The Church of Sc()tland Stoneykirk Parish Church R Tr'('Tr"IP'I'4i.IND I'..II'NIF-N'l"¥i.IC"('()I;N'r6 C onkirc'kialion No: 01)l}S23 C'haril% No: %{' I￿7546 RecciplN #nd P¥vment$ N.B. Pl¢x4Je rcad the (Juidance Notes Ileference and .4dmini%lralii'e Informaliun Lharits Name. Sionth kirk Parish C'hurch IL'hui¢h of %cotland Charilv RL'gii¥iraiii?n Nuinber.. SC007i46 Longreg)aii(In RLlerence No. 09115?" Coniacl AddrLSS Bxnkers Ro%'al Rank of Scotland. 15 BridgL Strcci. Stranraer. r)G9 7JA 'rruslees' ..Innual Report l ear ended 31 1)ecember 21)24 truclure, lJl)i'ernance and Ilanagement (vol'erning l)()cumenl -rhe Church 1% admini%ler¢d in accordance i%'iih the tern15 of ihc Deed of L onslilulion l UnilaTh' fo Recruilmcnt and .41)1)ointmenl of -I'rustees MLmhLr% ot- IhL' Kirk SL%81()n ar¥. Ihc chariii. truslLYs. ThL K irk SL'5511)n mLmlK'rs arL lh¢ ¢ldLrs ol" kiie Lhurch lind ,If¥ chi)%L'n Irom IhosL mLmhirs ()I' IhL' Lhurch ii'ho are LonsiderLd li) hail. IhL appropriate gilli% hiid skills. 'I'hL niini%lLr. whi) Is a mcin￿[ i)l- IhL kirk SLS%I()n. Is LIL¢l¢d bN' IhL LollbFrebyalion and InduilLd liN PrL'sbvlLry l)rg#ni*i#lional Structure 'I'hL K Irk SLSSI()n which is mod¢ral¢d by the Minister i Inierim ModL'raior m¥'¢ls Iii'L' lim¥S a is rL%P()nsible liTrr civil and ¢cc1¥5ia.slical mallers ￿'ithIn IhL church Cenain r¢sP()nsibiliiies arL delLbalLd () thL I. inancL L'omillillLL', Mi%sion and ()utr¢ach L cimmiii¥X". F undraisingT and Social Lommiii¢¢ and (h¥ PropL'ni L'oininillLL as i)ppropriale. ()bjeclii'es and .,Iclii'itie 'rhL Q'hurch ()I' Scotland is Trinilarian in doctrinL. Refomied in Iradilion and Presbi'lerian in pol-cy. It LXl%t% to bilorif), (iod and io H'ork for the ad￿ancL.rnlnI of Christ's Kin&,dom Ihroubhoul the ￿1}r1d. a n¢lt onal Church. it aikn()wlLdbie% a dislinLlivc Lall dull, 10 bring thL Iirdinances of r¢lig>j()n lo IhL' FL'upIL' in tVLry P&tri5h ()I' S¢c)Iland Ihroubh a ILrrilorial ministry. It c(FOFL'rates wilh uiher LhurchLN in ￿arIOuS LYumLni¢al budiLS in Svi)Iland and k'yond. 'I'hL' C()nbif¢biati()n lul lils ils iibJecti%'LS bN' carr)'inb> Out the lolloi¥ing? acli%'iliL'S". WLLkly %LfviLLS hL'ld in the l)Jrish church. encourag>emLnl of acliviliLS for all ag7es. Cyuild mec11￿?￿. Bihlc Study and giroups r()r senior mL'mbL'r% %(?cial LN'ell15 Nuch aN r¢lrL%hmLnl% dfier sen'ices. helpinL mLmbLrs in IhL community with S￿¢La1 n¢xd8 such as IhL' eldLrly. Mission and oulreach work including? a Lafe, FL)i)dbank. Lommunitv l.ibrary, Film Nighi.s and Holiday Clubs Achievements and Perf()rmance A ScrvicL of Inlri)duclion i¥'a.s held in Apnl and ￿'C i¥'elci)med RL'i' Stephen Ogislon as our nLi¥' miDi51er. MLmbL'rs i)f thL' Kirk %¢s.sion have conipletLd a Worship Leaders CoursL" and indi%'iduals hai'e conduclcd and takcn part In Lrvicc% RelrL%hmLnls continue lo bL seTr'Ld folloii'ing) al I morningF SLrvices. Addilii)nal spKcial setvice5 IVLre hcld ai F.a8tLr and Christmas and Ihere were three joinl services ￿.]lh our Linked Cong7reg?alions. A.% parl of oulreach lo the local community. a well allenthd DroTrin Cafe 0￿[aleS WLLk.ly proN'iding frcv rLlre%hment5 lo all. church membcis and members of thL I(Kal cominunitN'. A Knil lind NJ(ILr Gioup now also Imeets WLekly. Our minislcr Is chaplain to th¢ local Primar! School and ihe school h&$ visited the church for a v*iety ol. sLrvices aiid c￿LntS. A SumrnLr I lolida}" Club li'as 1)rbyani%L"d bi. IhL Truslees and pro% Ld lo be a good example of mi.ssion. r¢dvhinLI children with no church connections. A Family Film Night was introduced in the Autunw and proved i() bu a gFrLat success with oker 50 attendinL? Ci)Trg¥reg?alional oigianisati()nslacllkili¢S include Ihe -li)%k¢rtcTrn Club. a Llul) for Ihe i)I'Lr 60.5 In lil. ari, hiLh ecis monihli. i%'iih srL'ak"Lrs, 1)utingJ% and lunLhLS. I"hL (Juild Jlso MLLIS moiiililv aTid siipp(in% nJtic)nJl iLnd l(?Lal hariiies and IhL' ( iuild Pri)ILcls ThL"! al40 K isii ihL Ic)cal L arL Flome lor sen.Ices. .4 l. elli)Ii.4hip'14iblL Siudi. LTruup mLLls evi.￿, ti¥1) Iveek% ￿1LMbL.rS of ihL church and local ci)mmuni15' makL' USL ()l- IhL ILiidiiig IilraTh' wiiliin IhL church buildin¥ l.. undraising, social aciii"Ilies Include thc Whil Il"iekend Tearoom. Thl "l-ruslees ¢nL(iuraLTL' LC)iirKrJliiin i%'iih other l(Kal Liri)ups 14.ho brinLi benefil lo ihe local i()mn&nii) l i¥0 Wl Froup% (Ind Ihu IIK(Il L oinmiiiiiii, C i)uncil also mecl In Ihc pr¢mises -I'hL aclii'iliis of ihL Eihins Qhurches Basics Fo(Kl Ilank ari promoted and thLre Is an opp)rtuOili' iieLLlv for meinbers to ooniribuie lood%lutTs lu the bank. This hds b¢¢n panicularl¥ iinw)nani duriiiLi Ihe pJs1')'¢ar MLinbers of IhL LiTrngrLbialii)n arL In¥ 01% Ld in ihL da!.'_Ii)-dai' 0￿ratiOn ol. Ihl Food Flank In MdN IhL IiingrLoalion ￿'aS g7ifted a nei4. ii'aler heaiL'r In ihe churLh hall kilLhen. All Ihl woik ol- the Q'hiirch Is encuurdbjed dnd i)ri)mi?Icd ild a regular Nl￿.$1eltCr, and vi4 Social Mcdia l FacLbook I ServiLe% ure recorded e%'er¥' Sunda!. and madc aiailablc io members unable lo allend ￿urCh. Tr-inAncial Rei'iem, I'hL principk21 source of incomL Is W"eLklN' OIYeiings_ li is hoped io hai"e d Steis"aidship PiogJrdmn* In ihe Loming )'ear Planned fundraisingj actii'ilies included th¢ dnnual W hii 11-eekend "I car(x)m. Policy It is IhL' -l-iu%tees' polici. 10 hold r¢ser¥'es up lo appro¥imalel!" SIK monih% c￿r￿ndItUre inLludiiig) designalLd funds. Ai the %'Lar L'nd ihL Church held unresiricied cash lund.s of £ J l Y66 nf i¥'hi¢h £ 481 ? had P￿Ln d¢3sigiialed lor ih rabric fund. This IcaN'L8 a halance i)r £ ?714 ilhich Is in line ikiih our r¢ser¥L￿ policv. Statemenl of Truslees, Responsibilities The members of the Kirk SLssion musi prLpai¢ financial s￿lements 14.hich gJiN'e SU￿lL]en[ deluil to enable an appreciation of ihe transactions of th¢ Chuich durinLI the financial ￿'car. The mcrnbers of lh¢ Kirk. Sessiiin are responsible for keeping prO￿.r accounling records i¥'hich. on request, mu%1 rcflLxl ihe finanlial posiiion of ihL Church al that time. -fhis must be done Ic) ensure Ihdi ihe linancial 51alements coniplN' i¥'iih ihL Charilivs and 'rru.%l¢L I nvL%ttnLnt (Scoilandi Act 2005, the Charilics Accounts (Scotland J Regulations ?006 and lh¢ Regulations Ancnt CongrLgaiional Finance approi'ed bi, the General 1l55¢mbl) vf ihe ChurLh ol" Scotland in 2007. The!. arL also TeSFa)nsible lor salegiuardinLi Ihe assets ofihe Church and TllU5t tdk"L" i&qsonable sieps for the pre￿enli0n aiid or det¢clion ol. Iraud and othLr IrrLLJulariticg. ApprnN'ed bi. the Tnirtee% l< nd Sioned on iheir behalf, Se¥sion C'lerk Dalc. Slonevkirk Parish Church SC.. 007346 Indeiiendent ExaJiiiner'% Ri'iiurt tv the Trustei's of Stonei'kirk Parish C'hurch I rLpiirl (?n IhL acL()unls 1)i- IhL chdril!. li)r IhL VLaf L'ndLd 31 i l !,'?1)?4 ￿,h)Ll] arti 4L'I i)ul i)ii paLJLS 7 Iiw I l. Respectii'e respon8ibilities of truslces and cxaminer ThL' Lh&iriii' s IruslLe% 11fL fiSPi)n%iblL Ic)r ihL prepardlion of the aLLOUllt% In dLLI)r4JanLe ￿'1th I ierm% ol- Ihe ('liarili¢% and '[ ruslu¢ InvLslIiienl l %¢()ilandl ALI ?11115 and thc C harilics Acci)uiils I Sc(Iilandl RcLiul•lions ?UO6. The c liariti Irii%lees Ll)n%iclLr Ihlil the Liudil reciiiiremenl i)f ReEJiil(Il ji)n I Ill I I I d) i)l- IhL ALlI)IiiII% nc)l (Iiiply li Is In! ri-%PI)1isihi I Ilv Io LX¢iiminc (hc dLCI)Iinls a% rLLILiifLd iiiidLf %Lclii)n 4411 I i L I Ill. IhL ¥lLI cincl i() %li)IL i¥hL'ihcr P4inicular mailers LOML l() m J. dllLIIIIOII. BA8is of in(Icpcndent eillm incr's .8tAtemenl Mi, L'N&lliil n'il iiin IS iiirri¥il iitil 111 dciuILldiiiL i¥iih R¢biuldlicTrn I l ul. the L'hdrilic4 AILuunl4 {%Loil￿1dj Rgbiulalion '>llllh. Ai) LKdTii Iiiali(111 Illl ludL's a rL'VILW ¢)r IIIL iild be rLqLiirLd I n (In uu(lil, (Ind Li)nSLLILILnil J. I d() niil L'Npru%S hn F TIIF. C'()NC' RF-C'..%'l'ic)r BI. TIIE (-111 R('II I)Tr SC'()'1'1..4ND C.Tr"NF-R,11. l-Rl &i'l-l-.ES 2n24 2023 C"tlPI-I-Al. .4('C'()i'N-r Ciedil I4alanc¢s held al 31 December ai cost 1 $9511 I S9_$0 REVENIIE ACC'OIINT Credit Balance al .) l December 23714 TEMPORARI, AC'COiINT Credit Balancc ai 31 December tonl'i'kirk Parish ('hu rch i)tc's Iii thc. ..Kcci)unl C-hurch of Sc()tlancl I I"ru%tee RL'M uni'r#tion and Rel#ted P#rt>' -I'ransaclions. No irusiee r¢c¢ii'ed a remun¢raiion during) the year. Ni) IruslLL or a r￿[sOn relaied li) a Irusiee had an! tLrsonal inlere51 In an). c()niiact or Ir&qiisaLlion LnlLred Inii) bi. Ihe Lhanli duiinLY thL N'L'ar Nil IrusleL' fLLeii'ed ani eKsknsLs diiring IhL N'ear 2 Nl01'ements in Tr-unds. At 3J l)eL' 21124 2024 Receip1% Pai'menl8 ransfers [' nri'%triitt.d Tr'unil 'dbriL l- und l )L51bJn(Iied 47x6 GLniral l.'und ?{} Jil5 411971 341?4 ?71S4 'I'(Ital b'un(ly 41V)9 34124 31466 )%LS (TrI- I)LSI Inated fund 'abriL l und. 'I'hL IrustLLS have SLI aside funds for IhL mainlLnancL of ihL Church l)ri)PLrty. ' und4 held b), other ()r%ani4Mlion¥ wiihin ihe ('hurch Sunda}, School Cjuild Ti)8keri()n Qirciup 596 1745 7?6 1541 961 129? 361 1990 All c.hurch ol'.%i()IlJnd c(InbifL¥byaiion% contribute 10 ihe Naiional SiiEYnd Fund which bears the Costs cil. all mini%t¢rs' %tiFxnd% and Lmplo}'er s ci)niribuiions fi)r naiional insurance, Fxnsion and housinbT and loan fund. Mini%tLrs stipL"nds are P&iid in accordanLe i¥'iih IhL national %11￿nd scalL. ii'hiLh is rclaled Ic? }'Lars 01. sLrvice. F()r the vear undL'r rci'iLl¥' the minimum stittnd ￿'aS £1164? and Ihe maximum slipend l in the li fth and Sub%equLnl years) £188X4 10 Stoneykirk Parish Churches General Fund Budget Predictions for 2025 Bvdgel 2025 Actual 2024 INCOME FWO Scheme (Non Covenanle(Jl Deeds of Covenant & Gift Aid Donations Tax recovered on Covenants Ordinary Offerings Income lo Pay Mission & Aid Oiher Offerings & Donations Grants 2000 12000 3500 3500 1572 11460 7580 3718 SWO 10804 26WO 35134 Other General Income 5LK)O 5839 Total General Income 31000 4097 EXPENOITURE Local Ministry National Stipend Fund Allocation Less Endowments & Glebe RenlslAI Locum charges Minister's Travelling Expenses Pulpit Supply 18000 15318 3149 1118 1500 1500 21000 19585 Mlsslon & Wlder Wo Mission & Aid Fund Alloealion Presbytery Dues Outieach 700 300 1000 568 568 Local Congr&gational Purposes Salaries Healing & Lighting Council Tax, Rates & Insurance Photocopier Upkeep and Sialionery, Advertising & Sundrio.. Telephone Fabric Repairs & Maintenance Organ & Piano Maintenance mis￿lIaneoUS 2500 3500 2304 3354 2622 400 500 2000 392 439 4003 15tx) 135CM) 857 13971 Total General Expenditure 35500 34124 IDefieitVSurplus 4500 6￿9