THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
COLDSTREAM & DISTRICT
PARISHES
Receipts and Payments Accounts
Year Ended 31st December 2024
Church Number: 050342
Charity Number: SC001456
Stated Annual Meeting of the Congregation
after Service at
Coldstream Parish Church on Sunday. 9th March 2025

Coldstream & District Parishes
Referenee and Administration InformatK•n
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Charlty Name..
Coldstrcam & Di5trici EJari5hcs
Chariiy Registrduon No:
SC001456
Cun&iregation Referencc No-
O*Oi42
COnt￿t Addre&s:
Trustees
Kirk Session
CoDgregaiional Board
PrincipAI Office•Bearers
Min15ter.'
Inlerim Moderator
S¢ssion CI¢Tk:
Clerk to Ihe Board:
Church Tr&qsurer'.
1'3can':
Independent Examiner
Bankers
Bank of Scotland
The Business Direct (80?260)
PO Bo¥ 10
BX21LB
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Coldslream & District Parishe8
Trusieés Annual Report
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Structure, Govemance and Managoment
Governing t)o¢ument
The Churth is administcrvd tn accordance Tth the ternis ofthe Oeed ofconsbtsticn.
Recruitment and Appolntrnent of Trustees
Th8 Kirk Session and c￿gregats￿al Blpra are the Lharrty I rustees. Ine ￿rk bessp)n
memt*rs are the elders ofthe Churth and are frC￿ members ofthe ChLrch
who a￿ Conside￿ to have the aFvropriate and ski118. Tha Minister. who 18 8 member of
the PQrk Sessb)n. is SI￿d by the congregatijn 8n(l indurAed by 8nd 8LXX)unt8ble to
Presbyiery. The Cwregatr.(x￿ Board is appynted irom wthin the D)n￿8901￿MI 8nd
memterg of the c(ryregatDn are iwted to nommte indM¢*Jals Tr•h3 are balièved to have
skill8 commithènt to (xntribjte to m￿agement affwrs of the Church. to become
members of the Boar¢. Board Members are1t￿n app)￿ted at Ihe Staled Annual Meeting
and serve toi a perkx r)f three years aftèr which they must 8eek rtreW￿)n at tre next Stated
Annual Meebng.
Organlsational Structure
The CongregalK)nal Board ¢hairèd by the Alink%ter. Interim Mcéerator or Locurn and meets
lour times in a year. Certain responsibililies a'e ¢Wegated to Finance Ccfflrnrtlee. Property
Commiitee aThJ Socbal Ccthmittee as appropnate. The ￿"r￿ Sessw which nO￿alty rnBels
minimum of times a year L8 ￿pOnSIble for spiritual affairs wthin Chuid).
Objectives and Activities
Church of SCola￿l is Trii*tarian in doctrr*. Refurmed in tralrtpjn aroj Presbyterian in
polity It exists to g1￿ God and lo *vrk fr)r the advanrxmenl vf Chri$t'$ Kmgdom Ihroughcwl
the worfd. As a nat10n￿ Church It acknthedse5 a distinctive call arpJ duty to brin9 thg
ordinances of ￿tIllIc￿ to tITe per* Of every pafish in ScoUaTrJ through a territorial ministry. It
oTroperales with other Churches in vaiious ee4jn￿1ca t￿dIeS in Scotland and teyoThJ.
Qius￿eaM & u1S￿GI Yan6neg are IinKeo wnn t¢xl￿ Wla Leiv￿lM vansn tynurcn. I nare ar*
Services of Worship each Sunday at 10.30am at Cdd8tr88rn in addition to wal s•rvicès
for ChrMtrna8. Ea8tw and Cold81wm Qvic Week. Once a month an infom￿1 I￿a-style
S8rvi(* on a Wednesday ovening in CoWstream. j￿nI swce5 Sl. Mary & AU
Souls. Episcopal Church take ￿3t¢ wlhree bmes a year in Coldstream. and there 15 a
joint monthly Ta1Z&s￿ e¥ening servKe. Montrdy pinvy wth St Mary and All Souls
are also held at L¢nnel House Care Home.
Followng retiramort In Apn'l 2023 of ￿th• Chary ol Coldstroam
Distnct Parishes linked WTtP Fccles and Lwihohm Parish Church has been vacant. From 1
January 2024 been Interim Mothrator. Weekty services conlinued In
Col(tstre¥m ￿ductsd by the WrJship Team thB SO8￿0￿ Clerk and visiting mini8tor8.
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Coldstream & District Parishes
Trustees Annual Report {ConL)
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Objectives & Activities Icontd.)
As of l January 2023 the Presbfv of Duns jcined with neighbouring kxesbyteriès lo fom
Pr8sbytery ol Lothian and Borders and tht Duns Presbytery Mission Plan was
lncorpwated ￿nI0 the L¢lhian and Borders Mtsston PL8n. receiving final approval in July 2023
8n¢J enterin9 the imp￿mentst1on phase in Septemter 2023. The Plan prov*Jes for a mirwster
to b• bas8d in Coldstream as part of a ministy team sUPPOrting all the churches In the are
of the former Duns Presbytery. Diw$si￿5 of fepresentatNes ol all the c¢)ngregatif￿$ have
taken place V•ith Presbytery ¢Juriny 2024 aNI rt has been agreed that the fraMe¥KI￿ for the
ministry team will tske trie fom) of a parish grouping. The parish of Earfston hasjoin8d the
d1scussion$ and wrrill jc4n the parish groupirwJ tmth one of the five mnisters in the ministy team
b8wJ in Ea￿$10n. Sessions and Gon￿at￿$ are exFeCted to vot8 on these
arrangements eady in 2025, NthKh wll enable the proce88 of filling the vacarw in our tharge
to beg￿. The PL4n envisages in￿¥￿1 inwrt ond leadership from Ir)cal Church elders and
member5, With the team of ministers providing support and advice throughout the
ongregats'ons in our area.
Achievements and Perforniance
The lfjrk Sèss*)n agr••d to change the time of the Sunday morning service from 11.15 a.m.
to 10.30 a.m. from 17 November. Church attendan￿ on Sundays a￿ not back to pr
pandemic levels, trKrt have stsbilised at around 30 on an avLYage Sunday. Pastoral ￿$*ting 1$
carrie(l out by elders wgiling memters in th￿r districts. Funerals have been conducted by our
Interim Mfx1eratr)r and other kJcal and retired ministers. Despite regular giving by faithfijl
members and a Gift Day in March. General Fund expenditure excEeded irhx)me by £7.651
before transfers. Although the balances of ufire3tncted designated fvnds are healthy, it ig not
sustainable in the long term to subsKlise recurrirKJ wsts Irom Ihese fvnds.
In January and February 8ervic88 Werè ￿ld in th• Churth H811 vthilè alt•rth"ort$ worè mad¢ in
thè church. The raisèd chancd ar8a was 8xtsnd8d, ena￿rn9 a ramp to bg installad, making
all parts of our premisès wh8è1thar accesgble. The front pew ￿￿S removed to albw
sulfia￿t spac8 for fun8rals and the box pews removed from the corner of the church by
thg tsjor to the High Street. This provides a fie￿ble area has been used, for example.
as a chi￿ren'8 activty area during a baptism swvKe and ts book displays when the church
was open duriThJ Civic Week. On each sth of the Lyntre pews ¥ half pew was removed lo
make a space for us•rs ofwhedthairs and VAlkers. At the same time a new ￿ring arcuit
was instslled to provhje powei points for the a￿￿￿1￿¥1sUaI system tog8ther with extra
points for deanina and other oeneral use..
The hall provided an eaS￿r space to heat for ser¥Ke5 and aso a rrwjre irrtvnate atrr￿5pttere
both for servickns and smaller fvr*raI5. On the other hand the church wa5 able to
acccrfnmodate larger numbers for some frjnerals and al￿ for the V+EII-attended communrty
ser¥ices at the opening of Coldstream CIVK Week and on Remembrance Surthy. Going
fOrW￿d. some 5eMce5 have ￿nb"nUed to be hekl In the hall.
In Oetobèr 3 ¢oncert was hekl in Church by the eekando Choir from Dortmund in
Germany. They were able to Use the extended th•n¢d plafftsmi lo good effect and the
buildtTrJ'8 8c(wJth'cs brtsLTroht the best oul of Iheif WO￿.
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Trustees Annual Report
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Achievements and Perfonnance Icontd.)
The Coklstream Guikl ¢￿tInUed its actr¥￿e3 .￿ a prcyJramme Of Guegt speakern on the
second and fourth Wedr*sday eveninu of tre month during tr* autumn, wnter and spring.
Meets'ngs have been ￿11 attended by ar¢uThJ 25 peO￿e each time, but in Ihe 8ulumn of 2024
meetiThJs were changed tOjU5t the second Wgdng¥day each month due lo dfftulty in finding
speakers.
There is a Men's Prayer Bwkfast once a fcfftnvjht on a Saturday moming. whth 1$ regu*rly
attendetl by up to Iwefve men.
A felltjwship dlscusslon group Ladies@10 meets on alternats Wednesday m¢ynirvd$.
On alternat& Sunday M￿Ings the servic8 15 proceded by-sunday Sin< which is an
opportunity for all WI￿ enjoy 8ingirKJ to exphye some new W￿shIP song5 togetsr.
A weekday evening Lent cour8e
held St Mary and Al St)uls Epr5c4pal Churth ift tr
Churth Hall and by Iheir rector
Our tvh) churches shared a service and
lunch on tha Sunday ol th8 Week of Prayèr f¢x Chr￿bart Unity in January and r)n christs.an Aid
Surmlay irT May. Our traditional a)Jmental wak of ffttness tc¢* place ￿ Goc¥J Friday and
this yeals ecumenieal carol yngTrng was trganised in Market Square logether the
CcAdstream Gèteway A$socAti¢￿.
T%wJ act￿l￿e$ for primary age children **re held during the ye•r.' N "video and popGgrn"
afternoon in March and an acknvity clay "Th• w￿$hOp. in rDJFerxtion wth B*wrkshire
Chrksknan Youth Trust in October. Coklstrewn Primary sc￿￿1 hekl Easter Christrnas
Serv￿ in Ihe Church wth support and a#￿sta[￿ from the ts)n9r8gatTron.
Sumrner Tea5 at Coldstream we •Jain hdd in the Church Hall on f￿r Thurséay afternoons
during the months of July arKI Augusl and *tre welkorgani5ed, popular well-atteThJed.
also raisin9 laf9e sums of money lor Chur0* fvnds. On the Thurxlay of CivK Week, In
a(k1ikn.(￿ to the afternrNJn teas san¢thNithe5 Itaybakes ¥wre Sold in the momvw 8nd the
Churth ￿as open for ¥istors.
The usual IDm* of Ihe aubjmn thurth FaY￿waS èttered the Fayre was
Sund8y afternoon. There was gc¥Jd communty engageffenl and the F4Ye also raised rrmjney
for ¢hur¢h fiJnds.
Churth r￿mberS continue lo te invofved in 1tre Coldstream Communty Larder as tru$teo8
vc4unteers folltr*ir4J the successful m(Ne olthe18rder from a gyn8r ol th8 Church Hall to
more stsftab￿ premise8 In 2023.
The Presbylery Plan recom
urth shwld dc41e ald 8ervtts
ended after the retirement cf
A5 SwinlDn Churth Is the only public
btJd&ng Fn thè village avai*dble for ccmnurnity use. a S¥ffjnton communty group has been
form8d with the bnlénticffl of wuirirwJ the Chutt building ￿ a Communty resource walki￿e
for locamy run worship services. v*d¢Jings. furerals and other events. Th• indep8ndent
"Mwse ChurBh' now hJld5 regular 5eMus. at 10.00 •.m. the third PAJnday of IhB
mthth, whikn tr*"Swinion Hub" is fina11￿ng for Ihe futwe of tre tAJikling. Sw"nton
Vimage thir use the Churth ￿lIdIng fo¥ reheorsals and for thoir SU￿$$fvI $pring and
Chrtstmas c4Jneerts. Swthnton Prim*y S¢h(x)l also make use of the ChLtrth buiPJing fortheir
4ndd.temi Services.
Th& W8bsrte- w*M.o)Idstreamdisln'ctthurches.org.uk- has proved to be a ValU￿e resource
8nd is updated r89ularfy. There is also rmi a Facebook page..
httys8.'IApM¥.fac&book comlCdd5treamK
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Coldstream & District Parishes
Trustees Annual Report
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Financial Revlew
Our Budget for 2024 predi(Jad a loss of £6.938 and before transfers the General Fund
showed a defi(it of £7,651 but after transfers of£16.155 thi5 became a surplus 01 £9.104..
I ne fvnanong ot Qeneral Fun¢J expenLirture In tNe year required L68.731 IL56.857 ". 20231
while income gathered in ¢>)verage of I￿Se outgoings amounted to £61.0801£43,208 .' 2023}
and after translers of £16755 a surplus of £9.104 (deficit £11,649 '. 2023} was the result. This
has inmsed the General Fund balance to £9.6181£514 .' 20231 and total funds held at the
bank aNI on dèposit have decreased to £178.1291£182.328 -. 2023). Movements in Funds
H be explain&d more fulty bn Ihe folbw.ng paThJraph$.
RKeipts
TF* rewlar prinapal source of intfft 1$ frtyn weekty and n￿)nthlY offerings £20,398
(£21,888 .' 2023) with a Grft Day bw.ng hekl in Mawch raign9 £3.655 (Nil ." 20231.Tax r¢￿Vered
from Gifi M"d was £5,455 (£5.096 ". 20231. It is disappointiry to note Ihat offerings continue to
redLtt.
FurK* raisThJ arawities Lyjntinued wth Summw Teas during July and August at Coldstr8am
raising £1.741, (£1.437 .. 20231 and the Churth Fayre cC￿lbuted £6431£872 '. 20231. Our
grateful thanks must go to all who ccrtributed in making these events a succe55. Smnton
Choir concerts at Christmas raised £2351£170'. 20231.
Inc%Mne from fftddings and funerals increased to £7251£575 .. 20231. U5tye ofthe Churth
H*1 also increased to 1,8561£843 . 20231 aKled. in parL ty a UK Govemm¥nl elgctiom bvhen
Ihe Hall Wds usèd as a Pdling Stats"on.
Payments
Cl￿dStreaM ané District Parishes is linked to E¢des aTrJ Leitholm Churches aThJ all expenses
rel*'ng lo the Minister ar￿ to the Mange are met 75% by Coldstream and District las shown
herein) and 25% by Ecdes and Leitholm. The exception to this Is Pulpit Supply where Ecde
and Leitholm Church pay the full cost for eath Seryice taken by a stand-in Minister.
Our Giving to Grow allo¢ab"(m for 2024 amounted to £10,619 after a v4c8nty $llow8nce Of
£9,608 was deducted (Ministry & Kli55i¢n £12.838 ." 20231. Pr¥$bytory due$ lo th? Pfeswery
of Loth*n$ & 8tsrders was £1,195 {£695 20231
No Manse Council Tax wa$ Paid (£193: 20231 due to the P•l8nse beiNJ v8¢ant. He8ting and
Lighting costs are £7.965 (£7,181.. 20231 mainty due to the cost of he8b.ng Swinton Church.
H¢)wever. the electn'aty supplier for Swinton has recenty been changed and we are du8
refund of appr0￿matety £1,800 from S¢otbsh Power.
Fabric repairs arKJ Improvem￿ totslled £42,142 for y•ar and details ofthese ar8 given
in Note 7. Includèd in this figure is the sum of £16.905 for alteration to the Chancel at
c￿d$tr0am. This sum was ￿CoVered from our Consol￿￿ed Fabric Fund Cawtal Account.
£4,335 in r8spect of AudioNisual costs mostty in ￿ wevious finanoal year was recovered
from our Consolidated Fabnc Fund Revenue Ao>)unt a$ was the Sum of£2,613 for the new
Loop system al Coldstream. The annual transfer of £2,C(JO was also made from the J M Gray
FuTrJ to help cover repaircosts al Coldslream Churth.
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Coldstream & District Parishe$
Trustees Annual Report
Year Ended 31 December 2024
Summary
The abserts of a minis￿ oJnb"nue$ to ha¥e a detnmentsl effect cr church attendances
e￿denCed by the redL￿￿on in offerings. Itis hoped that coThJre9alions will appTove the
Presbylery PAIssK>n Plan in e8rly 2025 en4￿1Th1 u$ to ethnmen￿ the prO￿sS of caning a
Minister
While bn 2024 r￿1ved a Vacancy Ajlowance of£9.608. folcA￿ry a thange of by
e of Scottand.. we will onty be aNe lo claim any Pulpit Supply paymen1$ in Ih•
comng year. Thts means Ihat our Givfftg b Grcm paym8nts1£10,619 in 20241 vlll inuÈ•$o to
£23.469 for 2025 It Seems unlikely that can meet thesè payrrbents V4itW)th dipping into
qithèr our consc4￿j￿ed F8bn"c Fund Revenue our one ofthe undosKJnated legac￿$
h8hS. FinarKialty. we have a drfhcult b.me ahead.
Roservès Pollcy
wt Is me I rusrees Ptyicy reserves u appr0￿mat￿Y Stx monins expenoiiure Inuuoing
dezigrHted fvnd$. At Ihe year and the Church held unrnStrictsd cash funds of £108,404 of
which £86.750 are de$￿Trated 18gacy funé$ Mrs MDrgan, £8.150 ft>r Miss Beveridge,
ChLwch83 £103. É1,1 B5 for Sunéay School. £556 for Guild 8rKY £2.042 for Fabrie
Fund The £9.618 remaining balance repr•s8nts just over 7 weeks eXpend￿re. The Churth
also hekl £89,725 rEslrictod fvnds have b88n provKle£l fty the purpo3eJ ¥wfied in
Note 2.
Statement of Trustees. Responsibilities
The momb•rs of the Kirtt &$sion I Congro98bonal Board must wepare financkal ¥taterrEnts
vthich 9we suffwnt detail to erk•ble an a￿[￿alk)n of trE transactions cl ￿e Church dunrwJ
Ihe finanaal year. Th8 membeis of the ses￿on / Congreg8tw)nal Board are ￿sponSIbl8
for kee￿n9 proper ar￿￿nISn9 reo)rds whi*, ¢n reqL￿SL mugt rgfiect financial positicffi of
the Church at that lim? Thls musl be done to enwrt thalthe financial stslemenls comply
Trmth the Charities and Trustee Investm8nt (Scotland) Act 2W5 llhe 2005 Act"), Ihe Charitiés
unts (Sccllandl Regulath)ns 20C6 (as 2006 Regulab'on8') and the
Rggulab"on8 cwregab.onal Finance approved by Ihe Generd A¥8embly of th• Church
of ScotlarKI ifi 2007. They are also fespMsit4e fw Safeguarding the assets of the ChLtrch and
must takè re9Wnab￿ ¥leps forthe pw¢n:th andlor deteGtson of fraud and olhar
irregularrues.
Drov
Dat•................
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Coldstream & Districl Parishes
Report of The Independent Examiner
Year Ended 31sl December 2024
I report on ihe financial staiemenrs of the chri1} for ihe Near ended 315t tkc¢mbeT 2024.
whi¢h are set oui on pages 8 10 16.
The charity s TrU￿ee5 are ￿spOTL51b)e for Ihe pryation of ihe accounts in accordance with
the temis of the Charities a￿j Trusiee In¥esimeni (Scoilandl Ath IIX)% {"Ihe •tK)S ALI") and
?(XJ6 {as amended) ("the ?(X16 Rcgulations").
the Charitie& A¢¢ounts (St￿78nd) Regularion5 -
The chariiv's Trustees ronsid¢r that thc audil r¢qui￿men1 of Regulation 10 (I ) (d) of thc
Regulatio￿ does rfftot appl￿. It is my reswnsibiliTh' to examine ihe accounts a5 required
under section 44111 (¢) of the 2005 Act and io state HhetheT PArticulor mamers have come to
rnv a￿ntiOn.
My examination is carried out in accordance wilh RegUl￿10n I l of the 2006 Regul￿)0￿$.
An examinaiion In¢1￿4¢> a r¢wi¢w of the tK¢ounting rtcords kept b). the charity and
compatison of the ￿COunt5 presented with those reconjs. li also includes consideration of
any unusual it¢rn5 or di5c105urcs in ihe accounts and Keks explwwion5 from the Tntsiees
con¢erning anv s￿h matters. The procedutts undertaken do not provide all the ¢vidence
thai would be required in an audit a￿1. eonseqJeffl]y. I do not express an audit opinion on the
i¢w giv¢n by th¢ Kcount5.
In ¢onne¢tion with m) examination. matter kn come to mv attention-
which gil'es me reasonable cauK lo b¢lievr ihaL in Jny tnatcrial re5PCCt. rrquiwrmcnts..
to keep accouniing Tword5 in ¥¢ord8nce Hith Seaion 44 (11(a) of the 2005 Art and
Regulation 4 of ihe ?006 Regulation5. and
ro prepare acco￿lS which aeCOTd with ihe accounting Yecorrls and comply with Regulalion 9
ofthc •006 Fiegulations have not been meL or
to which. in my opinion: 8ttention should be drawm in ofder ￿ enable a pmper understandin8
of the accounls to be reached.
Date
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Coldstre4m & Distriet Parnbe8
St*tement of Balances
AS At 31 December 2024
Uxrtsirlrted
Fun•J$
2024
Funds
2024
Total
2024
21123
Bank & De￿ Balances
Bank &. Dew)sit balances broughi foiwwd
116.61h5
65,771
1119.91%
lowemtnt IM year
Exr¢55 Of Receipts o¥¢r PayrnenLS for ihe year
-8.?02
4.orm
4.198
-7.608
Fjank & fJy.8it balatjccs carried forward
108.404
178,1?9
18?327
Investments
At Market I,￿u£
68.040
64,97;
Ai c.osi
14.360
34.360
34.360
,4xfjet8
Gift Aid Receivable
Refund due from Scoitish Power (Swintonl
F.LLles & l.eiiholm. Lkc¢mtÉr )024
197
397
208
313
521
4,61?
4.612
LIAbllltieg
The ￿COunts were approved by the Kirk Session and CongreWion?l ￿>￿rd on:
Date
ror and on behalf of the Ki￿ Session and Con
Clcrk to the Cortgreg*lion*l Board
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Coldstream & District Parishes
Receipts and Payments Account
for Year Ended 31st December 2024
Re5trirted
FHMds
2924
F•nds
Totil
Total
2023
2024
2024
Note
Receipts
DonatlDn5
29.576
29.576
26.984
l*gacies
Aciiwiii¢% fDr CJ¢neraling Funds
Glek Income
3b
2.885
2.885
2.524
Bank & DetX15it IrrtertS1
Inwesimeni IKome
5.407
3.281
8.688
5.894
1.357
3&759
1.051
1.530
43.678
1.856
725
39.91Y
1.856
3.759
R¢nthl of Premises
843
Wethiings aNi Funerals
Sale of A55¢t5
Sale of Inwesirnents
725
575
GTrnt5 RecL"iYcd Il.Pll'GS- s￿intonI
Council Ta¥ Relm
Rttcipts from GeThcrai I'rustees
Guild Income
23.854
434
23.854
434
11.264
670
Other ReLYiNS
Foun(knion koiland. I Spmule Fund
Total Receipts
134
3.363
3.497
66.922
7.122
74.044
50.195
Payments
CL)$1$ 1>1-CJettC￿Ifig Funds
Charitable Activitie5
Govcrna]Kt Costs
76.959
78.077
50
57.641
50
Jo
Other Pa>meni%
Totsl Payments
77.124
78.241
57.802
Exre55 of Receipts over Payments
for the year before Transfers
-10202
4.198
-7.607
Transfers
Exeess of Reeeipts over Payments
for the year
-8.202
4.198
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ColdstrtAm & Distriet ParKshe5
Notes to tbe A¢couttts
Ye#r ended 31 December 2024
Trnstee Remui
Il(l Rel¥ted P*rfi. Tr•nsxctions
Durinv ihe Jear
Ini¢rim M(Kleraior. rec¢itr¢d (120 in trai'el ex￿nses. In addiii
Clerk received £77 for and stationcry.
e¢ei%'ed £1.440 as (wnist and
rcEe1￿d £63 for posMg¢. printittg and otherout of expense5.
I'rea$ur¢r
Duiing Ihe year the Charity did not enter into related tran￿lIons.
MovemeDts in Funds
{Eicludin% Invutnknt V#knes)
.41Jl Ilt¢
Mt¢elpls
2024
Unrestrfcted Funds
General Fund
DesiÈnated Fabric Resetwe Fund
D￿ignated Mi55 BcN'eridgc Fund
DeSi￿aled MTS Morgan fund
Desigllaled MT$ I SW￿le
Desiwated Churches "I￿¢ther Fw)d
Dcsignaied Sunday SchoDI Fund
D¢5ignated Guild Fund
514
2.005
11.6U6
9>.096
61.080
37
544
4.8?7
68.731
16.755
9.618
-S.CKJO
-y,15S
8.150
86.750
8.018
103
1.18$
103
1.185
456
108.404
434
00.9?2
375
77.124
-(￿0
2.￿J0
116.606
Restrleted Fund5
Miss E H FOA for Swinton Church
Mrs C Rae for Swinwn Fthc
Lail>kirk Pari%h Fund
Organ Furt
RLvJdy M&ihesoTh Youth Fund
Bcnevol¢nt fund
J %1 CJTay fund
l J5?
3<J14
81
1.853
1,633
1,078
1.003
192
415
3.407
3.6
1.089
24,478
69.725
.149
1.3?9
-!.(K)O
-2.000
Totxl Funds
187327
74.044
78242
178,1 •9
P￿r￿Se$ of Dtsllnitsd Funds
FAbri¢ R¢$¢rv¢ lTrhtk nornjal fabric wair$ 8r¢ ¢harÈed 10 ih¥ CJeKral Fund the Trusie¢$ havt set &si¢k this
fund ￿ meet exiraordinarj repai￿ and iMpro￿￿Ments
Mi4$ Beverldge Fund. These funds hay¢ been deg8oaied w pro￿ld2 for undetermined proie¢¢s in name of
ISE Beyeridge.
Mrs Moryn Leyc) Fund. fund5 genero￿5[￿ bequedthed in 201£ and wtll b¢ used to help the Church
Wiih undeierniin¢d fjenerdl or Fabric projects in fthkbre ye￿.
Chbrfknes Togtthtr. Thes¢ fwJd5 will be used w pwchase n￿[trIalS fix the Cold5tream Ch￿￿he5 T￿elher BThi le
Sludy Group.
SundAy SethooL This fund is held for the SchcKJl.
The Gulld. This fund is used the Guild f(x th¢ wider 4wrk of th¢ Church.
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Cold5tr¢am & District PYdfi5b¢s
Nntes t￿ the Accounts {cont.
Year ended 31 Decemb¢r 2024
Movetheni of FuNd5 (eorttiL)
Miss E H Fox for Swinlon. Legacy left to be used for irnprovctNCFJts to SwinloN Church
Mrs C Rae Fun￿ Generous donation Icft for the fabrie of Swin1￿ Chur¢h
Or%an bund. Funds have been S￿ aside forthe pUrGh￿ ofa new organ. Investments with a market value of £18.815
ICv51 £15.8781 orr b% this fund.
Ladykirk Parish FU￿d. These funds are held for the ￿nerrt of iatykirk Parksh. Investsneni$ wilh a mart<et value of
£49,675 (Cost £16.7681 are b¥ this fllnd.
Roddj" Matheson Yokkih Fund. Provides f￿YOUth a￿1vill=S. The balance of ihe Brigade accouni £3,303 M•S
traTrsfe￿ed io thRs fund during the year. In￿estments t4Trth a market value 01£796 (Cost £726} are owmed by the fun
Benevolent Fund. Inve￿M¢￿1$ Viith a market value of £1.7)4 Ic0￿ £1.0191 are owied b). this fund. for peoplc in nccd.
John M Gr*v Fund Donaiion b
in mernLn of her late husband. ThE5e funds are to be Used for￿*
Tnaintenance of C".old5trtam C'huT￿h ai i.je raie Thl £7 000 w annum with ¢ffea from 2061.
Fuundation Scotland Trust. A gcnerrws legacy a late ftsld4rtsm Tm51¢¢ doiiated in ?015 and l¢fi In trusl
for the Chureh. Projeers are a4 ¥ei undthemitted and restrirtims appl¥ ￿ ihe use of The fund. Investsnents wilh
trwkct value of £IOI.981 1311 12124) are held by Fi>undati[￿ Scot18nd for this fund.
A##ly51s of Incom¢
Lnresrridtd Re5tri¢ted
Funds
Fu•ds
2024
2114
Total
2024
Tot41
2023
A) Donxtions
WFO Scheme (non Gift Aid)
Gift Aid fyonalions
R¢o)Nered on Gift Aid
OTdin8Th Offerings (Open PI&Eel
Other offerin￿ (Gift Dayl
Other ntTerIn￿ Ir)ollatio￿ tl¢l
10?4
119.10
1.0?4
985
14.648
5.096
5.685
5.445
3.64 j
988
29.576
988
29.576
$70
26.984
b) I
8tie%
1.000
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Coldslream & District Parisbes
Notes to the Aecounts {cont.)
Ye4r ended 31 Dttember 2024
3 e) Fund R4Fsing Events
Unrestrbtted Restricte41
Funds
Fund$
2024
2024
Total
2024
Toi•l
2023
Summer Teas
Swinton Choir Concerts
Christmas Fa)'re
Belcando Choir
Sunday Teas I Coffee5
Books
P¢nni¢s
1.741
235
645
65
159
1.741
235
645
6.5
159
40
1.437
170
872
2.885
2.885
2.524
Anxlysls of Paymettts
(a) cl￿¢$ of Generating Funds
OfferitL¥ Enl'elopes
(b) Chsritable Activitie5
Giving io Grow All￿110￿
Pre$b￿tr) Dues
Minisier's Trdvelling E.¥penses
Minislri's PhoDe & ￿hr￿ Expenses
Pulpit Supply
Chher Staffing Costs
Fabri¢ R¢paÈrs & Maintrnance
Healin8 & Li8htin8
Manse Heating & Lighiing
Manse Council T
Insurance
Elraadband & Website
Printlll8. Stationer). & Postage
Life & Work
Musi¢ Cosis
Youth Pry)jects
Congregaiional organi￿lOn$
Charitable t)Dnations
Guild Expense5
Other Expens¢s
10.619
1.195
i?0
10.619
.195
120
12.838
695
963
1.019
3.917
41.064
6.938
1.027
1.019
3.917
42,142
6.938
1.027
2.010
4.717
18,089
6.634
548
193
5,860
929
443
1.078
6.346
1.021
355
6,346
1.021
355
899
28
899
?28
851
136
1,125
375
711
76.959
1.125
37$
751
78.077
1,378
255
1.102
57.641
40
21124
2.024
2024
2023
(c) GoTrernance Costs
Independent c¥aMinerfs ftts
50
50
50
(d) Other P*ymertts
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Coldstream & Di51rict Parishes
Notes lo the Accounts (conf.)
Year ended 31 Deeembtr 2024
Collec¢ion$ for Third P*rtles
2024
2023
Borders Children's Charity
8en¥ic￿h1re Chrisiian l'outh Tust
Chr15tian Aid
Embrace the Middle East
Chisiian Aid Middle East Crisis Appeal
?08
145
150
458
250
MintSter's Stipend
All Church of sc￿land congre8ations contrib￿¢ to the N'atio1￿1 Stipend Fund whith bears ihe
cost of all mintster5' Stipends and emplo)ers conthbuiions for National In5ufdnc£. pensk)n and
housing and loan fund. Ministers. Stipcnds are paid in accordaDcc with Ihe national stipend
scalr. which 15 related to years of ser%'i¢e. For th¢ l'ear under review ihe minimum Siipena w2$
£31.642 and the maxirnum stipend lin the fillh and subsequent years) £38.884_
Analys￿ of Trabric R¢p4ir& MainttTh*nee & ImpTovernents
ColdstreAm Church
Chgnctl
Carpets
Plumbing & Pip¢ Work
Electrician
Joiner
her
New L(K)p Systrm
Firt ExtinguishEr Mainlcnancc
Boiler Repairs
Carpet Cleaning- Hall
AIV Equipment
Paid from Morg*rt Fujbd
N¢w Gates, D(KJrs & Screen
Boilrr & Pipe Repairs
Man5e-75•A of Total Cos¢
Porch & Guuers
Ground Maini¢nan¢e
Solar Panels
4.(103
2.357
3.749
Funded by Consolidated
16.9D5 Fabric Capital A¢couni
2.613 ConsDI. Fab. Revenue Alc
79
487
8.017
28.377
3.319
56
6.866 ~
10,241 See Below
Fire Extinguisher ￿l8]nTenance
Fire Exiinguisher Replacemcnt
Roof Kepair5- Paid from C Rae Fund
Ladvkirk & Whitsomt
Refencing- Whitsome Glebc
76
216
1079
1.371
2.153
£4J35 w85 withdrawTr from our Consolid￿ed Fabric Revenue Alc to cover cxpenditurc on
Equipment most of which was in¢urrEd in 2023
The Totsl Cost of the Manse Solar Panels- £9.155 wa$ paid from the Mrs Morgan Fund. 25Y¢ of
this will be reclaimed frrrfD E¢¢1¢5 & Leith)Im ChuT¢h.

Coldstream & District Parishes
Notes to the Aceijllllts (conl.)
y￿rended 31 D¢cember2024
Coldstrt*m Gtsild
OpcThing Balan
Subscriptions
Coll¢¢tions
1097 Speakers
260 Coldstream cornMunt￿ News
174
Coldstream Parish Chvrch
Cr055 Reach
125
50
600
200
Balance in Bank
556
1531
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ColdstreAm & District Parishes
Appendix
Year Ended 31 December 2024
FUNDS HELD ON BEHALF OF THE CONGREGATION
BY THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND GEI%ERAL TRUSTEES
2024
2023
Capital Account (11)- Coldstream
Transferred frorn Fogo & Swinion Capi￿1 Account
Cosi ofchan¢el Wrks
2.725
-16,905
-16.905
278.497
?61.592
2,725
275.772
278.497
Balance as ai I st January (at cost)
Balance as at 3 1st De(e[nberf￿ cost)
Market Value
261,592
278.230
Revenue A¢count
Interesi for vear
Deposit Fund Inte￿t
Income Fund Dividend
Growth Fund Dividend
CFF Share Dividend
673
5.535
4.733
2.530
374
3.975
3.365
1.876
121
13.479
14,115
27.594
9.711
16.826
26,537
-735
25,802
422
ADD Balance a5 at 1st January
LESS Previous Yearfs Adjustment
27.594
-1.034
4.335
-2.613
LESS Admin Fees
LESS Audio Visual Equipmeni- Coldstrearn
LESSLoop System Upgrade
LESS Interest Adjustment
LESS New External Dwrs
Bal¥nee 8s at 31st December
-11264
14.115
19.61?
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Coldstream & District Parishes
Appendix
Year ended 31st December 2024
FUNDS HELD ON BEHALF OF THE CONGREGATIO
BY"I'HE CHURCH OF SCOTLAI*D GENEII4L TRLSTEES
2024
2023
Capital AeeDUDt {Illl- Ladykirk & Whitsome
Balan¢¢ as at I st January (af Cosl)
Realised Investment Gain
Balance as at 3 1st DecembeT (at COM}
32.914
31,981
933
32.914
32.914
Markef Value as at 31 st December
48,175
45.897
Revenue Account
Interest
Deposit Fund Interest
Growth Fund Dividend
CFF Share Dividend
325
290
158
95
868
6.638
7.506
1,469
1,613
5,030
6,643
ADD Balan¢e as at I st January
LESS Vegetation Removal
LESS Admin. Fees
Balance 31 si tkcember
40
7.466
6,638
Tem
Fund
Sale Proceeds of Ladykirk chU￿h
Sale of Land - Old Smiddy. Swinton
Inte￿$t Written Off - (85 Fund)
730
142
872
-137
735
ADD Balance asl ￿ January
80
80
LESS
Swinion Chur¢h Valuation SLErvey
Registrntion Due5
Law Depanmeni Fees
Interest
Balance 3 1st D¢cemb¢r
-1,740
-80
-650
-1,740
80
Notes
Heritable Properties are not recorded in the Accounts. Th¢ tltle de￿S are held by Church or
Scotland General Tnjsiees.
Capital Account (11) represents the price difference between the sale of the old Coldstream Manse
and the purchase of the new Manse in 2(KJ4105. the sale of Swinton Manse in 2020 and the sale of
Ladykirk Church in 2022.
Temporary Fund detai15 Costs involved in ihe sale of Swinton Church
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