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All Saints Scottish Episcopal Church Bearsden

Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2025

Charity No: SC005552

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All Saints Episcopal Church

Report of Trustees for Financial Year 2024-25

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity’s performance for the year ended 30 September 2025.

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The objective of the Vestry, full members of which are the Trustees of All Saints, is to advance the mission of the Christian Church, through worship, service, and fellowship. This is carried out through mission and pastoral activities. The principal activities of the Church are public worship, outreach to the community and the spiritual development of its members.

Donations are made regularly to charitable causes that provide benefits to disadvantaged individuals and communities in Scotland, the rest of the United Kingdom and overseas.

In carrying out its objectives the Vestry depends upon the contributions, both human and material, of many volunteers from the congregation. Activities carried out include contributions preparatory to and during worship, service on sub-committees and through group activities, the maintenance of premises and fabric, and organising a variety of pastoral and social activities.

ALL SAINTS DURING THE YEAR UNDER REPORT

We have 84 members on our congregational roll and 72 on the Communicants Roll as defined by Canon 41.2. It has been good to welcome several new members as well as many visitors during the year.

We have not had any baptisms or weddings in church in the past year, though there have been some enquiries for next year and one wedding was conducted in the QEU Hospital. Since the last annual meeting we have conducted seven funeral services in church and local crematoria and there have been three burials of ashes in the memorial garden. We are grateful to a member of the congregation for volunteering to help prepare plots for burials of ashes.

Highlights of the past year have included welcoming our new diocesan Bishop, the Rt Revd Nick Bundock, who now lives in Bearsden; a Harvest Thanksgiving service at which Bishop Nick celebrated and preached; a number of ecumenical events, with services held together with New Kilpatrick (both at All Saints and at NKP church) at Advent, Christmas, and Holy Week; and a unity lunch in February.

The Rector has led a number of services at Abbotsford House care home during the year. He has also made visits to other care homes by request. It has been disappointing not to be able to build up links with children and young people, though they are welcomed and encouraged when they do come to church. This year we are looking forward to hosting a Nativity play by children from a local nursery and it is hoped that further links may be developed.

The Rector is always willing to visit people in home, hospital, hospice or care homes if made aware of a need and will happily take home Communion if requested.

In addition to the regular house study groups (reported on elsewhere) we held study groups in the hall for Advent and Lent shared with St Andrew’s, Milngavie, who also join us for occasional services.

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We have maintained our pattern of regular Sunday services with an evening service from time to time for special occasions. We livestream our 10.30am service on Facebook each week, though this continues to be challenging because of poor connectivity to Wi Fi/mobile signal. The service is also uploaded to our You Tube channel. The Facebook livestream usually attracts between 50 to 100+ viewers live and later each week, with more than 50 weekly on You Tube.

We made donations of toys at Christmas to Glasgow Children’s Holiday Scheme and Aberlour and were pleased once more to take a significant number of goods collected at Harvest to Drumchapel Food Bank in addition to regular deliveries there during the year, as reported elsewhere.

It was a particular pleasure to welcome Willan Kalinda to preach at a service in October. Willan was born at the David Gordon Memorial Hospital in Livingstonia, Malawi, which we have supported as a church for over 20 years, and he continues to serve as a board member. He is also country director of the Scottish-based Bananabox Trust and a special collection was held to raise funds for their work.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF ALL SAINTS IN 2024-25.

Following a surplus of £3,839 in 2023-24, it was decided to make payments of £5,000 for Mission Support and this was a major contributor to the deficit of £5,735 in 2024-25. Fundraising activities once again took place and raised a total of £12,141 and it is intended to continue this activity in 2025-26.

Costs also increased in the year mainly driven by increased major refurbishment costs, although much of this was met by specific fundraising activities.

Reference and Administrative Details

Address

71 Drymen Road Bearsden Glasgow G61 3QT

Principal Officers

Revd David Guest Rector David Simmons Lay Representative David Hamblen Deputy Lay Representative Brenda Long Secretary Tracey Conway Treasurer

Full Vestry Members and Trustees from 1/10/24

Revd David Guest David Simmons David Hamblen Tracey Conway Brenda Long Fiona Hempel Anne MacDougall Louise Benson (retired as Vestry Member at ACM on 27 November 2024)

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Graham Caie (retired as Vestry Member at ACM on 27 November 2024) Susan Gray (retired as Vestry Member at ACM on 27 November 2024) Celia Fisher (retired as Vestry Member at ACM on 27 November 2024) Andrew Roach (retired as Vestry Member at ACM on 23 November 2025) Dolina Dowling (appointed as Vestry member on 1 November 2024) Michael Keen (co-opted and elected as Vestry Member at ACM on 23 November 2025)

Robert Johnston (co-opted onto Vestry on 1 August 2025)

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, the Rector and Vestry wish to thank all members of the Congregation who help in so many different ways in carrying on the work of the Church, and without whom nothing would be possible.

[Curst] |[Doni] Signed by:

Revd David Guest (Rector)

Date: 13 April 2026

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All Saints Episcopal Church Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Financial Year 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025

Receipts Bankers Orders Free Will Offering (envelopes) Collections (open plate) Hall Donations Coffee receipts Donations Dividends, interest Fund raising HMRC tax recovery Magazine Other income Special collections Wednesday Lunch Group Payments Administration Choir Cleaning Donations out Fuel costs Hall expenses Maintenance Major Refurbishment Ministry Mission Support Mission, Education Organist Printing Property Quota Special collections out Wednesday Lunch Group Worship, Services (Deficit) /Surplus for year

Unrestricted Restricted Total 24-25 Total 23-24 Note £ £ £ £ 32,398.00 32,398.00 32,616.96 5,998.00 5,998.00 5,417.50 3,757.26 3,757.26 2,828.05 21,062.27 21,062.27 21,413.98 1 491.14 491.14 567.54 1,785.50 1,785.50 6,736.75 5,525.04 58.45 5,583.49 5,284.96 2 11,113.60 1,027.42 12,141.02 19,901.00 3 16,173.17 16,173.17 8,956.55 711.94 711.94 640.60 2,574.30 2,574.30 1,245.00 1,515.84 1,515.84 477.80 4 1,705.22 1,705.22 1,894.21 5 104,811.28 1,085.87 105,897.15 107,980.90 1,351.12 1,351.12 1,482.39 6 - - - 6,207.76 6,207.76 6,136.87 871.72 871.72 928.82 7,544.90 7,544.90 8,657.60 44.81 44.81 335.46 2,377.42 2,377.42 3,148.82 14,450.40 14,450.40 8,708.13 7 44,237.28 44,237.28 45,033.12 8 5,000.00 5,000.00 - 4 160.00 160.00 429.56 5,277.63 5,277.63 4,986.34 794.54 794.54 1,010.52 7,963.79 7,963.79 8,190.43 9 10,873.40 10,873.40 10,702.20 10 1,515.84 1,515.84 477.80 4 1,700.00 1,700.00 1,964.00 5 531.99 730.00 1,261.99 1,949.84 110,902.60 730.00 111,632.60 104,141.90 (6,091.32) 355.87 (5,735.45) 3,839.00

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All Saints Episcopal Church Statement of Fund Balances for the year ended 30 September 2025

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
	Funds	Funds	30.09.25	30.09.24
	£	£	£	£
Income	104,811	1,086	105,897	107,981
Expenditure	110,902	730	111,632	104,142
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year	(6,091)	356	(5,735)	3,839
Fund balances brought forward	64,645	10,899	75,544	71,705
Fund balances carried forward	58,554	11,255	69,809	75,544
Represented by:
Bank of Scotland acount			19,830	26,599
Leeds BS account			49,979	48,945
			69,809	75,544

Restricted funds at 30 September 2025 comprise £6,758 in the Choir Fund, £138 in the Youth Fellowship Fund, £3,332 in the Flower Fund and £1,027 in the Bellcote repair Fund.

Investments

In addition to the fund balances above, the charity also holds listed investments as detailed below:

1. An investment in the Scottish Episcopal Church Unit Trust Pool (UTP) of 4,537 units. These units increased in value from £30.5057 on 30/9/24 to £33.3139, and the holding from £138,404.36 to £151,145.16.

2. Individual shareholdings:

3. Iberdrola: 428 shares quoted in Spain valued at 16.105 Euros (6,893 Euros)

4. British Telecommunications Group: 335 shares at 186.9p (£626).

5. United Utilities Group: 60 shares at £12.23 (£734).

Approved by the Vestry (who are the Board of Trustees) on 13 April 2026 and signed on its behalf by

[Curst] |[Doni] Signed by:

Revd David Guest (Rector) BF63CB16CFE24C5...

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All Saints Episcopal Church Notes on Receipts and Payments

1. Hall donations in 2024-25 were marginally behind 2023-24.

2. The dividends are dominated by the interest on the UTP (£4,492) but also included dividends of £58 on individual shareholdings held in the Choir Fund. Interest on the Leeds BS account of £1,033 was retained in Unrestricted Funds.

3. Several fundraising events took place during the year, including a Daffodil Tea in April (£450), Prayer & Giving Day in May (£1,945) and Burns Night Supper in January (£630). In addition, a fundraising campaign was successfully undertaken to fund repairs to the Stained Glass Memorial window, raising £7,268 before Gift Aid. £1,027 was also raised in anticipation of repair work being undertaken on the bellcote in 2025-26.

4. There were several special collections during the year: for Tearfund, Livingstonia Hospital and the Bishops Lent Appeal. £5,000 was also donated to a range of local and international charities under the Mission Support heading.

5. The Funds of the Wednesday Lunch Group (WLG) are administered as a separate element in the General Fund. The Group met throughout its usual winter and spring season.

6. Administration includes as usual the fee for the services of the Independent Examiner.

7. The Major Refurbishment costs were repairs to the stained glass window, repairs to the church carpark and the initial assessment of work required to the bellcote. In the prior year, this heading covered work undertaken on the Rectory.

8. Ministry essentially covers the stipend, pension contributions and expenses for the Rector.

9. The Property heading covers insurance for all the Church buildings as well as Council Tax for the Rectory.

10. Quota is the tithe on Church income which is paid to the Diocese for support of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

11. During the year ended 30 September 2025 no trustee received any remuneration or expenses other than reimbursement for the cost of items purchased on behalf of the Charity, other than the Rector, Revd David Guest who was paid a stipend and expenses in accordance with his employment contract.

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of All Saints Episcopal Church

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2025, which are set out on pages 4 to 6.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1)(d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44 (1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

2. to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1)1(a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and

3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations

have not been met, or

1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

|[Jenifer] DocuSigned by:[[nine] Jennifer Irvine B9D12ECD2A59422... Chartered Accountant Bell Barr & Company 2 Stewart Street Milngavie Glasgow G62 6BW

• 15 April 2026

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