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

WELLP*AK 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 pr*Mni iht repon atco*t51or Welpjrk KI￿ ol Greofftock I￿￿1¢h ol lor yur
ded JI Decen*or 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** kt4yJf*rs (S¢•fkndl Atpl&t*lfiJ ?CK16 amEndedl
xctsr&¢Tr<E V4rth tho Financml Repontht s￿￿11rd a￿￿)ble th ihe UK and ol Ire￿nd pJblohEd oft 16 JU￿ 2015.
.•E*Di• A41rnlNb•tya¢iy• Inlvrm•¢ign
C￿￿•￿ Narn¢.'
Chriy Kos15trJuon Nun*er'
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5C(Q1013
C¢2rttsct Addrti>
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• '.
Ex*rninor
The Roy*l ol Siorbnd
122 Cithqafi &rtei
GfteTrOtk PAI 5 18A
V*81ffi 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+$.
M*M￿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 <on8rtgAtson ￿r￿(uL7r Jkill
Qry•n594tlonal Strurtvrs
The Kirk Stssion moets at k3St ten rimE5 In a year Is respf*ttsthJle for tht spirffuil and tht rempoT31 affairs wllhiTr the
church And Is thaircd by Mmi&tEr. Tho Kirk Se55w>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. wh*h 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. f*Jr ro ou¢ te¥*uJI locarK*h,
re¥uLirty wolcorne ¥15rtor$ 10 the Io*n 3t 0￿r st*WKes 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 dEvek*pEé 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 ry*mbeT5 the
doihi th

•lfti Cony•wh
Thè prNKIp31 riik laciii rhe ti the a￿￿phbr oltht rnembonhip As ) c*anry 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** n*n*tr% awj a mEn*trshy cknssis rnn t*tht4 required.
Tho Kwk kswjn Is *cri¥tty purwyo a ol ertowath)t vse ol our pr*n**s ty cDli*rwnrtY 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•d*rnhlp
A chxrry ol thp Jnd ol W•I￿r￿ Mid nwnbw ￿ ￿•F41 wrth o*c•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 p055*lo rweaDS oloncourwiz rnErthr5 ro In(reaye th*ir
&TrIAg5 indv4p Olver￿n¥ fr•n vthersovrctL A ryhtCOMrolon exwdojtr ¢￿vr•Ie w be ktfrt thrr¥Jthoui
Ihe y*Ar5 10 c¢m*
Y¢tS*ry•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 ah*ys 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 ststrn*Thtsfor txh f*¥Er￿ yw shw a tn* afvd view tsf
the STait ol afvirsoltht rh¥rrtyand rtsfiFAD¢#lacovit*sforthat the trusrees
are reqjired 1¢..
selttt a¢¢¢￿￿￿Tr*s 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 th*r 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 Invesrff*rnr 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 tP*ir bel￿.

WELiP•RKMID KIRXQF fjPIElm{(mIIAC￿0FScOTLIN01
IndRptffidenl Eiambntr'5 R•pDrttO IhE Trusthos DIw*I￿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<rn1nI0￿ I￿1) Idl oltheAc¢ounts HwlJiion5
dDe5 Dot awly.
11 k ty r•spDD￿MlltytoeuMlThtt￿ICC0￿Thts Js IEqulred sectlOn4411l IcloftheAttBndtD5tbte
therpartlcw*•r ￿￿e￿arne ¢orn¥a￿tIDn.
ATrexamhbtion 14ciidvJ out inaccordance whihA￿Ul￿￿Th li oftheChantiesAtrnunts Istotlw)
R¥ulaVons 2rth. kn pxarnlnatkTrn Intlth a le￿e￿ ol th*¥¢uuntlnBrocrrfds kÈptbyihÈ charty
¢OmPari50n Df the1cco￿￿tspr•S￿tedVlth those recofé> 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￿FGRlII*xKI¢1Iu1cH9FS0Y1A1ffjl
tiipivr5 AF4D PAYMtNF5KcouMr
Fufvdi
74.321
74J21
71￿￿
2,550
2.$57
h•r*wn•
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 Re*rlaed
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.