Polloksh*ws Parisb Cburch of Scotl*nd. 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 Polknksh*ws PJrlJb Ch*rrh of Scotl*lld C.HARrri' COliTAfT ADDRESS 223 Shawbrldge S¢r¢e¢. Gl•i8ow G43 IQN C.HARITY RF.CJJSTRATION YIIMBER SCO0668J CONGREGATION P*UMBER 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'()NGREGATIO*AL BOARD "tkfvies Kirk Se55ion Member at th¢ Con8rryalK)nal Board Pag¢ I PollokshAwy Parish Chureb of Seotl*nd. Gl•Jgo Trusteej. AnnuAI Report Ye•r ended JI December 2024 Structure, Govtrnance *Dd M*nA%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[¢$I110n and ￿m￿rI ol. Ihc con8re8aiion are ini'iied io nomin•* irMlk¥idual& are beli¢%'ed to hAv¢ the ykills and LY*Mmity)￿1 lo lontri1￿te lo th¢ rnanagffli¢nl alTair5 of th¢ rhun*. lo bts'ome m¢mbeTY 4>f the ￿)Ild. Btwd nKmb¢r4 w th¢n aprx)ioied ai the SiaiL%l Ann￿1 MeLltn¥ a ￿rI(￿l of thrtt yearj •nc* which rnu￿ *ek rt• IILilli)n 11 IhL nL'XI Stated Meelu￿. a tnJ51cc fv Fcbnwy 2024. Or8*niMtionAI Siruciure The Kirk Se4*i4)n meets at leasl six iirney * ytaT aThl is rhw'rcd by the mitiiyl¢r. The Congryiiivnal Bo¥d. nrnlty by Ihe mini*i¢r. m¢¢Lq ai 4Jprniirnaiely vwo ThTrnthly ini¢Y•l¥ al whi¢h ￿ Ini¢rim IinwKLal stalrm¢ni is submirted. A Stakd Annual M(*lin8 opeii lo all member5 15 held annually itt the elrly of tk year. The Session Ckrk is appxnled by Kirk Se55iOtt to cThMhKt ihc *lmini51ralion of the 5455iiX)'¥ re¥￿￿nSIbilitieS and ￿mIlarlY a L'lerk is lo I￿￿15*r the (.(M￿$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$b￿cry r(r Ail¢giaiioa. A C i?rigrw¢ional Treaqwrr is 4woinid lo whinister th¢ CThur¢h'y finan¢01 alTairs. with Ihe aysisiatke c>f FTee.will Offerin8 C'oni'ener at)d a (lift Aid c.i￿¥¢￿tr. A slatemcnt of xcountj iy and Ixesc•ttd for con5ideraiioTh. alieration and arfjYov•l ai a Joint mcelinB Ot" the TrnstttS. Apan from the minis*r there J one wist and cleanu No f¢mun¢raiion 10 • ¢h4rKy miy¢¢e ¢uuK¢t¢d lo a cbaniy Inul¢¢. PoUoksb*wi PArtsh of SrotlAB¢ GIMKov4 Trui¢￿. Anll•*l Report YtAr emded Jt Dtfembff 2024 Obj¢rtiv¢s And Artlvl¢les The Church of S¢oUand is Trinithrian in tk*tyitse. R¢foTnxd in tr*b"lioo s￿1 Prnbw in tx)liry. 114isis 10 lorify GCMI orn1 io w(ffk foi th¢ ath'¥nc¢mthi ofchrisl's ￿"Mg1￿m thr(AL8h￿l th¢ wwld As 3 N*ityul ¢h4Jr¢h. ii acknow'ledges a disuoaive eall 3Th1 thlry io Imng tht ordioances of religion 10 the wle in every pvish of Scotland through IcrriiLYial minisiry. li co4watrs ￿1th ￿ber churckn in I'arious eLwmenkcai b￿1¢$ 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 81*9 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 mut'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 re8pon*ibl¢ 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 l*oilatKII 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$lbllltles oftrnjteej iod e¥amlDer The LhJriiy Iw¥i¢¢y ar¢ re5ponsibl¢ Ivr the pr¢yaralion of th¢ a¢LVUthl¥ in ￿L￿da1￿¢ with thy i¢my cTrl- The C-harili¢4 arml TruyieL Invthimenl (Scoilandi Aci 21X).S and ThL C'harLIILY ALK(wnis isc(iilandi Re¥utalio•% 2(K Th¢ C-harity Tru41¢¢4 ¢onsid¢r ihai th¢ a￿11[ rwuir¢m¢ni ()r R¢¥ul81ic)n 10 111 Idl of th¢ 2(M)6 Ats'uunL¥ t)oi apply. li i¥ my r&spthnsibilily i() exAmine ihL aCL(yJnix L¥ requirLryd unik.I SL'Llithr) 4411 I lel vl'the Aci and lo %lale whether ￿n]￿laT mait¢r% have eoDK io my art¢nrion, BI￿% ofiDd¢p¢DdeDI es4ml•er'i itAtement My ¢xaminaiion is carrioj oui in &cOrd￿¢t with ReSul￿10ft I l of the 21XIfi Accourtlq Re8ulo1ioO. Art Lxaminolii)n iDclud¢g a r¢%'i¢w ol" lh¢ a¢¢ountin8 r¥YoTdy k¢pi by Ihe (￿rity and & comparison ol the a¢¢ounts Pr¢￿￿1￿(1 w'ith IhiiK r¢LL)rd¥. 11 aly) InL1￿(s LcinsidcrllllC￿ li1.4￿Y un￿￿udI ilLm% ￿ divAloyuT¢y in th¢ ¥Lounts and i¢¢b ¢Kp14n41ii)ny frvm Ll)llLYrnin8 ¥uih mallu¥. Tk pr¢Krdure¥ und¢rtakffl n¢>1 pn)vid¢ all th evidL'ni¢ thai w(iuld b¢ WUiTed in an audii and ¢I￿9¢9UCnllY I d() tyolejs an a￿111 opinion on Ibe i'iew gi¥cn hy Ih¢ aLLxiuni¥. IndependeDI eiAmlotr'8 gIAtemeDt In the ¢oupt i?l-my eximinalion. no mAi￿r has come io my alteniion l. Whiih givc5 me reagonabk ¢aus¢ 10 believe thai in any mil¢Tial T¢4rrti th¢ r¢Nyir¢meThiJ.' -10 keep actt)uThitng rryords itb j¢¢ordar￿'c wilh S¢¢lion 44111 IA) 01.the 2005 Aci and R¢8uliiion 4 of tle 2000 Ai¥swni¥ R¢gulalii>n4, and -lo prcparc accounti which in aicord with the ac¢ouniin¥ rtsord% and ciimply wilh Regulai10rt 9 01. Iht 20( Regulaliiin¥ hav¢ niil bc¢n ind. (Y 2. Tn which, in my opiniun. Jiieniiijn 8hi?uld b¢ drawn in ordcr l(} ¢n￿bIr ￿ pnipcr undcr51llndin¥ of th¢ £4 -'tsi) Page 6 PollokshAws P4righ C.hureh of Scotland. Glasgow Receipts Ind Payments Account Yt*r endtd 31 De¢tmber 2024 Umrthrkned Ile*n•ted Restrkned F•mds Fundi FuDdi Total Tot 1•24 Ji, ji.g 3J.7 Ltp-i C"hurtth A¢iiviiJ 8331 587 9.823 Bank I￿j rxtthit Jr&ofe 7$ 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 Ra .'w pnog )pDvuorsvs JVJlry•4 UO PJVWJ ZP('IL 6P1 66L'4L pryw LES'9 56 6f£ 99 ',f¥ trzoz Zgz t•t •J p•JviuTh zoz J•qw•)•a if papua J•aA 'puTIio)s Jo q)Jn4 J 4S!Jild SAiIIIIS¥OIIOd 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 tn*stsrK (k"1*ts￿Ji AL"12(O5. ts <'harnK¥ Ac¢(wts Regulatio￿ 21Xkn J[n￿&d) the R¢￿tIati1￿LI C IMwrg4iiLwI by the (￿nC￿l A5*mbly 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}) R*51rkttd t¥r•J Flin4er hu 232 587 7JJ42 P¥ryvJse ofu•re*tbltlYd 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 Scotl*Dd, Glasgow Notes lo the Accounts Year ended 31 December 2024 3. A*al)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 Seotl*nd. Gl*Jgow otes to the Accounts Year ended 31 December 2024 T*x4 24 2•24 2•U 108 (IN￿810 CKDwIMillJstry4LxI 19. 19.X 111.7sJ 56) MinJs*f"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