# **St John’s Episcopal Church Selkirk Scottish Charity No SC002969** **Annual Report & Financial Statements For the Year Ended 30 September 2025** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report** ## **For the Year Ended 30 September 2025** The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements and the independent examiner’s report for the year ended 30 September 2024 ## **Reference & Administrative Information** ## **Charity Name** St John’s Episcopal Church, Selkirk ## **Charity No** SC002969 ## **Address** Registered Address: St John’s Church, Shawpark Road, Selkirk, TD7 4EE ## **Trustees (2024/25)** Our Vestry consists of our Priest (chairperson), Secretary, Treasurer (who is also our property convener), Lay Representative and 6 elected members from our congregation (one of whom acts as Assistant Lay Rep). ## **Structure Governance & Management** ## **Constitution** The Charity is an unincorporated association. It is governed by its constitution which was adopted on 4[th] July 1971 and last amended on 8th May 2016 and reviewed on a regular basis since then. The Church was granted charitable status by OSCR in 2007. ## **Appointment of Trustees** The members of the management committee or Vestry, which normally meets regularly throughout the year, are the charity’s trustees. Membership of the Vestry is open to all constituent members of the congregation. Trustees are elected at the Annual General Meeting which is normally held in November. Under the constitution, there must be six elected trustees. The trustees may co-opt further trustees if they consider it would be in the interests of the Church to do so. ## **Management** The trustees are responsible for the temporal affairs of St John’s Selkirk and met on six occasions as a Vestry committee. The trustees are particularly aware of their responsibilities for Health and Safety, especially towards children and vulnerable adults. Those Volunteers who are required to, have disclosures under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. ## **Objectives & Activities** ## **Charitable purposes** The promotion of Christianity. ## **Activities** Public Worship, Pastoral Ministry and Christian Education. ## **Achievements & Performance** St. John’s Church building underwent extensive re-ordering work a few years ago, reopening in the Spring of 2021. This re-ordering has enabled the space in the church to be used for a wide variety of community groups as well our own coffee mornings etc. and has widely expanded St John’s church profile in the local community, with a number of groups now using our church space on a regular basis. One of the biggest successes has been the creating of our ‘Memory Café’.This was conceived out of an original idea, when planning for the re-ordering, to be a meeting place for people suffering from dementia and their carers. It started as a ‘once a month’ event but moved to twice a month last year due to its success. This success has continued. There is always tea and cakes (free of charge for our visitors) and there are games afternoons once a month alternating with a themed event every other meeting.. Attendance has steadily increased to there now being at least 30 regular attendees. Communion services were held every week at 10.30 on a Sunday morning throughout the year as well as 2 mid-week communion services each month and additional services being held at Easter and Christmas. On Christmas Eve we were able once again to hold our Christingle service which was attended by over one hundred people. A collection was taken for the Aberlour Trust. **Diocese of Edinburgh** **Finance Schedule for year ending in 2025 for Charges using RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** ## **Charge St John's, Selkirk** |**Cha**
**A **
**A1 **
**A2 **
**A3 **|**rge**
**Calculation of Quota Assessable Income (Province)**
**Total Income from all sources and funds**
Total receipts as reported to OSCR on Annual Return
Any non-cash receipts (see quota guide)
**Requested sums to be excluded from Quota Assessable Income**
**St John's, Selkirk**|**St John's, Selkirk**|**Year Ending**
**(Please state if accounting period not 12 months)**
**£**
57,954
**Sept.2025**|**Sept.2025**|**Sept.2025**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||| |||||||**Prior**
**Year**
**£**| ||||57,954|||| |||||||| |||||57,954|**A1**|-| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||809||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||809|**A2**|-| |||||||| |||||**57,145**|**A3**|**-**| **Continued over….** **Finance Schedule for year ending in 2025** ## **Diocese of Edinburgh** **----- Start of picture text -----**
for Charges using RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS Prior
Year
B Calculation of Quota assessable income (Diocese) £ £
B1 Provincial Quota Assessable Income brought forward from A3 57,145 B1 -
B2 Mission-based support for UK Charities and overseas agencies B2
Further exemption is allowed in calculating QAI for Diocesan Quota for any Charge
income that has been donated to other registered charities providing relevant mission or
community services, or to overseas mission projects. Details of all such donations must
be given on a separate sheet, or a reference provided to the relevant note in your
accounts if the information is shown there. The Diocese may restrict this exemption to
10% of total congregational income if it would otherwise skew the allocation of quota
significantly.
B3 Diocesan Quota Assessable Income (B1-B2) 57,145 B3 -
C Congregational giving statistics
Please provide analysis of congregational giving.
All income detailed here should also have been included in A1
Income to be included here may have been part of the quota exclusions at A2
C1 Regular Congregational giving
1a Pledged (all pledged giving - but excluding tax reclaimed see 3 below) 19,443 C1a
1b Open Offering 940 C1b
C1
C2 Other Congregational giving
Special Appeals / Donations / Fundraising for congregational funds 4,534 C2
(including Gift Days)
C3 Tax reclaimed
Total tax reclaimed on all gifts / donations (in either 1 or 2 above) 6,345 C3
C4 Legacies Please list all legacies received in year (use continuation sheet if required)
£
1
2
3
4
Total must equal box A2f - C4
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## **B3 Diocesan Quota Assessable Income (B1-B2)** ## **Notes** The figure at A3 will be incorporated in total Diocesan income for the purpose of calculating the share of quota the Diocese will pay to the Province in 2028. The figure at B3 will be used in the allocation of total Diocesan Quota across congregations in the diocese in 2027. The data in section C is collected by the Province for statistical review purposes. The Province receives about 25% of its total income from Quota paid by Dioceses. (The bulk of the rest of its income is investment income.) Provincial Income is used to make grants to the dioceses and charges of the SEC and to fund the Scottish Episcopal Institute which trains those entering authorised ministry with the SEC. For more information see https://www.scotland.anglican.org/wp-content/uploads/42nd-AnnualReport.pdf In 2024, 52% of Diocesan income came from Quota paid by Charges (the rest from Provincial grants and investment income). Over half of it (58%) was used to fund the Diocese's payment of Provincial Quota. Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees ofSt John’s Episcopal Church, Selkirk | report the unt a ity for ( ar end Of9/20 ' nay { oul On Hage t Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner 1}if wet ;| | po vie| . } | paral/ { tt}| cK J , { |al Lira ttrie { rt’ Kk I NIG iumended). | harity trust ider that wudit req ment of Reoulat (1) of th ( L\ccounts KReaulations do ot apy It is my responsibility to examine the accou t lu { tol } (c)¢ 1 Act it | her particular matter Te | Basis of independent examiner's statement Mi umunation 1s carried ou wcordance ith Regulation of thie 06 Accounts Regulator \ mination melud Vil ol the account 1 kept by the cha ind a mpal ( C l icCOU ind See) f i { t t sles wie , cl itt | nr i ertaket ( pro le a r lence th " ‘ re ima Tel ! ) quent | ‘ i i MNMLON OT , { nver he accourn Independent examiner's qualified statement ht it naok use to ft it | na tater! | tne requirer ] hr ‘ ! t vhuch, in mon, attention shouldbe drawn in order to enab proper understandit Lat 1} \ }