St George's
BE PART OF IT
The Church of Scotland
St George's Church, Dumfries
Trustees, Annual Report
for year ended 31 December 2024
Congregation No. 080449
Charty Ref. No. SC006404

The Church of Scotland
St George's Church, Dumfries
Trustees. Annual Report
Year ¢ndgd 31 Decomber 2024
The Trustees present thelr annual report and financial Statem￿ of the charity forlhe year ended 31
December 2024. The financial slalements have teen prepared in accordancg with the accouth"n
polic￿ set out in note 1 to the acccKJnls and comply wrth the General Assembly Regulations for
Con9regational Finance, the Charitias and Trustee Investsnent {Scotland} Act 2005, the Ch8rilio5
AccoLmls {Scotlandl Regulations 2006 la$ amended) and Ac¢ountiry arKI Reportng by Charities.,
Slalement of Recommended Praclice applicaue to charitw preparing Ihoir acc¢JJntg Sn accordarte
with Il* Financial Reporting Standard ap￿Icable in thè UK and Rgpublic of Ireland publishgd on 16
July 2014.
ObJectlv•s and Actlvlties
The Church of Sc¢tLand k* Trinitarian in doctrine, Refonned in trwjition Presbyterian in wlty.ll
exist5 lo glorrfy Godand to work forthe advancement of ChrisV6 Kingdom throughwt th? wotld. A$ a
natiorbal Church it aCknoW￿g8S a distinctive eall ar￿ duty to bnng the ord#iatKes of relyion to the
peopFe in every parish of ScotlaThl Ihrowh a temtorial min￿. St co-operates with othw ChurcPÈs In
various ecumenical bcdies in Scotland and kyorKY.
AchieY•monts and Perfonnance
l am plea3ed to report tha Ihe pa8t ts¥e￿e months been postlve in all SOTiB of ways, Ov
one hundred tsventy people worshlp r￿ularty on a Sunday momirwj which has been a m2rk8Y
increase wimarily due to welcomirvJ members from St Mary's-Greyfriars ctingregation. In ￿d1th)n,
numbers Vielving the live str*ming facilty conbnuo to Iner8ase wth an aver¥ of ov8rone- hundred
each weak.
The various organisatiorts contsnue to ￿aY avltal part in ts work of siGeorge's. One Tr)tabb fo*ufe
has been the Introducti￿ of a singirKJ gr￿4p who lead the ¢￿gregatiOn learning new pr8ise items.
The pl8nniro group, ¢omprrwng of rewo*ntatives from the organisation6, conbnu8s to Orerale
ogramme of chureh èvonls.
TF)art ycrtj to everyonÈ who has giwn up tholr timé In so mary ways to allow worship to contmU8.
Our clwrch hall ha¥ seen an n¢w¥e in ou13hde lèts but ¢ontinue¥ to be available for Blood
TransFu5K)n SeNices monthty. The hall is als) the wevkly venue for our mea18 woject. W?
to offer supwt lo the many Ukrainian fami￿.esWho attend Engl*h clwd8es evgry Friday.
Our ¢onGregaknon has once again risen to the challenge of ￿ping families caught up n ihe cost-of-
INiro crisis. We havg established a conn￿th1n with Ihe ArAx charity wh￿h runs a Dumfriesshirefocrfj
bank. ba￿ in Dumfrles. Every Sunday moming rK)Thryperfshab￿ food aT¥J other hou5efvJd
neces3iti'e3 are thnated forwarded to the Icod bank.
Ourannual fundraislng events s￿h as Coffeemorning and Cthstmas Fayro wwe hdd ar¥J ¢￿tin￿8d
to be very popular.

S•sslon:
The Kirk Sesson togethor with tho Safeguardin9Co4oorthnator continues toworktowardsGom#ylng
wlth all r￿1[em¢nts ol Safeguarding re3ulatitsn
Communlcallon:
T1￿ communicalicn team conts'nu* to b? proactwe. The St Georgè's websrte togetrer wlh the
Facebook page have been a very popular methcé In wovijwy Ghurch u•.
M•mborJhlp:
On ts 3111 Docember 2024, there wwe 414 mwntws on thg roll.
Servlca8:
Normal SuThd8y service at 11am
Live stwming gervi¢as every Sunday reaching on a¥￿age 70 ¥1￿8
Chrt8tm8s Day family seNice
Christmas Evé sèrvice ty candldmjhl
Full Communlon was Celebra￿ ty) two oc¢asKI￿. •i April and NDvemLw in chuTch and
online.
Noon Communions continu8 on 8n ad-hoc basls.
Charftablo Donation•:
The congregatton remainsceynmrtiedto supporting iwo charith88. Therewere donat￿$ of£874 made
during 2024 S￿1t b•lween Te8r Fund and CRY.
CRY- Cardr& R￿k in the YoutYJ- supports youryJ peop￿ diwJnosed wth potentialty Thfe-
threatening card* conditions and offers tereavement support to families affected ty
YSCD,
CRY promotes and devebps heart $c￿enIng programmes and funds medical re5e*rch.
CRY pulJlshe5 and distribLrtes medical inform8tior) written by ￿adIng cardiologi*8 for the
gwal wblK.
Cardiac 5¢reenYu In Dufflfr￿ and Galloway has been fundad by The Dav¥J Hill Memorlal
Fu￿J,
Tearlund is an int8rnat£onal Ct¥istLqn rel￿f and developmer7t agency based in the UK.11
currentty works in aroL4nd frfty CoUntr￿s, with a primary focus on SUPForting those in povety
and providiivJ disaster relief lor dt&gdvantaged communities.
The Mission of Tearfund is'lo follow Jesus vvherv Ihe needis grealest. responding lo ct78e8
and partnering wilh loGal GhurGhes and O￿an￿ationS lo help people lift themselves out ol
Poverty

Flnan¢lal Revhw 2024
2024 hAS seen a much hvther than la* yw due lo the Legac185 of £460.CKA) Mcelved.
Offwiwsfrom weekty freewal offeriry env￿0￿, o￿n ￿ale and standwlg orders were up last
year.
We have over 1DJ members giving by Standing Order great are gift aidwj a￿ng wllh
many of our frttwill offering e0nlribJtc￿. Desprto the cost-of-living crisis rt was good to See 8
continu8d mcrèa8e from 1he wevious y*.
Monw raised from the use of preM￿S has also increased ￿rtun¢1y. alb&il ulilty bills have
hcreased due to moreactivibes. The m￿n wurce of income is rec6yvèJfrom the Bk)od Tran$fusion
Service. The flat adjacent lo the Ghurch ¢onts"nues to b8 let and Csyrtinues lo be a good sourGe of
income.
Fundrasir¥J incomo has a150 inc¥8as8d mainty from thè Coff•8Moming wi Apn'l thé Chritha5
Fayre in Novemtjer.
Weccnlinue lo k*p tight c￿trol over generat expen(lituie. the ouljays haveb*n keplto an absx)lute
minimum. Although u11￿ bills have wicreased th￿ has b*n CL)unteracted by an increase in hall lets,
The general fabric of our premises rernains in exC￿￿rIt G¢)ndilion, which has seen a reduction in fatx
co¥ts from last year.
Thank you to everyone for th￿r conts'nued f inancial SL4)F#Jt.
Reserves Poll¢y
The charity Trustee5 have consdered the re5efves requIr￿) an<1 havetaken into accountthew current
and future li8bililies. l pleased lo say that we contiiue to hotd reseNes of approximately four
monlh8' ￿pendItUre incluthrvJ designated lunds.
Structure Govemance and Managemenl
Gov•rnlng Document
Tho Chureh is a¢knSnister8d in a¢¢ordaKe with th* t•ms of thé Déod of cons￿lU￿￿.
Re¢rultment and Appolnlmont of Trusleos
Membws ofthe Kirk Se3son and Deacons Court arg the chartytru5tees. Kirk Sesyon members
are the dd8rs of the church and are chr)sen from I￿se memirrs of the church who are consdered
to have the aF¢)rowate gilts skills. The minBter, who is a memberof the Kirk Ses%on, i¥ elected
by the congreg2liDn and inducted by the PreSbyl￿y. The Deacons, Court is appointed from wrthin Ihe
congregaticn and members of the corvJrwJalvJn ae invited lo nominatè individu* who ara ￿lieved
to have the skills and commilmwtto contributa to th9 manaJemenl affairs Df thè church to become
member5 of the CcAJrt. Court members are then apFrf)inted al the Stat￿1 Annual Meeting and seNe
of three years after whi¢h they must seek re.electr'on at the next ststed Annual MeetirvJ.
Organlsatlonal Struclur•
The Deacons, Court is chaired by the minl8ter and roulinely meets four tim¢$ in • y#r. CertÈin
rtsponsitrAlbti'es are de￿ated to the Finance Commrtle8and Propty Commitlee as apFryri•ts.
The Kirk Session, which norm8lW meets six kn'mes a yw, is responfible for Sk￿ritUal affairswithin t
church. Extra meeting$ of wther the Dea¢ons' Court or Kirk Session can b8 caw If noces5ary

Reference and Admln18tratlve Infornation
Tru•l•e• - M•mbar• of Klrk 8•88ion (361
Tru•teo8 . Members of Deacon8' Court (22)

Trugt•e8' Annual Report
Yur wdod 31 Decembw 2024
Prlnclpal Offlee 8earefS:
Minlstèr
Sè8wI Clerk.
Cl•rk to Dea¢ons
Chur¢h Treawrer.
ourl
Prlnelyl Offlce:
Charfty Name..
St Géorge's Church, DuMlrlè•
Charity Ragt6tration No..
SCOC6404
Congrtyalion Rderence No..
080449
Contact Addr8SS'.
Audltw•
Carson & Trott•r,
Charterad Accountsnts,
123 Irish Stroot.
Dumfries.
DG12PE
8ank•r•:
Bank of Scotlar
91 High Slreet
Dumfries
DG128N

Tru•ts•• R•$pon*ibllltl•J In Ralatlon to tho Flnanclal Statements
Tr¢ charty tru8te88 are for prep8ring a trustees, annual rewt and fin￿01a1 ststements
in accordan¢¢ w6th applicablé law and Vnhd Klngdom Accwnting St8rthrds (Unw Kingdom
Goner41ty Aecepted Accounllng Practice).
Th• law appllcablg lo charlll8s In S¢otknd requK6s charty tru*es to Prepare fin3fflcial statements
forea¢h fin•rti81 yearwhiGh shTh¥ a true and fairview of the state of affairs of the charfy and of th•
incomww ra￿UrceS and epplication of rewurcos. of the c￿ty for Ihat p¢n'od. In preparrs th08e
finan¢iel statements, the trustees are required lo..
wjrtable accounting polict•s ar#J apply thom ccn8iStenty
obgerve the mdhcé and principles in the apKAicaL4fr ChaTilies SORP
make judgm•nts and 8stlmates that •r8 reasonable and rxudenl
8tOte whether applicabb ac¢t)unting standardg and statgmenls of recommendgdpraclkg hav•
been folbwad, sulect to any d8partures disclowj and explair￿d in tha I￿anCIal statemonts
eparo flnanclal statamants on a gc4ng concem ￿.8 unless rt is in¥￿r0￿￿e lo pre￿ie
that lh8 chwlty wlll cwtinuo in opjrational •xthc
The tru*088 are r•8pon8ible lor k•eF4ng wopor accounting rec(xds which diKlos• wrth r94¥9naty
attcLsracyal any tlm&the financial po$Mlon of the chanty and enablirNJ them toensuio that the financtal
stat•menl8 ¢omply with the Charili88 aTra Truste8 Investment Iseotland) Act 2005 and the CharfUe8
Accounts (Scotlandl Re9uL4tbyr￿ 20C6 (as amendéd). Théy aré also roSp0￿￿e forsaf8guardSng th8
•s••ts ol the charty and I￿￿&for taklro rnaw8blo strfJs for th8 pr•¥ention and det8cb.cn offr&ud
and *)ther Irregularities.
Tha trustwg are ra8pon8itye forlhe maintenance and integrty of financial infomialion
on tho ¢ongrègali¢)n's wthite. Legislalton in the UrHted Kingdom g￿eMing the preparation a￿1
dl88•minakn of finonciAI 6latements may diffor fr*xn in otherjun8diction*
roved b the Trustees sign8J on thw tehslf
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St Geor8e's Chur¢h, Dumfrles
Independent audltorfs report to the trustees of St Georrfs Church, Durnfrles
Oplnlon
W• ha￿ •udlted the In*￿¢81 5tstements ol St George's Chur¢h I'*h• ¢horityl for the yeorended 311¢ D•c•m6•r
JD24whith c$X￿rIs• the stateffÉnt of flnanclal •C¥vIt￿l. tho ba￿*￿e ihe•t notesv) th• fln•nclil ittt•m•rtti,
Intluthni ￿8n1￿can1 KcourntlnK ￿lICI*s. The flnant￿lI r*portlng framewrl thit W b••h •ppll•d In Ih•ir
pr•yra¥on L% appSIca￿e l•w and Uniied KlTr8d¢m Accotsndr4 Standards, I￿lUdIn8 FR5 102 The FlnondolAepty*in9
StOndo￿ opplkoble lrt the UK ondAepubllcoll￿l￿￿d IU#btÈ¢ Klnldtsm GenEr41￿{AcCept&OAf¢oUn￿nI Pra(t¢il.
In 0vr oplnlofi, th¢ IlrtJn¢l•l strt•mvnts'.
'w• i true affid falr vi•wol the stst¢ ofthe ¢h•rlVs aff•lrs as at 3111Drf•mber 2024•nd of Its In£effAni I•￿￿r£I>
and ap￿1¢•t50Th of I•￿￿rCe$l0f the thèn *hdèd.
*h•we b••n Proper￿ pr•p*r•d Ih *c•rd•p¢• wlth un￿*d Kkn8dom G•n•i•ly A¢<•Pt•d A¢¢ountlni Pi•etk*
lapF41cabk to small¢r entltlesl- 4nl
•h•wi been prewred lrt aCtt•rthncè w￿h the requlren*nts of the char￿e5 and TrLuwe (scr￿4nd1 Aet
2005 and reeulaiion 8 tyftho Ch•rli$S A¢COLmts Iscodandl 2006 l•$aMrtthél.
i lar oplrlon
We c¢t)du<tsd ouraudrt ift&cordance wlth knternatfoTral Stand¥ds on Audltlni IUKI11SAs IUKII ifid appllcable
Our responslblllde5 under th05Q 5tsndard5 ore lurthEr de5crknedln the Audltols respOn￿bIl¢*$ fvrtht oltlre
ftnanddl se<tbn of our report, We •r¢ Independent of the Charlty ITh i££ordanc• *lth ih• •thic•l
teqtslremThis th•t are relevant tè atsdlt of the finan¢ial st4terrnnts lft th# ￿. In¢ludln8 th• FAes Eihk
Stsndard. we h*vo fullllkd ouitsther ethlEal résponslbltitlosln xcordance *41h thes• r•qulremènls. Webello¥e
th•t the audlt evidence have cbtsined Is yJffl¢lent •n¢J apprcprtste to pro¥lde •basls lor our oplnlon.
Condujkni re￿￿10¢01Th8 tort•rJb
ith •tsdlltl4 th fin8ncki1 ststeffents. we ha¥¢ concluded th41 th trusmes uje of the qglni ¢oncér(b b•sM of
•ccountlng ln the preparatton of the flnanctsl st•teffent5 Is •pproprlat*.
8•wd ¢n the work h•4e perfOrTr￿d, have not Idtniifled rr%*orial uncertllnt*s reliune to evants tx
coAdl￿On$ th•¢ InJhfiduolty or co#¢ctlvely. rtwy c￿1 5l8nifk￿l d￿bI 00 the Ch•rlty'* a￿lIty to wntlnué u • ￿lfil
con¢•rn fr•r• p•rbd ol ¥t1•15t 12 ￿Trth$ frornwhen the fln•rKII Jt•t•mor￿ •Te authortsedfoi Imuq,
r¢wnlbll*l05 and th• re$ponsibiiitl•s of th• Irwsty•s th r•y¢t to ¢onc•rn •r• d•Krtb•d In t
r•i•¥ant se£ttans of thls reporr.
oth•r lTrform•th
Thè otherlnfo¢m•iitsn te1mpr￿+S the Inform•¥om Intlud•d In the •nu•l r•porr.In¢ludlA$th• tru￿$, r•Fofi other
than tP* flnahclal srarewnts eur Iudltor's report thereon. The trustees are r•iDonsWe IOT th• oth
Informatbn contsined wllhln the •nrbuo1 reptsrt, Qurvplvlov the fin•n¢5al st4*n*nts do*$tw coverthe ¢th•r
Inform8th)n •nd. exEept to the extent oth&rwts• *xPlltl￿¥ st•ted lfi oyr repon, do fiot expr•55 any form of
assuranc• Conclus￿¢) th•r•on.
Our responslbllty read the ether lthlormalon Ind, lrt d¢*ln8 10. ¢onld•r wh•ih•r th• oth•r lfiforffthk)n
rNteilalty In¢onsistsnt wlth the flnanckl st•teffents ¢r our knowlely obtsined in th• 20urw of •udll
othgrwts• 8py4rs w be ￿0ter￿lY ftlsstated. W we bxentlfy such mx¢rlal Incon$btyTrcles w app•r?nt rrthrl41

rn1s#•t•n￿fits, WD are reqwlred to d¢t¥mikne whEther th1$ ¢￿e1 rise to a mèterlal ftrfssMen*#t In the nnanclol
st*•mvnts then￿￿e& W, based onthe W4Drkv* have performd.wd ¢4*¢ludelhatther•SJa miterlal fflis5tstsrn•nl
of thls oth•r Inforrniiion, ￿ afe r¢gulred to remthitfact.
W• h•¥e no¢hln810 report In thls re8ard.
twi•n w• u• rewlrqdto rnport ty Exc•pt
In the Iliht of the krI￿￿ed￿e ènd uné•rst•ndln8 of the eharmy aTrd envlrfmn*nt owned In the ¢ourseol the
dlt, ￿ h•ve not IdenYfie(l ftllterl￿ m(utstEments In the tru5ree5' repJrL
W• h•¥• noihln8 ¢0 report￿ respectof thv folkn¥￿￿1 matyers In r¢1adon to whkh the Charttles Accovnts (SC￿11nd}
Re8uliik*$ 2006 r•4ulr• usto repvrt to you ff, In Gwr 0olnbn-.
•the Inform•th In the trusi¢e5' ieport 6 Inion*5tent In ooy rn*rlal respect￿ the flnonclal 5tateff*nty
or
•iuffi¢l•nt•¢eountln8 r•¢orlshm not been kept or
•th• fln•ncl•l thrntnt$ 4re not h a8re•ff*fvtwlth th¢ acco￿￿tIng[trords. or
•v* h•ve not rer¢lv4d ull th¢ informitlon •Trd i¥planatk)ns reg¥lte ftyour •udlL
•iPUnslblltSwi of trui1•
AsexpL•lne4 ￿re the tsustee5' r*5ponslbiiities stotement Isei pa8e 61, the trustees are responslty
lor th• pr•p•r•ti0n ￿ the 14rn•nclol Stste￿nts ind for beiTri sausfied that they biV¢ • true •t)d fair vlew. and fty
su¢h Int•rTr•l control as lh• vu5ts04 d•t•rmSn¢ Is n•¢0$5•ryto en4bl• the prep8ralton of fIn￿¢1￿ statsff* *h•t
•r• fr•• frrynmit*rlaJ ffA55t4*meThL wh•th*r du• ¢0 fraud or orror.
In prep•rlrn¢ihe fln•ntl•l stJteireritS, the trustees afe respon￿ble FOT a55@￿￿8 the char￿5 ablmty to contlnu•8S •
8ohi conctrn, ¢1$¢￿$1￿% Is applkable, ￿tter$ related to golD8 concern ond th¢ Eolng ¢oniern b4515 ¢4
•c¢guntrffi uNl•$i th• trtssttti •lth•r Int•nd to I￿Uld11• the Char￿ or io Cel￿ operatb)n¥ or have no re4¥sd¢
•li•rna¢fv8 bvito do 50.
Audk•rfs r•iponlbll*hs br th• 4u¢4t ol th•lln•rthl rt•temeffts
We hwe beenapptynted as audltor ￿1)der se¢ik)n 441111¢> ol ¢he Ch•rl¥es and Trusree Investm?r*i Iscotlandl kt
2005 rewrt in Kcord•nce vAth the A¢t •nd rtl¢vènt¥rfuliUon5 rn•dg or ellect therEufftd•r.
Our•biKOv•s•r• to obt•ln re•sonabl¢ a￿uran¢t •boul whgth*r th* tlninclal stat4rn•nts as • %thol• •1• fr••from
mxerkl m155tatsrnent, *thether due th fv¥ud or•rrar.and to 455ue in audltOT's rep)rtthat Includesoui OF4nlon.
Re450nable is a hlgh lev•1 LFf as>urJThce,bL¢15 not a 8uarantee that an •udrt con¢JJctedln accordance￿1h
ISA5 IUKI wlll •lw•y¥ d•ts¢t• mlterlal mksstjterrtiit when n e¥tsts.
Mlsst•t•rn•Trts c￿ irsse Irom fraud or error and are consldered mitErfal if, individuJllv QT In th¢ •48reyte, they
could reès¢n•bl¥ be •xpètt•¢J to Inllu¢n¢e the •cofflornk detL8ksns of users takén ¢fi tho b•sls of thos• fln*cl
stotenwnts.
Irrt8ul•flUes, lncludlr8friud, we Instan¢es ol ￿￿<0mplIance wth rewlafjons, We des1￿ proceduresln
lin• wlth our rosponsltiiitlÈ4 outllrngd abcNe. to é¢t¢¢t mat*r141 rrA55tsterr*nt5 In respgctofirr¥8ulartt*& IrKludln4
fr4ud. Th¢ exiefit towhirh our yeKtdure5¥• cyble otde*ctynE irreoukrltles, InctudlTr8 fraud Is detslied below..
ft•V￿W cl th• fln•Drlol stst¢rrMJnrs dlxlosures and thstlni to supportln8 docwnentlllon to •ssess
oYnpli4rncè wlth provlstefi of rel¢￿Trt •nd re8ulatK•ns de5crlbed as • dlrect effeet ￿ the
flnincial ststernent&

Enq￿rf￿a of m•rMa•rn•rtt concernlns •ctr¥l and potentta Ir(Won ¢lalm
PerForrths ar￿￿1￿￿1 procedwestrl Identlfv a•y unusual or ¥neKFe¢ted re1￿0￿￿h1PI th•t miy lThd5c•t•
rlsks ol m•t•l•f rnbsststem*nt dul tofr#ud,
O•talled and r•.performinc• t8stln8of Specthc coTrtrc4s and c•leukntson$.
RÈadln& mlrtutès ofthose (hat8•d￿th ￿>V+rnInc•.
In addT*ssln8 the rlsk ot mana8eN*nt o¥erflde of cortroh, tesfjns Ih? approptl•t•n•u ol lourn•l •ntFI
and other adjustments.. I￿551￿1 whether tht Jud￿￿ts In nwklni •¢¢ounrlTr8 ¢Jt5m•t•i •r•
Ihdkatlve ol J potenttsl b5a5.
The audlt remaln¢d aLqrt ts •mi Indl¢)tton of fr•ud or rw-conyK••¢• wlth la￿ Ind r4iul•¢bnJ
throughoth ihe I￿11t.
A fvrthtr de%crlptlon of our rèw)thslbllttles lor audlt ol the fina￿1•1 Aathm•nts is bx•t•d on iin•ncL•l
I¢•por￿n¥coUnC1r5 at.. w4y•j.frc.o￿￿kI1UdltOW5reYpO01•blIbI1eS.
Thkn 4JeKrWlon lorff*part ofour rewt.
Us• Of our r•purt
ThLs r¢port Is rn￿￿ soknly io the ¢h8rirfs trustee4 B5 a bolty, In 8CcCfd￿C* R•wlith)ts 10 ol the ¢h¥kles
Accounts lscodandl Negu￿TIOnS 2006. ourauthi wark h•$ be•fy uodert•k•n s¢ th* ￿ mlht th• truSf•es
those mattkrs artr requlreotostste to th&m 5t) art audbtorfs rewtèndfor Tho otherpuw. Toth• full•it•ktent
perrritied by law. do fiot acceptor assvmè resKonslblllty to anyone other th4fi th• th*lty'S trull•es •¥ 4 bjdv,
for xudlt y￿k. for thls rÈpDr*, ortor ihp. rJDln1cJTrs we have forrned.
St•tutory Audltoti
123 Irlth Street
Oumlrl•s
0612PE
(Carson & Trottef Chartewd Accountants Is ellilble to act as an ak*lltor In tyrrr& of 1212 of the Cry•nle$
Att 20061
28th Novém￿1 2025

St G•org•'8 Church, Dumfrlo•
Slatsm•nt of Fln*nclal Actlvltl••
Y•ar •nd•d 31 D•e•mb•r 2024
Not• Unrèstrlctsd R•8trlcted
Funds
Funds
2024
2024
T¢)tsl
2024
Tol•l
2023
Incom• Jnd Endowm•nt• from:
Donatlon• and L•gaciM & Olh•r
Charltabl• *£tlvltl•s
Olhgr Tradlng Actlvltle•
Inv••tm•nt Incom•
103.847
453,378
557,225
94704
6.197
16,466
1,536
lJ73
7.570
16.466
11,614
4790
11227
1,715
10,078
Total In¢om•
592,875
11&436
Exp•ndltur• on:
R•l•lng fund•
Charltabl• I￿1vItI
117,137
21,308
138.445
134,709
Total Exp•ndllur•
117,802
139.110
N•t InGom•ll•xp•ndltur•l b•lor•
galn• and los¥•i on Inv•8tments
N•t G•ln•llLoMu)on Inv•th•nt•
N•t In¢pm•l{exp•rbdlturo1
Transf•r• b•lwMn fund•
10.244
441S21
453,765
{18,8601
1.636
19
1.655
2.133
443,540
455.420
11&527)
{4.5941
N•t mov•m•nt In fund8
1(474
438,946
455,420
116.5271
R•eonclll•tlon of Fund•:
Total funds brought lorward
78,953
424,135
501089
519.816

81 Q¢or9•'• Church, Dumlrl•8 church ol 8￿tland
8aFanc• 8he•t 0131 DK•mb•r 2024
T¢thl
Fuhd•
2024
prlor
Unr••trkt•d R4•trlct•d
Fund•
Funds
2023
Flx•d A890ts
Tanglbl• a•••t•
Inv••tm•nl8
Totsl Flxod Au•ts
Cur¥•nt As••t•
D•btov•
¢*•h at bank and In hartd
Totsl Curront A•••t•
378,OIXI
378,000 W,01
42 780 43 073
42D,780 440.on
380 J11
io
3,7Q
3,708
3,71S
838 076 81152
041,783
04,917
482,571
482,S71
Sg.213
Cr•dltorn
F•lllng due wlthln on• yvr
Loon yev•
11
(4,055)
14,0001 11,9021
N•t Curr•nt A•••ts
037 729 83￿15
988 50• 803 088
Th• Funds of th• charlty
R••trl¢t•d IrKom• Fund•
Vnr••trlc•d Inoom• Fund*
Total Fund
14
863,081
863,081 424,13S
95,420 78,953
9S0,509 503.088
95,428
Th• aocount8 w•r• •pprov•d by t￿ Klrk SM8lon and D•
For on b•half olth• Klrk 8wlon •nd Dwin• Court
2S
S•Mlon Cl•rk
rugt••

st G•org•• Chur¢h Dumfrl•• Church of Scotland
A¢¢cuntlng Poll¢l
Th8 princlpal accounllng pollcle3, thi¢h have been applth consislenlly In th8 r#Jrr8nl 8nd preceding
year In dealirtsJ wllh Iloms whl¢h are ¢on6idored mateiial lo Ihe accounts, are Set out below
Ba•1• of pr•paratlon
The finanGial statemen18 hev8 been prepared In accordance with Accountin9 and Reportlng by
Charill88.' SLglem8nt of Rècommended Practice applicable to ¢haritios preparing their accounts In
ac￿rdanCe wlth tho FlnancLql Reporting Standards appli¢ablo in the UK and Republic ol Ireland
(FRS1021 i8sued on 16 Juty 2014 and th6 Financ¢al Reportng Standards applicable in the UK and
R•publiG of Iraland {FRS102) th• Choriti88 and Trustse Investment {S￿lIand> A¢1 2005 ofKI th•
Charltlg8 acwunts {Scotlandl Regulatlons 2(M)6(as armndodl.
Fund•
Funds arn cla88ified as eittier re8￿cted funds or unr8slricted fwds. defined as follows.
R•6lrlc¢ed fund$ arg funds subj￿1 lo speciflc requ5rem6nls as to thair use whid) may be declarnd by
lh¢ donor or wth Iholr authorty or creatad through legal pro¢es$os, but still vAlhln the wlder objects of
the Charlty.
Unre8lrlcted funds are expondablo al the dSBcrgllon of fhe trustees in furthorance of the objecte of th9
ch8dly, 11 parts of the unrestricted funds are earmarked at the di8Cfetson of the Irustegs for a
partlcular purpose. thty are de$ignal8d a8 8 separate fund. Thi3 designation ho8 an admini8tratlwe
purp)se only and does not legauy r•slri¢t the tru8lees' dl¥cretion lo apply the fund.
Inc¢mlng r••ourc•s
Inwme 18 recognlsed whgn th8 ¢h8rlty ha8 0ntiUement to the furnjs. any perfcmiance conditK)n$
attaGhed lo tho 5tem(sl ol Irwme have been met11 Is probable that the Income wlll bo mc6lv•d and
th? amounl can bè moasured rellably.
Don•t•d ••rvl¢u •nd f4ellltl
Donated prof?$stonal ieryO¢e8 and donatod fooilities are reco9nised as income when the charity has
control over the Item, any conditions assoclated with the donated item have been mel, the r￿elpt of
•¢onomk beneflt from the u80 by tr)¢ Gharlty ol tho •t¢m is probable 8nd that econorni¢ hn•fil bo
measureé rellebly. In accordance with Ihg Charities SORP {FRS102} the 98n$ral volunlgor tymg ol
congregalkon members Is rKsl re¢ogni66d.On receipt. I￿nated professional sarvices and don8t8d
fac1111188 8re recognls8d on the basls of lh• value of the grft to the charity whkh is the amount the
chadty would have bèèn willing to pay to obtain $8NS¢&s or fa¢llillos of equlvalenl e¢onoml¢ benelll on
Ihe op8n markel; a correspondlng amount Is Ihen recognisod as expenditure in the p8rlod of recolpl

Int•r•8t r•c•lvabl•
Inleresl on fund$ held on dgP8it is Included when reethble and th8 amount eAn b8 moa•ur8d
rellably by tho eharlty., Ihi8 is normally upon notificatlon of the Intero81 p8ld or payab￿ ty tho Bank
T•nplbl• flx•d a88•ts
The charity has th6 r￿h1 to occupy and usa ft)r Its charitsb18 obleGt8 Gertain tanglble fixed 886elB,
In¢lL*Jlng the Church, ha118 and mans8, v8St8d in th8 Congre981ion of St George8 Church DumIr1￿.
No e¢)n81deralion l# payabla for the use of Ih•se assets. Expenditure in¢urr¢d on tho repoir aTrJ
maIn￿nanCe of these assets 18 d￿rged 88 rosourcos exponded in the st8tam•nl of finindal Aemlog
In the period In whl¢h the liablllty 8ri585. A$11 18 difficult to put a r•ali&llc value on both tho church and
hall thèse buildings are excluded Irom the lgnglble flxed assets
All tangible fixed assets costing in excess of £l.O¢X) hovlng • valuo to thé eharlty 9r•ol•r than one
y80r, oth8r than Ihose acquired for speclflc purpos88, aw capitalisèd, D•pr•ciallon 18 prO￿ded on
straight-line basis to write off the cost or Inltlal value. le$$ re81dug1 valuo. of tanglbl• flxed 4•8et8 Ovor
their *$tlmat¢d us¢ful lives..
Flxtuffjs, litling8 and ofnee equipment
Bulldlngs
Imwovem8nt8 to Hall
S years
50 years
25 years
Inv••irn•nt•
Flxed 8$8el Investments are stated at market value al the balance shéét dat8. Unrealls¢d galn8 and
1088e$ represent the dlffarenc8 bébjmn the mark•l value at tha beginning and ond of the fin8nGial
yèar or, If purchased in the y8ar, the dlff•renoe betsv8en cost and m8rk&l value at the end of the year.
R¢ali8•d 9gin8 and Ios8es réprèsent thè dlffarence betweèn the proceed$ on di$p08al and lh8 ma¥k8t
value at Ihe start of the year or cost If purch8sed in the year
Taxatlon
St Georges Church Dumfrles Is recognlsed as a charSty for Ihe purg0888 of 8ppllcable tax811on
leolslatlon 8nd 1$ therefore not subject lo taxatlon on Ils ch8rltabl8 actlvlties. Tho charlty is rKJI
regislor8d for VAT and resoure￿ expended therefore Include irr8cI)verablo Snput VAT.

st G•org•'• Chur¢N Dufrfd•• Chur¢h of a￿114n
Ilot•• lormlng part of th•llnand•l •lat•m•nts fgr ts yg•T•nd•d
31 D•c•rnb•r 2024
lJnrn•tsl¢t•d R•th¢t•&
Fund•
FLmd¥
2Q24
2024
Tthl
2023
2024
1 V•lurrtary In¢ot
Off•rfng•
T•¥ r•¢¢wr•41 M Glft
Enltrwm•nt Up
L•g•cI••
Oth•1
70,004
1S,320
76
77,104
1S.3
75.729
15.379
76
76
450,QOO
2A47
2.27a
103
7 453.3n
k725
557.225
5.520
9¢,704
IncoTr￿ don•lon• and 1•98¢1•• w4•
£557.22412023 ￿,704>01￿h1¢h £103.047
wè• unM•trf¢t•d12023 £P4.oe81 and £453￿70
w•• rn*l¢*d12023 Q.$301
2 kncorn• Irofft eh4rtlabl• a¢tfvitk*•
Coll•• m¢thlr]o•.f•lM ¢onart• •tc
8,197
1.3n
6,197 a73
S,790
7.570
h￿•M•frOM ¢h•rftabl• a¢tMll•• wa* ri,57Q
IX*13 £5.79010l wN¢h £1.373 w•• r•thct•d
12023 £01
J In¢om• Imm oth•r lrndlng 4¢tlvRI••
UM ol Pr•rnl•
of Fl•t
10,066
647
I￿86
Incorn•lwm g#*rtradlng Kdvltt•• was
£1&41612c*23 £12,227> 01w￿¢￿ 411 w
4 Irwffl•
D¢pg•11 lrt•r•*t
OMd•nd• r•¢•fv•d
9.732
9.Y32
1.715
Tot•l In*ilmirrt In¢gm• wi• ¢11.01412Q23
£1,715? olwhleh £l,836w•s unn8triet•d
{2023 t1.120I •nd £10,078 mlrlGt•d12023

8t O•oru•* Ch￿¢h, Durnfrhs Church Lrf 8eoll•nd
Not•# fomilng part olth• Inanclal Mtsl•m*r
for th• y•ar •nd•d 31 Do¢•mb•r2ts24
Vnre•trfGt•d R••trfGtsd
Fund•
Fund•
2024
2024
Total
2024
T•l•l
2023
&lm•ly•i• ol R••owtts Exp•nd•d
¢ow• of G•n•rnUng Fund•
Oft•rlno En¥•lopo•
538
129
86S
257
129
Ch*rflal>l•A¢llvlll••
Olvlng lo Grow ¢ontrlbutlon
Pr••bytsry Du••
Mlnl•t•¢• Exp•n••*
Pulplt 8upp
Oth•r •al•ry c••*
OMIEl•¢trl¢ ¢hur¢h l H*ll
Co￿¢41 TIX IM•fvMI
Oth•r 8ulldlngs ¢o•t• IlnAUr￿e•
mSnlOM¢• EKp•n
Equlpffl•nt
Iwrtl•lng a Publlclty
QY•*fi Illlnt•na￿•
Fabflc ¢o•ts
Gulld
OutrM¢h
Chw¢h D•v•loprn•nt
•n•¥O￿ne•
Gulld Prolxts
L•g*16xp•n¥•¥
Oth•r •xp•n•••
Ind•p•nd•Ybt Exabxln•f• F••
61.363
1.s78
1961
735
117B4
0.913
Y,518
5.•12
3.883
1,878
•1,$90
I,S79
2,564
1,978
7311
14704
4913
1818
912
13,39S
J.$11
J,432
5.031
3.979
2,361
5,477
OA77
490
338
210
500
qoo
2,242
1020
718
2,HO
?,B03
2M20
1,000
19 000 ￿QLo
130
134.709
117137
Tot81
117.102
21,3fj8
13•,110
Support coAt not b¥•n Myraknly Id•nffi•d *• Gon•ld•r th•rn l• onlyon• ¢h•rlla*l•
aetlvlty. Th•rnfor• wpport ¢0gt r•l*te wholly t• U>o¢•¢lMtyafid not b••n ••p•rat4fy W•n¥D•d.

St GbofO•'1 Chureh. Dumfrl•• Clwreh of 3eotl•nd
Not•• fgrmln9 P•rt ofth• Ibn•n¢l•l •t•tsTh•ntffj
f•rth• ￿*r•￿￿•# ai D•G•mb•r2024
2023
8 8thff eo•t• •nd numlxr•
sala￿•¥ WAg￿ co•t•
8oclil *•¢w*y C￿1• & P•￿￿0￿ ContrliKrtk
Total
15.784
15.7
13,3915
Th• •¥•1•g• numty•r•f •Mp1w￿ durfng th• y. ul¢ulOtsd ott lh• I￿￿• of • ho
¢wnL w•• a•lgllvw
No •mploy•• h•d •mploy•• b•n•fftt• In ox￿** 01 £60JJOO.12023 nll.)
I chU￿b ol 8¢oii•nd ¢4ngr•g4tlon•¢ontyibul• t• th• N•iion41 S¢lp•nd F￿￿ whl¢h b••rnlh•
¢o•t• •l•ll mlnl•t•r•' •llp•nd• Ind IME4￿r* ¢onlrlbudons for nalkona Inxurnnca* p•n8ion and
hou•ln9 loan fund. Mlnl•t•r•' sllp•nd% èr• pald In accordanG• w#h th• natIOn￿ •dpond Ic
wh￿b l• r•l•t•d to y•4rs ol••Thlc•. Forth• y••r und•r T•¥￿ th• mlnlmum ￿4P•￿d w•• £31642,
•nd th• •tlp•nd Iln th• Ilfth *ubMgu•nt U8084
7 Tru•t•• R•mun•r•Won ￿ R•l•t•d P*fyTian••edon•
OudTrJ th• nln• l•)Iw•t••# Y•c•fv•d r•ln*Jurn•m•thi4f•xp•nM* In¢urr•d totsllln¥ £180$
No tru•t•• •r • p•r••n rnl•t•d to • tru*ts• h•d •nyp•r•on•l Ii)t•r••t In any c¢Thtr•¢t ortrnn••cllon
•nt•r•d Into byth• ehartty durfng tm
DurlnB th• y4W i t•t•l •f £33000 #*)n•i•d 1¢ th• ¢ony•goilofi by th• tN•tsw.

St Church, Dumlrf•• ch￿￿h d 8¢otlond
fomilni part of th• fIn￿¢1•1 *tst•ffi•nt•
lorth• y••r •nd•d 31 O•¢•rnb•r 2024
T•ngltsh Flx•d *•••t•
Chur¢h H•ll
Improbvm•nts BuNdl￿• Egulpm•nl
T4)iai
Co•1
2511000
12
712
1 J￿llary 2024
char￿ for ￿ar
At 31 D•¢•mb•r 2024
1511,000
133.lJOO
9.000
160 000 ￿000
12A03
3158OJ
N•t knkVdu•
31 D•¢•rntyw 2024
gQ,000
131 D•c•rnbtr 2023
100 000
297,000
• Inv•Nm•nl•
2024
2021
Pl•ik•tw•lu• It 31 O•¢•mb•r%123
PurthAM oflnv•#tm•nts
8•1• of In￿¥t￿•nI•
UnMBIIMd g•ln Illom) on
M4rk•t valu• •t 31 D•¢•mb•r2024
43.073
40,wo
{1.94n
39270
Th foll¢>wln9 In¥•strn•nt• irn ￿￿1.,
Rob•rt O•mp•t•r M•morfal Fund
8•n••Mhnt Fund
FBtyrlc D•v•lowr*rf
Cthureh D•v Fund Growth
D•v In¢oryw
1027 untt•
127 unlt•
178 unSts
2683 unSt•
1124 un5t•
7,1
1,997
7,119
1.991
2.111
14000
13,9M
39.278
14.OQQ
13.
37.1J9
*4dltlon•ly ¢•8h h•ld on D•po•ll Fundwth
th• Chureh of 8eaii4nd In I•￿•¢1 olth• Hgl•n
11￿hur I1•Fr￿￿￿ Fund IzUJQ.•OO.Tho
Int•rn•t •mounl•d to £•732 whleh w4•
•110¢4l•d lo th1• fvnd

8t G•org•'• ch￿￿￿. ￿￿111•• Chur¢h gf 8Mtl•nd
Not••lorniln9 Plrt of Ih•lln•n¢l•l •t•l•m•nt•
forth• y•ir•nd•d 31 D•¢•mb•r 2024
10 D•b
2124
Gmt Ald T•¥ R•fund Du•
UM of PrnmlM•
1350
3S0
3.708
3,31fj
450
3.705
11 Cr•￿￿*
X124
2023
A¢¢ru•J•
4.055
1.gQ2
1,902
12
nly•l• ol N•t*•••ts PThong Fund•
••MrnI OMl•nAtsd R••triei•d
Toial
Flx•d A•••t•
Inw•¢m•nts
378.000
42.7•0
941.784
oss
958 509
2.310
482,571
31.817
4,055
032 20,59fj
20.590
Currnfit Llabllrtl••
N•t￿￿ts •131 O•c•Mb•r2024
803,001
19 Vdunt••rn
In ¢gTrThmwlth ¢onW•ga￿0ni of lh• Church 018co￿and th• con4r•uiibon b•n•fflts fromth•
¢Mtslbu¢lon m•de by volunte•r• whct th•lilkn• and t•k*nt•wllln#lwfor th• b￿•fft ofth•
Chulrh. Th• w••• of Gonyr•9•tl•n*l lif• 4vhl¢h r•lyon lh• contrlbutlon olvolunt••Y¥ •r• m•ny•nd
v•rl•d ArKI ThJ¢h olth• •¢WWwguld b• 4m•bl• l• ¢vnllnu¢ W•f•11 notlor th• coMrnllTh•nt

¢hur¢h. Dumtrl•• Ghurch t)f S￿1nd
Not•• fomilni •f1h• In•nelal •tat•rn•nts
lorlh• ￿￿•￿￿J•d 31 D•¢•mber2•24
14 Mth•m•nts In Pund•
1Jan
IrKomlrwJ (Xrt4olng
2024 R•Jour¢M R••our¢ts Tr•nAf•r• LM•
At 31 D•c
2024
RMtri¢t•d p￿d•
Toddl•rn Group
Th• Gulld
Kl1• Clu
Badmlnton Club
Plow•r Fund
g•n•vol•nt Fund
Fabrfe O•v Fuhd
M•l•n MeAth￿r M•morfal Fund
874
•87
17081
1.647
1,123
1320
221
512
519
{111
29
•2
8,885
IU21
130
4g1,44S
{aooi
23
1(073
93,8•41
410,OQO
14,594)
27.135
IZ.390)
19
405.011
R••trlcl•d Fund
H•ll D*¥*lopm•nt Fund4hprn¢l41Son Chw
B¥lldlng• Fund- Depr•d￿lon Chary•
100,000
297.000
424135 W829
110,ooo)
9,0OQ
•o,000
Ilwtrl¢t•d l¥nd•
0•11onat•d Fabrlc F￿nd
O•Blqnatsd MUBIG Fund
8p•Glal De¥8lopm8nt FunthChur¢hl
R D•mp*t•r M•morlo1 Fund
8ocl•l Fund
Fund RoS•lng IJroupl•x 8POI)
Craft Grow•
fj•￿r￿ Fun41
8.332
1.lJJ
111.J27
12,38
14000
{5Arn
1•A41
1,15
12.780
12.897
995
92Q
1.J33
103
1110
482
284
44820 114,480
7&964 128 04$
3Q8
Jyi
47
Totsl ftmd•
139.11

¥¢ Glo￿.¥ Chuv¢h. Dumlrl•• ChvrGh ol SWl•nd
N•l••lwmlng part of th• Wn•DGFal •tit•ffl•nt•
lor •nd•d 31 0•Mfflb•r 2024
8•dmlnion Clyb S•ll •xpl•n•kni
•Mvoknnl P¥n¢t Op•Y•l*d byth• Klrf¢ S•#￿0Th ts h•lp tho•• In nmd
Fkn¥•r Fund,. Th1• l• • fund to pro¥ld• flow•M for dl4)laydurlng ••rvl¢•• of worjhlp.
Th• Gulld P•rt ol lh• Nllon•l *hur¢h who r•lw mon•ylw •p•¢ln¢ pr•J•cts
Ktd• Club eom*rfySundiy School
80Th• olllw ¢fvIldr•n￿ ¢¢￿1•¢t￿on t• wntt• 4 •p•C￿l¢ dmrlty
Snowb411• Or0•nI￿d by *om• ol lh• wow•n In th• ¢angT•gatlon. CurT•nllydomwrrt
YoQttl•r• Gwup. Owanh•d and run on a Plond•y morning by a group ol w•m•n Inth• ehurch
Oulldlng• Fund M•nH and FtatCap*•l Val￿ l•w¥ d•pr•¢I￿1¢ffl cMrg•
F•bth Pund.. Th• Tru•t••• ••1 ••Ed• fvnd• fwth• maln¢•n•ne• alth• ¢hw¢h prop•rty.
Mu•l¢ Fund: Th• TmBt••• hw• M¢ ••ld• lub)d• for the purehom of mu4e r••ouwc••fry
In wornhlp.
F•l)rl¢ O•v•loprn•ffltPund: Fund• M¢4•ld• lfjr R•dMlopm•ntol Churth Int•rfor
R D•fflpst•f M•M￿l￿ Fund Qp•rnl•d byKIth S••*
8• P•rt ollt. Pund r•l*lng kn b• u••d lorth• lJ•n•ril Fund
Crth GroupFund to b• lor th• Lkn•r•l Fund and oth•r ¢h¥ltt••
Yoclal Fund Umd to r•l•• fvnd• for •oclal In thA cowr•gAtlon
G•n•r•l Fund Vmd to COM•￿ •xpgnd th• onth• dally runnknl ofth•
¢onw•g•tlgn.
1J Colkn¢iion•lor p¥￿
2024
2023
T••r Pund
CRY-Davld Hlll m•n￿￿•1
Wat•r Ajd
Ind•p•nd•n* U¥lny ?upport
874
874
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