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
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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 K*k Se8sboTr. L8 elera•J ty Iho coTrJwth"cfj hJJctgJ ty
•klts and Cornr￿1[[￿nt lo ccrtrb￿e lo Ihv marww*rrt affars ol the to tecome Tr￿1885. Al Eltter5
eoffffittees seNe ai long 81 IW ha¥t to lo tr• th ol • ¢¢mi*w •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 v**J we tre
Kirk Se88Son. ihus 811(A*irvJ of the wr*9•kn ￿ Irthed f¢4k* frryn tr* ctynnwlty lo
6er¥e as CtrCPted 01 our ¢¢ynrtee•.
The incr•asirvJ fraity of aever￿ Tr￿te*S 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 offf*mtérs 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..
Org*nl*4tlonal 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 $pritual aTrJ tempjral affair8 *lthin Ihe chjrth.
Whibl hybrid ￿￿ting8 conlirth lo be an opbw. ty th• er¥J of 2024, th•r th•1 th6 rfth*
IowBrds In p8rnon rn881in98 wa8 ir￿￿881￿lY t*ir¥J iwu8818d. 80cwI Intergthcffj 8ts.hty to fi
¢ng4ge in the thcwsions has r•s￿ed in qre81¥ Iho d•dN"cffj• Ihwl we t*ir41*•
Ob￿ctIV￿ and Aetlvlll••
Th• Chur¢h •18¢ol•nd is Trir*t•n•n In d¢xlriThJ. Rel(rfvr•d in Pr••trfv"•) w) pomty. It ex*t8 to
gkjrffy God and to ftyth• *fv•rt¢ment of G￿rI thr(K4hxrt Ihe *thl. Church.
•cknNledge# a dl8lhcUve cam aTrJ duty to trflrvJ orthnarKes of lo the p•0• in •swy p¥ish of
Scollarnl Ihfwllh • twr￿D￿lI rnhlBty. tt cfyoporth (knr •¢th￿Cal both88
ScollaTrJ 8TrJ bvjfftl.
r kty ¢tleth• 11 lo prorTr)te Ihe cf¢AJan ￿￿0 Iwh aTrJ rreety
8v¥ibbk 10 all. Tlis 0wec1i￿ conlirrtxs shawl. in w8(thr*. Ihe rna￿8 of mknslon. 10
prod*m the good of the kinW(Th". to 1o•eh. D¥￿"$e r*w 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.
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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* $poubr¥J
off8r6d fre8ty lo famil￿ 01 the Gokn. the (A 8 Iwe bc*bJlrwJ
lo tho IcL•l commthty- 88 (lld the Markel Sldls al Fwe li thè hall. alkA*vJ us to
engage many of smal t￿*￿5185 cCff￿rtty. tAtho 81 th8 8Tr10lthe day. ple&Jlr
for & Spnrrtj Fwffe In 2025. teathTrJ us Ihwt tigthr ber*fts ￿ ￿1.. ¢yJtreach lJ88.
%*rÉ funhÈr slrtrrKJlhened gre8ter *ith kn¢Jl Prryi S(1￿. •$ked for
ol wr hals to help them pro¥ld8 r1￿8 arthths pwls Al￿ Ihrw the ol sc*ocl
It￿r*S t*ino 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 $Jw u¥ host Carrw C*¥iih)n Chrvatrn•s Srn ￿ A•irkn4 8 th• rno.
chwch wa8 packed to eopodty. Mwly CW *0 •rya9• +ymNr*. Evw Itbx4h
the numters 8tt8TrYmg Bre not 88 hpah ai wl. Ix•8 cm •rnl p••tfM•l knk8 we bem
fNg•J w• I￿ll￿4¥￿ up.
Cowrt F*￿￿trip m￿11. In Iho ¢wwlty afterr￿￿ cc￿￿1*)￿ SeThlce
In the l￿01 Shdieffjd H¢￿h19 Crrtth. •knJ ￿th HL¥r* Corrmjkni •wJ an ol paBtu*l
¥l*l•. cpetxo ¢oor8 Irto It* ¢￿ty. reAtyle￿ the i¢•itil •*y**d u¥ lo
Bcatiw th8 se•Ji of fath vthty. kn Novthrtw To#iie T￿￿￿, ollertr¥ a
8pAce, w8nn tO8808 8TrJ the warnth of f¢lMI* lo ¢￿rt￿l •LK*I IK4•kn. T￿ hos a h
BuGces5 MrvJlry In peoF40 of al •308, ￿lI￿a mwry Sc￿XI cf*Jrers ar*J cl*J m*thrn Irom w potsh and
beyo￿1 We have wt a Ix of rewwc081rto trd$ 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 Lor*J 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¥K*B Area" ￿ a*0 In
ur Ecumthral too. We swyryled sv4wal th￿be5 on a ￿rted bo8vJ *lich I￿jed
"Maimal•Je Mls8bn" lo rai$e extra Werfld Day of Fhw. ShNtrs ilth•
other8 con&h*r 1rt￿. can go a %¥oy. •h•fiffJ sth of C•xwJrty•lon
slnve lo pyomote the Goc*1 Newd m*e a w) ow paroh •ThJ botyxl
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TrustO88' Annual Report (Gont)
Yaar ended 31 December 2024
Illn¥y ros• Yo thg financtal L*4f•rw"8nablity LS to thv on a fiprnw footir¥J. The lo Grv
¥wial appeal rais￿1 £2855 •id £1ts) Chalewe ra￿ 8 ftrlher £2350. Al kyopty
met txrt ￿ kJ88 of our te￿t in the chrch fiai nwt ￿ ￿1￿1 go into 2Q5 no rKome
from the Flat. Our hoFe Is lo h8¥e fv nalr•-ki as s(*J) as possth. We ha¥8 to"m*e ery
meel"ev¢n Wh11 ge¢8 f&rd8r 2024 011￿] ￿ 8 w)the nL*e 2025 prtyr
tho owr.rt6lr¥J c06t6 notbwak fvt we (ks¥¥ IW butto•the.
2tr24 d8AnWI a year c￿&1￿rIty Aprir*¥ Tr*lnth*w$
ILWOrt LY t￿ t¢NJrBgatkn aThl ¢(￿y￿nty. To èxl8tstsJ.
Flnafi¢l*l R•vknw
We wpr¢$$ our ththks to awyor¢ iuppty110 ￿ tt*Wiut ts par. vhltrer thrwJh dcnatom.
h¥plry lo fvndra18ty w¢ts c* Ill￿1ng tt*8• evert&. Our W4*f￿￿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 t*Jo ￿ 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 l*s lo t¢ nobJ Ih•l, ¢0 a trtAem g•$
smart n*r. 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)ot*57% *os frcth Gift etyj red•iTrxd tax. 7% Ir¢Mn
Fr88 Wlll tilknNJ• . 3% from Ow F4*t• 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"v*y.
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* s*teTrws 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.
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Dunip*re 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¢pende*t emminer's st*lern¢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 nr*t 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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$KJn allocatk*n
Pr68bytery dues
Minlsler's expens
Pulpit supply
Equipment & maintenance
Council Tax Manse
Property costs and rapairs
Heal and1Ight
Inguranc•
Organ & music
Printing, 81atlonery and p)stage
Internet and Phone
Other
32.937
98S
1.286
600
1.127
2.249
2,586
5.631
3.925
4.150
1,605
1,335
378
32,937
985
1,286
000
1,127
2,249
2,588
5.631
3,925
4.150
1.605
1.335
691
36,564
1,173
2,370
465
1.379
2.193
15,382
5,629
3.801
3.315
1,310
747
313
313
Govfjman¢o costs
Indeperbdenl Examinerfs lee
252
252
252
252
240
240
Other payments
Appeal costs
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5. Mlnlster'8 Stipend
AJI Church of Scotland cong￿gatiOnS ¢ontribule lo the National Stipend Fund vthich bears the costs of
all ministers. sts'pend$ 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
6. 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
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