirlWs tfUStHu<¢n51dEr lhaithea￿trttylf It also Intludes ¢QThSiJer•tM)noI Ittm5 or in Ihe lE(O￿nts,andSetks rylJnithJns Irfjm the trustees i¢nttininA •DvsiKh m•t¢ers. ThEgroreduies un¢ert4kendo not W0Vldeaiitht￿￿lÈn(etho1WjUbJb¢ ie4idredin aD auIIL cgDseqUWtty I dD not Èxprew an 3udrtopiniOn onthe by ihe acc)ufits. Ind•wdqntejin4netsstatethE￿t In the ￿D￿￿e#l rny•athln4tiQD. nofllattffrlas LVrn* to my aLTEntiu wTriiihsivu Ipasonab￿[wSe1q belleye ihai Inany material￿Sr￿ ihe rew1￿M￿l￿S to keep iccoJntln8fÈtr>idS 1nafcDrdo￿eWrthSeC00n 44 Illlal DI the 2tn5ALt and AeiukTk)n 4 ofth to piepareattountswhith icrordwlththeaccgunOnireco￿S Com￿¥ wlth R¥ui+tth 901 the 2CQSAc(ounts hive ncttsEen rmt.oi to vjhkh. in n1¥ upinun. attent￿nshOUld be dTawnin ￿dertO enabka PfQPtrunOeis¥ndln¢oltrt accounts fo bo ioachEd.

WELIPARK MID￿nI￿FGRlIIxKI¢1Iu1cH9FS0Y1A1ffjl tiipivr5 AF4D PAYMtNF5KcouMr Fufvdi 74.321 74J21 71￿￿ 2,550 2.$57 h•rwn• 23 6.7AO Ta¢•1 In¢¢hll 81fi94 95A44 HI￿￿1FUnds 81.550 g3.J43 sso 550 12,ICO 93m3 ¢nif¢4e#rnents I.SSL Notiah-olllr6sts1 IrNEs1rn•rt3 i.¥dZ r4èilncome￿eApendrture1 IN35 2J92 TLulfLr&knL¥hT 363.a47 341347 37a.789 Tllt•lfun&carr& forw•rd 364,783 376.6$1

WELIPAIIK MID MIAII OF GREEN(XK ICMURCH OF SCOTLANDI STATEMENT OF ￿LANcEs As at 31 Dethmbor 2024 Unr¢strlrt•d Rerlaed Sunds Furtds 2024 2024 Totsl Tolal Not• 2024 2023 8•nk and d laffit•s Bank and dep051t bak4nces brought fo 18,880 18,880 18A80 Excess 01 Receipts over Payments for the year .406 -406 1,551 Bank and deposit balances carried forwt 18.474 18.474 20.431 Investments at rnarket value 21,309 21,309 19,467 Amounts reoivable note Gift aid receivable io AM￿nts abl• not• Material liabilities io The accounts wefe approv￿ by the Klrk Session on 12l2 For and on behalf of the Kirk 5ession'. Treasurer Session Clerk

WELLPAftK MIO GfteENOCK ICMUR(H OF xOTIAh￿l Nott5 to the 2OZ4 Acc 5CL¥J1043 l. TriityPP Aernuneratlon Rehted Party Tra￿¢th)n$ i.-ceived £4,78412023'. £4.3411 lor pro¥vJing his ser¥ryces as thechurch orEanist li the Year. The trustees d(mated £28.$8212023'. £29.3181 by thè wav d offeriws IA the year. 2. Movements In Fu AfiJ•n 2024 A¢ 31 D•( Aefeipts Unrestricted lunds- bank attounts Designated Fabric Fund Dey8nated Owon Fund Desi8nated Bèr*volencÈ Fund C¢ntir8ency Fund General Fund Less." Movernents beTh￿n accounts TOtsI fvnds at ba Jl,965 3.039 369 57S 12.410 12.112 12.263 3.039 369 575 4.484 201.658 202,362 -132.374 -132.374 8L694 8110) 3,780 J8.880 18,474 Property Investments Total Funds 325.0 19.467 363.347 325.(K¥) 21.309 3U.783 Pu se5 of De51 rtrated Funds Fabric Fund.. Thé Trustees haye set aside fund5 for rhe malntenance of the Church Frfopenv Organ Fund- 7rustees have set aside funds lor the maintenance of thechurch Or8an Benevolence Fund.. The Tr¢Jstees have set aside funds for ￿￿eTht reliel to the of the parish. Pu ses ol Restri-ted Funds There are currently ￿ Restricted Fund5.

WELLPAAK MID IIIAX OF GREf NOCK ICHURCH OF SCOTiANDI Notes lo the 2024 Aettyjnts ¢onilnued' SC001013 Unre5tr1cted Reslrkled Funds Funds 2024 2024 Tolal 2024 Totsl 2023 3. Analysls ol Donatlons and Lepde5 Monthly STOS Ordinary offerin85 (Open Platel other Offerin85. Donatlon5 etc Tax Recovered on Gift Aid Donations WFO Scheme Minister's Retirement 35,949 2,519 12,755 8,913 14,184 35,949 2.519 12,7S5 8,913 14,184 36.099 4,567 11.669 14,160 12.177 74,321 74,321 78.672 Charitsble artivitles Income Fabric fund events not Included above Life & Work Tealcoffee bar Weddin851fvnerals 7,779 1.733 550 10.062 2,590 2,550 2.550 2,550 5. Other Income Manse Rental Bank interest Hall Lets VAT Relund Other investment income Other Utllities and bank charges refunds Insurance payments 522 3,650 3,6SO 3.225 612 19 612 19 S28 2.435 454 4.823 454 4.823 6,710

WELLPARK MID KIRKOF GREENOCK (CHURCH OF SCOTLAMDI Notes to ihe 2024 Atcounts L£￿tInued SC(Y)1041 6. Analy515 of Payments Unr¢strlrted Restrfrt Funds Funts 2024 2024 Total 2024 Total 2023 Costs of 6eneratlnÉ fund5 Fees Offerin6 envelopes Chorltable artI¥l￿e$ Bank charÉes 8enevolence Council Tax Donation5 Fabric repairs and maintenance F¢eat and Light l ineluding Manse costs) Insurance 67 67 53 899 6,146 3,277 7.509 6.390 2.045 11,930 6.697 2.045 11.930 6,697 Minister's Retirernent Minister's, Locum, Interim Moderator expenses Pulpit Supply Giving to Grow allocation Organ & rnusic Other building costs Other expenses Other staffin8 costs PPE ICOVIDI Presbytery dues Printing. stationery postage & telephone Youth worker expenses Messy Church Zoom litence 5.154 5.154 3,983 30.(KKJ 1.745 41.385 755 1,745 1.479 16,5S6 1.479 16.S56 3,443 15.412 893 1.420 893 1.420 1,355 1.526 87 144 93.343 156 81.550 156 81,550 Govemance costs Independent examiner's fees 550 550 550 550 550 sso 7. Investments at Ma￿et value 2024 2023 Funds held on behalf ol the ¢on8regation by the Chureh of Scotland General Trustees.. Church of Scotland Investors Tru5t- Growth Fund Church ol Scotland Investors Trust- Income Fund Consolidated Fabric Fund IS.727 5,143 439 21.309 14,371 5,096 419 19,886

WEIIPARK MID KIRK OF GREENWK ICHURCH OF S(YmANDI Notes to h• 2024 8. Mlnlster's Stlpen All ChuTch of Scotland con4r¢ytions contrlbute to the N•tioMI Stlpend Fund whith i￿r5 the costs of •ll minlster's stipends and employerfs contrIbu￿on5 for natlon•l Injur¥￿¢. pen51(m h¢yJsln and I￿￿ fund. Ministèr's stipends are paid In bccordance with the n•tion•l stipend 5ule. which Is re￿ted to years 01 servlce. For the yMr under i•vlew. the mlnirnurn stlp•nd E31.642 and the maxbmum stlpend lin the flfth •fid subsequent years) was f 38,W. 9. Coll•ttlon for Th1￿ Pard 2024 2023 McMlll•n Vend• 790 376 1.166 10. No materlal amounts of Glft Ald were receivable at ye•r end. There wer• no other rn•terl•l l￿bIlItI•$ for Iny other m•ffer at y￿1 end.