Larbert East Church of Scotland
ACCRUED (2020 SORP COMPLIANT) ACCOUNTS for
Year EndRDg 31st December 2024
CongregatioD No: 22136S
Charity No: SC 006456

Larbert East Church of Scolland
TTlJStees' Annual Report
Year Ended 31 December 2024
The thLStees pieseKit theit 3Dnual and fman¢ial 8rat￿￿￿ts of charity for the ytar ended 31 December
(b24. Th¢ financial ￿3t¢M¢nIS have been prepared rn acc(thce iiith the acco￿ting pohcies set out in note l tt)
th- accounts and comply Thith the Gen¢rJl Ass¢mblN RegulatiOT]s for Co]wegational Finance. the Charities and
TnLSt¢c Invc8thient Iscotlartdl Act 2￿). the Chariiie5 .Iccounrs (Scotlandl Regulati0115 2006 las amended) at
AccoiiEJling and Reporting by Charili¢s- Stht¢nKnt of R¢comn3ellded Prnctice applicable te charities preparing thcir
accounts in ac¢ordknce wtth the Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK Jnd R¢pub]i¢ of Ireland
published on 16 July 2014.
Objectii'e5 and Aetivities
The Church of Scotland is Trinitarian in doctrine, Refomi in tr￿[tion and Piesbyterian in policy. It exists to
glorify God and to ￿'0￿k for the advance of Christ s K5ngdO￿ thwugbout the ￿orld. .4s a national Church, Tt
acknuwltdges a dis11￿cLive call and dury to bring the ordinances of religion ￿ die ￿0P]e in every, parisli of Scotland
through a tLryritorial n]inisuy. It Co-owratcs with othLr Chu[Ch￿ and is ecumenical ]tt its approach to other
Chrislian btyjies. Ttlis 15 in¢orpurakd in our Mi4%ion S¢alenYnt.'
To show God's love b)p sh4nng the Good,Vews ofJesus Christ with our neighbuurs ihrough
Trs'orship. sL?rpice, ieocliing aiid friendsliip.
Sunday 5ervicu: thest take place ￿'ery week at 10.30anL Duttng the morning seryice Young ChuLrh provides
aLtivities for P12-ycar-old5, and Youih G￿uP for thosc at Secondary Sch(M)l. C￿Ch¢ tacilitief are available tor 0 3.
)ear-old.. An Ènthusiastic choir OF 12 ttK¥nbets leads the SiilCffip.C• gceThn)panicd by th¢ organist and praise
band. Ther¢ is an all-atrc tsik. lcd by thc day's ￿orSh￿p IcadeE QI
(Parish Outreach Wotker) OT a
member of ihe coi)gregation. Members of the con￿gation a150 r¢ad >criPtu￿$ and offer the player of interccssion.
Since the pandemic. the offering is no longer uplift¢d dur¢ne the sen'ice. bui is siill broLght forward towards the
en£L folloived by PFaye.- Attendance is around IOIP people. TAith an average of 21 wdtchir,g 5iTtJultaneoubly ODlxne,
and many more catrhillg up later. Te&coffee5 are s¢Thrd in the after the Se￿l¢e eac5 week Duting Julv and
August. ift prepa￿10￿ for rhe protrtJs¢d union with Larben we.￿ STr1th0￿* aDd Carroll and Airth churches. joini
<etvi¢e% M'eie held irt a different church each week. The Lattert East building w'as us¢d fvr 6 il'eeks by Found
Churckn (Pentecostsl), as their bvllding is loo small io accOnlln￿J&t¢ all thcir congr¢8atioll at once. A donalion of
£1500 was received for thi5.
IN'eekday Worsbip.. tLis is held on a Thursd8y ny)rning at 11.15 fro￿ Sqjtcmber to Ju]Je. with a short break in
D¢￿rnber. Ai'erage aittndance is ar()und ?5, from seTr*eral I￿al LhiJrclTh": and il is lal by local niinistcr8 atid otlicr8.
It lasts. around 30 minutes. Mfarni refreshments are seTred either i￿rore the service 01, on the r￿st and last weeks of
¢ach"term" after Ihi servi(%. Thc5c serYic(s ale oioaniEed bv thc Pan%h Outreach Worker.
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Commllnitsn Seryiees were htEd on the first Suttdays of Marc& June. Septrmber and December, and on Thursday
'eekday IN'orship dunng Holy Week. An Arniistice Day service WLS held 12 N0Ve￿be￿. and a Remembering
Service kn cammemorate Tnembet8 who thcd durinu the was included on the lasi Sunda). in November A
Retiring Offering was tsken after each Communion Senic¢, at the knisÉice SetViLe ai the ser%iLes on
Chriqtm&s Eve Christmas Day. These Trere donated io trarious chariiies as detailed in the a￿OUllts.
Yollng Church: meets durÈng thc raorniDg 5cr%icc. Sinee lockthw￿ tbere are fe¥ver young childron. but an
incrcasing number of i¢cnagcTS oiicnd T¢gularly. Th¢ Youth Group has follow￿1 th¢ Youth Alpha Course and Tneets
fortnightly for discu&sion and fellowsbRp at a leader'g hotne. Ai the elld of the sunyner 8 family full Sut)day tL)ok
place. "Ibe annual Nattv1￿ presentation conLbincd recorded and itvc wrformance5 to an appreci8tiYe congtEgatIon.
Once again. a panÈomim¢ group gab¢ a F¢rforn]ance ID early Decetnber to the youn¥ churGh, uniliiniitd
orgauisatioDS, sLhool pupits attd other local churches. This had an audience of around 15D, jDcluding parLllts, and
was a good opportunity. lo w¢lcomc pcopl¢ into th¢ Iwilding.
Groups: the Wofflen's Group continues to ￿￿et fortnightly from Seprember to March. Di5cussion5 hav¢ been held
with the groups in thc other three churche5. The Memories Group meets mnthly and attsacts around 40-50. Lloth
uups uJvi* Speakers Oll topics of ll)ttie5t to diose attendill8. The cliorr ielicdt5e5 Thrckly from S￿l¢￿tri- to May
approximatcl). and has in number and enthusiasm. A joint choir from all 4 churches tskes part in spccial
serviceg, led by the three organists and music leader. A ladies. house group of aTound 16 meets on Mondays duTing
sch￿1 terni time for bible sttLdy and fellov4ship.
The Chrisunas Coftcc Morning in Noi¢mb¢r w88 well pHtronised ￿ainlY with fill]draising in mind i)ut it also
(Fpened ￿ts￿lIes tu the local community.. with music frorn the choir and the Yollng Church. Christian Aid week
also included a Coffee Morning wÈth help from Lathrt West and St BeTnadette's Chutchcs.
The Church O(ficer. .4 ieam of 6 volunteers ILa5 undertaken the Church Officer role on a VolUnts￿ b&8is, During
th¢ y¢ar, th¢ number trduced to 3 but new people have been TEc￿lled.
Pastoral sup
2nd by phone.
locum ￿•5 aptK)ittted.
The church accomtN)&tion has continued to be ￿￿ed by Play￿up. RaTniN)ws. Bromrytes and Girl Guides. Swect
Harrttony Barbersbop ChonLS. Blackwix)d GuitaT Academy and ￿ The Caledooia Chc)ir alsD rehearb&* there
weekly and held one of their ChristEnab Cott¢e￿ the churcFL The ball is also aNai.ablc tor QDC-off usc by
i￿1￿115.1￿LId1) (Trr urg3nisaliuns. P[epdfdtio￿ are ullderwdy lo accoll3￿m￿le cotnmunily lind unifomied gr(?ups frvin the
other chwches after the Union.
'Ided by the Parish Ihrtreach Worker. Pastoral As5iSt2nt and ￿)curn, both in person
ook OD more of the pastoral wot* and cottducted several funeTals bcforc th¢ nc
Membershlp: At the end of 20?4 the toll siood at 470, a decrease fri)m 498 at the erMI of ?023. 19 were removed by
dcath and 13. for wbom do not havc addrcssc5. were transfcrrcd to thc Suppletncntary Roll. 4 rnkninbcrs wcrc
admilted to the congregation bv certificate. One adherent was added. giving a totsl of 94 adherents.
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Achievements and Performance
A fwiis i)n outreaeh lo )"oung people conlinues. Lunch in the conkn.nued Treekly offering pupils in Sl and S2
a safe and fiielld]v plac- to eat luD¢h. A regular gtDUP of amund 22 along during the first 6 Months, dft¢r
thc sununer holid3ys around 14 frotn 52. Helpers come fn)m ihe l.art)ert area churclies. The Youth Growi
fortnightly eveni ts also part of tbis, and attending larget ei'ents. such as rallies in Glasgow. with other young peopl¢
frotn Pour]d Chuich h&q also featured Some of the young t￿pIe are workn.ng n￿mberShip of the church in
the iiear future.
Ivorking toMArds un￿n. In January a growi was set up r¢pre5¢lltiThg Larbert FASL larbert Wesl Stenhouse and
C&ffon and Airth c.hurches. The intention was to iowards a union of the four cburihcs. according to thc
lission Plan ￿'hICh had been aoreed The grow) of 3 from ¢a¢h church, plus the inltrim m(xleraloT5, becamc knuwn
as Wallaces Cluster, frcm the narnes of the 4 churchts ￿N.01￿ed. D￿]llg the spear the Basis of Union developed
and eventually agreed by the KiTk Scssions and submitt¢d to Pr¢sb)rt¢ry. V8riQUS teattLS wetE enGouraged to meet
and discu55 how they would btitig io(Tether their actsviues. JoiDE setvices were held during the summer, &8
mentioncd above. Additional serviccs inb'olvino
thc joint choir held. and curol si*ging in Asda was well
supported. Lunch in Easi includes helpers from all the churches. Onltne Breakf&%t Pra)tT fortnightly on a
.lusterchurehes and o￿n to others.
Sunday morning is anended by represent&tikes of the -
Outrea£h.- S￿CIr[C cv¢JIIs iDclude the Holiday Club atKI Youth N1itsion in the summer, held in laA)ert F.ast, with
support from La￿ert Ciur¢hes Youth Trusl. Arou￿1 61) ehildren and young w>ple attended. Regular aciivities are
rLgarded as opwrtunitics whcrc people lljay be M'elco￿Kd and encourageiL .Members participate in larbert
Churches Youth Trnst on the Board of trnstct% artd the Management Committee. The Youth TThsl 15 SUPP)rtcd by 9
local churches and its focus is on building relariorLships and supporttn
pupi15 in Larbert High School and its feeder
primaries. Members are also active in M¢n's Christian A$s￿latiOn which hol(Ls a number of cvents during
Ilii N-bar aiid knli aniiual diwi¢r.
Patish Outr¢arh W0￿er. ￿'0￿S in Srenhous¢muir and Kinnaird PTirnaties ID supporting
individu1. PLipils Js pal of LaTb¢rf Eas't's PaTiSh work She also njns the wcekly SU ¥roup at Kiniiaird PrinuTJ'
aionu ith SL'nga Smith. JJ tarbett Easi elder.
Olii of our cldcrs. coll￿1¢1￿ his probationary peTit¥d and 18 now 8tudying for a PhD and workn.ng
part tiTrL in Floly Rude ChurLh Én Stirling as ark Assistant Mintster. He is due io be oidained tn FebNary 2025.
Inform#tioll h&$ continued io be pmvided to In¢Mk￿ by ttKaDs of the quatterlv chutch ￿agaZille, Eastwords, and
the weekl}. Order of S¢rYic¢. publishd on faceErfM)k aT￿ the w'eb51tc. which atc pati of th¢ church's publi¢ity. A
fekly Lolunjn is sublllitted io the Falkit* Hcrald. Sutthaj, st￿tceS are liie-streatned and available on YouTube.
Th¢re 1$ a lengthy back cataloguc.which 15 also aTriilablc ￿14 our M'ebsiie. Wc ￿s0 ha￿¢ thc fa¢ilities to live-streDJn
fvnerals. A limited nuThber of people receiit CD coptes of the Sundav seThryce week by week
Donations to other orwani$xtions: A monthly collection of goods is held for Falkiik Foodbank. Other donations
u'¢r¢ io: Christian Aid. KLSB (Ha￿es1), Popp) Appeal (Rell￿Mbr￿nCe Day) BlYths￿.00d Cate and Operation
Chris¢mas Child (Shoebox Appcalx and several other clwities reC¢l￿d su[￿ our r¢t1[￿S ofteiings.
Financial Review
Our Tnain suur¢e of iTLeome eottiinuts io be from weekly offerinaJ, regular slanding orders and tax re¢ovettd on
Gift Aid a￿d this showed a very sma]I dccrease year on year of £735 (0.711A). UDrcsliictcd EX￿ndIu￿ duTing the
ar saw a small InCre￿e of £450 agains1 Ehc prior yur a5 COSt5 ¢ODlinued io be tnonitoied anil cli).sely c()ntrolled.
Ai the end of th¢ year ￿.¢ WCTC ablc to tralls.fer excess funds oN'er to the General Resm'e fitllds a]id this ￿nOU￿ted to
£6.914. .4s a resuli thi> fund has incrus¢d and is now stsnding at £71.615. The L.nrestri¢*d fr'abric Fund was
llj uliiised in ibe y￿r wid the renuining are now at a i'alue of £20:438. No major fabric works were
u1￿cra1kcn during thc )Eat and thc church and manse conunue ILI be In good order.
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Risk Management
The 20?4 membership has deelined numerieallv. but the congre￿allOn is rO￿,ard-l[￿>kIng It is ftoticeable thai the
¢ongr¢gaiigtt has attracted ne￿. members from clscwhcrc and many online VicV<e￿ to its SCtI"iccs. It sccks to L
Ivelc4>ming aDd friendl! dedicated support foi Als acllviiies. The average age of the me￿￿[ship is increasing
but it allow5 U5 to piouh)Ir intrrgcmtioTJal activitics.
We welcome
i our locum in Mawh. which filled a in our pa￿lord1 and ministry team. This
provides ￿'eCk ro ￿'¢¢l stabiliTh' alld Icadcrship. V*'e baK'¥ tnade sure as much as Fosqible thai the church's work
contirkues both within the con.tstetsation and (he pansb. New initia(ives Eeen undertakcn to encoutagc young
people and see them coming to faith. Wc io¢)k fO￿ard tsi mrE chanse when the L(IngJregation% are uiiited, but
there are many hallds on Tesp)nsibility. We have also experienc￿ loss thn)ugh illness and
Pdrish Outreach Ilotkei: works in Stenhou%emuir and Kinnaird PriniarieE in Sup￿)rting
i'.i..Iii i(Iii_i. DLipils Part of Latbert Easx's parish work She also nins the SEI gmup at Kinmaird Primary alnng with
larbcrt E&8t cld¢r. Th¢%¢ ad1yrti￿ aw¢ direc*d toivards the parish aDd commullity, ill forniing
poteiitial future q0[￿ relatiOT]ship$.
i tnovir]g to￿.&[dS an ¢Y¢ntyal uni(m of four congrcgations. L&Tbert has contributed to tbe clustcr plall and
eonlinues to play a par. in joint aclivilles. such as th¢ choir. The re%iv31 of Lunch it) ihe Easi as a ￿'£¢klY activity.
Ivith 5￿PPOrt from other lo¢al ¢htJrches, h&8 a]readi made an impacL
W¢ have mtt our finarKial commitmenL% and keep our bu1]thn￿ Tn Irood N)air wÉthin thc restraillts placed by the
PFe5b￿ery. A8 th¢ LArben East buJdiDg bas been designated as the future place of worship for the new LhiirLh, Ihis
places a re%￿nSibility on the congre.oation w maintain li well in the meallt1￿C. AltbouJts ] thete are mixed feelin8S
about the ¢xisting Earb.￿ E￿1 ChutLh IKLM)llliti
part of a new congrcgatsoo we hope that rnany will welcome new
opportulliues for sl]ariD8 the gospel ID ow thJ4' ￿]S
ReserYe$ Policv
It is the Trustec5' poliry to hold Tcserves including designated fwjds. At the year end tbe ch￿t￿ beld unrestricted
runLls ¢Jf £23,905, £3.467 thf w'liicli lTra8 E*en dcsigtiated foy our Parish Outreach W'orkcr and £20.438 which has
been designated for tabric fiAnd. Our General Resen'e stan(ts at £71.645 in case of any shortr.all in Ibe General or
Fabnc funds during tTK year. The Church also held a furtber £14.300 of rcstrictcd fi]nds which havc bc£n
prolided for the pUT￿seS ill Nute 14. This value of reslTide41 (L￿dS cunyntly includ*g £3.S24 remaining of varitTrus
bequests at¢ h¢ld in the Swcial Pwoses Fund.
Structure, Governance and Management
The COn8L"egation is a charity. nuwb¢i SC I￿￿50 and ts admi]￿tered in accordance with ihe terms of the
Deed of Con5tttutiOrt vxJltsr￿ Fomi. Members ol the Kirk Session are the Elders of the Church and are also the
harity trnsIf￿5. They are chosen tsoTn ￿K￿be[S of ibt ¢ongte¥ation whD are besl suited to this 1)ost and are then
ordained or admitt￿. Session held 9 n￿etingS Èn iOLal in 2024. All bui one were hybrid (online and in-person).. one
was callcd to di5CUSS a 5inglc Èssuc (appointmcnl of a I{￿). During the year. on¢ elder died, and 2 elders
re)i￿ed, one 10 be ordained to the mtnisty, 8t￿ one emigrnted to Austrnlia. One other retired.
Church busincss is supwrted by a v￿]Cty ol 'tean￿. covaing - Buildmgs Managemen¢ Pinance and pla]￿]￿¥.
CTiuwin¥ Faiih. Communiiy and World Outreach. P&stora] Care- Publicity and Communicatiotj; attd Worship.
Conveuers of thc teatD5 are eldets. but each contains a mixture of elders and rnetnbeES of the cowgation. Regular
reports are submitted to the Kirk Se5SiOll.
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Reference and AdministratiTre Inforjnation
CFHrity RryisrrJtson Num￿. SC 006456
Trustees
al Ol'lic<-b¢Jrers
ElaT)kL'fs
Virgin Nfoncy. l Bank Sttt4 FaJk]rK FKI INB
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Trustees, Responsibilities in Relation to the Financial Statements
Thc charity trustces arc rcsponsiblc for preparing a trustees. annual rcport aiid financial statements in
accordance with applicable law. and United K￿￿￿oIn Accounting StsndaT(ts (United Kingdom
Generall> Accepted tlccountino Pr2CiiLe}.The law applicable to charities ill ScotlaDd requircs the
chariry t￿￿1¢¢S to wepare financial statements for ￿th }eaT M,hiLh show a Irue and fair view of the
slate of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, of the eharity
for that pcriod. In pwaring thc financial statcments, the tntsiees arc [cqU￿¢￿ to:
select suitable accounting policies and thcn apply thcvn consistently,
' observe the meth(Kl and principles in the applicable c.harities SORP.
' makn judgcmcnts and estimat￿ that arc rcasonable and prudent"
sEatc whcihcr applicablc accounting 5taudatds alld statcments of recommended practice have been
followe(L subject to any departures disclosed and explained ill the fillallcial statem¢Thts'
prepar¢ the fAn3ncial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to PTesumc that
thc charity will conts.nue in operational existence.
Thc trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting Tecords which disclose with reasonable
acLuracy al any limc th¢ fmancial position of the charity and to enable thcni to ensure that the
linancial statements comply ￿'1th the Charities and Truslcc Investmcnt (Scotland) Act ?005 and the
Charitics Accounts {Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as arnended). They are also responsible for
8t¢feguarding the assets of the cbarity and heDee for tsking re&sonable steps for the prevention and
detection of fraud and othei ittegulatities.
The InLstee8 are responsible for the maintenanie and integrity of the chaTity fu￿nciaL infonnation
on the congregation's website. Legisldtion in th¢ L]nit￿l Kingdom gokerning the prepat71ion and
disserntnation of financial statements mai. differ frorn legislalion in other jurisdiclions.
,Ii?iiriiw¢II l)1 Ill- T1"Usl￿￿.3 tiid %ignd on tlieir behalf.
Date....
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Larbert East Church of Scotland
Independent Examiner's Report to tbe Trustees of Larbert East Cburch of Scotland
Y￿r ¥ndvd 31 D￿'ember 2024
Iry¥rt On the a¢¢ounts cf the clmn.ty for the year ¢nd¢d 3 1st December2024 W￿Ch orc set out on pages I to 16.
Respetlive respon5ibilRties of trnstee5 txamiDtr
The Lhariils ITu¥le¢s ate respor￿l￿1￿ for ihe PF4>araiiDk of th¢ aLcuunis 111 acrurdanre willi ihL lernis of Uie
Chdnlies and Tmslets Invesimenl (Scoiland l Aci 2￿5 and the Charitie% A<£ount4 (Scotlandi Regulations 2(J06 la%
2metxdedl- Tbe chartty. Imstees consider thai the audii Tequirement of Regulation 1011 I la) to (c} of the Attourtts
Re.4uiations does rLOt apply. It my r￿PonSib￿i￿ u) exau]in¢ the accounts as rEqu￿￿ untjet s¢¢t¥)tt 4411) {c) oftb¢
Act and to st&ic whcther panicu]ar matteT5 hai¢ rome to my atw]tton.
B8sis of independen¢ exxminer $ 5t¥ternent
My examination is Carri￿ out ￿ accorda￿ wktb iegulatioD I l of the Chan"ti¢s A￿0￿￿$ (SC￿1and) Regulations
2¢)06 aznended}. An examination irtludes a Ye¥iew of the a¢countiDg records kept by the chanty aad
£vtIlPdrisM>ti of ttie 8cci)unls PT¢S¢EEted with those records. It 8150 ifKludes consideration of atsv unusual items or
éi5LIu4iireN in the aLLollp.L%, and explanations frum the Lrnsiees corLernin¥ ally %ULh Inaiiers. The procedures
undcTtakcn do prts￿de all the ¢iidthc¢ that Would b¢ rwuir¢d in an audiL and conwuenily I do t￿( ¢XPTtss att
audit opinion ott the view ￿Ven bythe aecounts.
Indcpendent c%aThiner's ststomtttt
In Ilie GQilTSe fjf rny ExatninLlinn, hks tome to my&tEentson
which gives me reasotsable ￿￿Se to believe that in ally material respect the requiteTncnls."
. To keep accounting reCo￿S m a(cordatt¢e with se￿lOn 44 ILI(a) of the 2¢MJ5 Act #nd Re8ulati¢)tt 4 of the 2006
Ateounts Keglllatto￿s la5 amended), and
. to prep￿e accounis wknch accord wittL the accouming rxords and comply Regulaton 8 of the 2006
Acrounts Regulaknolls las ￿￿ended} have Jkot been Jllet. or
to whicty ￿ my opiTri0￿ attention shoknld be drawo ￿ order to enabl¢ a prop¢[ uE￿¢r5￿￿dlllÉ of the atcounts to
Dare".
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B#l2n¢e Sheet
At 31 December 2024
Totsl
Totsl
2024
2023
Fixed Assets
Tan¥iblt Fixtd A5KLs
Investments
5.008
5.008
1.otal bixed Ajsets
Current Assets
DeTrior
io
4.515
IOJ.226
107.741
5.082
BaDk and cash
Total CurreAt A&sets
104.726
l.labiliilp5
Creditors falling due within onc yfdr
tyet Assets
~2.899
109.850
-1.023
108,280
The fujds ofthe charity:
Endowqneni fut)ds
12
Restricted inculne fiJnds
12
85,945
23.905
84.853
2i.427
Unrestiicled fimds
Iz
Totfil charlty fvllds
109,850
108,280
The acc(iiinL% %￿'ere approied bv the Irustee.s on
i? la lij and signed on their bchalf by..
Session Clerk
Treasurer
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Larbert East Church of Scotland
A¢toubtillg Policies
Tb¢ principal accoulltillg ptsJi¢ies, wbich have been applityj ￿nSists￿￿Y ID th¢ alld prteding ye8r in d¢B]in8 with tit￿5 whi¢h are
consid¢red rnaterial to the 8r¢ ga ¢)wb¢]ow.
Bgsis of preparntlon
The fitwicial sts*ments have been PTwed iti ￿rdance with AccouDtiDg and RqK)rtirtg by Charities'.Statemenl vf Re¢onun¢Dded
PTa¢tice appli¢abl¢ to ¢harities prepatin8 their x¢ounts irt accor￿ with the Repoftins Standatds applicable in the UK and
Republi¢ of Ireland IFRS102) issued on 16 July ?016 •nd the F￿cIal RetM)rring Standard applicable in the UK and Rcpubli¢ of Ir¢l&nd
IFRSIO?), the Charities and Tnw¢¢ knveslU￿I Istotlalldl Aci 2LM)5 and th¢ Cbatities A¢ts)uttts {Scotiandl Re8ulalioDs 2(K16 {as
nendedl.
Fund AtcountiDg
Funds are classifi¢d as either restrkcted futLds oru])resiri¢trd defined &s follows.
Restti¢ied fvnds are ￿lldS subject to specific TequiT¢ments as kn their use wlLich may trt ¢kelared by the dofjot or with their authority or
created through l¢gal processe5. but stiu within the widerobjects ofthe chatity.
ElldDrni funds we fi￿aS which have beert givtn OD th¢ ¢onditioD that the origiDal c4pitsl sum is not reduced, but the inwme ther¢ from
is used for Ihepu4>05¢ defined in accorda￿¢ with the0bJ￿ts of the ¢￿ity.
Unrtsfficied are &wdablc * the disueriorl of the Enlsttts in furthe￿¢¢ of the objects of tbe charity. If p&rts of the UllTestricted
funds aTe eannarktd 8t tbe discretion of the tsijstees for & p&niculaT Putpise. theyate designated as a s¢p3rate filt￿. This designarxon has an
thiAislraliv¢ puJpos¢ only and doe5 not legally ￿StrICt the tyustres. discretion to apply the fulld.
Incoming re50ur¢es
Income is Tecognised wheft the cbarity b&% entidett*ni to the fvnd& aDy FrfFo1￿ce conditions attached to the itan(s) of irteome havc been
mel it is probable tbat the I]￿111¢ will be t¢c¢iv¢d and the aT[K>U￿ call bett￿$$￿¢d reliably.
Resourtt$ ¢iptttded
Expettdi¢ure is rw an ac¢rnats basis as th¢ I￿11]ty75 illLillr
Donittd services and faeiJitie5
Donated prol¢ssional Se￿i(c5 dollated faciltties ate recogDisal as inconje th¢ chality ha5 coJJtsoI over the iler(L any condiliL)llS
a580ciaied with the donated itetn ha%¢ bt¢n th¢ rttyipi of econo]JJEC bukefii fiom the use by the charity of the ii¢m 15 probable and that
etonomi¢ benefit can be measurd Tdiably. Ill with th¢ Ctwities SORP IFRS1021 the g¢n¢ral volullteeT time of con￿egatIOn
me]nbeis is not Te¢<wii*d.
On receipt. donated profe￿10￿￿ services aTMI donthl faci]ities are re¢o8nised t>n Ebe basis of the vaEu¢of thcwlt to the chatity wthicb ts the
all￿U￿1 the chatity would have been ThillÈDg to pay 10 olxaiti S￿1¢¢5 or facilities of equivalent #ollon>i¢ beh¢fit oll the open tllarket," a
correswlldu]g is th¢ll ￿gnised expelldiknjte the period of rece
Illter￿t re¢eivxble
IDlete5t on furtds hcld OTh dq)osit Is included whell rtthvabie artd th¢ JrrwDt be rtliably by the charity. this ks rtonnaily upon
notification of the inleresi Pa￿ orpayable by the Bank
Flxed assets
The chaTiEy the Tighi io 0¢￿pY use for its chatilabl¢ obje¢ts ¢ertwn tsttgjble fLKed ￿, in¢lvdirtg th¢ Church, halls and manse,
vested in the ChuFch 0fstotl￿d General TnLStees. No Co￿7de[￿l0n is payabl¢ for the use of these ￿ets. ExpcnditUTe incuTred on the
Tepair and tnaintetknince of Ihesc L%s¢ts is charged &5 resou￿ expellded iti th¢ Sthi¢m¢nt of Fitwjcial Aclivitits in the p¢nod in ￿￿ich the
liability aris¢&
Investments
Fixed asset investnients ate sts*d at mwket value at the bajallte sheet da*. unr￿ls￿ gains and losses represent th¢ difference between
the market value at th¢ bewnts¢ng and end of the fitwKiaJ ycat or, if PUT¢hastd in the year. the diffetence krwttn ¢ost and nwkel value at
the end of the yeaT. Realised gajns and losses repr￿ent the diffetwJc¢ b¢Thv¢¢n the procea15 on diswsal and the market value at the start of
the year orcost if purcha*l itt the
Tgx¥tio
Laibert East Chur¢b is r¢wised Ls a chatity forthe PUfPLWS of applicable la￿110￿ lewslatt.ott and is tberefore noi subject io tsxation on
its cbaritable a￿l￿ties. Th¢ ch￿lty is not registe￿1 foi VAT and re9)u￿￿ expended therefore in¢ludt irre¢overRble iDPUt VAT.
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r4
co
tn c c e
cooo
000
00

Nole% lorniing part oftl)t financial stalen￿nts
For th£ ye#r ended 31 Deceniber 2024
ZOZ4
2023
6 Stsff tosts
I￿s wag¢s
s￿￿[ *<¥2tily ¢osls
T(4&1
20,571
20.829
20571
20.829
of4wh))wthLrio8 th*y¢#r.taku¥t¢dtyhthebastsrfa]xad1ru￿ 2s follo￿¥..
2014
Z023
Music staff
(Jwtcb OfficeT
Fa3knlll A&siStallt
NTreryloyee h7d ￿p10)ee buYfil$TTrex¢e<s of £Y).(￿l2025 Nil}.
Churchof Scotland cort*rtgaiiOfrS ce￿InTr￿￿ to theNati4)nal st1￿￿ Fund bears ￿(o#S0f all rninT51C15' 5wds
Id cmplos'er'5 Contributt￿5 ￿suTpr￿￿. r￿￿(￿ 4NI kjan kfmiSttsÉ' Ill
accOTdanee wilh IhettiiiLM&I ￿irthd Ae, which li it￿e4 ¢0 >wrs k￿ll*Yea[Vth the mUUTDUWStipwwJ
as£31.642 srtd tht 5tipthl iiti iht flmi )ts5} U8.884
7 Trn&tec RensunentioTJ and Relattd P*rtYTr&nsaditi
'i¢b&¥ r¥%t1￿1£3.692 fw pmvidiAg hissavlcfsa4￿lst
Trav¢1 EAPUW5
hl?tse CtYJr￿II
NfarbsETel¥pbc￿C
97
Dunrtg the y￿r to 31 Dxumber ?(P4 the Church Lxaniinual ￿lIh thc c(¥trxl ￿1th ￿[.,thr) to pTh&
rkng wbieh £0.360. or Id•tyJ w a . ￿. IIi aRy
or trHll5fEion inlo by ib¢ch*riry¢knit4 Ihc ytar.
lknngthe)wlo 31 t)ECaDbEr2024 theagWIeall￿n1dOllIled *J thc lyy b)Jkn £26￿j
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Tangibk Fixtd Assets
notel6
9 1Dvestmethis
2124
2023
Markdva]uE at 31 DeteD&r2023
UDTeaJLStd g*thl li￿s) on tnvesiroents
Market value at 31 DK¢Tthr2O24
4577
431
4239
338
4J77
Invesin*Dts
1270
1270
The fo1lowin8ittv￿tn￿S are beld.
Church of Scotland InvestorsTru# Gtowtb F¥nd
785
6J8
ID Debtor5
Tots]
2024
24
1023
Gift Aid Tax kefuttdt
Prq>g)rnts
4.436
76
4.439
76
4.657
4?5
5.082
4.517
4515
IA Creditors
Tolal
2024
21124
2013
Heat & Light
655
546
POW Ex[￿￿%¢5
HMRC tsx &
1.082
Valueof AcrDJals
2.899
TW3
12 Allalysts ofNtl Amtts Among FuDds
F￿ed A58ety
Invtttmthts
Current A5SaS
Current Liabiliti
Net a55ets wt 31 Ilet 2014
23.Y>5
80,937
l(M.842
23.W5
85.945
10985
13 VoIu#ieers
ve thaT tinK and tslents willingty f¢r th¢ t￿errt of the Chuyth. The aros of congregati￿al life hthich rely on the conrribjiion of
vojuntecrs arr and b*fiedattdmucb ofthe￿ivity beUDabletQ￿ntlnM¢ it not f<￿the C4xDrnibt￿lt sbowtL
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Notes forming part ofthe fin8n¢ial $t#ttmtttts
For the year ended 31 December 2024
14 Moi'tments in Funds
At l Janu•ry Olltgoi*¥
At31 Det
2024
2024
Resouree% Resoll￿t5 TraD5feT5
EpdowmeDt fllnds
Restri¢i¢d fuj
AIIBn iKgacy
Fabttc Fund
Ben¢vol¢ni Fund
7525
147
-7,672
7.672
8,135
75
75
71,645
62,394
4.577
iJio
153
2.591
683
396
1175
3.691
84.933
2337
431
6.914
]nvesktttht Futtd
i¢hert Fund
Hylljll B(x)k Fulld
S.A L.T.
YOu￿g Church FutKI
Flow¢r Fund
Woman's Group Fund
Sp¢cial Putwses Fund
136
1,081
IfA)
97
1.338
lJ86
1254
193
7.197
180
1,650
1.485
2.508
371
297
916
3,884
85,945
13.099
6.914
Unrestrided funds
DesigtMled Fakn¢ Fwid
Dfr3ignaled Parish (￿trea£h WorkerFu]xl
Ge]Jeral Fund
18.089
5.258
1.610
-739
13.391
120.026
132.678
20.438
3,467
126.940
140,150
-6,914
-6.914
23J47
23,905
Tot*1 Cbur¢b fun
108280
147.347
145.777
109,850
of Endo
Income from tbe5e funds 15 lok￿$ed for4*¢ifi¢
s of Restri¢t¢d Funds
* FI0￿er Fu]Jd.. Thi$ is a to provide flowers for display during savic¢s of W￿￿1p.
Be￿￿'Olent Fund.. this is a fulld ￿ 10 &&8iSt people itt tte•J
General RtsetY¢ Fund.. This Ftsnd is to be used toassiu in Any sFthfall in ￿Jr CTheral Fund.
Kitcben Fund.. This Fut￿ is ￿ be used to repair orTEtL•¥ ally of kitrhth quipmctht.
Book Furtd.. This Ful￿ is LO be usedby the cburch foTHy￿)￿ of prtÉse
IDvestrnaEt Fut￿.. These are investtllthts beiDg hetd i]J Chwch of Sc(*laThl IDvtstors TnJsL Gro￿ Fund for special putw)ses
S.A.L.T.: This Ftmd is used to supply th¢ &xmda￿I Light T￿M with [￿essary equipmeDI fotChuTch Prdise
Special Purpos¢s Fw14L. Thi5 Fundwas set upto allow the church to p￿ChIle 445ipmeni not ¢fjvertd by the Fabric Fund
' Young ChU￿b FUJMI.. TheT[￿Slee5 bav¢ Sel aside fi￿d5 IOT Use by the YouDg Church.
* Wo]llen's Gtoup Fulld.. ThLS fuod w¥s sei allow the nuwingof th¢ W¢)meD'S GnNtp within the Ctsurch
Fabric Futtd. The Trustees have set aside fiLn(Ls ￿the [nal￿te￿a￿e of the church PTOPty.
Allan Lw Faknr Fund.. Thi$ Furtd was set a lewspecific8lly to beTLscd ts Cburch Fabric.
oses of Desi
aled Fund5
F*bri¢ Fund.. The Trnst¢es hav¢ sd asi(k fiu¥ls ts th¢ m8intf¥wK¢ of the cburth ptwty.
POW FUJA.. 11Je TnLSte&s havesd asrde futLds topay fora P￿141￿ Parish (kllrea¢h Wotktt.
Getteral Fund is forthedayto day ruDDiDg of the cburch
* Detu>tes furtds which aTe held maEMg¢d by th¢ within thechur
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15 Offerivgs for Third Pxrtits
2024
2023
Poppy ScotlaTJd
Retiring OITeTing ETnbrace the Middle FA
Retiring Offering to Ho5PIt
Retiring Offering RNIB
RetiTinE OffertnE Street Past.
Chtistntss Offer￿8 Mixlerati)rfs Project
Re¢1[￿￿ uffenog Shelterbox T¢ni for Ixnl
Retitin¥ Offeritig FD￿}(H
Retiring Offering Barnatdos
Retiring Offering lart)ert Churche5 Youth TTusi
Chr]simas Offeiitt8 Fotth Vallev sell￿ry Centre
515
320
310
365
290
741
40(1
380
240
331
2,607
Lilo
The following amounts were raised and EEmttted d1￿Cl1Yto the chaTities tather than being
transacted through tlL¢ churth records.
Christian Aid
Bsble Society
Focdbatsk
1545
2285
185
2J64
4J34
2.965
4.661
Fo(xl eontirtues t¢ be donated io Foodw. 1298kg
131 Sho¢b(>xes filled for Blythswosxl Care a￿1 Satt)aritsD'S Pur5¢
Easter eggs donat¢d to POIn￿￿t YOI and GleDo¢hii Ptisort
16 The Titl¢ D¢¢ds ar held by Ge]￿al Tn￿l￿S of the Church ofscoilattd
121 George S¢r¢¢t. Edknburgh on beh31f of the congTewation.
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Larbert East Church of Scotland
Appendix
Funds held on behalf of the ¢ongregation bv the Chureh of Seotland General Trustees
2024
21123
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
Credit Balallces held at 31 December at cost
Income Fund
252,375.45
237.272.28
Deposit Fund
72.82
72.82
252.448.27
237.345.10
Market Value of Balallces at 31
December
Income Fund
224.895.71
217,687.52
Deposit Fund
224.895.71
217.687.52
REVENUE ACCOUNT
Credit Balance at 31 December
14.015.84
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