Church of Scotland
Ayton & District Churches
Trustee< Report and Recelpts and Payli￿lts Ac¢ounts
Year ended 31S1

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CortactAdts: Mr. IL Ifay
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Klrk Ses%lon: Rw. J•llM• Muththlra. S. Patterson, Mr& M. EIMo4 M. FSemln& Mr.
Kay. Mrs. l. ialdlaw {•ppthted 2P. Jwi• 202¥, Mr& P. Oy*ald. Mr. P. 05wal4
Mr. D. S8nders¢M
Ind•pothtt E¥•Mh￿r. Mr. G. Mlln•
The Rowar
TDM 5LS
44 Court Street
East iothl
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Paaeiofs*i

Forn).
Membets of the lark Sesslon who completsd Tn&ee Safeguallllw tralnlng are the charlty
members ofthe churth who are eonslderod to hwe the apprqxlate and thms. The
The Klrk Sessknn Is ￿n￿￿ted bythe Worshlp. Mlsslon •nd StedArdshlp commlttee as well a5 th•
Property and FIMn¢e commlttee eath wlth thek ￿ convenor. In addltson, • group kntr*n as
"G•therlw Folv whlch b m•de of members ofthe Klrk S•s51on cony•8•tlon who or8•nls•
wee*1yworshl￿ Thw• Is 41s0 a ￿$t￿MI care ts•m. M•mb•vs ofthe con8To8atton and Klrk S•sgon
comè together to aTr•n8e s￿1*1 and lundralslng everrts. The Klfk SeMlon, whlth m•t sw•ntlm•s
durlTr8 th• y••r.1s i•5pOn￿b￿ forth• splrltual affalrs wlthln the thur
Th•thurth ol Sroiland Is Trknlt*rl•n In doctrfne, Rthed In tr￿on •nd In pouty.
It •xlsts to •Thd to wwk forthe adva￿ement of Chrtsvs Klngdom th1o￿hoUt th•
world. As a natlonal ChuTth, It a¢knowl•d8es a dtsllnctlve call and duty to l)rfw the oydlnances of
rell8lon to thè p•ople In •vory parfsh In S¢othnd through terrltorl•l mlnbtsy. Ittw)er•tss wlth
other chuld￿ In varlous Kum¢nk•l IxKlle5 In Scotland and beyMd.
On Sunday 7th. Sept•mber2025 Presbytery conven￿ In S.WA& for a ser¥ke of Ilnkw of SL
Andrws Wallace Green and iowkkwFth Ayton and l)Istrlrt Ch￿d￿ •nd on 20 . November In
Fo80 Chutt* for a s•r¥lc• of Iln*a8e of SL Andr1￿$ Wallw Gre￿ •nd lty¥ldt wlth Aytthi and
Dlstrict Clwrthes and Fo8
Senths arn h•ld •t i0.lthm. edery Sundar. tho first Swmlwy morth at F(xthlen Chwth. the
posted each Sunday. There Is a Facebook k)a8e. Par15h Newslekn are Issue three tknes a year
whkh Indude detsl& of Wor$M￿ M155ion and St•MaYthlp. Sodal and FundTrtslng and the work
otthè Churth GUM
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rfn8 Christian Ald week thqre ts a fol1w￿ by tea wlth dorbations 8oln8 to Clvlstlan Al
A coffee mornlry b hdd rnonthty th AYIN Commwth H•U.
In temis of our role Èn the area. Central to that is worshlp where we provlde the opwtunlty for
We provlde for th¢ spirftsMI and sodal needs of the parlshwe seTh*. In addltkn to feylw
worshlpl Ihls Is #thleved by meedn8the of pg¢ph at suth tlm•s ￿ marrta8e or
b•r•w¢m•Tht and tho prothslon ￿ Pas￿41 support ot other tlm•s In thelr hves suth asvlsltlng
th• sl(* In IM>sW.
that held on Remembrance Sund&y we are knvol¥ed In focuslng the CoMm￿lty Important
occaslon5 In Its Ilfe. Sod•l and fundrntslng events, as coffee mornlngs and foncerts, dlow us
to provlde maetlry p￿rtSfOr the people in the cfjmmunlt1•5 that make uo thè ParlslL
2024 and 2025 due to the Instsll•don of • nv&T Ihe•tln8 SVSt•m for Ayton chu￿h. Incomefor 2025
£42,788 and ew•nthturnw8s £41J93 r•suftlng In a surplus of £lJ95. Ho¥￿er, 2025 Ino)me
Pla￿$ ofworshlp Grnnt 5d￿me redalmlng the Valued added tsx on e%￿n￿rturn In connectlon
leavlw a d•fftlt of £18.39S.
On the same page It wlll be noted thatfundralskng Increased to £L796from £762. The cortert
8lven by the Eyemouth Flshennen'5 Cholr ralsed £7n. the Chrlthas coffee mornkng £394; Ayton
InveSth￿nts was Very ￿MIlart0 202
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Flnond•l Revlew (contJ.-
Page 10 gives a breakdiY•m of expeJKllhTrforthe ythr. W It Indlcates a GMn8 to Grow
contribution of £29N34. whÈn netted dtr*n the xtual figure was £12,797. However, follty•An8 the
Ilnkagewlth St. Andr￿/S Chwth. the cixthtKrtk>n has been reduced by £299 and this will
recoup¢d in 2026.
not￿ Is small as the Ilnkaqe occwred lth In tho year so wlll be 8reater ln 2026. Costs Indudgd tho
Mlnlsws travel and ITr 2026 WMI 4150 Indude Ayton and Dlstrl¢t churd￿S share of exp•ndlturo on
The°Charltable 61vV f*ur• of £45(Xl T*nS spIIt between Berwlckshlre Chrf511an Y¢xrth Tntyt
(£4,000) and the Myanmar earthqu•ke appèal. The donatlon to Berwkkshlro Chrlsllèn Youth Tntst
should ha¥• been tsken from th• Dorwarf hew kn the Chuvth ofscothn￿S Investorf Trust
Deposlt Fund. Thls will be correct•d In 2026.
You wlll note th•t eMp•ndltuYe on heat and118htlTrg ￿ £8,484 In 2025 agalnst £1.045 In 2024. In
port thls was ljecause of a refvnd from an old suppller In 20X To put It Into some forni of eontex¢
In 2023 •xp8nthr•w8s £4A37. Otherfxtors to tty*are tho costs of supplylni gasto Ayton
Th• App•ndlx on pag• 11 wlll showth* theT•mpDr•ryA(¢ount has now be•n domd but not
b•forn the R•¥enu• Fund InU￿sed Inv•lu• by £26.171
wlth a surplus of £1395. So. Itwlll b• not￿ It Is dlfflcult to woduce a budget any de8rn8 of
¢CUfacy. Some costs for 2026 are known w¢h •sth• GIVI￿t0 GrtraT Contrlbutlon, Presbytery
Ihws and Insuran¢e. To arrl¥e at other budgeted costs. the actual fi8ufes for 2025 have been us•d
as a base vAth the exceptkn of Ch•rltsble GIVI￿ and Heat and U8hL Agaln, a5 tsr as budgetod
IrKom• 1$ the acts￿ figwes fty 2015 hwe Iwi taken as a gulde ¢xdudln& ofcourse,
defidt In the re8lon of £4726. It Is dlffladttosee h(M the church can reduce exPendI￿re
funds are readlty avallable to meet vezukr crfrnltments as well as any unfores••n tosts. At th
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The members of the Klrk Sesslonifinandal Board must prepare flfian(ial statsmèntswhlth give
suffiaent detsll ts enable an appre£satlon of the transactlons ofthe Church durfng the finandal
year. member5 of the ￿Tk SesslonlRfia￿laI Board are respor&ble for keeplnB proper
tlme. This must be done to ensure that the finandal st*emert5 comth wlth the Charltles and
Trustee Imiestm•rt {Scotlandl *£t 2005. the Charttles A¢¢ourts Iscotlandl Regthtlons 2006 and
the Regulat1￿ Anent Congr•8atlonal Finance approved by the General Assembly of the Churth of
Scod•nd In 2CK17. They ale a150 rw4ble fo¢ saf•guardlng the assets ofthe Church and must
Approved byth• Tiusieos and 48ned on thelr behalfr-
Seskn Chrk
Date 2a,, 03 :aL .
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T*Jl•l
16117
IL
10117
NIL
Fund*
1796
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231
22276
of Premls¢s
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NIL
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19
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158275
41393
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799
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31L
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467
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52314
52114
11514
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241(Kl
241n
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37047
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746
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51
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1274
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2749
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2174
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1607

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15178
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a￿￿￿811an
610YI
20956
Furd knterest
2571
44UZ8
13968911
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GIftAld
17LKI
1796
751
CIMwth 6Lthld
Total Ret*lpts
491
131751
11791
12791
Ch*vlthbl•6Mrrf
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1796
Unked C￿ry•CO
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Z16
76
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