GtFFNOCK PARK CFIURCH OF SCOTLAND Ra¥wliffe Dnv< Gilb¥Kk.CA6 7QP TRLSTEES, ANNLAL REPORT CONGREGATIOIN-AL ACCOLThTS YEAR TO 31st DECE.MBER 2024 Congregational No . 160862 Chariiy No . SC002965 0￿03￿2£ 1552 lofll GIFFNOCK PARK CHLIiCH OF.SCOTL.IND RLl¥renLe and .4dministration Infurmation For the Near to 31st December 2024 Clidritj Ndm¢- charit￿ Refe￿ll¢e Nlllnb￿.. Cungre¥dtiondl Number.. OSCR Collla¢t Address: GifthoLk P￿￿k CburLh uf SLOtland SC002965 Trustees Kirk Session The Rojal Bank of Scotland plc. 158& Fenwick Road: Cjiffiiock. Glasgow G46 6XB 061031?025 1< 5? P&ge 2nfll GIFFNOCK THE PARK CHITRCH OF SCOTLA.ND 1'r￿￿tL￿8 Rc ort For the lear to .'41st Decefftl]er 21b24 Strudur Goi'eTnall¢t gnd.Trl*ll emtnt The Cburch is adrriT]istered accordance w.ith th¢ itrnis of the Nf(&l Deed of c[)￿￿11011. ReLr¥itnJenÈ Tr#5tee5 Th¥ C.Triarily TTUSt¢cs compri¥¢ Elders who dr¢ membtrs of th¢ S¢ss'ion and elected Ttrmbers of the Con.ryr¢gallonal BO￿a. Th- Ilinbi￿ is eltct£d bb the Congrewdlioll Indu¢t¢d by l¥c5b￿cry. The I,Idt.r5 atr ch(wn EtKrnbcis of the CThurch ivlio art d¢emed to be suitablL lo carrw o￿t th= rcquired dulles. The cO￿l￿egational Bts2rJ consisls of the kirk Session and n￿)berS of.the Co￿￿egation at th Srtstcd.4nllual fvl(xtit]g or CO-QPt¢d bv thc ljoard during the )tar. These rnen)bus arc nominared bi the Congtegalion #s IiaviiiLF Ilie %Lppruprknit¢ qV21ifi¢ations for the mat￿￿￿￿￿nI of the affairs of the Church and IhTeE year w(Trd tnav 5eck relUJI ai of Presb)iery aThltTh'o Elders wtth the K1oderawrreyreseni the Strbsioll at thc rcsular arca cluslcT platlning nK¢iings of ihi >U'en local Lhurches_ The Congregatioiittl Board, by thè Minisiei, Ineets at leasl file iinw a vtrar and i) r£sFh)nsible for secuEaTmttet¥ within the Churcb_ S"om¢ JLItt¢t5 9rB delegatrd to Coimnitte who rctx)rt back ro Ihc Longr¢gational 110a￿l tor kitw] dcc.i6ions. Actiiities and Aekniei'ements The Lt)iTrgi r¢g(IEiiin ?1 ITiet lin all bill i)ne 8unda>' LhtKyuthoui the }rdr lo ￿'orShiP Gd and enjov th¢ LVlllP4lllV dnd frllowship of others. On thai one Sundav in rttoEDiJino that the ChU￿h is ihe p20ple and and no". building th¢ Con￿gatIOn joined all ihe olher Con￿eS￿l￿n5 ai Willi8llLwood Church Èor for 8 Songs of Praise. The geysiotj hfcnthers of the Church arc e￿thL￿iaS￿¢ ￿ltb the ideas for teaw ]nIn￿trY being ad'tr'attced by our CIusLLr il s¢¥ks l() pr￿￿1 bvth uur Inini51LTS bv Ihe wUrf(l￿d and all the congreb¥&tions by our shared skills. Thc ITk"rrtbeF5 ui th¢ Scssion gnd th¢ COn￿rgO[lO1￿] Board along ￿1th man) helpers organised conmiuni v¢ri15 IhTiJLi¥hL)Ut the yvdr. The iveaiher lookeii iinpromising in early June for our regular SurnnEr Fair but the sun cane out und quite quickl). thL• hall and rdens w.crc fidl of pe4Jple enjo}ink' th￿1vI%. OUT Peace Pole ￿'aS in%tall&l".n the Church garden in )093 and it) September Tre again celebraied the IlliernxliL￿al World Day of Peace. On Noventher ?5th had a j01nt celebration of St Andrcw 5 Da}. our annual Christm&s fa)Te wirh %lall%, gainY.% f(IT LliildreR &rLd d NiSiT fTo¥n Sdnl¥. The iiftem(K)n slarlcd qiiidlN bill i￿ri. (ILiiLklJ wt hdd a 1011g queue from the community wailing to in- ￿)SSibly a rec(rf"d tumout for the Park. All vur special evetsLS PrnVC41 SUb¢￿*sful tKp¢h fmanciallN ￿E1c0￿￿ng maDv nev# faLrs fr¢i¥n the cotnmnity at lar¥¢. We ￿eW oui church bu&lding halls 25 of oiir mis£ion in ibe local knOtE]IniETritY. helpino orqaTris&LiDn and wupi ￿h¢th¢r itkT¢rnal ¢nd ¢T￿M81 buL with q]ti)lL￿ ¢ommuniTr ain)s: 10 ¢stabl￿h and tlirivr. Thc conwiunily usc ul-1hc Church Ilal]s continucd to gro￿ throughout *0Tr4 I￿1th active th'ertising via baJ]ners on church w?ll atld on our and social llKdia. Trith onlw OJLe d3sappoiThtD¢lli king LkV03.-".025 15'.52 PE￿ 3ofll C.IFFf*nrK THF. PARK CHURCH OF SCOTI,AIND Trustees.4nnual R¢ orl For the vear to 3A5t December 2024 the elogure of our long4tAndiog 4th Gifftl(￿k BroM￿leS unit du2 to a I￿k of leaders all othei Use￿ have sc¢n an illcrt&8e in particl￿tion. In th¢ir 83rd y￿r thc 4th Glffn￿.k (Tllidcs and RatnLN)ws ar¢ siill ¥oin8 strong. 'lTh¢ PiTk kndies (JTOUP wvl Park Bible Study group contllue to off¢r tinE for r¢fixtion and 5wialising. Caihcart Chess had a.%U¥Le55fLLI 70th winning tii'o oFihc tour GIL￿.￿￿. Le4uue DiYi51(bTIS thp jiintnr v.c'.tiThn h8q Atl nyrnhe.rs AnA 4n ihe lisr MLC4rthy DdTkLe Schoul is wcll esiablished in the Cl#rks(on and Giffihxk ela>8es at 3 kKal churches. Tbcy on Mondav. W'ednc.sday ap.d Friday at the Park" arjd last veyr competed ID a competition in FltrrKla with succe44 and hope 10 rerum thett itk 20? j. Undet tlieir Ll.. LaiI]ian Choir Oklst¢r, Oksana Malr￿11, Choi[Wd￿1¢￿ (m Motulay evenings in the Q.hurch aftd hcld a vcry 5lli£CS5ful carol conccrt in I'atk in D(xcmbcr_ Oksana H'aE also inStrtu￿¢ttral in s¢ttll)g up the L"kniniaL Cultur¢ progrdroll¢ ￿h1¢h meets in our halls on SabJrda}s. Albo cin the mUSiL' Kene ￿'L l..tssi Al/li¥aifiLT SL'L)tland's kliJ51Ldl Minds" E&si R¢nfrewsbir¢ ¢)n th¢".ITSt Tuesday of egch month and Jce l%ilson'i Guiiar class￿ Thutsday. Alt¢r 20.F y￿. Alison Ri￿￿ardSon'S keep fit ¢la>S&S continue lo he4) man! the chLncb dtid to retain tlieir level%. kn irp Is the Monday f.lub st￿1n& kiiiitinbi Ctc oil Ili¢ It￿liv. The P&k Mother and T(xldler Group coniinues io Vrfe1￿0me new youngsters though n is ¢hangeddavs WiEh fvIother oftcn now fathwr. Grandwth¥Y (w Gr￿dfa(h1￿,. Fast￿.{￿)d Art C.lub, new, a>wciafivii lo". lis in ?11"til: is noii. ITrEII-5cttkd at thr PaTk app.viatiThg thc i'xcellellt It￿tillg and new mether5 from our congregaiior.! The ChuTch Lontinued to be represe￿ted bTr' three Street P￿0T5 to ca￿our %upport w￿k oli the ity L8J44 The BenevolenE Flowcr and Youth Funds are held for srttific puoxises are adequate for immediato tcquirements. The Park Mi&siin FuDd. w&$ s¢t up in 1021 fLi15oTring- donoF'S w¥shcs to pro%ide frtinJs to r3i¥e thti profilL the church in Lli¢ local COfffjJkLnity and h¢￿ Increase our memeni..*tship. The Fabttc and Reserve Fund is beld to meei nk4ioI ilcjns ofrepair or cwial expenditure identificd by thc Pr¢sb}tery' OT thc Church ljoatd. Thc Gcneral Fund is th¢ amount to 5mEK)th ouf flvctuations in iDGom¢ ard ¢xp¢nditure. Statèment Trusttts Res •ll5ibiiities The T[￿￿berS of the Ccbnuewional Board must prepare financial stalen￿ts ￿hleh Si￿"e sufficient detail io en&ble 44yfLtr4aiion of the transa￿10t1& of thc ckn￿b durmg the fiTh4D¢ial year. The mernkrs nf rhe c,0￿￿egatiOnal Board are Kspon%ible l-or kw1n￿p[0Fr[ acc4)unting r¢wrds whiLty oll request, ]n115t r¢fl¢ct thtr f￿anCial FK)Sition of the Church at thai time. This tE]u￿ be done io tt]sure that th- financLal staten]eDts compl> with the Charities TTu8iee Anvestmrnt IScotL&nd) Ait 2￿5, the Cl￿]￿eS AC￿Ullts (Scodandj Regujaiions 1006 (as an￿lldedj and the RegDlaiions.4ncllt c(￿g￿£aliooaI FillJnce approircd b!" the (Jeneral .4$5¢mhly ot'ih¢ Church ot-scotland irt 2QIC). Tli¢)- also ¥Lspoiisil>lc lor salcBuardTllS tnc as5cls vf the Cliurth and rnus* tske reasonable steps Icpr the preNention aftd'or detection of fraud and orher irreglllarities. Approird b! the Tru￿tee4 and 8i2ned nn their beh￿'f: Da 15.5? FSbT¢ ) ¢)f I I GIFFNOCK THE P,IRK CHURCH OF SCOTLA)I) No . SC002965 ndent Ex#rniNer's Re Inde ort tu the Trnste.es I rwrt on the accounis of the charity. for the ￿Par ended 31 si De¢eTnber 2024. B'hich are sei oui on pages ? to 11. Respective responsibilities of trnstees and examiner The charAtJ's truqttts arc respons.'ble for ibe preparation of the accounts in accordancc with the tcrms of the Charities and TtU%te¢ Investment (Scoiland} Act 200) and ihe Charitieg Accounts (Scolland) Regulations 2006. Tlie Lharily tr￿SleeS consiiler thdtthe dudii requiremenr of Regulauon 1011) (d! of the Acccunts Re4Tulaiions does noi appl￿. 11 is my responsibAlity' to examin¢ Ll)r accounLg as required under section 44(1) (L) ol- the ALI lo state Thhelher particular matters haN."e Come to my attentio Ila4i8 of independent exAmitier'$ statement My ¥[aTnin￿lli0n 15 L¢vried in accordance ￿1th ReL7ularion I l of the ChaTiries Accounts (Scotland) Regulation¥ 2006 (a5 (ITiiended). An ex4iminaiion iThLludes a reTriew' of the accountine records kept by Ihe charitv and a comparison of the accounts presented w'ith tbosc I¢Lords. li also includ¢s LUD5ideTatioD of anv unusu(Il ilgll￿ or disclosures in the accounts: 2nd geeks explanations trom the trustees concerning any such matters. The pro¢dur¢s uniertdken do nol proTride all the e¥ idenLe ihdl would be required in an audit: and consequently I do not expre&s an audit opinion on the N'iew given by the accounts. Independent eJaminer's statement dic Loursc ol. tn} cxaniindtion, iio inalter has Lome tu attention which gives me Teasonable cause to believe that in an> maieTial respect the reqiiiren￿nts. to kccp accounting record8 in accordance Section 44 (1) (a) of The 200£ Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 (as amcnded) Accounts Rcgulations, and to pr￿are aLcounts which accord wilh the accounting records and compty with Rcgulation 9 of tbe ?006 Accounts Regulations a￿ended} hal'e noi been meL or to which, in mv opinion, attcntion should b¢ dra￿￿ in ordeI to enabLe a proper UnderS￿￿'￿S of the acc.ounts to be r¢achd. (Si.qlled)..... Date 0610312025 15..52 Pugr 6orii GIFFNOCK THE PARK CHURCH OF SCOTLAN RECEIPTS AND PAYMENI'S For the ear to 31st Deeember 2024 Restricted Fund5 ?024 Totsl 2024 Totsl 2023 No¢e 2024 Re¢ci DottJTl4)ns 53,589.48 2_976_82 0.00 o_oo 0.00 67.50 56.566.30 55 J33.35 I,aoo.00 3,483.53 1.067.58 -386.40 Fundra￿lThg cv¢Dts Bank & Dw8il interebt lttve51nieJit iLtou 3.618.27 1 ?97.63 367.20 1.618.27 .297.63 434.70 58.8J2.58 3.044.32 61.916.90 61,270.86 Rcnial ofprerlliw (External 0rg4nisati0DS} Sale ofAssets Sale of Investsn2n GTants Re¢eipts from &nera] T￿stee5 9550. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,550.(M> 8,570.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 o.(yJ 9.%50.tAJ 0.00 9.550.0 8,570.00 Total Recei ts 68.4:.2.$8 71.466.90 69,840.86 Pa ments Cost of ￿lleratirIg Charitablc s¢tiviti¢s (JovernanLe Costs OthcT Pavmenls 68,853.19 ,587.88 0.00 0.00 70.441.07 72,196.51 0.00 Total Pa ments 68.853.19 1.587.88 70.441.07 72.19651 Exeess / for the Deficit of Recei ts over Pavments 'ear (430.611 1,456.44 1.025.83 12.355.651 Inve51ment revaluation decrease l increase dllrin 'e2r 1,4Y6.(N) 275.00 1.771.(Xl 0010312025 15..52 Page 7ofll ctFFNOCK THE PARK CHITRCH OF SCOTLAWD STATErIlEN￿ OF B.4LA)CES A& at 31s1 Deeeinber 20?4 LnT*iiLcd Fun(1 Rt¥ricled FUTMIS Total Totsl 2023 Bank & C.-a5h Ilalanees Idnc£s foiward 8?)780 8.518.07 36,775.83 39.131 48 MoY¢iii¢iLi in ylar ui rttgipts payrnent5 for the Jeat (43D.611 1,4*6.44 1.025.83 {2J55.651 Balances LUlTicd futtvard 2-:.8L 1.19 9,974.41 37,801.66 36,7-5.83 Inveslments 12 17353. 3.1￿0 ?0.54J.60 1¥.7 12.60 Totsl Assets ISV. IY 1? 16441 -n8,-145 2() -%f,54R.43 Aceoun Policies l. 'I'he ALLounts have been prepared on a cash b&sis i.e. thev include only income actuallv received and expendi￿re actually paid for ￿ the fu￿nCIal !."ear. 2. All expenditure on fabric maint¢na￿¢ and Tcpairs is charged ¢0 thc Jncomc & Expenditui'c Account {G¢ncral Fund) cxccpt whcre the fA)ngregational Floard decide it is significant and should be chargcd to thc Fabric and Rcscrvcs bund. 3. Hcritable properties, consistiig af the Church, I lall% and Manse are not recorded in the AcL4)unts. The Title Dccds arc hcld by the church of Scotland (icn¥ral 'l'rustces. 4. Inl'esttnenls are shown at Markei Value at the balanee date. The accounts w¢r¢ approv¢d by the Congregalional Board on . (Sium¢d) "￿IDn Cicrk .(SiLmedl 06,'03121r2< 15..52 P&ee 8ofl GIFF.YOCK THE PEiRK CHLTRCH OF SCOTLAND 4OTEI S TO TIIE .4ccoirNYs Fur Ihe vtar to 3Ast December 2024 l Trustee Remuneration. L. enses and Related Pa - Tr&nsa¢tioDs Durin8 th¢ypar t9till iw=f¢ )411,. ChuicTrLpaia t￿nL,.1 ￿1.£3647 t ? alld t1￿.11￿ Pb￿ bill ex￿18s￿T-C paid olw￿0￿.er.rr￿ TncorTriA3 Ouwoin¥ As ai 5151 DccuiA*r ?024 Jktr&Uary Restricted Funits 31 thurGh [b)w￿F bl B¥Lem￿e0t Fulld I YEryn.4 FuDè. dl Park_miwoi Fulld l.liJ3.£9 5..13yiJ 275. ?? 10 9?) 4.488.82 Tottl Re*". iatJ 11413.01 Il £8". k81 UnreslriLLLxI Futth 31 Ci¢n.¥41 EAIKI blFabric aNIRcsenThforyl 2Q293.49 23.g?1.9= 6¥.-.S2.08 (t￿.935 57) {1.917 6?) 1.331. 165_00 23.071.00 22.109.79 UnTe%rricted 44.1*5.40 5% {&q:853.191 1.49&00 45,ISO.79 Told] Fund5 1.406.90 l-"O_u41 U". I 3 Tr'und Pu se5 (LseF ol" liestricted bunds ai Chllrch rb)¥¥¢i"Ftlld TIL$ Is a fjlld i0￿7d2 tlowus during smric¢s ot wo*bip b) tJL-J¥vol¢tLI FJLd". is a fu￿1 iiy I tlp r.tti% Ik vfihe Miiisllz I ParkMiE5ion Fujd.. Tbi5 F￿￿ wa8 up to IA > monbuk wpJectsio ￿ry￿a)e ￿￿rer￿sS ir. thwLT local Llrthth Xtr￿. ￿ekn. rThpxnber d) y￿￿h FLTrd.. fFys sei v.P ILI ]r6v..de*lL*ri￿I f.￿￿¢la1 5￿p￿r[1r theyfmrh ff8an15Annn5 a&socAtsI v.tF.. the chufCTr. OS￿ of Desi naTed F.unds a)FairyL' Rese￿￿ Fuid." Tht TftNets hakr.Kia4idc iijnds forth¢mittitwnc¢rfih¢Churth 4 Anal*$i4 of ,Net Assets betwe¢D Funds Rthct¢ 0.00 0.00 Xl,543.6U 37.801.60 0.00 15.4i9.60 1,914.IN) 2C.195.79 CuyieiitA*eL%- Ba1zr￿e3 Cwrrrfl abil..tité 9.974.4-. 0.00 Nri 4￿.5 al 31&1 DwcmxT 2024 72.IfJ9.7Q 13.1ft1.47 addjtson. dEb￿. ulleto t￿E L4urci ai Jlst Deecmbv21124 wereL479? t2U?? illtill being nd All Chnrch of S(*tLirtd COEwibortS N*ional Siipcnd l.und T&￿""ch PearstheC￿stsrfal1 min1thrs' ¥thpeods4md £11.612 ondthE sti]Knd15th sthqu¢nl I￿￿]1￿025 li.42 PaBe 9ofll GIFFNOCK THE P,IRK CHLRCH OF SCOTLAND r*OTES TO TIIE ACCOUNTS For the ear to 3]￿ December 2024 Totsi Total 6 Collections for and Donations to Thinl Parties 2Q24 2023 SCOJDISO sab19720 105.30 392 69 460.(MJ ChiMrEn's Howic¢saLT(w4 SwtlaDd ChriSli3ll Aid DisastLY ltherÈtnL'y cOn￿nit￿tT￿*WXs)yt# A?￿al EasEW(yJd Derr￿lIa￿T0UP Rcd Ctoss DisasTe.. Fulld Apwdl Royal NatioDal LifdMLsffn51itW¢ $2m8lltanS Pu￿￿ SSAFA ArllKd Fiw Chari House blis5iO I IO_(M) 230. l(k52638 SC022539 1047178 SC037736 220.0 630.(J) 310.0( 70.00 199.00 iry).00 S￿380%6 SC017283 It￿.[￿) 120. Totsl for&nd io ThiTd Parfi 1,486.99 7 Aft￿Y$ll% of Donations Receti'ed Unrestncted Trunds Weeklv FrEe WTII OfferiDg tNon (iifi Aid) Gift Aid tknnaiions c￿l￿￿uE]ons ftDm Church OW1￿￿0￿5 (Nv*101 OrdtnarvofferirtBS Giftsa￿l Optt) Pla Ta¥ rewi'erEd Donations tothe Tt&CofftcF¢lltt*ship ttga¢y T4t*l UDTB5tsict¢d IA)]Jatiolls 1,716.rA) 33.034. 17¥Q (K) 5.480.28 9.668.48 910.7? I,210 30.247.(M) 3,700.IK) ,209.46 10.055.11 5 72 5J.589.4¥ j5.j?7.41 Restrict¢d Fund5 Chutch Flower TruDd PArk Mi¥Si(m FuDd Fund 763. 2.141.72 72.10 2.976.82 817.(X> 188.94 ,005.94 Total Donation Received 56.566.30 56.333.35 8 Fundraisi Eve￿1$ Chrisrnw Fay S¥M[t￿PaIr 1058.61 1559.66 1199.84 1.283.69 Total J_618.27 3.483.53 9 Rental of Premises Alisott's ActttbK Baby YosuL]ySS Ca1h¢thChe￿ Club Eastt¥td Art Club Eastwl￿ Choii Eastw1￿ Entert£itiers JW Music Les¥0]Js .McC3rthj Schwl of l)allLY Ukrainiaii Cul*Jrt Private HI￿ of H4ll5 5(41. 550_(K) 1,O80.IK) 1.490.(K) Y25. 900. 2.15.(K) ¥20.LN> 22iO.(K> 1,855. 1.120.rJ) I,w CK) 980.rK) 2.665.LN) 17fl. 36(1.1 TotsL 9.550.(K> 0￿)3/2025 15.'52 Page lQof11 CIFFNOCK THE PARK CItURCH OF SCOTLAliD N()TES TO THE ACCOUTr¥TS For the ear to 3 1st Deeember 2024 Tot 2024 Totsl 2023 10 Contributions from Church O anisations Parents & T(Mfdlevs MIM&yClub Ladi￿ Kw Fil 4th GifftsKk GuidEs 4th Gifftt(x.k Brownie5 4th GiffniKk Rain￿*$ 1,320_(M) 250.IY) s(￿. 5￿.(*) 1.700.00 300.00 550.QO 300.00 300.00 550,00 3(KI.LK> Totsi 2.780.00 3.7(M).00 11 Anal sis of Pa ments Charilable ACt]￿ltieS Unreslncted bunds ti) GTOW AlIL￿at&)tt Giving LO Grow. Vohu*3ryPayJn¢Dt Ptcsbytery Dues Mipislcls MIni￿¢T)a1 Assistallce Pulpti Supply Other staffing costs (Organi51 seCtrtarya￿fj clea[￿5) F4brir alld KE5￿¢ Fund- repai15 alld tnainlena]Ke Fund. fabri¢ w8iYs ￿ maiTh*n Couttcil TdX- ma￿se other Builditi¥Costs Church Office OtEan & Music OthcT 33.662.00 29J75. 2.852. .459.35 1.003.(X) 1,424.4? l(K).(XJ 9,311.75 1,917.62 3,936.10 3.682.12 9.896.12 1,07J.80 g80 79 381.54 380.(M) 8,856.00 8,￿￿0.00 5,652.15 3,(A)8.62 8.023.50 847 33 235_16 941.64 Total. u[￿)￿ 68.S51.19 68_546.82 Restricted Funds chE￿¥h FIou'a5 Fwid Ben¢voknl FUTHI Paynent atMiTr?s*I5 Di5Ctrtio Park UisSioD Fllnd Youth Fund 7M.75 746_42 0.0 2,617.Ofl 28627 599.92 Totyl- Restri¢ted Funds 1,587_88 3.649.69 Toial Pairynenls re c1￿￿tab￿ Artivjtjgs 70.441_07 72,196.5l 12 luiestments 3220 Units ID Chwch of knitlalld (èoivth Fut MaTkw va￿￿ as ar 31s1 Dttanber 20.543.60 18,7ry2.60 1,610.00 1.610.(Kb 1)6103,'2025 15-.52 P&g¢ 11 of 11