2024 OSCR Accounts
I'he Church of Scotland
Hamilton Bardrainnev Church
RF.C"EIPTS.4ND P.41 IIENTq.4CCOI'NTS
CongreoJlion No: l $08:.
Charih. No: 4>C 00*421

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Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name".
Elamilton Bardrdinn¢v Church
Charily Registration NUME￿.
SCl)05421
Congregaiion Rcference No:
Lonlact Addr￿.
Trustee5
k11-k SLS%1(111
Principal Offic￿beartrS
Sessioll CleFrk.
C'.lerk to IhL èlci ii.
Church Tre￿u[L.[..
Bankers
Bank of Scotland.
W'est Blackhall Street
Pdge 2

£V£4 U2•LK Accounis
Trustees. Annual Repnrt
Year ended 31 December 2024
Structure, Governance and Management
Governin% DoevmeDt
The Church is administered in ￿)rdance with the IcTms of the tked ofconslilulion
Re¢ruitment and Appointment of Trnstees
Members ol" thc Kirk Se&sion and the Congrcgational Iloard arc the charity In￿CeS. llje Kirk Se85i()n memiKr
are the elders ol. the church and are chosen from those members of the church who are considercd to have the
appropriaie iyitis and Skills. 'fhe minister. who is a memlKr of the Kirk Session. is elected by thc congrcgation and
inducted b!. Presbvtcry. 'The Congregational Board is apwinted Irom within ihe congregatioo and member8 of the
¢ongregation are inl'iied io nominate individuals who are klicved to haN'e ihc skills and commilmL'nl Io LontribulL
to thc Tnana4emenl affairs of thc Church. to ELYome Mem￿r5 of thc BoaTd. Board KIcTniKr5 are then aptK)inted at
the Staled .4nnual Meeting and serve for a ￿nIX1 of three years aftcr which the%. musl scck re-election at the next
S￿ted Annual Meeting.
Org4DisatjODal Structure
The Congiregaiional Board is chaired by the Interim Moderator and meLiS ei?hi iimc9 in a year. Certain
responsibililies are delegated to the I,inance Commitlec and the Propen!. Lommiiiee &s appropriate. 'I'he Kirk
Session ￿'hICh meets eighi timcs a year 15 resEX)n5ible lor spiriiual allairs w'ithin the church.
Objectives and Activities
The Church ol- Scoiland is Trinitarian in d￿trine. Refornied in tradilion and Presbl'ierian ib p)lity. It exists tu
glorif!. Cjod and io wi)rk for ihe advancement of Christ's Kingydom throughoul the world. As o national Church. il
aLknc)wledges a distinctive oil and duty to bring the ordinances ol. relioion io the r￿pIc in every parish ot"
SCotl￿d throug.h a territorial ministry. It Co-operates with other Churches in various e¢umenical bodies in
Scotland and bevond.
Services of w'OTship are held each Sunday moTning with special MId￿'eek s¢rvic¢s during the year.
"Ihc church h&s various youps within the church such as ihe Guild. the Sunday Sch(x)I, Bible Study and Prdyer
group. Keep I'"ii Group. Table Tennis (iroup and Boys Brigade. The church may also be used for secu]ar activities
and social LVCDIS, With the approval of the FK)ard.
We have 0[￿ned thc church building one day a week as a "V¥'ami Spaccs" cafc. We oller soup, 5nack& hol rolls
eic. Wc Provide Ix)oks, gam¢s and company for our communitN' and beyond. 'Ihe cale was initially inlcnded rnn
during the winler months only bui has proved io so 5ucLes8lul Ihat it has continued ihrou&lK)ut the year, with an
average attendance of 3540 tKople attcndings weekly. -rhe cate is open to all and h&% ken widely r¢ceiv¢d by
thosc wilh diffcrent faiths and no faith. Our local café donales a few do/£n rolls cvery week aDd one of OUT church
families donalcs a weekly bloLk ol" sausage. Our café is also dementia fryendly and we welcorn¢ one or two people
wilh this condition on a weekly b&sis.
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2024 OSCR Accounts
Trustees, Annual Report (cont)
Year ended 31 Ikcember 2024
Achievements and Perfomance
lThe congregation is always &tive in suptK)rting events outsi<k the of xl1viti￿. Ihe Guild attend
eLumcni¢al L'vcnts in other Lhurches in the area including thc Roman L*holic church Si Frdncis and the I'.piscopal
L;hurch Si. Marys. Ai knier during Holy Week we shared worship with other denominaiional thurchcs within
I'ort (il&sg)uw.
'I'he con8regbation w&s rcprCsCn￿d al a nUMi￿r ofevents throughout ihc ycar. ILS evcnis arose.
()utside cvcnts are ￿1VertiSed within thL' church 14Lh %utKlay and ljoard and Session meetingd
Financial Review
"I'he main source of Income 1% the weekly otTLYings with some monies coming fmm Vario￿ donali•ns and sp￿CIal
collcctions c.g. for Fabric.
'I'hL ulTL'ringis ovLrdll, werc incre&SL￿ by £638 with gift aid ￿)[l10n ol. olTcring incre&8LxI by £54 ovcr ycar with
IrLLwiII ollLring & plaiL. being incrcascd by £584.
Addilional I'un(L% have iw) rai.V￿ durin8 2024 via Qui£ Nights a￿1 CMXMI as New 81w.
C)ur c.hurch Manse is now rL'nl(xJ oul with mi>nies going directly io our Consolidatcd Fabric liund Nthich 18 hcld b).
(.'hurch ol" knoiland .1 rustees in LAJinburgh. Wc also hold a local fabric fund which has used thil year io repair
pl￿ 01" the church r(M)lal a cosl ol"£19.945.
Reservu Poliey
li is the 'fnLste￿. w)licy to knld of suffKicnl ex$￿￿J[lurC in a 8￿￿1 fu￿1 &s as our rtyricted fun(L%.
Ai ih¢ ycur end thc Church hLld unreslricied c&sh funds of £17.17.3 of which £250 is de%ignaled &)r Ilenevolenl
Tr und wsL.. 'I'his balance reP￿1¢nts funds availablc for ￿. in gcne￿I nu￿Ing at 5Lgrt of2025
'I'hL C:hurLh also held £53.982 of restricied funds for-Fabric l¥und- which have been raised for the gpecific
Purp)se. as slated in Pagc 10.
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Trustees. Annual Report (cont)
Year ended 31 December 2024
itatemcnt of Trustees, Responsibilities
'I'he mernl)er% of the Kirk Session I C'onoregational BoaTrJ musl prepare financial statements ￿￿'h
deiail lil enable an appreiiulion ol- the Iransaclions of- ihL' C"hurLh during thc finanLial i'ear. 11)
Kirk SL%SiOiI I C onbFrL¥Jalion<il Board arl, responsible for kLLpinL proper acL()unting rLxvI￿
musl rL'lleLI (lie linanLi4tl FMi%ilic)n ol" the Chiirch at thai iitne_ This tnusi ￿ done lo ensure
slal¢mLnts ciimplN %¥iih Ihi Charilics and -fruslee In￿l'sIMent ISio[l4￿di Ilct 2005. the C"
l %¢(1{14￿￿> RegiiJlaiion5 ?nO(? IhL' RLgpu1411iuns AnL'nl CongirccS<llj(Trnal I. inancL appro￿.L￿
ilsscmblfv. ol. Eh¢ C.'hurch ol. Scuiland in ?(K)9. The) are also re%rx)nsible for safeb¥uarding thL US"
nd tnwsl IdkL' rea50T￿ble slep% for the prev¢ntion andlor dLXeLlion Iraud dnd ()Iher I￿L¥ularItie
h giTre .suific ienl
mL'inkTS ol" the
hiLh. i)n rcquesl.
hal the financial
aritieg tlLLounts
bi, Ihc GLnerdl
.15 01- the L'huTch
Approved bv ihe T￿￿tr$ and .signcd on Iheir behall".
i¢5510n Clerk
Dated: Ftbruxn. 2025
I'age i
Hamilton Bardrainney Chureh

£V£4 Accoun
IndependeDt Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Hamilton Bardrainney Chureh
Re5p¢¢live r￿ponsibIlIti￿ of trnSte￿ •nd exAminer
'rhc eharity"s trustCC5 arc rcsponsiblc for th¢ preparation of the accounts in accordanc¢ w*h Ihe terms of the
Clwiii¢s and 'l'ruslee Investmeni {ScotlJnd) Acl 2(X)5 and thc Chariiies Accounis Iscotland) Regulalions 21KJ6.
Thc charity. Irusiees consider ihat thc audit requircmcnl of Regulation l (K I l (dl of the Accoums Regulutions dues
ni)14ippIN.. II is MN" rL'%W)nsibililv to Lxainine thc accoun18 und¢r ￿tIC)n 44(1)IL'I of Ihc .4cl Ind lo slate whether
pdr1icu1￿ mallcrs havc come lo mv aiicnlion.
Basis of independenl examiner's stxlemtnl
My L'XiuninaiiiTrn is carricd oul in aecordan¢c with Rcgulation I l of thc C.haritics ALcounls I SiJ)Iliind) RLgulations
21)11(>.Aii LX<iiniiialii)n inLludes a review of ihL uL¢ountingT r¢¢()rds kcpi by thc charitv a Lompi1ri4>n of thL
accounts presenied H'iih those record%. li als1) include% considernlion ul. any unu%ual ilcms or di%clo8uTC4 in thc
aLLI)unis'. and ￿'eking• Lxplantiiivns from ihc tr￿stee5 conccrning any such matlL'rs. ThL pfoLLxlurL%' undi'rtsth¢'n d
n(il pr()vide all ihe ei'idence Ihat would Ix r¢qui￿d in an audil. und con8wu¢ntly I do nol exprt5s an audit opinion
on IIK. ULcounis.
Independent ex*miner'5 Statement
In thc ci)UPiL" (Il. mv ux&mination of the statemenl of accouni for thc ycar LndLxI 31 DcL'cmlKr È024. no mallcr has
Come to my allL'nlion.
whiLh give% reas(inable cause to bclieve ihai in any malerial Tesrxcl..
accouniinLJ rccords havc noi kLpl in acLC)rdan¢¢ M'iih %eLli()n 44 1 I Illl) i)l- the ('barilivi und .1 rusIL￿.
InvestniLnis I Scnilandi Act 21)11S (iiid IIL'gul<lti(Ji14 o1."I'lIL. C. hariliL'% ALLounl% l %LOtlandl Kcb)ulalic?ns 21K16
Ihc acLOUn￿ do iioi aiior¢J wilh.th0￿ rcL(InL
Ihe %lJtemenl ()r (ICCI)unl do nol comply wilh any of ih¢ requirements ()r Rcgyulalion 9 of 'lThc C'.haritics
Aec()unis I SLniland) Regulali(In% 21MK)
Ii) i%"hii h. in nil, ()piiii()n. atlcnlion sh()uld bc drawn in ordcr to L'nublL J propc'r und¥ritanding uf thL
i Lcniinis In I￿ rcachcd.
ignt.
L)diLd I"¥biiidl'y &025
Pagc 6

H•D)iltoB Bardr•iD))ev Chutth
Receipl and P8>rnenl Accounts
Yur toded 315L Dec¢thbtr 2024
u￿r￿Tlrted Restritled EDdornt#i
Funds 2024 2024 F￿￿￿$ ZQZ4 Total 20241 TDt*l 2023
R¢¢cipts
Fi¢¢will OffLYin8 Fnvelopes
Cjift Aidi
Gift Aid Off¢rinEs
Ordindr¥ OftLYin
7.1MXI.
7.(KKI.(rf)
13.3?8.1MTr
5.105.
6.707
l j.?74
4.816
i.105.f4)
CoTneT Cafe Ileaiin% Lighiing & St*M)r*
Alter itrJ¥'LofTees
R￿1￿Cted Fabiic FUFMI Boxes
Smartie TubesllOPsl
Quii. Niuhis
Tran5tcrrcd from Generdl Fut
'itrm Spaces Gt8ni1202.3 & 2024
250.INI
?51).IXI
7W.37
79).37
?58
?97.￿)
237
j.8?U
H05pice. McrnillaTL Parkin5(m'&
ohuTch An2¢1s & Bamabas Tn
1.4Y5.IY)
1.495.(Ml
1.56?
M(Inei rais￿1 bi Keep Fil & Table TenTh￿ Cl￿S
for i<irious iharElity Isee page 12)
Cjenerdl Inl
Donaiions fr¢th congre￿1(
l.rom L of S f{￿ r$￿a￿e
i.1118.IXI
-i.XIX.IMI
O.(K
i.rpih.i7
O.tNI
3?.IW3.57
311.Y92
T&N on tiifl AMI Otferings
mon￿ rdised ID Charity
Weddings. Fwwdls dc.
Lile&. W
5.43j.67
3.54n.86
85i.IM>
5.433.6?
3.i40.X
%15.
42.(N)
5.39S
?sn
¥4
Donations from Caft ￿ ihe Users
l)onalions Irom Keep Fil
1948.fA)
?115.IM)
2.224
50
?1}5.tMI
445.INI
445.(KJ
IA)ruili￿ liittld
Tot*1 Receipts
n.IX) 4 j.r(?3.Ib5
Ppy7
Hamilttsn BardTrinntw Church
Keteipt and P•vmeTrl Arcotsni*
Year ended J15t. Dt¢ember 20Z4
C oniittwd

Harnilton Ilardr*tDOtv Chwrch
Receipt Ind P*vment Acrounts
Ye*r ended 31sL Dtttmbtr 2024
IlnresiTirted Re￿r1ded E•d•￿tIt
'unds 2024 F￿￿￿5 ?024 Funds 21124 T￿11 2024 Total 2023
Pai'mtnt5
Miiii5rr%' &. Mission AlkKatio
PresbKiet% Ducs
Ini.Mnd.. Nlinisierfs Travelling Expensts &
LA)cum Q051
OthLr salaries
Fabric li¢pairs & Mainrenarte
&- Li:hiinL
In5uranie
Ouireaih
1)0515. Priniink. s￿lI0￿r¥ etc
Pett% C"&Nh lor Craft Group
Caft on ihe Corner E¥Der
l.itt &. 11 ork llaoa7.ine
I"ran51erred io Restricted FuThJ
LhariTh Shop reni
Misiellartcous Expenses
Replttiement Rwtr- repair
Grani eN￿l￿re
T() CiifL (in ihe Corner
Token lele% ￿10￿ & new M￿lC Box
13.IY)I.IM)
i1)4
4.392.75
4.39? ?%
l.niO_IM)
4 783.51
6..117_49
I.W5.INJ
l.WS.lY
3(b3.56
14y.44
747
81
31K
l.Ol¥.Y7
19.945.(KJ
1?50.INJ
3.1I79.4X
-lig
Total Pu) ments
40.174 81
)? 195.¢MI
11.(Ml
37.51K)
Excess of Rettipts over P*vments for tbe
ear before tr1115feT5
4.iJl.47
-?I.IYJ¥.63
14.51?
Fice55 of Receipts ober me•ts fvr ¢h¢
-? I.IW8.63

H*miliDn RAnlThinne% Chur¢
lattmeni of Il¥l¥nces
.4131 st. l)eceniher ?11?4
Ilnrtslricled Hestrifttd
!0?4 1(124
F.ndo*mtnl
2024 lolal 71
Hank &. Ik'p(V%il IlJlatkCS
l)thtiir JI 31 sl.l)L'rimbtr 2111
kirk. aTh1 Fin*1&￿1 141
naniial Iloard
V*¥e ¥

HimilioN B*rdniDntv Chtyrth
Notes lo the Attotsnts
(knc rur1￿ £1.050 itar
IriixlLX' ￿lI)n fLl•iyJ in J InL¥iee hal anv
or %xiefLlll Thio b! th¢ dJar#J durmg le4
Al 151.
At31st.
Dtetrnber
2024
21J24
Rettipts
P*vment$
Traisftr
IlllrEsiri¢led F¥D(Ls
IIXOl.05
17.173 1?
Ke¥lrl¢ted FuThd5
i.(P)6.37
53.98? 3.1
TOIAI
44.Li th5
ITr I
fw p￿pr￿ e * twwj &

UDre%tricied Re5tTiCttd
Funds 21124 FwTrds 2024 FuDds 2024 Tol%1 21124 Total 2023
An*lvsis of ikn••t*Ms
Frccm'ill Offering F.ItvekpC4nL￿ Glft Aid)
(iitt Aid Offering5
Ordinarv Offerings
Atlef serviLY tea
R￿}1'Fulld iM)xe5
%martie Tubes {20Psl
Quil. Ni&7hL%
MonL'S raised bv Keep Fil Cl&ss for variThts
Lhariiies & lsee p￿¢ 61 & Church
l)onaiM]n from Guihj
l)onaiion trorn KLV Fit Gr(
dTrnaiions friyn cl￿￿e8211(7n
6.7n7
13_774
l ).}?8.￿
5.105.60
5.IU5.
rn.37
4.815
61
258
7W.37
297.
237
65 (MJ
65.(M)
IixTr
i¢XI (X
5511
sn
3.818.1
3.818.1
Special o¢fering5 for McTnillan. W*eraid
IlospTrce from Lq".ii & Samaritsn5 Purse
11 Ldd1Tr￿ FirtKTJl￿l'.￿c of llall
Gift Aid Rett
Frum C of S for InSUra￿e
L'hdiii Shiy Ir*xMni
1.4in.
815.IM)
5.4i3.6:
1.43¢).(¥J
815.IXI
5.433.67
.5h?
i.3Y6
2.803
3.540.86
? y48.(rf) |
0.￿ 45.118lb.6i
?.948_611
4J.941.?8
1.1)96.37
4 J.¥)11
Deliils of tot*1 tb*t fft•ke typ Ytctipts B*la•¢t on P*ge 7
Transfer Ir(xn Main FurKI
2.000
Fleaiing & IAghiing from Corner Caft
Life &. Work
?iO.00
42.00
210.00
4?.00
445.00
445.
2293
4.ann (irdni 12023 & 20?41
3.820
44.72718
1.096.37
0.￿ 45.823.65
52.017.00
Unttstritt¢d Rtsiricitd
￿￿*d5 ?DZ4 F#Ad5 2024
ETrdo*Thent
FuTrd5 •1124 Tol*l 2024 total 2023
Analv5i5 of P*yrneTrts
()lleri￿¥ Enwel(
Total P*imefjts
O_IM)
?17

Unrestricted Rtstritted
F￿ndS 2024 Funds 2024
F.ndowmeni
Funds 2024 Tot*1 2D24 Tolal 2023
Ch8rit*ble Attivilie5
.Minisir% &. Mission All(Kation
Pre%b￿cry l)ucs
Ini.Mod.. Minisierfs TrnvclliTr¥ ExperkS¢S &
C"041
()Iher Salari¢5
l.abri¢ Repair5 &. Mainienanc¢
I leaiiiig (i. Li¥hiing
Insurance
()uirtrdLh
Pusls. Printin& Swionary. ¢tsp>ryn8
Lite &. i%'Ofk Mgguine
L harii! 4livp rLini
O.IX) 13.IKII.IX>
0.1
21M
4.392.25
4..Iy2.?5
1.050.(X)
4.?83.50
fi.317.49
l.RlJ4.62
l.W5.(M)
1113.56
7O.IN)
thIXI.IMI
O.(Ml
1.7h(I
4.?8 j.511
h.317.49
.IMI
O.(Ml
u.Ix)
4.1174
3.h47
1.91)5.IX)
3111.56
o.IM)
1.116?
6hl
u.(K)
71Tr.IMI
O.IMI
u.IM)
L'ate on ihe ( ()rner eX￿n
I ran8l¢rred li) Tr'ahriL ALLounl
MisLellancou4 l..xpens¢s
ReplaL¢meni rE￿r . repaiT
rani I'xpL'ndiiurc
L'riS11 (Jri)UP PL￿11> LiL¥h
farè on Ihi CLwnLr L¥Pen￿3
2.149.94
2.14Y.Y4
746
1.018.Y7
19.945 1¥)
11}.1)45.(Kl
U.IMI
-1.117V.48
1.1179.48
Ilroken ielevision
41J.154.Xl
37 5115
Minisler's Stipend
Illl ¥*uiih nl. C(￿8rt￿￿> tMlrthuiL 11) th¥. l.und iihi(h bLLW% Ihk iiNI iil'all
IlliiiiNILf'% %tI￿nd4 LYnpIIi!LVs c%Jniribuiim4 liK n#ii(mal In%iJrJnLI' pLn¥il￿ Jnd hilUStn$ Iiiaii lund
l i)r IhL' uDdLY th¢ minitmm ¥lwthd iiL% 131 h41 thL' mLiirrbum %irhyJd
Iii IhL Sih and %uh%cwi ￿rg iil'xNcc £3¥.8¥4
Coll¢¢l¥o*J for third Tmrtles
21124
2023
Turkwlsyrkq EwtW*
H¢
MCmil￿n CBnw SuFw1
Watwakl
ErSkIr￿ CT¢6Srexh
h4.IMI
Church Ar9
LrtI￿ thè Pc
Br151cw
y¢￿na Lrfe Internat￿￿
HI*￿j FuThl
?IyJ.IMI
I.W5 IMI
1862
gc 12

und% fJTr*b I h¥r¢b of kolllwd Ivr*er*l"I'ruste
I t*r ended Jlsi. tkctrabtr 21)2J
In%urrante
pgvrnent and
rnisctlknntous
¢0515
Ai Isi.
At3151.
Dectmber
2D24
2024
18.301.35
1.973.95
16.3?7.4
( i*o¥ts*lxttd fr"Abrk
21J24 lit%¢fj¥r
11224.14
1.973 415
27..5%1 %4
ape IJ