2024-12-31-accounts

Dunipace Parlsh Church of Scotland ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2024 Congrogatl¢)n No: 221362 Charlty No: SC002943

Reference and Administrative Inforniation Charity Name.. nipace Pansh Church of Sc(thnd Charity Registration Number. Congregaton Rgfwenc¢ No.. SC002943 221362 8 Faimiounl Drive Sauth loa FK10 3HN ride eiident Examiner CCOLntants 3 Baird Gardens Blantyre G72 OWT Bankgr¥ Bank of S¢otl•nd 1381140 High Street Falkirk FK1 1NR page 2

Trust868' Annual Report Yèar èndod 31 Dgcember 2024 Structure. Gov•rnance and Manag•m•nl Governing Oocumont The Ch￿Ch ￿ administered n aCctydw￿eWlh tern￿OI1h8 N8wUr Ccmbb RecruStsn•nt and AppoSntm?nt of TnMtee• Mlrtsier. tho Is the McpJeralLY Ot the Kk Se8sboTr. L8 elera•J ty Iho coTrJwth"cfj hJJctgJ ty •klts and Cornr￿1[[￿nt lo ccrtrb￿e lo Ihv marwwrrt affars ol the to tecome Tr￿1885. Al Eltter5 eoffffittees seNe ai long 81 IW ha¥t to lo tr• th ol • ¢¢miw •bJ ¢•n L¥J r•- ppolnted Al appolniments 8r8 reP￿d 81tr Stai8d The Unrtary Con8lttutlw18 m¢ye In dro￿ uptr) ts 9rf1¥ •Th1 ￿18 of IPthe vJ we tre Kirk Se88Son. ihus 811(AirvJ of the wr9•kn ￿ Irthed f¢4k frryn tr ctynnwlty lo 6er¥e as CtrCPted 01 our ¢¢ynrtee•. The incr•asirvJ fraity of aever￿ Tr￿teS in rir relwty HTr ￿24 •¥ • res￿ of ilhwt Thtir lo•• h s¢Thi w•y ¢¢w••ted lor thrw the of the Unftary Con6th￿kn 8IM w lo draw upon the 0rn1 of are Trjt rffi Sessthjrn N lo n(rfe do h￿ in irtr8asi￿j nL¥rthr offfmtérs lotake cfi ts fcle ofg TrLMtee ¢10 conlritvjle to v•)th of t￿ ¢4rsr•o•fj¢)n •rnl rti •ff(th ot g)th. Th¥ ll groth arved•l8d rA¥J a¢knNl¢dq¢d.. Orgnl4tlonal Stru¢tur• The Board of T￿tell Ihe nhièi• al lfr#l fi¥ • ￿. ¢•rt•kn re8pon8bllWes are delegthed Flnw¢e crMn￿ee. Prortyty CtyYM. the ComrTrttee and the So¢lal CorNratiee 0$ apF¢(ylole. Po¥rd of Tntyt￿ Sessbnl Is reJpon$bk lar $pritual aTrJ tempjral affair8 lthin Ihe chjrth. Whibl hybrid ￿￿ting8 conlirth lo be an opbw. ty th• er¥J of 2024, th•r th•1 th6 rfth IowBrds In p8rnon rn881in98 wa8 ir￿￿881￿lY tir¥J iwu8818d. 80cwI Intergthcffj 8ts.hty to fi ¢ng4ge in the thcwsions has r•s￿ed in qre81¥ Iho d•dN"cffj• Ihwl we tir41• Ob￿ctIV￿ and Aetlvlll•• Th• Chur¢h •18¢ol•nd is Trirt•n•n In d¢xlriThJ. Rel(rfvr•d in Pr••trfv"•) w) pomty. It ext8 to gkjrffy God and to ftyth• fv•rt¢ment of G￿rI thr(K4hxrt Ihe thl. Church. •cknNledge# a dl8lhcUve cam aTrJ duty to trflrvJ orthnarKes of lo the p•0• in •swy p¥ish of Scollarnl Ihfwllh • twr￿D￿lI rnhlBty. tt cfyoporth (knr •¢th￿Cal both88 ScollaTrJ 8TrJ bvjfftl. r kty ¢tleth• 11 lo prorTr)te Ihe cf¢AJan ￿￿0 Iwh aTrJ rreety 8v¥ibbk 10 all. Tlis 0wec1i￿ conlirrtxs shawl. in w8(thr. Ihe rna￿8 of mknslon. 10 prodm the good of the kinW(Th". to 1o•eh. D¥￿"$e rw tkn." to res￿ lo l¥xn reed servKe,' to seek 10 transfrym unl￿1 ol s(￿. to violarte of every kiThl and pwsue peace reconciholim". to stri% 10 Safegu8￿ Ihe kntegrty of (¥eatsC￿ rew I Ilfe of the 8arlM. mISsknn￿ eTrJea¥cu 4 8UI to m*e Ih88• ￿j real In our r¥Jtreath to the parf8h 8TrJ bwl. Paue 3

Trustees, Annual Report (cont) Y￿¥ ended 310acemhr 2024 In 2024. Ihe green 8h¢th (rf to frw ts d $c41 of Covld.19 and tt)e (th¢￿ of (knter ciywsaim tt F18n, we fin $poubr¥J off8r6d fre8ty lo famil￿ 01 the Gokn. the (A 8 Iwe bcbJlrwJ lo tho IcL•l commthty- 88 (lld the Markel Sldls al Fwe li thè hall. alkAvJ us to engage many of smal t￿￿5185 cCff￿rtty. tAtho 81 th8 8Tr10lthe day. ple&Jlr for & Spnrrtj Fwffe In 2025. teathTrJ us Ihwt tigthr berfts ￿ ￿1.. ¢yJtreach lJ88. %rÉ funhÈr slrtrrKJlhened gre8ter ith kn¢Jl Prryi S(1￿. •$ked for ol wr hals to help them pro¥ld8 r1￿8 arthths pwls Al￿ Ihrw the ol scocl It￿rS tino the thurc irue. Bw1 the lrnthticThl SeryKe, Éasler ￿"c0 aThJ 8wrer S￿r. the School Corrrfrencwrer51 servi￿ Hr4vuI Ser¥Ke, took b)e Church vlth Il MINsler ￿adIrlj Ihem am. The cc¢rffAmlty al&0 10 iJgfA Up c￿ntt OLY Cl￿r¢￿ Comrnunty Garden thB F8ry¥ty ChrL8ts"￿8 Serwice ￿ Ihe Chwch. Ilwe8fter. 2024 $Jw u¥ host Carrw C¥iih)n Chrvatrn•s Srn ￿ A•irkn4 8 th• rno. chwch wa8 packed to eopodty. Mwly CW 0 •rya9• +ymNr. Evw Itbx4h the numters 8tt8TrYmg Bre not 88 hpah ai wl. Ix•8 cm •rnl p••tfM•l knk8 we bem fNg•J w• I￿ll￿4¥￿ up. Cowrt F￿￿trip m￿11. In Iho ¢wwlty afterr￿￿ cc￿￿1)￿ SeThlce In the l￿01 Shdieffjd H¢￿h19 Crrtth. •knJ ￿th HL¥r Corrmjkni •wJ an ol paBtul ¥ll•. cpetxo ¢oor8 Irto It ¢￿ty. reAtyle￿ the i¢•itil •*yd u¥ lo Bcatiw th8 se•Ji of fath vthty. kn Novthrtw To#iie T￿￿￿, ollertr¥ a 8pAce, w8nn tO8808 8TrJ the warnth of f¢lMI lo ¢￿rt￿l •LKI IK4•kn. T￿ hos a h BuGces5 MrvJlry In peoF40 of al •308, ￿lI￿a mwry Sc￿XI cfJrers arJ clJ mthrn Irom w potsh and beyo￿1 We have wt a Ix of rewwc081rto trd$ 0￿r••th ￿d￿Id oflhts• BetUrrfJ up the h8118, pr8p8rtrd tho Icojd aThJ le￿Nd. thè trf th¢4• h•¥ gw 10 kkk •i•rt the ml4¥k)n aTrl iecwe ￿ •q￿￿nent reqwed. Hol Iho w Ic￿. Rwrt>M. Toddlern Gioups. BfTh¥Nu, Yw• d••M•. Kbjs m•ry v•Sx• lets Ihroughoul the year. In 2024, 8￿ht LorJ Semce Certificotts ye••￿. io Ebjws mtye lh￿ e•¢h •r•J ne to our organhl for as rn&ny yèars of serylce t￿. c4r Ir• wllh wa$ 8trenotsrnd ow Ir¢rfr81kn0 rLrt4f of VrtsJ Ser¥KB Area" ￿ a0 In ur Ecumthral too. We swyryled sv4wal th￿be5 on a ￿rted bo8vJ lich I￿jed "Maimal•Je Mls8bn" lo rai$e extra Werfld Day of Fhw. ShNtrs ilth• other8 con&hr 1rt￿. can go a %¥oy. •h•fiffJ sth of C•xwJrty•lon slnve lo pyomote the Goc1 Newd me a w) ow paroh •ThJ botyxl P4e4

TrustO88' Annual Report (Gont) Yaar ended 31 December 2024 Illn¥y ros• Yo thg financtal L4f•rw"8nablity LS to thv on a fiprnw footir¥J. The lo Grv ¥wial appeal rais￿1 £2855 •id £1ts) Chalewe ra￿ 8 ftrlher £2350. Al kyopty met txrt ￿ kJ88 of our te￿t in the chrch fiai nwt ￿ ￿1￿1 go into 2Q5 no rKome from the Flat. Our hoFe Is lo h8¥e fv nalr•-ki as s(J) as possth. We ha¥8 to"me ery meel"ev¢n Wh11 ge¢8 f&rd8r 2024 011￿] ￿ 8 w)the nLe 2025 prtyr tho owr.rt6lr¥J c06t6 notbwak fvt we (ks¥¥ IW butto•the. 2tr24 d8AnWI a year c￿&1￿rIty Aprir¥ Trlnthw$ ILWOrt LY t￿ t¢NJrBgatkn aThl ¢(￿y￿nty. To èxl8tstsJ. Flnafi¢ll R•vknw We wpr¢$$ our ththks to awyor¢ iuppty110 ￿ ttWiut ts par. vhltrer thrwJh dcnatom. h¥plry lo fvndra18ty w¢ts c Ill￿1ng tt8• evert&. Our W4f￿￿c￿86I1Vj f￿nC￿l costs Ich n8ed to rnet on an WLAar DOW8. wm Maur#J CLXts In parntsju a nigmr si¢• ol our In¢omo tJo ￿ rl8ltl9 &)at ol w. In 2024 v ￿0d hard al lThC4u￿n9 ow Irxome Irom •JndraislTrg eon8';d•rgbk SUCe8E8. hjl ojr costs co￿￿ed lo be mèi kn ful Ithft￿. It&r ￿•) •n excess ol Incow 8Xk￿d￿Urn 01 £9271 it ls lo t¢ nobJ Ih•l, ¢0 a trtAem g•$ smart nr. bils W been in•c¢ur•lo IL¥ thtt last 2or 3 rnntro d2024 $9 ￿ had￿Jer￿91d by proba ground t20￿. triopefuty me proD￿ M￿or na8 bew rests￿ tyjr ire Dath ¢)n track. Of our Cemral Aecwnl Ir￿￿ lor the wr. Jpr¥oykn)ot57% os frcth Gift etyj red•iTrxd tax. 7% Ir¢Mn Fr88 Wlll tilknNJ• . 3% from Ow F4t• f•mdNIAr ¢)W d(￿ty￿. rTrrfaM• As on thls louw ol chwqe. ￿ th4￿ ewrytm IN 8LWUt d lh• ¥Wk of Chrfsl lnd ask •¥ery •ThJ to w•wrfuly ¢otY4bJ¥ Iw inwfvemwl. both Ffacthcal aTrJ finwdal, w•y •r￿ posib"vy. R•sorv•B PollGy The mgmben of tIK• Klrk s88$￿ fnBnr Slatery￿ gNe y4tsffirl￿ det•1 to tn8b an IFpreckqlon ol the tra[￿££0￿ oflhe Ctwth dwvvJ ts fin•￿1 y. lfyk Sessth are re$pon8iNe ts keepity pTwrBcC￿Mtirvj l￿d￿. thtich. on rIqL￿1. the fnoncs poJdKn cl th Church at Ihat llme. TThS rnU4t r er6we m steTrws cnarnies rruJleo Invo8lrnthl (Scolandl 2￿, ts Ch•rW (scdl￿• r¢gubbrm 20C6 the AeouL8tlo￿ knent Cowregallonal g)pris¥•d by I1• ￿#￿Mbty of1￿ cl￿th of Stthand In 2C07. They are aL80 rworoltk frf sefe94￿1Th4 Ihe 8&set$ oftsclxwch nKJtt rew•ble steF• Ime prE¥￿Ill￿ aTralor deleckn offratyj aTrJ Oth81 ApprcNed tyfvTnMtee8 ond tthari. page S

Dunipre Parish Church SCOU2943 Independent Exgminer'¥ Report to the Tntytees of I￿￿1p#¢¢ Parish of Scoth￿d I T(¥￿11 i)n the of¢he charity for theyegr 31 Decernb¢r 2024 which are set outort pAge$ 7 to 52. Respectlve re5ponsibitities of trustees and enminer Thc Lliarit) S fftLstl￿ are r¢Sw)￿lI?1C for the PT¢IAra¢ion of the #Ly)unts in a¢L¥)Tdm with th¢ terms of the C'huriiiLS and '] Inves￿ert lkntlandl Act 2005 the Ch&itiL% AcwuTrts Iswtlandl R¥guldiii)ns 201h. -I'he Llidril%' tr￿Slee$ Lonsider the 4udi¢ requirry￿At of Re8ulati(m 10(11 Id} of the Acthunts RL¥ulJiii)ns LiiKs rx)i appi)". li is m! r¢skxJnsibilitv to exanune the &o)llnts 85 r¢Juired under se¢tit 4411 I ILI i)I'ihL .Iitund io statc ivhether ￿rtiCular T￿tter3 have conr ￿ my atteniion. Bayis of ind¢pendet emminer's stlern¢nl M) L.xaminuii(?n IS ￿1rrI￿d uul in accor4JanLY Regula¢ion I l of the Chvities Acto￿ts [S￿tIand} RigulaiiiN)s 20(K). An i.wnNti"on incluths A revitsv of the ￿cOuntIng rewrd8 kesx by th¢ charity and a )Inpth'i40n of ihe i¢x'DilTlts presenTeJ iiith those rceords. li alg) in¥ludc5 consideration of ￿Y unus￿1 ilcm8 ()r dis¢lo%ures in the accfjunts. and seeks expkntion3 from the trusitts ¢4)nttrning any suth rnaitei). I'hL pfoL&xlures unthrtaken do nrt provide all the eviden¢r that ivould be reryirtd Ni uiii%¢quL'ntly l Ék) not cxprc5s an audi¢orAnion on the view given b). the a￿¥)un IndeptndeAt ex#mlner's Jtatement In th¢. L()ursc iil'm!, Lxamination. no malter h¥s l￿ne ￿ my 8Uen￿On hich 8ive4 mc r4use to bdi•t thgt in mAteri#l rnquirwngnts.. IIT ke¢p a¢c()untin¥ ITh 8ccorthe¢M'ith ￿"On 44 { I Xnl of th021XIS A¢tond R•guJ￿10￿ 4 )I'ihe 2006 A¥X'ounts Regulation& and I(1 PTepiire IlCLI)unL% ivhiLh ULiX)rd i%iih the and comply with Re8tr1gtion 9 of J 1￿hllh. in m) opinion. atl¢Tr¢￿n should ￿ drathm in order to ￿¥ble a Fffoper undttstsndin8 of th¢ to bc ￿hed. 13lif 3 ljaird Ciard¢n* 531anl%iL' i)uih l.anark8hire (i72 IlW-I' 21312r pxge 6

Duni ace Parish Church of Scotland Recei tsandPa ments Account Year ended 31 December 2024 Funds Fund8 Fun Totsl Total 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 Recei Donations 54.125 54.125 51,334 Legacie¥ Activ￿•3 Gen•ratlng Funds 7,302 1.473 Bank & Deposit int•r•8t 61,427 61,427 5.845 1.419 52,807 Rerrtal of premises Other R•ctipts 5.845 1.410 7.271 3.478 Recel 68.691 6B,691 63,556 men Costs of generating lund• Charttable aCtI￿lieS 372 372 343 58.794 252 313 S9.107 252 76,863 240 Govemanee costs Oihef payment Totsl Pa S9.418 313 59.731 77,486 Exeess of Receipts over Payments for the year before tr¥nsfers 9,273 -313 8,960 -13.910 Transfern Exce88 of Rèceipts over Payments for the year 9,273 -313 8,960 -13,910 p￿e7

Duni ace Parish Church of Scotland ststement of Balance8 At 31 December 2024 UN061rfct•diestrlcted Endowment Funds Funds Funds 2024 2024 2024 Tot•1 2024 T¢*tal 2023 k&De oslt Balances Bank & deposit balances rwght forward 32.983 1.374 34,357 48,287 ovement in year. Excess of Re¢elpls over Payments foryear .273 -313 8.960 -13,910 8ank & depo$il balances camed forward 42,256 A$$ot$ Amounts du• lo Congregation GWI Re¢eivabkn 2023r24 Amounls dug by Gongrgg8tlon Independent Examlmrs fe&s 252 252 The accounts were approNpd by Ihe Truste8& Signed ￿ behalf of the Trustee8 Treasurer Date a3 Page 8

Duni ace Parish Church of Scotland ststement of Balances Notes to thg Accounts 1. Trustee Remuneration and Related Party Transactions During the year one trustee was reimbursed for eApenses. the Minis and Iravel costs and Cwncil tax tdawing i t*¥eie pai o trusloc or a person relaed to a trustee had any personal interest in any Contract or transactson entered into by the charty during the year. l Movements in Funds AtlJ•n 2024 At 310•c 2024 Rocelpts Payments Transfer• Unrestricted funds Reserve fund Vacancy Fund Youth Fund Designated Fund Genernl Fund 10.043 10,424 329 4.731 7.457 32,984 4.842 40 1,285 13,800 10.484 233 4.771 13,188 42.258 40 83.769 68.891 58,038 Sg.419 Restrlctod funds Comrnunity Qulreac 1.374 313 1.061 313 Endowment tund• Cram Legacy Capital AC￿nI Balloch Bequeil Totsl funds Pu ses of Desl nated Funds Reserve Fund.. The Tru$te¥s have set asKJ¢ fundsfor thè rnainlenance of the chur¢h property and any exliaffdinary expenses. Vacancy FuThd.' The Trustees have designated this for expenses n the event of a change of Minister. Youth Fund.. The Trustees have designated luTrJs forthe benefrt of Ihe youth of the Parish. Designated Fund.. The Trustees have set up this fund lo r￿1Ve and disburse funds for Special Projects as frorn ts'me to time th5￿nated by the Congffjgational BoaFd. Tho incoma from the 83lloch Boquest wa$ ￿•￿ th¢ work of th• ehureh. Tho Erxlovm10nl fvndl are nthv exhBu3ted. Page g

Unrnstrlcted Restrlcted Endovmmnt Funds Funds Fund• 2024 2024 2024 Total 2024 Totsl 2023 3. Analysis of Donation$ WFO Scheme (non Gift Aid) Gift Aid Donation8 Tax Re¢overed- Gfft Aid Donabont Ordinary ¢Jfferings (Open Platel Other Offerings, Donats'ons etc 5,149 30.631 8.788 2,380 7.177 54,125 5,149 30,631 8,788 2,380 7.177 54,125 5.787 28.455 ,832 1,845 6.416 51.334 4. Analysls of Payment8 Costs of g•n•rotlng fund• Life & Work Offering envekipes 372 372 372 372 343 343 Charltable actlvltle• MinSslrte8 & Mis$KJn allocatk*n Pr68bytery dues Minlsler's expens Pulpit supply Equipment & maintenance Council Tax Manse Property costs and rapairs Heal and1Ight Inguranc• Organ & music Printing, 81atlonery and p)stage Internet and Phone Other 32.937 98S 1.286 600 1.127 2.249 2,586 5.631 3.925 4.150 1,605 1,335 378 32,937 985 1,286 000 1,127 2,249 2,588 5.631 3,925 4.150 1.605 1.335 691 36,564 1,173 2,370 465 1.379 2.193 15,382 5,629 3.801 3.315 1,310 747 313 313 Govfjman¢o costs Indeperbdenl Examinerfs lee 252 252 252 252 240 240 Other payments Appeal costs Page 10

1. Mlnlster'8 Stipend AJI Church of Scotland cong￿gatiOnS ¢ontribule lo the National Stipend Fund vthich bears the costs of all ministers. sts'pend$ and employèrf5 Cilntn"bL￿.onS for nab.onal insufan¢e, pension and housing and loan fund. Ministers. sb"pends are paid in accordance wth the national stipend $¢ale, which is related to years of service. For thé year under review the minimum sb'pend was £31,642 and the maximum stipend lin the fifth and subsequent years) was £38,884. 2024 2023
2. Collection8 for Thlrd Parties World Day of Prayer Earl Haig Fund chrisb.an Aid Home start Ounipace Sthool Larder l Harvest 726 46 120 277 10 402 892 page 11