Scottish Char.
Number SC
3193
DRUMCHAPEL ESSENSIDE URC
ACCOUNTS
For tho year ended 31 December 2024

Reference and Administrative Infonnalion
Chgrlty N4rn.'
DnJnthwl EssorsKJo Unilwj Rofomwl Chure
Charity Regstration Number.
S(a)03193
Tru8tee8:
Chwch Treasur•r.
Secretary:
Mir*41•r.
V•e4nt
IrHleperthnl Examlnèr.
an
Chartortd A￿aUntants
15 Klno Ertwa￿ Ro*J
Glasgow
G13 1QW
8Ankars.'
8•nk ol Sedlartd.
836 Crow Fld. Gl48g(Y•l
G13 1ET

Drumchapel Essenside URC
Trustees, Annual Report
Year ended 31 December 2024
Structur< G¢Nem•￿and Man4ement
GovLYnlng 0￿￿￿￿nI
Thg Churth 15 an unlnLDwthl aB¥￿I￿tiOn 0Ot*lr4hed In t¢rni$ of th? unit￿ Ref(*med
ChLr¢h Act ￿00.
Regrullment Appoknlm•ntofTvustee•
The eljern arn chwty IN8t••& TM th8 thurch ar8 deLtaJ by th8 corvJregthon
appoint¢d or rewaPFoiiled on a 3 yearfy ba61$ by the members of Ihe ¢hurGh * the annual
general rneeti￿ held in Februwy ol each year. The Eklef8 •nd Offi￿ btsa(eis ale ll$twJ abts¥t.
Org•nlgthlonal Structur•
The Eldern, Court18 thatred fflkn￿er or kn vacarKy an Interlm moderator nomlnated by
th• Syn(yJ of ScotLqnd ol Ih• Unit•d R•fomwJ Church and meet$ 8thhevén Umes In a ygar. A•
well as firwnee and FYOWty. the Eldèrts. Court ro re8p)mitAe for 8pkn"Iu81 aff8lr¥ vlthln th
urdL
ObJ•EUva and AcllvN••
The Unf(ed Refom)&a Church Is TrIrAt8rf￿ In do¢Xrkne In the roltym•d tradltlon. The maln
otl•¢tive ol Orum¢hawl E88er*41¢ United Ref0m￿O Church Is the ¥dv8n¢gmgnt of r•llgk*n
the DrumthaFel Area. Thls is e￿rted by th? FYOVlbi￿ of &nday WornI￿p and aluo
tr)mmunky150clal actJvttie¥ the prem15es.
The Chur(* 0￿￿te8 Ir￿Tr prcprty rMeJJ ty The Unlled RefrKmed Church Syncd of Sco114nd.
Thi$ a)mFYBe8 01 th• Cliwch, ard bvounds. Thwo * no k*Frd lease in Fla￿.

Drumchapel Ess•nslde URC
Trustees. Annual Report (cont)
Year ended 31 December 2024
Achl8vèments and Perfomiance
Ra¥iLM & Brmiles mell Wthln the chwth premts8s on ev•W.
Fr￿dshIP NO￿e. ¢￿f0rasYhJM seekern ft￿ets li hut every W&4ne8d8y.
Coffthunlty led c￿5$e3 ar¢ hehy In the premtses telTrJ 8 kne 0￿cing d958 in the thur
on Monday afternocns. a keep fft ¢las8 in on Tuesday aft•n¥)ons and a small Bingo
$e561on In the clwrch on W•th8Bday
Care for Ollwrn
Memt*rn volunlarty V+lth tocal Lwmmunlty Frfojects wllned above al least o
church mamb•r att•rttltyy or •BSiBtiry mLMt ol the grou￿ wtdch LM the Promts¢&
P881oral ccfflcerro the cNych focuB on Fo¢>JbJ
World eontrknrttrn art m•*e th￿9h actfvMI88 Coftunltment Llfe
(Bangladeshl. Chtsllan Akl 8TrJ strNeto t• 8 Foinraoe Churth.
Flnanalal Revlew
The prfnupal 80ur¢e of in¢ome ts ourw¢eWy offerinLYS mado ￿ olfrethll all Ard
OFen Flale. The Nmber ol Feople gI￿r¥ by Glft AJJ b 11.
We are grileful to the Syntsj ol StL)tl8nd for an add￿1 grant 01 £4,￿ lo a881gt Sn the
kn8lallallon ol ener9y savtrg {NlTrYpaty Wroj ond doth glaztyl In Ihe hui.
Durlng the year. tM genef41 receipts aThJ Foyment acwjnl dhchxèd of£724 brlrslro
the ge￿ra1 fvnd year-ervj balanGe to £19.085.

Drumchapol E8s•nside URC
Trnstees, Alnual Report (cont)
Year eDded 31 Deeember 2024
Statoment of Truslees. Responsibilities
The merTther5 ollhe Eltkn5' Cowtn¥A Wepare￿on￿aI sts*ffenty YIh￿hg￿e suffi(iDnt detal
b enable an appreciotsa? d th8 transxtms of Ilw dwir4 tho fffl8nc￿I year. Th8
mmL*rs orth• Ei&r¥ CwrtW8 fork•4ptF¥J aYXLmJng rerxxds, wh(¢h, on
uèaL mu* r•fleat the flnandal powtson of tho Clwrth al that tirm. ThiB rnLts1 b• don• to
ensu￿ IIHt the stslemerts ￿1th Ihe Chwities and TA￿tee Imi¢sirnenl
lEeoU￿dl Acl 2005, and the Chontles ISts)Uandl 20Lkl. They are also
fftjr s*uathg alsth ￿ the Church and must lake rea5Utablè *ps for th•
ApwoN*¢ ty th• Tiu*••S 49nodw lh* b•halr,

Drumchapel Essenside URC
Independènt examlnèr¥ Ye￿rt to thè Tnsta8s d DNmclW Esswbsldo URC Church
I rel￿rt on the accounts of the ¢harty fry Ihe year e1x1￿ 31 Decem￿ 2024. whth are set
out cn pages 7 kn 10.
The ¢hariifS tr￿te8S are respo[￿ble forlhe Prepa￿[on of Ihe accounts In accordarts wlth
the terms of the Charkles antt Trustee Inve4J￿[ (Sc(rtland} Act 2005 and tne Chartttes
AccuJnts (SryJtlarvJ) RegulatkTh 2Q
The ¢h8rity tfU8*e8 constder that tha audti rnwiremant of Regulefon 10(11(d) ofihe
Acwjnts Regulations does not Op￿Y. It is rny responsknilty to e￿nIn8 Ihe acC￿nIS under
$￿tiOn 4411)Ic) of thG Act and to stat•wh8ttw partscu* rrAtt•rs hava corng to my att•nlton.
Ba8is of ind•p•ndent examkn8rf88tatom0nt
My eKamination is Ca￿led out in 4¢cord8n¢e *ith RtiJubb?n 11 ofthe Ch8th8 AcC￿￿ts
(S￿t18nd) RegulatKTh 2006. An 8>3ffdnallcrt Indud88 a r8viw ofthe acLYJunUThJ records
kqit by the chanty aThJ a ￿mparis￿ of the at￿Unts wew)ted wth thos8 record8. It al
includes ￿nsIderatIOn of any unusual items ordlsthswes in Ihè &c*unts a￿1 88eking
Éxptan*lons from Ihe tnJ8tees con￿Ing such matters. Tr prLr&Jur88 urnlertak8n do
not wo¥tde al WKlerK* that I￿j1d b8 ieqwed in an audc aThl (xTheyntly I do not
eJpres8 an audit opinion on IM wunt&
Ind•p•id•nt •x•mh*f8 •tatemewt
In thè course ol my examination of Ihe statement olaGcQu￿ the yew ended 31
December 2(r24. no matter has c4)n* kn my T*h#* 9i¥eJ me ruJonth cguae trj
believe that In ar+y rnalerial reJpeot
amntlng roeor(l$ not boon kyt ￿ acLwdonc•wlh S•¢t1(￿ 4q1)(a) of tho
Ch4rftbs gnd Tru$t••s Inw•stm•nts (Scotland) Ad 2005 R•gulgtlL)n 4 of th•
Ch8rltl&A A(munts (Sca)IlanLd Ro9ulatlcn8 2tJ16
. ts wunts do r¢)t acco￿ tPo8e re(xrt8
the Itetement of accfjuntsdo not wlth of the requken￿nts of Regulatlon
g ofthe Charittes Accounts (ScotFand) Rwla1lc￿ 20CIS to whlth, In my oplnlJn,
Ètt￿tIOn should te dr￿n In ordwto enabb a txow underntandng of th& 8trA)unts
Mochan *pmilh & Lo
Chartered Accourtsnts
15 Kng Edward Road
Gtasgow
G13 1QW
oy

Drumchapel Essenside URC
Re¢ei
for the
tsandP8
ments A¢coLbnt
ear ended 31 Deeember 2024
Unrestricteil Restncted
Funds
Fund5
2024
2024
Total
2024
Note
2023
Recei
Weekly freevJill offerirrfJs
Open plate
Other olkrings,donation5. giftday5 &t¢.
Gift aid
knsurance claim
Heal and Ligmt Refund
Grants receiwd
10888
10888
596
4745
2915
I(￿7$
4345
2915
8254
os
1558
1T9J
1790
4406 ICIXKI
4408
Tot81 Recèlpls
20532
25338
34263
ments
Payments tr)r chantable actThtties
Ministry mtssion
8nd wider
Estsbllshment costs
Othèr cosls
kn¢ependeni Ex8rrlner Feè
5076
14257
325
19)
5076
14257
72S
150
9733
29170
400
150
19808
400
20208
39916
Surplvsl Idefflcifi fc¢ yeaf
Balance brought fowdrd
724
18361
4408
5130
18361
-5653
24014
Funds at 31 December
19065
23491
18361

Drumchapel Essenside URC
Ststemènt of bal*nc•&at 31 D•￿Mb6r
2024
3023
Bank eath balanf 96
ank of Scotland
23491
18361
23491
18361
Llabilltie$
Mini5lry & Mi8SICII
Rb*rvè$
General Fund5
Restitled FuThJs
1￿5
18361
18361
Signfjd frjr and on b•hai c4 ibe Con9r¢9*¢on
Chaim¥n
Treasurer

Drumchapel Essenside URC
Notes to the fwncial statanettts
2024 2W23
1 Mlnl* mlulon and wld•r vorft
Nats'orral ministry
Mlrdstets ffApens¢9
Pulpit $uWy
chU￿h offiw. wJanist et
OQ 49x1
610
4L
1750
5076
9f33
2 E*bllthm•nt co
hsurnncè
2108
5042
7107
2123
3475
235T2
Heat and11ght
Mqlnten•nc•
1425T 29170
3 Oth¢r 00•1•
Muslc and Ilc¢rKes
Statl¢)néry ¥nd ￿rtIng
Oihr •xpenso$
S￿￿11 Cdl•¢llon- Cw
137
87
234
426
181
720
4 Mov•m•ftt In fund•
At 1 Jo￿•ry IrKomlTrJ CIrtg￿n9
At 31 December
2tr24 Rosou￿06 Trarmf
2tQ4
UnMArf¢t•d fund•
Fabric fijnds
Général
Ro*l¢t•d Fund•
SpKi•l eolkndlon
19096
4C
18361
Grant
An engvjy sa4r4J grart ky LEO Ilghllng and dtrJlA• 9*irvJ of£4.4Ce was r￿914￿$ from
th• Syr￿. Tho *Tr• cwri•d yèar to 31 Dacember 202S.
Si*¢l*l Collecoon
A co1kncl￿ vthlch rnlsed £400 P023-£4251 tak￿ up brthp Curie chartty.

Drum¢hapel Essenside URC
Notas to tho flnanclal Slaknm￿ts
All United ReforM￿j Clwrrh ¢xryreWir*ks c<xtsilyJte to the IAinbty arvj Mission Fur*Y
vknich bearsthee09ts Lrfall mknrdlerg'8iyer¥Js and 8mFtyrfg IxintrtbLrtlons for nglkinol
l￿WanCe. ￿[￿lon and houswj.
Thè mln*t¢fs ex￿l￿e6 ar• d1￿¢6•y (n note 1.
No recewj any remurwaiilm or felnbursemert ol expertsej duNNJ Ihe year.
No trustee or a related to o trustee had any irtor•gt i) •ny ￿ntract or
trar6adh)n enter&J Into bj the chafrtyduthfj the year.
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