SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH DIOCESE OF ABERDEEN AND ORKNEY
NAME OF CHARGE: ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ABOYNE
SUMMARY
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
A. REVENUE RECEIPTS
| A. REVENUE RECEIPTS Congregational and Voluntary 1 Special Collections (for charities etc) 2 (a) Special Collections (for major capital projects) 2 (b) 3 Property Revenue 4 Sundry Income-Weddings/funerals etc 5 Grants Received 6 Total (transfer to: "C. Income Reconciliation") B. REVENUE PAYMENTS Clergy Cost 7 Property Expenses 8 Church Expenses 9 Administrative Expenses 10 Charitable Payments 11 Sub-total Quota 12 Exceptional Items 13 Total SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR YEAR (A- B) C. INCOME RECONCILIATION Total Income (from "A. Revenue Receipts") Adjust:- Legacies Drawdown from investment account Other receipts Investment into new investment account Total Income, per Accounts/OSCR return |
2024-2025 29,860 737 5,200 0 0 1,152 36,949 13,463 50,411 29,555 9,725 1,081 823 0 41,185 3,310 14,026 58,521 -8,109 50,411 -5,000 45,411 |
2023-2024 43,606 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1,390 | |||
| 0 | |||
| 185 | |||
| 1,220 | |||
| 46,401 5,175 |
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| 51,576 | |||
| 21,703 | |||
| 9,191 | |||
| 1,318 | |||
| 546 | |||
| 1,809 | |||
| 34,567 3,346 |
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| 6,121 | |||
| 44,034 | |||
| 7,542 | |||
| 51,576 | |||
| 1,000 | |||
| 52,576 |
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SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH DIOCESE OF ABERDEEN AND ORKNEY
NAME OF CHARGE: ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ABOYNE
RECEIPTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
| 1. CONGREGATIONAL AND VOLUNTARY INCOME 2024-2025 General Collections, Open Plate etc 3,108 General collections - cash gift aided 695 Standing Orders to bank - Gift Aided 24,315 Tax reclaimed on Gift Aid - Miscellaneous fund raising - Tattler magazine 455 General donations 440 Choral Functions 846 TOTAL 29,860 2A. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR CHARITIES (please specify beneficiaries) Aberlour - Christingle 55 Wild Things - Lent Appeal 2025 522 Christian Aid Cyrenians 80 Lent Appeal 2026 carried forward 80 Lent Appeal 2024 -Aberdeen Street Pastors Brechin Flood Appeal TOTAL 737 2B. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS (please see memo note) Donations towards cost of pointing and wall cleaning 5,200 TOTAL 5,200 3. INVESTMENT INCOME Drawdown from savings account to pay for exceptional items Tax reclaimed on Dividends and Interest only Interest Received (banks etc) TOTAL - 4. PROPERTY REVENUE (Please specify source eg hall) - Donations for reflection books - TOTAL 0 5. SUNDRY INCOME (Please specify source) a. Wedding Fees 660 b. Funeral Fees 342 c. Other - Donation to Discretionary Fund 150 TOTAL 1,152 6. GRANTS RECEIVED (Please specify source and purpose) a. Lord Glentanar's Trusts 1,000 b. MacRobert Trust for building maintenance 1,200 Other grants: c. Foundation Scotland - The Burgess Trust for wall cleaning 2,000 d. Listed Places of Worship Grant for VAT recovery for wall cleaning 2,686 e. General Synod Scotland - 50% grant towards wall cleaning 6,358 f.SEC Unit trust pool grant - general use 218 Other grants in 2023-2024 TOTAL 13,463 |
2023-2024 2,544 |
|---|---|
| 270 | |
| 23,963 | |
| 13,302 | |
| 673 | |
| 2,241 | |
| 613 | |
| 43,606 | |
| 90 81 994 225 |
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| 1,390 | |
| - | |
| - | |
| 150 35 |
|
| 185 | |
| 900 | |
| 320 | |
| 1,220 | |
| 879 | |
| 1,200 | |
| 3,096 | |
| 5,175 |
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SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH DIOCESE OF ABERDEEN AND ORKNEY
NAME OF CHARGE: ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ABOYNE
PAYMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
| 7. CLERGY COST Stipend - net National Insurance - employers contribution Pension contribution Council Tax Tattler Expenses Payment in lieu of holiday Reconciliation with St Kentigern for 23-24 Reconciliation with St Kentigern for 24-25 Locum fees and expenses Clergy expenses - travel, phone, office, hospitality Total 8. PROPERTY EXPENSES Insurance Premiums Church Rectory Routine repairs and renewals: Church Rectory Heat and light Church Burial Ground Cleaning duties Public Entertainment Licence Sub total Less: Linked Charge Contributions Total 9. CHURCH EXPENSES Organist - fee for visiting organist Organ maintenance Music and choir Altar expenses Sundry equipment - microphone Flowers Total |
2024-2025 9,235 2,296 2,900 997 436 2338.73 5775.17 3,425 27,403 1,284 868 29,555 3,487 514 425 1,440 2,798 70 885 106 9,725 30 468 288 30 29 235 1,081 |
2023-2024 13,202 |
|---|---|---|
| 2,994 | ||
| 5,215 | ||
| 1,353 | ||
| 3,214 - |
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| 24,814 | ||
| 103 | ||
| 2,051 | ||
| 21,703 | ||
| 3,429 | ||
| 493 | ||
| 150 | ||
| 783 | ||
| 3,460 | ||
| 32 | ||
| 845 | ||
| - | ||
| 9,191 | ||
| 220 | ||
| - | ||
| 667 | ||
| 69 | ||
| 167 195 |
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| 1,318 |
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SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH DIOCESE OF ABERDEEN AND ORKNEY
NAME OF CHARGE: ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ABOYNE
PAYMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 2024-2025 Secretarial-Scottish Churches and Eco-Congregation Subscription 100 Printing - Telephone and postages - Advertising and Publicity - Website costs 156 Youth Activities- school,Christingle, Bpatism costs 133 Sundry- Maps, Coffee, Leaving collectioin,Discretionary fund 301 Outreach - function refreshments, church outing 133 Total 823 CHARITABLE PAYMENTS (See Section 2. Please specify beneficiaries.) (Payments made November 2025) Cyrenians-£ 80 Aberlour-£55 Wild things - Lent Appeal 2025 -£ 650 Christian Aid - £25 Brechin Flood Appeal Aberdeen Street Pastors 0 QUOTA 3,310 EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS (Please specify) Lighting Conductor checks and repair Topographic survey for potential car park Chery picker hire for stonemason, cleaning and pointing stonework 14,026 Total 14,026 |
2023-2024 60 |
|---|---|---|
| - | ||
| 38 | ||
| 312 | ||
| 43 | ||
| 74 | ||
| 20 | ||
| 546 | ||
| 100 | ||
| 57 | ||
| 400 | ||
| 1,252 | ||
| 1,809 | ||
| 3,346 | ||
| 2,910 750 |
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| 2,461 | ||
| 6,121 |
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DIOCESE OF ABERDEEN AND ORKNEY
SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NAME OF CHARGE: ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ABOYNE
FINANCIAL YEAR 2024-2025
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
(State whether held for Specific Fund)
DESCRIPTION |
Market Value at 30.09.25 |
Market Value at 30.09.24 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hargreaves Lansdown Fund & Share Account | 17,831 | 45686 | |||
| SEC UTP St Thomas Church | 36,778 | 0 | |||
| 54,609 45,686 |
SCHEDULE OF LIQUID FUNDS (Banks)
| SCHEDULE OF LIQUID FUNDS (Banks) | SCHEDULE OF LIQUID FUNDS (Banks) | SCHEDULE OF LIQUID FUNDS (Banks) | SCHEDULE OF LIQUID FUNDS (Banks) | SCHEDULE OF LIQUID FUNDS (Banks) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (State whether held for Specific Fund) | |||||
NAME OF BANK ETC |
BALANCE at 30.9.25 |
BALANCE at 30.9.24 |
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| Virgin Bank | Current | 225.43 | 13334.62 | ||
| TOTAL | 225 | 13,335 | |||
| Church Hall - used for Church Purposes Hall - Let/Leased Rectory - occupied by present Rector Rectory - Let/Leased Graveyard Other - Specify |
BUILDINGS ETC (Tick box if Yes) / / / |
DATE OF Oct-22 |
LAST QUINQUENNIAL | ||
| / | |||||
| / | May-24 | ||||
| / | Oct-22 | ||||
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