2024-12-31-accounts

Pollokshws Parisb Cburch of Scotlnd. GIAggow RECEIPTS A.YD PAYMEYfs ACCOIY%TS For ihe ytAr ¢•ded JI Detembtr 2024 Cottereydo• Y• 160986 ChultyNoSC(W8J . iol4- 1

PollokshAws P4rish Churth of StotlAnd, Glasgow Year ended 31 Detembtr 2024 Reference nd Administrative Informition CHARin' NAME Polknkshws PJrlJb Chrrh of Scotllld C.HARrri' COliTAfT ADDRESS 223 Shawbrldge S¢r¢e¢. Gl•i8ow G43 IQN C.HARITY RF.CJJSTRATION YIIMBER SCO0668J CONGREGATION PUMBER l(0)986 MINISTER SESSION CLERK TREASURER CLERK TO THE CONGREGA TIONAL BOARD IYDEPENDENT EXAMINER BXIKERS Bank of Scoilxn 00 KIIn￿rn0¢k Road Glwow G41 JN TRI'STF.F.S I'()NGREGATIOAL BOARD "tkfvies Kirk Se55ion Member at th¢ Con8rryalK)nal Board Pag¢ I

PollokshAwy Parish Chureb of Seotlnd. Gl•Jgo Trusteej. AnnuAI Report Ye•r ended JI December 2024 Structure, Govtrnance Dd MnA%emtnt Governing Document Tk L'hurch is athiDisiered in xcorthce ¥ryth tht iernb of the M(xkl Deal of Comiiwiion. Recruitment and Appointment of Truiie Members ot"Ihe Kirk Sfss'ion and the C"on8r¢galithul Iklard the clw"iN The Kl'rk Session are the eldws oi the church a￿1 are cknscn from the Members of ¢hur¢h wlh) ar¢ ¢onsithred lo ￿ve the approrriatc gifts and ykills. Thc minister. who iry of Ihe Kirk Sc¥ioN i% tlcrid by th¢ LNin8ft8a¢i(m irmlwird by Prv. b)i¢ry. The C Ikwd is ap￿inted withln Ihe ￿n8[¢$I110n and ￿m￿rI ol. Ihc con8re8aiion are ini'iied io nomin• irMlk¥idual& are beli¢%'ed to hAv¢ the ykills and LYMmity)￿1 lo lontri1￿te lo th¢ rnanagffli¢nl alTair5 of th¢ rhun. lo bts'ome m¢mbeTY 4>f the ￿)Ild. Btwd nKmb¢r4 w th¢n aprx)ioied ai the SiaiL%l Ann￿1 MeLltn¥ a ￿rI(￿l of thrtt yearj •nc which rnu￿ ek rt• IILilli)n 11 IhL nL'XI Stated Meelu￿. a tnJ51cc fv Fcbnwy 2024. Or8niMtionAI Siruciure The Kirk Se4i4)n meets at leasl six iirney * ytaT aThl is rhw'rcd by the mitiiyl¢r. The Congryiiivnal Bo¥d. nrnlty by Ihe minii¢r. m¢¢Lq ai 4Jprniirnaiely vwo ThTrnthly ini¢Y•l¥ al whi¢h ￿ Ini¢rim IinwKLal stalrm¢ni is submirted. A Stakd Annual M(lin8 opeii lo all member5 15 held annually itt the elrly of tk year. The Session Ckrk is appxnled by Kirk Se55iOtt to cThMhKt ihc lmini51ralion of the 5455iiX)'¥ re¥￿￿nSIbilitieS and ￿mIlarlY a L'lerk is lo I￿￿15r the (.(M￿$all(￿l] tkurd's rc¥knny&ililiey. Minuie¥ thkEn. priniThl. ¢ir¢uJated aThl 4wn¥va for every medi￿9 of Ihe setyli￿ •ThJ Ik)ard. li is Ihe 6esSiiNI Q"lerk' duty io ￿ reSp￿41b1¢ for the safe CU￿￿JY of all recordj and for Ikir annu￿ gjbmissiyn lo m¢din8 ofthe Kirk S¢y5ion Pri￿ io gubmis•icdJ 10 th¢ Pre$b￿cry r(r Ail¢giaiioa. A C i?rigrw¢ional Treaqwrr is 4woinid lo whinister th¢ CThur¢h'y finan¢01 alTairs. with Ihe aysisiatke c>f FTee.will Offerin8 C'oni'ener at)d a (lift Aid c.i￿¥¢￿tr. A slatemcnt of xcountj iy and Ixesc•ttd for con5ideraiioTh. alieration and arfjYov•l ai a Joint mcelinB Ot" the TrnstttS. Apan from the minisr there J one wist and cleanu No f¢mun¢raiion 10 • ¢h4rKy miy¢¢e ¢uuK¢t¢d lo a cbaniy Inul¢¢.

PoUoksbwi PArtsh of SrotlAB¢ GIMKov4 Trui¢￿. Anll•l Report YtAr emded Jt Dtfembff 2024 Obj¢rtiv¢s And Artlvl¢les The Church of S¢oUand is Trinithrian in tktyitse. R¢foTnxd in trb"lioo s￿1 Prnbw in tx)liry. 114isis 10 lorify GCMI orn1 io w(ffk foi th¢ ath'¥nc¢mthi ofchrisl's ￿"Mg1￿m thr(AL8h￿l th¢ wwld As 3 Nityul ¢h4Jr¢h. ii acknow'ledges a disuoaive eall 3Th1 thlry io Imng tht ordioances of religion 10 the wle in every pvish of Scotland through IcrriiLYial minisiry. li co4watrs ￿1th ￿ber churckn in I'arious eLwmenkcai b￿1¢$ in S¢oiland and ￿yo1￿j. A Publi¢ Suvirc of Worship takcs pl￿￿ cvcry SuThJay of th¢ year. * Chri￿]1￿ F¢51ivais and cvcnt5 as Funera] and Wddin8 Scrvices. {￿n tXKY F¢lli)w5hip WoT5hip ¢ak¢s plxe (m W¢dneyday5 itt conjlujclion with"The Nearly New-. Tbe followin8 Chw¢h or8￿1$011￿￿s med in sp¥ious and m￿rn halls'.- yo￿8 Chur¢lL Thr Boy5. Brig•Jc. SinginB Gr(w. Th¢ N¢&ly New Iwcekly 5th cafe). Cburcb S￿￿13 and corKens. Our Con￿gatiin*4f 3 p3n4im¢ Ch￿￿h atml community worker. to be pn rdla Mith our friends Én Carnwadn"c Pansh Church. Thts trn will wisi its in SUPFKlrtinB athd I IK> dev¢lopitt8 the work of the Nearly New Sh)p. As things 5thTtd. 1¢ I￿￿$ lik¢ this will be the annual that I wr¢ for you. IVh¢n I wa5 called io Pollokthaws Parish C'hurLh it was in tms of 4 5-yw micwable tenure. Along ￿lth 7 other colleagues iti th¢ Glas8ow area. reviewable kIng.￿￿j in. by Dc(rmt¢r this year. 2026 will be very differ¢ni for all of ¢3

To f¢prnt myself from List year. in the middl¢ ol'such uncertainry. tl Is hard io sii'e you a 'business as usual. report. NeverthLIcs5 l again say a big 'ihank you to all ofyou who Si￿.¢ lim¢ and ¢lTi)rf. Kiik Sts$ion, C￿1￿80110nfjl PAwd. members And ￿tren¢8. J￿[ today I met nvo wple who had visild our church. Th¢y commenl¢d on th¢ warn) w¢l¢ome tha( thcy reccived. 11 all mailer5. h311 lellins. 5af¢guardin& pastordl c&e and eldcrs. viyiiq. the wcleome. arrnn8in8 athd delivering church flowers. gii'in& ￿u￿tIng and b3nkin8 Ollr rinancial olTerings. o%'erseein8 the accounis and ￿K)re. The Nc3rlv New Shop. WednLKtsy (4wn-Door n'ice, Boys Brig￿ll. Spring and Chn'sima% FavrL. ThL Iisi 819 onl I can only re￿al myself and exiend a bi8 Ibank you one and all. It is haid lo tneasure ihe impxl of all of Ihi5. bui l atn ri)nfiLknt thal il all L(Truni¥ ts)w4riig th¢ 4Udlity i)f lifL' in Pi)Ilcik%haws. Lasi year I said that the hard ihmg is figuring oui how 10 be 'creative and realiglic ai the same lime,. C'realive. OUT as a church 1% lo 4har¢ Ihe GtK)d Nem ()f J¢5ws Chri%1 and th¢ kIn￿1￿M iJfcM)d.' r¢alistiL, because w¢ know how mu<h thJn8s are ¢han8Ln Amidsl #ll ol"Ihis. l atn conflderti lh by Livd'8 grno. the peopl¢ of Polli)kshaws Parish C'hwch will f&e these new ¢iriumslanro with ijpical res()Ik¢, hum(xw and quidly 8en¢rou5 laith. To qu￿¢ a v¢nerabl¢ old h)'rn ay G￿1 'ihrou8h each perplexjng path ot'life. our wanderin8 foolsieps Buide.. Page 4

Pollokjh￿ Prih Church of Scotlnd, Gligow Trustees. Annual Report Year ended JI December 2024 Finneial R¢view Thc Fitlancial Results hhve been Prepar￿ un ¥ c8yh bayig. The prit)iipal ￿)￿r¢¢ of inc()me lo th¥ Church iy d(Trnaiicm¥ fmm i¢¥ membcr¥. Dwiny Ih¢ y¢ar ihc li)lal lrt'(Ime amouniEd lo £59,177of which £587 was in respect of re8tricred lunds. A CL)mpariwn hi8hli8hiin8 Ihe main movements iy dctailcd on Pa8¢ 10. A %tron8 ciinlrol on LxpeNliture exists within Church and il iy essential we maintain Ihts wlicy whlsl siill rr]aintainin8 our l&bric. A d¢tsiled br¢akth)wn of co919 is showTr on page I l. I￿ring Ihe yur the Longr¢galion IhTLJugh xp¢¢i81 LY)II¢Liions gAv¢ io olh¢r ¢h¥riiabl¢ orwiy41ii)llY. L4xl8in¥ IliJuK' Mi44i()n £$811 Chriii8n Aid.L2611 Rerves Policv li iy thr TTulccx' ￿)lItY lo h(Ild minirnum Teyefvc5 of approximaiely four Thmihs. ¢xpendiiure In¢ludin d¢si￿al¢d lund¥. Al Ihr y¢4r ¢rMI lh¢ C'hurch h¢ld unmir1ri￿ fundi i>t'172.759 ar¥J L4.14 1?f drni8naied Yurmly. Ai 31 tkL'emlKr 2n24 Churth hrld Rr¥lri¢t￿ fund¥ i)f £149 thi)wn in nul¢ 2. Statement of 'fruJtees' Responsibilities Thr rrKmbm. uf (hL. Kirk S¢y¥ion I C[￿￿Te￿IE1c)n#) Iloard mu¥1 prewre financial Slitementg whi4h 8ive sutlicient detail tl) LY)able an OPPT¢¢llliCln cil. lh¢ tranya¢iiony of thc (-hurrh durin8 Ihc 12nanrial ycal. The membcT¥ Ot. Ihe Kirk Stsjion Con8re8LtionAI Fk)ard are re8ponibl¢ tc)r k¢epin8 prwr Icilirds whiih. un rcqu¢¥l. mLkil reflect the finanii41 p(iJiiion ol. the LhurLh ai Ihal lim¢. Thi¥ b¢ dune k? etI￿re Ihe rinarKial %lalL'm¢ni¥ Liimply wilh ThL I'harhiie¥ and Truylee Invtxlmcni loilatKII A¢1 ?(M>.S, The c'bariiies AILvunis (scoll￿dI Rryulationy ?O(knlo4 anieTrJiyli and Ihe ReMulalioiL¥ #Ik'nl Cunytcgulii?nal Financ¢ pprovcd by ITr￿. (JLn¢Yal A*4¢mbly of Ihe C'hurch of Scoiland in •UI(i. They ar¢ al￿ T¢wn¥ibl¢ IOT I¢Buarding IhL' of the ChurLh anil mu41 ￿ke rLI￿1￿&￿Ie ¥iep4 for Ihe prev¥￿illIn l iir dllcation or fraud and oth¢r irre8ulariiiey. .Ippri&l ill hk IhL I ,Ind si8ned on iheir behalf by.. Pagc 5

Polloksh4w9 Parigh Church of Scotland, Gla$%oTh' Year ended 31 December 2024 llld¢peDdell¢ Eiamljer'i Report to the Trniteu ol POllo￿ts1￿1 P4rl•b ol Sro¢l•nd. I rqK)rl on the accounti of the charity for ihe year cnded 31 tkccmb¢T ?024 which are Yt Oui on pa8es 7 b 13. Reipectlvt rnpoD$lbllltles oftrnjteej iod e¥amlDer The LhJriiy Iw¥i¢¢y ar¢ re5ponsibl¢ Ivr the pr¢yaralion of th¢ a¢LVUthl¥ in ￿L￿da1￿¢ with thy i¢my cTrl- The C-harili¢4 arml TruyieL Invthimenl (Scoilandi Aci 21X).S and ThL C'harLIILY ALK(wnis isc(iilandi Re¥utalio•% 2(K Th¢ C-harity Tru41¢¢4 ¢onsid¢r ihai th¢ a￿11[ rwuir¢m¢ni ()r R¢¥ul81ic)n 10 111 Idl of th¢ 2(M)6 Ats'uunL¥ t)oi apply. li i¥ my r&spthnsibilily i() exAmine ihL aCL(yJnix L¥ requirLryd unik.I SL'Llithr) 4411 I lel vl'the Aci and lo %lale whether ￿n]￿laT mait¢r% have eoDK io my art¢nrion, BI￿% ofiDd¢p¢DdeDI es4ml•er'i itAtement My ¢xaminaiion is carrioj oui in &cOrd￿¢t with ReSul￿10ft I l of the 21XIfi Accourtlq Re8ulo1ioO. Art Lxaminolii)n iDclud¢g a r¢%'i¢w ol" lh¢ a¢¢ountin8 r¥YoTdy k¢pi by Ihe (￿rity and & comparison ol the a¢¢ounts Pr¢￿￿1￿(1 w'ith IhiiK r¢LL)rd¥. 11 aly) InL1￿(s LcinsidcrllllC￿ li1.4￿Y un￿￿udI ilLm% ￿ divAloyuT¢y in th¢ ¥Lounts and i¢¢b ¢Kp14n41ii)ny frvm Ll)llLYrnin8 ¥uih mallu¥. Tk pr¢Krdure¥ und¢rtakffl n¢>1 pn)vid¢ all th evidL'ni¢ thai w(iuld b¢ WUiTed in an audii and ¢I￿9¢9UCnllY I d() tyolejs an a￿111 opinion on Ibe i'iew gi¥cn hy Ih¢ aLLxiuni¥. IndependeDI eiAmlotr'8 gIAtemeDt In the ¢oupt i?l-my eximinalion. no mAi￿r has come io my alteniion l. Whiih givc5 me reagonabk ¢aus¢ 10 believe thai in any mil¢Tial T¢4rrti th¢ r¢Nyir¢meThiJ.' -10 keep actt)uThitng rryords itb j¢¢ordar￿'c wilh S¢¢lion 44111 IA) 01.the 2005 Aci and R¢8uliiion 4 of tle 2000 Ai¥swni¥ R¢gulalii>n4, and -lo prcparc accounti which in aicord with the ac¢ouniin¥ rtsord% and ciimply wilh Regulai10rt 9 01. Iht 20( Regulaliiin¥ hav¢ niil bc¢n ind. (Y 2. Tn which, in my opiniun. Jiieniiijn 8hi?uld b¢ drawn in ordcr l(} ¢n￿bIr ￿ pnipcr undcr51llndin¥ of th¢ £4 -'tsi) Page 6

PollokshAws P4righ C.hureh of Scotland. Glasgow Receipts Ind Payments Account Ytr endtd 31 De¢tmber 2024 Umrthrkned Ilen•ted Restrkned F•mds Fundi FuDdi Total Tot 1•24 Ji, ji.g 3J.7 Ltp-i C"hurtth A¢iiviiJ 8331 587 9.823 Bank I￿j rxtthit Jr&ofe 7$ I1￿$ I lJ45 TOTAL RECEIPTS PAI'MEWTS I"o•t ol th70 52.532 42.&lJ TOTAL PA)'YZNrs 67• 41.711 LU7 Ei¢w ol •v•r 4J7 .117 Pagc 7

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Pollokshaws Parisb Church of Seotland, Glasgow Notes to the Accounts Year ended 31 December 2024 l. Bwb c4 T1￿ been preFdnd on the R￿¢1￿ W Payowts bttsil in thelthoriiies tnstsrK (k"1ts￿Ji AL"12(O5. ts <'harnK¥ Ac¢(wts Regulatio￿ 21Xkn J[n￿&d) the R¢￿tIati1￿LI C IMwrg4iiLwI by the (￿nC￿l A5mbly ofthe C'butch ofkodand In 2012 represents o dMn84h Al lJll AlJlt 20 2024 (Kncnl N¢4dy New 4.￿10 35.207 52.R 151.682 J6.8 ljlJ2•1 Refiutrmhnxni Fur '0￿B (￿￿￿h F 67 705 3J9 1460}) R51rkttd t¥r•J Flin4er hu 232 587 7JJ42 P¥ryvJse ofu•retbltlYd The(je￿rnI Forthe tffi8OiD8 Wlytk Dr￿ C'hurch ul thep4ri8h fulfil￿D8 irs W1&r￿lI￿1￿9. Furoj.. The 5ettsidt fttthe mointeD#rrtofC￿￿ttsrn. Pa8r 9

Pollokshaws Parish Church of ScotlDd, Glasgow Notes lo the Accounts Year ended 31 December 2024 3. Aal)ryb Tqtsl Y￿4 2•14 2•24 2•24 2•U 23.133 23.lJ3 26.*4 &375 8J75 616 .42 Ji. Ji. 3J.712 N¢4rtyNew 4.710 Cbrkn F•yTe iJoi 587 517 518 Tu Fll￿A 705 -574 lJ74 LUJ 7.•3 Pylo

Pollokihaws Parish Chureh of Seotlnd. GlJgow otes to the Accounts Year ended 31 December 2024 Tx4 24 2•24 2•U 108 (IN￿810 CKDwIMillJstry4LxI 19. 19.X 111.7sJ 56) MinJsf"s Trnrl 12 Telc¢ot )J is 5¥ 6219 6219 7Jl? 7J12 4.771 4J04 221 3218 3.218 5.051 5.051 2.155 1155 FloWerF￿1 670 670 561 TUF4 192 YowCthLllrb Nearly Nrw 13¥ 138 551 47•

Pollokshaws Parish Churrb of Scotlgnd, Glasgow Notes to the Accounts Yelr ended JI December 2024 7. Yknknttr.sSd￿d All CtsutL'h of kxK14nd<iMye8a¢ioM ro th N•tWHwI sts￿d whKh be4rs the CO￿ ofall Mini￿¢13. ¢•sloyer's 0ntybut￿ for ￿•t￿rA1 petu1(￿ ￿XISts8 Iw (Wvj. MirdJter5' MI￿rIjs 4ff In with rwb( thle. whiL'h Is rehied to yeors ofrvKe. For￿Y￿ wHkTrrvKw the M￿Ul￿11M £Jl.642 4Jd ￿ maxinJrn sIF¢ndiin fJfth y¢ar51 £3a.x84 8. Ftstd Amtl Thc chaftly hts the rt¥ht Iv w¢UPy for It￿ Lbarithble obiea5 Certaui fixed a4tyy. wcludw8 the C'hu￿￿ D￿nSC I￿1 klls vested w the ("hvr¢h ol (ien¢rnl Trusl¢es No ¢ons￿e[al￿ L% pyable for the ￿¢ of these ExrrtThJiwre irKu[￿J M the ryir and oftheJ¢ Is chwd ay ex￿ th thE ReCtirA5 Athl a(¢%YJnt ￿ th¢ peril￿ ￿ th'¢h tht 2024 J)zJ The iLqurcd val￿$ of the Pr￿￿ & IE 31 w<re ("hurCh￿ hlls 2..Tr2. 2.698J• s￿.447 873.8 Polloksh•ws Pansh ("1w￿h of Is the purr￿ ofApplMbk twllon lrythtson INI Is th¢r•fff¢ nrt 8thjttt k) thX&iLln Its cbtht*blt re8isthd for I'AT therefore ttKbJdt wrt¢OVcrtblc wt VAT. 2024 2023 LryJwn8 MIsykJ 58¥ 264 c.bns1￿￿ A 26¥ 365 PABe 12