Church of Scotland
Ayton & Distrirt Churches
Tntstees. Report and Recelpts and Pdyments Accounts
Year ended 31A Decefflber 2024
Congregatlonal Reference Number: 050300
S¢ottlsh Charllles Number: SC001208

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Charlty Name: Ayton and Dlstrlrt Churthes ￿￿rth ofscothnd
Charlry Re11stra￿On Ilurnber. 5C(KILIJ8
Contact Address..
Trustees:.
'Stepped down 5". March 2024
Prlnclpal Offi¢e Bea1•￿
Moderator:
sslon Clerk:
Church Treasurer.
Independ•nt Examlner
8•nk•rs:
Royal ofScotland
44 (￿rt sireet
HaddSnOon
Eart Lothlan
EH413NP
Paeel of 11

Ayton & D15trict Chuld￿STruSt¢g Annual Report forthe)*ar ended 31" December 2024
Strurture. Governon¢e ond Monogement
Go¥erniTrA Documont:.
The Churth Is admInIster￿ In accordan￿ wlth the temis ofthe Deed of Constt￿. Unllary
Fomi.
Recrultment and Appolntment of Trustees:.
Member5 ofthe lfjrk Session who h•¥e completed Sale8uardiThg traSnin8 are the charlty
trustees. The Klrk Sesslon members are the Elders of the thufth and are chosen from those
members ofthe ¢hurch who are consltsed to h￿e the approprlate glfts al￿ skllls. The
M¢)derator, who Is a mwhber of th• Klrk S•sslon, Is appolnted by Pr•sbyt•ry.
Organ15atlonal Str￿re:.
The Klrk Stsslon15 SUPPOrted by the Worshlp• M55slon and Stewardshlp tommlttee as well as the
Property and Hnance commlttse eath wlth thelr convenor. In addltton. a group known a5
"Gatherlng Folv whlch Is made up of members of the Klrk Sesslon and congregatlon WI￿ or#ants•
w•ekly Worsh1￿ Thwe Is •lso • pastwal cart team. Membets ofthe tthwryatlon and Klrk Ses50n
come together to arTan8e so¢lal and fundralslng events. The Klrk Se551on. whlth mèt s•¥•n tlmes
durlni the ye•r.15 resp0Th51ble for the splrltu•l aff•lYs wlthln the thur
The Churth of Scoll•nd Is TrfDltsrl•n In doctrlno, Rthed In and Presbyt•rfan In pollty.
It exlsts to 81th God and to work forth• ad¥an¢ement of Chrfsvs th8dom thTou8hout the
world. As a natlonal Churth, It acknowledges a dO￿1nd1¥e call and duty to brlng the ordSnances of
rellglon to the people In every parlsh In Scotland through terrltorlal mlnlslry. ft c¢wperJtes wlth
other Churches In ¥arl¢)us ecumenlcal bodles In Scodand and beyond.
SeThlces are held at 10.aoam. every Sunday", the ftrst Sunday of the month at Foulden Churth. th•
second. fourth and any Ilfth Sunday at Aytori Chufth and the thlrd Sunday at Reston Church.
There Is a Zaom seNl¢e every Sunday at 12 noon. Addlt5onal servlces are held durlng Holy WeeL
at Chrlsthi8s. R•membranc• Sunday and Ixrtdoor ser¥l¢es •t Bummouth Harbour and Lamberton.
There Is an emall ¢lrtylatkn115twheve a forthe Da￿ and other uselul Infornmtlon Is
posted each Sunday. There Is a FKebook page. Parlsh Nth¥slèkn affe Issuethree tlmes a year
whlch In¢lude detslb of Wor5hlp. M155lon and Stewardshlpi Sodal and Fundratslry and the work
ol the Church Gulld.
vbits to th housebound and hospltsl vlslts are undertaken bythe Pastwal Care team.
Dur1￿ Chrlsuan Ald weekthere Is a wafrtfolmd bytsa wlth don1￿￿01n$ to Chrlsttan Ald.
Money ralsod from the aucloon foll¢)wln8 the H•rVertThank58M￿ lunth goesto charlty.
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Ayton & 0151rfrtChuTthesTrusteg Annual Report fr*theyear ended 31" December 2024 (cont)
Objectlves ondA¢tlvltles (¢ont.J.'.
A coffee morning Is held monthty In Ayton Conbnunlty HalL
Achievements aml Perfo￿￿￿."
Achievements and perforniance relate to the oblectl¥es Ilsted above. AthiLwements mu# be seen
In terms of our role In the area. Central to that Is worship where we provlde the opportunity for
¢vÈryone to gather, Th>t ju51 members ofthe congregakn.
We provlde for the splrltual and sodal needs of the parlsh we ser¥e. In addltlon to rezular
worshlp* Is achleved by me￿Ing the need5 of people at suth tlmes as marrlage or
bereavement and the pro¥151on of Past￿•1 support at other keyllme5 In thelT Il¥es suth •sv151tln8
the sl¢k In hospltal.
The Hollday Club, Advent Art, Easter Art and Ilnks wlth Ayton •nd Re5ton prlmary sthools allow us
to contrfbute to the wellbeln8 oftheyoung people ITr the cornmunlty. Through ser¥lces such as
that held on Remembrance Sunday we are In¥ohnd In forAtslnE the communlty on Important
OCCa51ons In its Ilfe. Sodal and fundralslng events. suth as Coffee mornln8s and ￿ncer￿ allow us
to prL)vlde meetlng polnts for the people In the wmmunltles that make uo the Pailsh.
FlnondolRe¥lew.-
Income for 2024 was £167.326 and exPendI￿re was É158,950 resyltln8 In a surpltss of É8.376. The
maln reason for the Increase In both Income and expenditure was as a result of the cost of a new
gas heatln8 System lor A￿00 Church. The Atcounts wlll show that £127,342 was recelved from the
General Trustees tty*ards the c¢)st In *ddftlon to £2,144 for prnperty costs for the Manse prlor to
Its sale. The Appendkn to the Accounts Illustrats the eflert these costs hove on the holdlngs
h•ld wfth the Gener•1 Tnthe& Donjtkns were frnffl £20.314 In 2023 to £17W In 2024.
Followlng the dlsb¥ndlni of the Sodal and Fund Ralslng cornmlttee Income from thls source
reduced by some 50% from £1.535 to £762. Interest on deposlts and dlvldends on Investments
Increased sllghtly. Some of ilur In¥estm*nts held wlth Investments Fund5 Dlrert were 501d to
realise £lO,(X)O to assist wlth in•tial costs of the ne4¥ heatlng system for Ayton Churth.
Note 4 of the Accounts glves a breakdown of expenthre forthe year. Althou8h It Indlotes a
Gbving to Grow contrlbutlon 01 £25,178, when netted down the artual fi8ure was £4.196.
Expondlturn on church rn•lnt¢n•nce w•5 prfndpalfy In connecllon wlth the new heatln8 Svstem for
Ayton Church. Expendltum on heatlng and Ilglrt1￿ was sharth I￿r than In 2023 as a rewlt of a
rebate from t￿ old enew supfv.
The value olour holdlnas In the Churyh ￿ Seothnd Investor< Trust Growth and Income Funds at
vear end stood at £103.089 compared to £98.122 the previou5 year ar￿ our Inveslment wlth
In¥Ès*n¢nts Fund Dirertwas Valued at £81A24 atyear end.
Pa8e 3 of 11

Aitsi & Dlstrfct Churthes Trustee< Annual Rewtforthè year ended 31" DrtembeT 2024 IconL)
Flmindal Revlew{cont)..
It be worth mwtioTrir¥ that, al¥wh BUmM￿rth Churchwas sold In 202L the monles held
In the AlexanderAflleck Furnl have Tr)t yet been used. There are a number ol reasonsfor thls not
least because there has been Ilttle Inthe way of pfoyess in convertiftk the IJullthn8 from a Pla￿ of
worshlpto a rnsldentlal hom• and thor• is a lik•llhood thatth• propgrty may b• put on th•
market a8aln. Ary new owner's ayeenxnt would be iequlred forthe erertlon of a memorlal.
A furthtt rtferenceto the Appen<lx wlll 51x)w • Tempor•ry Account. Th15 h • carry ovei from 2023
lollowlrnJ the sale of the P41anse. DI$￿SSIonS wlth the Generdl Trust*s need to tske to
deterrnlne the flnal destlnati¢)n of t￿ fw)ds In th1$A¢U￿nt but It shouFd be noted posltlve
Imp•rt they have had on the Re¥en* A¢￿￿￿t In tenms of lrtefest earne
Twnln8 now to the budget for 2025: a number of costs are alrtady knoTNn and are broadly
slmllar to the aclual fl¢ufes for 2024wlth the exceptlon of expendlture on Ch￿rth makntenJ)ce
•nd h•atln8 and118htlng tosts. Artual Intofv*for 2024 has b￿n t*k•n a£ a 8uld• fov 2025 and It
wlll ￿ not•d thtr• 1$ an *ntldyted ¢lellch ol £6.900 rt ye•r end.
ReseNes Pg11ry
It Is th• trwt¢•< p¢ll¢y to hold uM¢strkted bJDk •nd deposlt fund r•sorv•s to •nsur• suffld•nt
lunds are feadlly a¥allable to meet re8ularc(#))mllmeAts aswell as any unfor¢s•en costs. At the
vear end the Churth held unrestrlcted cash and deposit fund5 of £35,356. In a more typlcal year
than 2024 thls would eqy•le to approxlm** 12 aml a half months eM￿ndIture based ¢)n the
budgeted Igure for 2025.
Stotement of Tntstees'Rtsponslbllttles
The members of the Ktrk Sesslon/FlnaTrdal Board Thu5t prepare statements whlth Khe
suffident deta51 to enable an apprfflallon of the transact14￿ of the Chwrth thrln¢th* finandal
voor. Th• rn•mb•rs of th• Klrk S•SsI¢￿IF1￿Ifftd•l Bo#rd •1• r•spon51bl• for Irgopkng pvopqr
c¢ountln8 reconls wA*h, on reques¢ must refi¢rt the flnanclal poskI￿ of the Churth •t that
Ilme. Th1$ must be done ￿ ensure tlwt the finabKlal statements conyfy wlth the Charltles aKI
TrLFStee Imfestrnent{Scotland) Ad 2(X>5, the Ch¥ltles Ac¢ounts (5cotlandl Relulatlons 2(106 and
the Regwlatlons Anent Conire8atlonal Hnance approved bythe General Assembly of the Clwr¢h of
Scotland In 2CK17. They are also re4yonstble for safÈzuarthn8 the assèts of thè c1￿¢th and Th￿$1
tak• reasonablè Sws forthe we¥¢rtlon and orldrtertlon (Jf fraud and ¢)thv Irre8ul¥ltle
Approv￿ bythÈ T￿￿tee$ 2nd slgvèee thelr behall..-

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andTrustq• lThvesirnentlScokndlArt2Q)5 •ndtheChrli*s A¢¢wtslSrothndl fteDthtlorts2006.
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presertedt•Jlth those re(ord% *also lfyckths glamT Items tydlsdosureslnthe A(uwmts•nd
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Tolal
Totsl
2021
RECE￿5
Don•tlon$
17&K91
PIIL
NIL
17•)&91
NIL
20313.58
1707.58
Funds
B•nk & O•postt lrt¥•it
In¥utm•rt IrK•me
34.78
7.n 6￿30
559.17
Nl
23311.
Sale of Asseis
Siltof Inv•5trnqnts
Retdpts fromG￿￿1 Tr&￿*•4$ IM•
Appendl¥l
Other R&•lpts ￿1•foot01P1￿I
129485.75
4181.
Nll
IS.7
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347.
TOTURECEIP
PAYMENTS
Cost olGer*rnt5rv4 Funds
awrlt•bleActMtles
NIL
2m926 130185.75
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NIL
NIL
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17UI J7645.IS
NIL
NIL
Churthfj¥lld ICh•vtt•bl•Acii¥m￿l
TOTALPAYMElll5
Exce55 of Rerylpts o¥w Payments
905724 168USI
8375.79 IW3NI
Tvan$fvs lseeNth 11
f#rthE yur
Analy5150fOth•r Rttdpts*bov
4(K)1.60
79.4
Pa8e 6

AYt￿ and DlstslrtChuTthes
StateTh￿t01 l•l￿e%
as it 3tst Derember 2024
Toal
aoslniOaAk Btht•{Clw(h •NI
Less urKleéfed Item
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30799A9 22YI.32
56l.85
30237.64 21410.(bl
To¢•1 B•nk& Depu*tB•lan
hll
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J•019.￿ 45142.xl
Mwerneni In year:.
Forthev
714
In¥vtm¥its •1 M•th•tV•l
COS lTrwettorn'Tvwt Gro¥rthFth
COS 1n¥estots'Trt￿l Ir*ome Furnl
In¥151m•nt F￿d$ Dlr•etLtdlM4G
S2290.41 47n2.68
50798.58
50339.28
85￿.9)
$079LS8
8142413
NIL
NIL
COS lThvut•r•'Trwt Gr•wthFuryl
C05 Investorn'Trust IrKom• Fund
aqw
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NIL
U•bUI¢*¥
For•nd onbthllof the I1￿5**k￿lF1n•IX0ll Bov
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AytM and Dlstrld thurthe5
I#￿n￿Y ft•celpts
2024
2024
G•Mral
1527450 36614Sg 117789261
5796.13
4WJ.28
25&17
NIL
5156AS
527.60
Gulld
675.(¥1
Vouth
2595>
S65A6
Churchprd & ts7￿￿•d
1163.11
59.02
i(w.
11259.531
1222.23
Aytsn Churth
To¢•1 Fur#
Pwpom dR•#trfrt•d Fwbds:.
Yo¥¢h Fund.. to run Ktlvltlu 10 •nh•nt•th•Wrtts￿I *Yltsre ol¢Nldr•)•ndrnr* PEople wlthlnth• P•r15h.
Churthy4rd & DIMbledAtwJ FU￿1. kn mp•a OlAtft￿ tglhwuthe 4to¥•ndtoffl•lDt•ln
the younds.
Klvk SesslohwlH therelorn thefunth ts *rect•dnwth rr•iw*l.
Donwrd Fund.. ityw¥t•dfrtyn theathal hto be u*dloroutr••th•rwwthy peowt. r•n be w•d
toxslsi Bwwkknhlr•thv15thn yO￿h Tn4L
P¥rposeof Deslonrted Furwts:.
to the(h￿h.$ reserves to tovtr ￿entIal fflajw •xpenthtw
Gdld F￿￿. to flo•￿e￿ork olthe IDal Gulld In•thWwthe•lrn•Thd obJttdvtsolY* lthl Clwjrth
GfftAld
Tax Aew¥vedor•GtftAhl
Ordlrwry OIFvlry Iopen Platel
Weddlr¥slFun•ra15 & Chr[rt￿Tr
Other OHerlwi tior*tlon%.et¢.
7091.22
5165.13
217420
In635
2498.73
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An•lysls 01P￿.
2023
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rre•sury Books
Fundral$ln8 Exp￿$
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G￿Ing10 GrowC4)hlrfbuU•n
2517U
l5219.(Kl
116198.(rfJl
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14374.Wl
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75735
Ory•nlstlthurth Owl
Churth ￿lAt￿n￿r
13**1AI
12754
79639
148L52
3097.60
916OA8
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1014.81
PrlNtlwSt•tlohery& Pwi¥*
4877.65
1?645.
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Total hyk)*l)ts
5. Mlr4rt•rfsStlpend:.
•nd W￿￿￿ye￿$t0TrtrIbUtlms lor1￿￿￿11 ￿5￿n£•. prtw•nd fw4. MlrAsters' Mlperth •r• p•Sd In
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stSpwMI £3L642 •ndth•m•*lmwn #lpmdlknth• 5th and ysl £Y&184.
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Swttlsh Charlty P4ty SCCX11208
APPENDLYTO niE ACCOVPlfS FOR ThIEYEAR gIDED3J$7 DECEMBER2014
optnirl eatsrt¢s*t
G•ln ofr$a￿ off40￿ Gro•rth Fuftd thTts
wsts I1167￿￿8 SV5twnuwrad•forAywi a4wthl
Crtsglt Balertos hdd at 31$1.Ottttrbtr•ttost
Market Value of BolarKes at31￿ lkn*er
167B53A7
Corwlldated Fabth Fund.
Openlr*
QOS￿ B•W
12264.15
Int•ro•t
224&3.
2119.#0
Depostt F￿d knives1
GTv*rth Dl¥ld¥¥l
MSstelhnetrttsRttÉlpts
Admln15tr4tloh Costs
7.11
4th(
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Av￿ and Dtstrlrtchurd
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Tax R￿er￿d on Gfft
OrdlnaryOlferf*y (C￿ Plat
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3WJ
33311.32
9485.75
281SO.00
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347.64
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