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<br>Congregational and Voluntary<br>1<br>Special Collections (for charities etc)<br>2 (a)<br>Special Collections (for major capital projects)<br>2 (b)<br>3<br>Property Revenue<br>4<br>Sundry Income-Weddings/funerals etc<br>5<br>Grants Received<br>6<br>**_Total (transfer to: "C. Income Reconciliation")_**<br>B. REVENUE PAYMENTS<br>Clergy Cost<br>7<br>Property Expenses<br>8<br>Church Expenses<br>9<br>Administrative Expenses<br>10<br>Charitable Payments<br>11<br>**_Sub-total_**<br>Quota<br>12<br>Exceptional Items<br>13<br>**_Total_**<br>**SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FOR YEAR (A- B)**<br>C. INCOME RECONCILIATION<br>**Total Income (from "A. Revenue Receipts")**<br>Adjust:-<br>Legacies<br>Drawdown from investment account<br>Other receipts<br>Investment into new investment account<br>**Total Income, per Accounts/OSCR return**|2024-2025<br>29,860<br>737<br>5,200<br>0<br>0<br>1,152<br>36,949<br>13,463<br>50,411<br>29,555<br>9,725<br>1,081<br>823<br>0<br>41,185<br>3,310<br>14,026<br>58,521<br>-8,109<br>50,411<br>-5,000<br>45,411|2023-2024<br>43,606|
|---|---|---|---|
||||1,390|
||||0|
|||||
||||185|
||||1,220|
||||46,401<br>5,175|
||||51,576|
||||21,703|
||||9,191|
||||1,318|
||||546|
||||1,809|
||||34,567<br>3,346|
||||6,121|
||||44,034|
||||7,542|
||||51,576|
|||||
||||1,000|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||52,576|



1 



SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH DIOCESE OF ABERDEEN AND ORKNEY 

NAME OF CHARGE:                       ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ABOYNE 

## RECEIPTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 

|1.<br>CONGREGATIONAL AND VOLUNTARY INCOME<br>2024-2025<br>General Collections, Open Plate etc<br>3,108<br>General collections - cash gift aided<br>695<br>Standing Orders to bank - Gift Aided<br>24,315<br>Tax reclaimed on Gift Aid<br>-<br>Miscellaneous fund raising - Tattler magazine<br>455<br>General donations<br>440<br>Choral Functions<br>846<br>**_TOTAL_**<br>29,860<br>2A.<br>SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR CHARITIES (please specify beneficiaries)<br>Aberlour - Christingle<br>55<br>Wild Things - Lent Appeal 2025<br>522<br>Christian Aid<br>Cyrenians<br>80<br>Lent Appeal 2026 carried forward<br>80<br>Lent Appeal 2024 -Aberdeen Street Pastors<br>Brechin Flood Appeal<br>**_TOTAL_**<br>737<br>2B.<br>SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS (please see memo note)<br>Donations towards cost of pointing and wall cleaning<br>5,200<br>**_TOTAL_**<br>5,200<br>3.<br>INVESTMENT INCOME<br>Drawdown from savings account to pay for exceptional items<br>Tax reclaimed on Dividends and Interest only<br>Interest Received (banks etc)<br>**_TOTAL_**<br>-<br>4.<br>PROPERTY REVENUE (Please specify source eg hall)<br>-<br>Donations for reflection books<br>-<br>**_TOTAL_**<br>0<br>5.<br>SUNDRY INCOME (Please specify source)<br>a.  Wedding Fees<br>660<br>b.  Funeral Fees<br>342<br>c. Other - Donation to Discretionary Fund<br>150<br>**_TOTAL_**<br>1,152<br>6.<br>GRANTS RECEIVED (Please specify source and purpose)<br>a.  Lord Glentanar's Trusts<br>1,000<br>b.  MacRobert Trust for building maintenance<br>1,200<br>Other grants:<br>c. Foundation Scotland - The Burgess Trust for wall cleaning<br>2,000<br>d. Listed Places of Worship Grant for VAT recovery for wall cleaning<br>2,686<br>e. General Synod Scotland - 50% grant towards wall cleaning<br>6,358<br>f.SEC Unit trust pool grant - general use<br>218<br>Other grants in 2023-2024<br>**_TOTAL_**<br>13,463|2023-2024<br>2,544|
|---|---|
||270|
||23,963|
||13,302|
||673|
||2,241|
||613|
|||
||43,606|
||90<br>81<br>994<br>225|
||1,390|
|||
|||
|||
|||
|||
|||
|||
||-|
||-|
||150<br>35|
||185|
||900|
||320|
|||
||1,220|
||879|
||1,200|
|||
|||
|||
|||
|||
||3,096|
||5,175|



2 



## SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH DIOCESE OF ABERDEEN AND ORKNEY 

NAME OF CHARGE:                       ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ABOYNE 

## PAYMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 

|7.<br>CLERGY COST<br>Stipend - net<br>National Insurance - employers contribution<br>Pension contribution<br>Council Tax<br>Tattler Expenses<br>Payment in lieu of holiday<br>Reconciliation with St Kentigern for 23-24<br>Reconciliation with St Kentigern for 24-25<br>Locum fees and expenses<br>Clergy expenses - travel, phone, office, hospitality<br>**_Total_**<br>8.<br>PROPERTY EXPENSES<br>Insurance Premiums<br>Church<br>Rectory<br>Routine repairs and renewals:<br>Church<br>Rectory<br>Heat and light<br>Church<br>Burial Ground<br>Cleaning duties<br>Public Entertainment Licence<br>**_Sub total_**<br>Less: Linked Charge Contributions<br>**_Total_**<br>9.<br>CHURCH EXPENSES<br>Organist - fee for visiting organist<br>Organ maintenance<br>Music and choir<br>Altar expenses<br>Sundry equipment - microphone<br>Flowers<br>**_Total_**|2024-2025<br>9,235<br>2,296<br>2,900<br>997<br>436<br>2338.73<br>5775.17<br>3,425<br>27,403<br>1,284<br>868<br>29,555<br>3,487<br>514<br>425<br>1,440<br>2,798<br>70<br>885<br>106<br>9,725<br>30<br>468<br>288<br>30<br>29<br>235<br>1,081|2023-2024<br>13,202|
|---|---|---|
|||2,994|
|||5,215|
|||1,353|
|||3,214<br>-|
|||24,814|
|||103|
|||2,051|
||||
||||
|||21,703|
|||3,429|
|||493|
||||
|||150|
|||783|
||||
|||3,460|
|||32|
|||845|
|||-|
||||
|||9,191|
|||220|
|||-|
|||667|
|||69|
|||167<br>195|
|||1,318|



3 



SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH DIOCESE OF ABERDEEN AND ORKNEY 

NAME OF CHARGE:                       ST THOMAS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH, ABOYNE 

## PAYMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025 

|10.<br>11.<br>12.<br>13.|ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES<br>2024-2025<br>Secretarial-Scottish Churches and Eco-Congregation Subscription<br>100<br>Printing<br>-<br>Telephone and postages<br>-<br>Advertising and Publicity  - Website costs<br>156<br>Youth Activities- school,Christingle, Bpatism costs<br>133<br>Sundry- Maps, Coffee, Leaving collectioin,Discretionary fund<br>301<br>Outreach - function refreshments, church outing<br>133<br>**_Total_**<br>823<br>CHARITABLE PAYMENTS  (See Section 2.  Please specify beneficiaries.)<br>(Payments made November 2025)<br>Cyrenians-£ 80<br>Aberlour-£55<br>Wild things - Lent Appeal 2025 -£ 650<br>Christian Aid - £25<br>Brechin Flood Appeal<br>Aberdeen Street Pastors<br>0<br>QUOTA<br>3,310<br>EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS  (Please specify)<br>Lighting Conductor checks and repair<br>Topographic survey for potential car park<br>Chery picker hire for stonemason, cleaning and pointing stonework<br>14,026<br>**_Total_**<br>14,026|2023-2024<br>60|
|---|---|---|
|||-|
|||38|
|||312|
|||43|
|||74|
|||20|
||||
|||546|
||||
|||100|
|||57|
||||
||||
|||400|
|||1,252|
||||
|||1,809|
|||3,346|
|||2,910<br>750|
|||2,461|
|||6,121|



4 



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) 

|<br>DESCRIPTION||||<br>Market Value at<br>30.09.25|<br>Market Value<br>at 30.09.24|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Hargreaves Lansdown Fund & Share Account||||17,831|45686|
|SEC UTP St Thomas Church||||36,778|0|
|||||||
|||||||
|||||||
|||||54,609<br>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)||||||
|<br>NAME OF BANK ETC||||<br>BALANCE at<br>30.9.25|BALANCE at<br>30.9.24|
|Virgin Bank|Current|||225.43|13334.62|
|||||||
|||||||
|TOTAL||||225|13,335|
|Church<br>Hall - used for Church Purposes<br>Hall - Let/Leased<br>Rectory - occupied by present Rector<br>Rectory - Let/Leased<br>Graveyard<br>Other - Specify|BUILDINGS ETC<br>(Tick box if Yes)<br>/<br>/<br>/||DATE OF<br>Oct-22|LAST QUINQUENNIAL||
||/|||||
|||||||
|||||||
||/||May-24|||
|||||||
||/||Oct-22|||
|||||||



5 

**NOTE** : Attach any other schedules, lists or information considered to be relevant.