The Church of Seotland
Hurlford Church of Scotland
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOIITYrs
FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DLCLMBER 2024
CothErwiio• F40: I Ilh
Ck*rity No: SC U)1

Rcferen¢e and AdmiDR5tralive Infornatio
Clwity .Namc:
Hurlfffll Churth of SC￿18￿1
Chanty Re8iStJaiion Nwnbei:
Conwtion RefeYcK¢ No:
111kn08
Trnsieei
KIRK SF.SSIC)N
CY)N(JRL(JA'I'IONAL BOARD
Prinei
al oiftrbe*rers
Indepe•deot Exarni
Baxken
Virgin Money.
The J*orc8ate
KilmarnrfKk
KAI IJH

Trustrts, ABnu*l Re￿rt
ear ended 31 Deccmber 2024
Slructsr4 Governanct amd Management
GoverDiAg Doc¥ment
Church is in aeconkn with ts tenNs ofts Deed ofCoD#itution.
Recruitmut and Appointment of Trujtets
MemiKDTh of Kirk Session the Congegkno￿I B￿d arc ik charity tr￿Slee& The Kirk Session memlxrs
are el&rs of th¢ church and are choscn from tk¥)se nKffllws of the church who are consi&red to Iwvc t
oppropffiak ￿fiS and skills. The minisier. WIN) is a mcmtty of KI￿ S¢ssson. 15 clcctd by congrcgation and
ind￿ted by Prcsby*ry. Tr c(￿￿¢¥all￿nal Board is ap￿Inted from within the congregation and mcmixr4 of il
ongr¢gation inviieJJ ￿ nomAnat¢ inth'vKluals wkn •e beh.eved to have the skills and commitmeni to cOntn￿te
to tk Ma￿￿¢Ment affairs of Church. lo become member5 of Ihc B￿d. BoaTd Mernbe￿ arc ap￿in1￿ 21
thc Statcd Annual Meetsng and serv¢ for a Fnod of thnx aflcr which thcy must re-election ai the nexi
StsiLNI Annual Mccti
Or￿n1￿tIO￿lI Str•ctu
Tk congregation￿ Board md fLMff ts'm&8 durin8 ihe year. Certain rc5wibilitie5 are dekgaled lo tk FinanLY
Commiilee tlY Pro￿rtY Conunittce ￿ apw0[￿at. The Kirk Scssion mei seven times during year is
r&s￿nsIble for sixrilual affairs within ts ¢hurch.
Objettives and Activities
The Clnwch of Scot1￿￿1 is Trinitsrian in (kKtrine. rcfwmal in Irajition and P￿$bY16y1an in wjlity. li exists to
glorify (iod and to Work for advancanent of Christ's Kingdom througtK)ul the world As a national Church. it
xknowledges a d1st1￿tivL call aNI duty ￿ ￿Ing Il* ordinances of ￿ligIOn to the prople in every wish of
Scotland through a lem"tonal rninis¢ry. 11 wilh other Churckn in Vario￿ ecumenical btxlies in
S¢oi12nd and Iwon
W¢¢kly Sunday S¢rvi¢¢. FoTthightly miqL se(viLY. four s¢lKK•I services. Joint se￿Ice with l(Kal CatiM>lic
Church at ChrIstsn￿ a￿1 World Day of PrdyLY.
Youth activities: RainlK)w4 Brownie5. aNI Guides wh) meet weeklv ￿￿ernI￿r lo JU￿.
Guild mct foTthightly frnm Octo1￿r. fottnightl) n￿aIng of the sewing group from Sepfrrnber.
W¢¢klv and Ble￿r.
ial EV￿￿ in the year: Two Coffee Nkning& Lunch following *vrship on two one I1￿[e outing
one B￿￿1¢ Dn've and on¢ Clwistmas Fayre.
Communty Activitiry Trift p(w up eveErt ts*ice in Ihe )rar ovu three

Trnsttts, Annual Repjrt (coat)
Year ended 31 December 2024
Achitvcments and Pcrformante
Aiiethknr￿ ai e￿nts.. (iyild l& Bnnvnie.t (nKI(iuklL$ 40.
Financral Review
llie ltrim.iwl crfinL'i*mL* is weeklyfvewill IgJèrin%s. 53 slaThlu￿ ord¢rs alklo￿￿PI￿c.
A dec'r￿1¥ in i)fferinx.s of2.4WA
(iiJ¢Aiddonor.I dow'n by 3.
Fund raising adivitits - B￿￿ Drive aThl ￿1z.
Raerves Poliry
It is the TrustLXS' ￿)licY to knld reserves of aFfjxoxim￿ely six monts ex￿ndlI￿re includin&F &5igrthted fu￿1￿. Al
the year CNI Ihe ChuT¢h held unrestricted c&sh fu￿ of £69.823. This balance rcpresented over six monih's
The Chwch also IKld £3,058 of restrtded fuThts wthich have beth Fffovid￿ for the S￿Ified in Nole 2.

Trustees. ABn•21 Re￿rt (cont)
Year e•ded 31 Dtcember 2024
ststement of Trujtrts, Respjnsibilities
Tk mcmlrrs of tk Kirk Session I Cwornl Bwd must WqX4re financial ststen*nts which give sufficilaii
&tsil &) enable an 4)preci*ion of thc IT8￿$&ctio￿s ot" thc Chutch durll￿ ￿ financ￿1 year. The memlrrs of the
Ki￿ Se￿10n I congre￿]0￿7 Bwd are resEK•nsil)k for keqxne xcounts'nLT rc£ords thicAL on
must refiect ik tInanc￿l txisilion of tlr Church al that tsmc. This done lo enswe th￿ ihe finwKial
slaten￿nts cojnply with the ChaTilits and T￿51￿ InvL%thKMI {Scotland) Acl ?￿5, tk. Clwriti￿ Alxounts
{ScoilatKI) RcgulatioDs and Regul*1(￿ Anwrt Congregqtion81 FinaTr￿ apwoved by Genernl
AsscmbJJ' of ￿ Cknh of Scotland in 2(X)7. "IIKJ. alw resp)nsible for safeg(wthng Ik assets of LlTruTch
and musl lake ￿nable s*PS for ￿eventIOn andlor dÉ*JXton of fraud and othu irregulatiiie&
AHyovcd by the TTUStee5 AThJ 5iwKd OD tkiT lthlf.
Q2$

HIIRLTrORD Church 01¢ SCOTLAND
SC ￿1084
Independent Eumimer's Report ts Ihe Trryth of H•r¥oYd Cavre
I rq)th on th aLY4)w)ts of the charity for year 31 I￿X¢Mkn 2024 which oul on pages 6 10 14.
Re%peelive re•￿￿5￿billIItS of truJteeA and examiner
The Ch￿￿ty.5 trustecs are res￿￿sIble fot the prewion of the acuwnts in with the lenns of tl
Charilies a￿1 Tn￿ce Invlslmenl (scotla￿1) Acl 2(M)5 a￿1 the Clwities Accourt%' (s￿tIand} R¢gul*ion5 2(th.
The clwiiy (ru￿￿5 Ihat the dwjit requiTrmeThl of RegulalioD I (Kl) (d) of the Accounts Reg￿l￿￿On5 dL
a￿1￿. li 1% Iny i￿￿￿¥1b111IY Iv exami￿ ihe xcuunts ￿ reqW[￿ un(kr s¢diun 44( l) (c) of tk Act aThl to sta*
wIKXhcr W1i¢ular rnalters hav¢ ¢ome lo my altenti￿.
Ba¥ii of ind¢p¢nd¢DI aami*er'$ st•lcmc•t
My evmiT41iun is Ca￿led in xcOrda￿e with Regul*ion I l of the Chariti&8 AC￿Unts (.SC•tla￿￿} R¢gul#li4)n%
21x6. An CX4unAnaiiun I￿]￿d￿% 4 Micw of thc a£counling keN by the charity. and a corntWlS4)n ot rhc
a¢wunts ￿5¢DI¢d with thosc rccord.s. It also of any Un￿￿1 ilcm% or thsrl(K%ur¢5 in t
accounts, and ewanations fron] tr￿stee9 C￿CernIng any rnallcTS. Thc W(￿edureS urmkrtaken 410
A ￿}vide all th'iiknc¢ that would Ir reqwr&l in an a￿AlL aThJ wos¢wwlly i do wKrss an audÉl opiuio
on IhL view givL"n by thc accounts.
IDdep&denl euminer'i ￿teme￿I
In th¢ Course of my examinatio￿ IN) maltv h*5 wn¢ li) Tny ¥llention
l. wthich &iivcs me re&sonable Ca￿ lo believe ihat in any T￿lerial th¢ r¢quirenKnts.'
to kry ac£uU￿n8 records in &c￿d￿ w41h &Ytion 44(1) {a) of th¢ 2￿5 Act QHd Rwlation 4 of ihe
2(X)6 AcwunL% Regul￿11)￿% and
to ￿OUnts which aLrord with ￿ ￿l7)U￿n8 and rmply with ReBuJation 9 of the 2(X
Accounts Regulations hav¥ ￿)¢ IKrn MCL 4X
2. "1 o which. in my Iyfiion. aiteniion should ￿ drnwn in order to etmble & prow UthknS￿.ng of th¢ actlAmts
Name".
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Hurlford Church of Scotland
Recei
ts and Pa
ments Account
Year ended 31 December 2024
Unrestricted
Fynds
2024
Restrieted
Funds
2024
Endowmeot
Funds
2024
Nvfr3
Tvtal
2024
Total
2023
Recei
Donations
Activities for Gener4tin¥ Funds
Investment Income
£45.751
510
71
£45,822
510
£47.062
514
£ 46.269
£71
£46.340
£47.581
Rental of Premises
Other K¢L¢iptt>
Total RecL￿pt$
£ 675
£675
£550
(Nol¢ 4&)
71
ments
Cost of G¢n¢rating Funds (Note 4)
Charilable Activities
Churitable Activities
Tolal Payments
£ 20.3
46.563
76
£59.527
£203
46.981
£418
46,775
{Tr4ote 4a)
£418
£59.945
£59,516
Exeds of Reeelpts over PA￿Dents£
For the year before transfers
£1019
£347
£2.1()6
£1.758
Ex¢eJg of Receipls over P•yments
For the year
£1
19
£347
166

Hurlford Church of Scotland
Statement of Balances
At 31 December 2024
Unr¢sti7eted
Restri¢¢ed
F"UDds
Endowment
Funds
Totsl
2024
Totsl
023
Bank gDd De
Brou¥ht fun¥ard
£71.642
,405
£75.047
£73,289
Movtment in year:
ufreL¢ipis ofv¢r paym¢nts
£1.819
L747
£2.166
£1.758
Bank and deposit bal•nt
C.'arrled fonv#rd
(lift Aid Receivable
Heritable propertie& coftsi$tin8 of the Church, Halls and Manse aJ¢ Dot [￿Ord￿ ill the accoullts.
Th¢ ￿UnIS were approi'ed by Kirk SwioD and Tr'inancial Ik)ard on 27th Feb￿￿ry 202&
For and on ba￿lf vfth¢ knk Scssion and Finan¢i81 Board
Session Cletk

Hurlford Church of Scotland
Notes to the Aecounts
Tr¥%tee Remunernlioti and Related Pa
2) Movements in Fu•d
At l Janury
At 31 Decemb
Tr*n8fer
2024
P•
me*ts
Unregtrieted Fud8
G￿¢[al Fund
Dcsi&inatrd babtic Tr und
Dcsignatcd Organ fund
D¢signal¢d (iuild IIWHI
Desig￿￿ SuNlay sch￿1 FuThJ
sunda￿ Enterprise
lknigna*d Men's Club FuThl
£63.758
5.061
911
£4Y).944
£46.766
2J50
420
8.576
£63.936
3,711
491
1.031
635
19
8.805
174
785
605
12
493
778
493
R￿trict￿ F•nds
FIow¢f fund
Benevoleni FUTKI
Hymn B(K)k FuDd
Mission and Outreach Fund
Kirk SL3SiOn l."und
£524
1.425
133
?82
£30
£15
£539
1225
133
282
879
41
£71
203
£418
405
Tol*l Funds
£7
047

Hurlford Church of Scotland
i otes to the Accounts Continued
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Trunds
Funds
Funds
2024
2024
2024
Totsl
2024
Tot81
2023
3) Anal sis of Donations
WFO and Gift Aid
Tax r￿0Vered on Gift Aid
Ordinary OIT¢rings {O￿n Plate)
(hh¢r OfTering5 Donation5 elc.
£28.800
7.669
2.494
£28,800
7.669
2.494
£29,913
8,488
2.179
71
£71
£45 751
£47 062
4) Anal
sis of Pa
ments
Costs of &yeneralinby funds
Offerinbi envelopes
£203
£203
£203
£203
£?39
£239
haritahle 8ctivi¢i
(TIVC lo (srow allocation
Locum Costs
Presbyiery Due5
Copyright Licence
Minister's travel exFnses
Minister's tel¢phon¢
Equipment maintenance
Pulpit Supply
Organist
Fabric repairs and maintenance
Council Tax
H¢at and Light
Insurance
Founlain Magazine
Organ and Piano
Prinlingy and Stsiionery
Other eX￿nseS
£18,616
6,101
731
259
£18,616
6.101
731
259
£17,917
11.321
731
248
603
440
3,895
424
154
7.187
3,299
2.035
4.235
633
2,035
4.235
633
8,986
3.400
8.986
3,400
717
166
203
215
418
920
381
£46981
730
134
£46 775

NOTE 4a
GUtLD
Balance BIFwd 111124
l*)nations
Swing Trift Event
Colleclio
s￿nE TkntsE Outs"ng
Coffee Morning
Auwmn thrift w)p up
Catcring
£802.17
56.
1596.58
482.80
821.1K)
7.IX)
1.gA)5.(Y)
50.50
1 ?6.(K)
Capitatton Fe
Scottish Bible Society
OtKrah"on Mobilisalion
Chutch of ScotlaThl F. Kendal
Guild PToJects
FisF*nnen's Mi&sion
£ 255.(K)
I w.(x)
l(KJ.(K)
18.26
14.92
630.50
4_39.50
Swing Theatr¢ Outing
STThker's F.XTThses
E" l-El
Se￿￿e SrA)tland
Fi5hermcn's Mi&8ion
Christm&8 Tray
Theatre Ouling (2024)
14.92
18.26
2.040.
l.(X)7.
Chrislrn￿ Fayrc Exp's
Pla￿ Play¢r
Tkntse Outing (2024)
Counril Duc
Hurlford Church
Sunday School
Rainknws
Browmes
Guides
Cash in Bank 31112r2024
24.85
1.067.44
9.CK)
5,040.
150.IK)
50.00
50.IX)
50.IK)
£ 9 607.23
£960723
MEN'SCLUB
Balance BIFMd11112024
Bank Inier&4
£492.75
Hwlford Church
Cash in Hand 311121?024
£492.75
£ O.IM)
£492.75
£492.75
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Note 4a {cont.)
FABRIC FUND
Balance al 111124
Lfj.(￿.89
Ex￿T￿led
Bala￿ at 3111￿224
£2J50.
£6 [￿).89
RGAN FUND
Bal8Nx at 111124
Donation
£910.68
£419.83
490.85
£ 9IO.68
BalaNx at 31112124
£ 910.68
SUNDA Y 8CIICX)L
Baloncr at 111124
Aid
Cash in Bank at 3 lj12J24
£144.(K)
634.36
£778.36
174.(M)
£778.36
SUNDA Y ETr¥fERPIUSE
Bala￿e al Illn4
£12.80
784.44
£797.24
Hurfford Chwrh
C&sh in Hand 3111Y24
£777.94
19_30
£797.24

4* (epmlillwed)
KIRK SESSION FUND
Balance at Jiir24
Colle4Xions
£1.041.45
41.10
£202.81
£879.74
082.55
Cash ID Bank 31112124
FLOWER FUND
Balanc¢ at 111124
Donalions
£ 523.84
30.(KJ
£553.84
£14.9)
538.85
£553.gA
Bajanw at 31112r24
Benevolent Fund
LlaJan(Y ￿ 111124
£1.425.18
Ex￿ndcd
Bala￿t ai 31112124
£21K).tM)
5.18
£1425.18
£1425.18
MISSION & OUTRI,ACII
Bala￿￿ at 31112124 £282.(K) - no trall￿tio￿8 durin8 y(
HYMN R(X)K FUND
Bala￿¢ at 31112124 £133-(Kl- no trdA￿tIOnS during )ear
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Mi•i8tsr's Stipe•d
All Church of Scotland Congregatims C4)ntribute to the Naiiotml Sti￿nd Fund ￿lch I￿arS the costs of all
minist¢rs sÉl[t￿Js and employerfs clmtnlnrti￿S for nation81 ￿)s1on and ho￿$￿ng atKI lo￿ fillxl
Minislers. sti￿￿(l$ are ￿ld in accorda￿£ with the national Sti￿ThI scale. wthich is related to years of service. For
the year ujth Teview the njinimum £31.642 aNI tk maximwD stipa]d (in tIK 5 . and subxw(
ycars) £38.884
for Third Parties
Crossr&ich
Lady Ilaig- Charity No. SC016682
RAF Bencvolent Furnl
Turkey & Syria EartTr￿￿ Ap￿1
Watcr Aid
Scottish Bible &Ktety
S.U. Ayrshire Action Group
Mwy's Meals
Mi&8ion Avipdtion Fellowship
ch￿￿h of ScoilaThl MThkratoT's CIMllcn8C
£240.(X)
163.00
126.(K)
£205.1K)
i(x).
195.tX)
175.IN)
140.tji
150.
335.(
120.(X)
505.40
£1339.LK)
7 beld on beb•lf of the
the Ch•re& of S¢otl*ad Ge4eral Tru*te
2024
Ilal AeeouAt
Credit Ba]ancYs held at 31 Decemberal cosl
£1461
£1461
Market val￿ of Balantts at 31 [k¢em￿r
£2142
£1546
Credil Balance at 31
£761
£656
rettiveAI fn)m Chwreh of Seotl*Ad lttMrxth¢t
PrtpaKI for w(Kk ￿ rcplacc Stain>J Glass Window
£5.075
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of D¢si
ted Fun
Fabric Fu￿J. Tr TrU￿￿S IMv¢ Sel asi(k fUl￿ts for the n)airten&￿ of the Church w0￿rty
Guild F￿￿. Thc Tnkn hav¢ not sct asmle fuDth for llse by thc Guild
Sunday FUNI: Tr TnLStees ha%'e Mt sel funth fot use by th sU￿Y sch￿1
Men's Club Fund: The Tnstees have ￿t set &si& funds for ￿ by the Men's Club
Suth Ente￿1￿". Tr Ttustees Iwve sel asth funds for the we of the Sw¥lay Enterpri
of Restrictd Funds
Flowrr FU￿￿. This is a fund to wovid¢ tlowe￿ for dwlay dunng servi￿S of wTh5hip.
Benevolent FurKI: This is a for thos¢ in need in the Parish.
Hvmn B￿k Fund.. This is a to wivide l￿W hymn twks w￿n required
Mission and OLrtreach Fund.. Thi's is 8 fuNI for Mission and Outreach in Ihe Pan'sh.
Kirk 8esston Fund: This is a fund f4x gift of Bibles thyever the Kirk ¢wion as rcquired
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