WINTON PLACE E.U.CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Ssottish Charity Number SC006327 Annual Report & Financial Statements for year ending 31-3-25 The AGM of the congregation is to be held on Tuesday 13' May 2025 at 7.30 pm in the church hall. Members are reminded that they bear equal responsibility for running the affairs of the church. The business includes: Reports from Session and Managers Reports from Organisations Financial Statements Election of Office Bearers Donations AOCB
2 Session Report Session has met in April, August, September, November, January and March. At the November meeting nformed Session that he would retire as Session Clerk at the end of the year after 38 years in office. Session thanked him for hi by help and will arrange for the congregation to join in their thanks on April 27h. As the church was closed on the second Sunday of June due to the Roon the Toon' road race, those who wished were invited to ' Coffee and Praise' at This will be repeated this year. On 16'h June the congregation enjoyed a fellowship meal in the large hall after the morning service. As usual gifts were given at Harvest Thanksgiveng, which were passed to the Community Fund of the Kilmarnock branch of the Salvation Army. Donations were also given on Remembrance Sunday and Christmas Eve. This year's Christmas Shoe Box appeal for Blythswood Care was well supported by Rainbows and Brownies as well as the congregation. 95 boxes and £250 were given. The Trailblazers group for children between 4 and 11 met on a monthly basis. Between 2 and 8 children attended. The Kilmarnock Churches Christmas and Easter Trails for school age children around the town centre churches were well attended. Coatdyke Congregational Church, led worship in October ahead of our anniversa close this as a separate ry service, due to a clash of dates. Disclosure Scotland has now been appointed to ensure that all church Trustees have a PVG certificate. We are in the process of all being legally recorded This year's Lent bible study has been on he theme "Staying close' to God. Lastly, the Deacons' Fund has not been used for over 20 years. This £715 is ringfenced in our accounts. It is proposed that at the AGM we close this as a separate account. Session's thanks are expressed toall who help with church work in a variety of ways throughout thr year. It was with sadness that session, reports the death o in March. Our sympathy is extended to his relatives. Congregational Record Baptisms/Christenings/Dedications 31 March 2025 None
3 Weddings to 31* March 2025 None New Members to 31" March 2025 None None None None Disjunction Certificates to 31" March 2025 Transfers to Supplementary Roll to 31" March 2025 Members removed from Roll to 31" March 2025 Membership as at 31 March 2024 New members to 31 March 2025 Less obituaries to 31% March 2025 Less disjunction certificates to 31% March 2025 Less removals from roll at 31$ March 2025 Total membership as at 31% March 2026 47 0 1 0 0 46 Congregational Federation in Scotland Congregational Churches are independent and each responsible for their own affairs, but we are also inter-dependent and members of the Congregational Federation. The Congregational Federation in Scotland meets as an Area Council in September, November and February. We are usually represented b The Area also holds an Assembly in June and a Conference in October. These are hosted by different churches each year. Last year the assembly was at West End, Kirkcaldy and the Conference, at Motherwell. We attended both meetings by zoom. The Congregational Federation in Scotland Support Group had hoped to hold a Roadshow to encourage sharing between churches. Despite the preparation of some online material, this has been put on hold, as the Scottish Area Chairman resigned. He has been called to a new charge at Market Harborough. Our new Chairman, will take up office at the Scottish Assembly in June.
4 Managers/Trustees Report 2025 In the absence of a permanent presiden has continued as Acting President and has chaired the monthly meetings of the managers nas also continued as Treasurer but has intimated her desire to resign and have someone new take on the role. I'm sure everyone knows that this is a vitally important administrative function of church life and it really needs someone who is capable to come forward and take this over. Please consider this prayerfully. During the past year the church vestibule was painted and the outside windows of the hall were painted and sealed. The insides of the hall windows were also washed, a job that was overdue. The railings and the outside doors were also painted. Both halls and the managers room were tidied during a summer clean-up and vegetation on the outside was also cut back. Several repairs were made to the roof but we did get off fairly lightly with storm damage. The next scheduled job is the pointing at the hall door. Again we had several issues with the church heating which hopefully now have been corrected. The carbon monoxide monitors in the church were also replaced. Thanks again go to who keep the grass and the grounds in good order during the year, as well as many other unseen things. We held a congregational meal in June 2024 and this will be repeated this year. The Candle Tea was again a huge success in December. We took a step forward by acquiring extended Mission Praise books which gives us some new scope in worship and praise. We also went Eco conscious by taking recycling bins from East Ayrshire, rather than just having a general waste bin. We now have a paper bin and a plastics bin. Under a new law which came into force on April 1", all trustees of a charity are required to have a PVG certificate, this work is ongoing but hopefully will be completed in the not too distant future. Again thanks are due to or her sterling work, doing whatever she needs to do, wherever she needs to be. Thanks are also due to all the managers for attending to administration and fabric matters to keep the church functioning in the right manner. Tuesday Club Tear Fund boxes Summary of Organisational Accounts Income Expenditure Balance £2214-78 € 1723•5 1 491-28 € 72.75 £ 72.75 0.00
Winton Place EU Congregational Church, Kilmarnock Receipts/ Payments for year ending 31/3/2025 Funds Policy Unrestricted Funds are funds which are held for the furtherance of the objectives of Winton Place Church and are expendable at the discretion of the Managers Designated Funds are unrestricted funds which have been earmarked by the Managers for a particular purpose This designation has an administrative purpose only and does not legally restrict the use of the fund. Restricted Funds are funds which are given for a specific purpose and may only be expended for the purpose specified Scottish Charity Reference Number:SC 006327 Receipts Offerings FWO Open Plate Income Tax Recovered Gift Aid Income Other donations(net) Donations from organisations Tuesday Club Flower Fund closed acc. Rainbows/Brownies Guides/Trfoil Guild Other Income Tear Fund boxes Gift Day(net) Earl Haig Fund Watch Night Ret. Off Harvest Appeal VAT Refund Ukraine appeal(net) Earthquake appeal Loudon Musical Soc Candle Tea Miscellaneous Dividend Charifund Total receipts Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds 2024-25 3,529 986.66 7,293.54 16,919.10 400 300 512.38 450 200.00 3,529.00 986.66 7,293.54 16,919.10 400.00 Total 2023-24 4,535.76 1,033.41 5,949.46 23,415.00 530.00 otal 2022-23 3,308.20 925.29 4,766.31 19,445.00 353.00 864 2580 348 36.7 5,439.25 39,858.63 300.00 512.38 450.00 200.00 72.75 73.00 255.8 110.00 72.75 0.00 73.00 255.8 110 864.00 2,580.00 348.00 36.70 5,439.25 511.55. 40,370.18 300.00 500.00 200.00 37.42 340.00 144.10 275.80 220.00 3,148.10 2,400.00 337.00 27.08 5,168.81 48,561.94 250.00 500.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 123.35 179.00 102.00 850.00 230.00 187.00 2,790.00 65.00 46.37 5,018.54 39,239.06
Payments a) Fundraising expenses b) Charitable activities Ministry Stipend, Tax and National Pulpit Supply Organist Church Cleaner/materials Gas Electricity Insurance Organ/piano tuning Repairs Church Donations Tear Fund Earl Haig Fund Harvest Appeal Christmas Eve Christians Against Poverty Ukraine appeal Earthquake appeal Other CF Scotland CF affiliation Photocopying Miscellaneous Hymn books Scottish B. Soc. Manse Candle Tea Children work c) Governance costs Total payments Excess/ (Deficit) for year Statement of Balances Cash and Bank balances at start of ye Excess/(Deficit) Cash and Bank balances at end of ye Investments M&G Charifund value at 31/3/25 Total net assets 31/3/25 Unrestricted Funds nil Restricted Funds nil 7860.15 650 820 3,120 2591.3 3708.27 4427.13 465 10,912.56 720 0 50 600 540 616.25 92 322.78 79.64 340 43.9 37,915.08 72.75 73 110 255.8 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Total 2024-25 nil 7,860.15 650 820 3,120 2,591.30 3,708 4,427.13 465 10,912.56 792.75 73 160 255.8 600 0 0 540 616 92 322.78 79.64 340.00 43.90 Total 2023-24 nil 8,202.55 650 360 415 142 220 275.8 500 530 662 60 197.7 58.00 300.00 24.99 Total 2022-23 nil 7,745.65 400 210 3,056 1,583.04 1,605 4,158.08 240 9,603.60 720 123.35 202 200 0 230 470 450 643 94 569.6 696.00 0.00 89.64 nil 511.55 9603.76 11544.77 91253.37 102798.14 756.37 715.00 715.00 38,470.53 1899.64 10,360.13 1,899.64 12,259.77 91253.37 103,513.14 58,479.80 -9763.43 20,121.56 -9,763.43 10,360.13 33,088.95 5150.21 14,126.31 5,150.21 20,123.56 88937.03 92371.27 99,297.16 112,494.83
7 Winton Place E.U.Congregational Church, Kilmarnock Registered charity number SC006327 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Winton Place E.U. Congregational Church, Kilmarnock I report on the accounts of the charity for the year 1st April 2024 to 31 March 2025 which are enclosed. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The charities 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) (a) to (c) 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 statement 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 explanation from the trustees concerning 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: (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and (b) to prepare accounts which accord wwith the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been met, or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper Led.