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LARKHALL BAPTIST CHURCH TRUSTEE REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023 S¢ottish Charity Number SC007969

LARKHALL BAPTIST CHURCH CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2023 Page Lhurctt Intormaiion Iteport ot the I rustees teport of the Independent kxaminers ayment & tr4eceipts taternent ot ￿alanCeS Notes to the Financial btatements

LARKHALL BAPTIST CHURCH CHURCH INFORMATION Trustees Bankers The Royal bank ol Scotla Palace TrMrn. Pa￿c4 GicwndA Relail Par HamiRon L3 6A0 Sollcltor Dia*oneo Leg•1 S•rrt•¥ Lld 48 Swir• Wharf Glaw G4 9TH Inde tlvnl EAamin•.r

LARKHALL BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES TIE Trustee5 are pleasvj to went th•r le[￿ ¥taterfnls of the cfrtK¢h IN the ￿ erthd 3151 DeGomLw 2023 status ol Charrty and Governing t)DCLwn•nl Larkhdl BaplL%t Church Ls esiablished by Conslrtuhtr) The chwch B a Scthish Chwty l No SCWWI ar￿ Ls I￿(￿]n￿￿o￿ by thè Inland undw ￿l￿enCe nurTty CR3KM 0 321 CharhaN• PufPOS•S and Afflliatlon aitns of the Church. alfilialed lo the 8apti8t urt￿n of Scol•Thl •r• th• ¥thr￿•r￿ent ol th• Chnsiwn lailh wimarly In LaTlfhall, alf4J Ihiouow Sc£lla￿ amt It￿ ie51 of the world by 1 wns euwteni wth Ihe Chnstkfjn Bib th• ol 89￿￿8. Indivthals and o¢hw ctwrrt4blp org4nvMIK)ns Inv(4¥e4 In Cbrion missw and It￿ rel1 ol Ot￿ nèèds TrU￿eS and Ollice Be•rer$ The Church Is Conor•Aal￿n1 In pdrv and rts dfty to day runnina ￿ uTraertaken by the OffLe Beafels and If Caufch Leadeiship IT1 Trusteesl ThE Ch￿Ch Ltthjwship comwis•8 Po810F. Jgacons and Of1￿ 8••r•rn Th• Ollic& 8eaiw8 and Tru51ees serNYl loi any ￿r￿1 during the year as Ic41rAvs Admin￿1[al0r Iwrch Leadw%hip It 31 D•cwknr 2023 Pastor ApFM)intmenl ol Trustee New Trtssiees are n(xninaled •pwntrfth by Cnwch Apwthe•B Sub￿ 10 pertsy¢ rè eledK)n norrnaty Iniee wr8 Pnor lo their Jppynimertt Tru)tees have aewj th• church irt virws rt) J t f￿lI￿r tho church'¥ Yal￿. Ils aim5 as wtll as rt$ day 10 thy oppi81th& As prl of t1￿[ IrKIu¢b¢M prffjrntM)e. Trukl••s ftre rwuiied to under8iènd I￿r 3t&lulcry rknligalinnx Achl•VeTh￿nt5 ind Perform•nEe Durin9 the year Iho Church m•t lor bsxxshlp and caiTled vaihyJ6 aclwrts in pursuit ol Ihe atxM Jlat•d aim¥ Wryship Servwwe mthle avaithble by Onliro w¢vwi lor Ihrté In lh8 r￿AdIr¥a n(1 pc•wbl•. Siwilicant hiAhlvJht¥. •¥Nii •nd 4vek•Ynt8 01 note In the ye•r Includè Iho IrA￿ng- In rdjlion lo icliVrt￿J'. The lolh)wlng YouTh) PeoW•i Gr￿p# m•ei ift our ch￿￿h U1￿r th• ause$ ol the Church and ￿0$e leaders are attached lo the Churth. ￿1￿5 Chvich. Primary Age. Crechp- pie scliod a9• Girls et¥•de R•inttri T£Jd￿r Group. OF￿ lo rnothor Ind lodtlers In Iht ¢cnmunii¥ each WednesdDy m¢rniNJ Messy Chui¢h- (wen lo all lamilies In C￿M￿nftY rnontNy SutJ•y Papo 2

Lhjring the year, the follo￿￿￿ activrties happened ReguL4r Sunday Morning Worship Services Regulir In person prayer gatherings and also ZcN)m galtrtnrwJs hehj Community Groups meet regularly In homes 1¢ study and pray We coll￿1￿j rtems for the 8lythsw￿(Xl Shoe Box Appeal In Novemi Our Children & Famity Worker ran aclivrties such a5 Craft ACt￿rt￿, Film Night. Pancake Breakfasts We hosted the annual Gala Day BBQ for everyone In the communty We hosted a Mens Breakfast In partnership vthh Hope Communrty Church Blackwood A ￿lKI8¥ Club lor pnTnary schwl ch11(Jren wa5 held beft¥e the schc¥JL% ￿tUrne(l In August Wnggly WorrrTrs, CarerlTodd1er Group Iwk tyace In our hall In the c¢Ader bvealheT when the Comrnunity Gorth ck)5ed A Nativity Trail was he￿ for families and children lo reCe￿e a gilt and meet Santa and have Our GIMS Br￿ade heid an anlheir Annual Pancake evening open lo all farnilies A Wami Space was oNered t4¥0 das5 a Yfftk Ythere any￿ In the Communrty could come In to the bJikJing and have 50UP,tea.coffee 3n¢ ty15cuils In a warrn environmenl In January and Febwary The Pastor and Children & Family Worker are Invdved In hvo Iwal schools lo holding assemblE5 etc and have tvdor￿ this Primary Sctths vi&led thè church for er￿ trf term serwKes. Transition Days. Christmas. Easter events A monthly Happy Hour group lor older folk wrth gue515pe8kers and 1￿collee 8rKJ home ￿king We i(Hn￿ wrth other churches for soinl servres al Chiistma5 and New Yeaf as well as hosting our own ser¢ices lo celebrate Easter and Chr151mas A Art Grrjjp. OarLe Exercvde, IrwJ(xY Gr￿p. Famty Dfop In Caré mt In wr hall In relalion lo Finances.. We collecled £3m upwrt Ihp Baptlsl Mis5th Sttiety Harvest Appeal £5￿ to donate lo 8amabus Aid, We collected £20010 Kilbryde Hospice We received donat￿n8 01 £5.329 from Indiv￿￿aL8 and organisalims Ihroughout the year A grani of £1133 from SLC Was rÈcewed to cover Craft arK1 Fc)J costs of Children and Family Ac¥rt￿$ over ItE Easter and Sumrner penott We gave d¢roth)ns 1¢ the Ictal Larkhall Christians TcgelheT of £1￿. Hardeeshill Ccffimunty Hub £2(K) The Church have agreed to an inrtiative lo pay for St￿￿j1 Mea￿ In two Ittal pnmary sCh￿S from Nov ￿ until end JunE 2023 In 2023 £3S73 wds paid In total lo schw& lo cover cost5 01 P6 and P7 who did nol qualify for free mea15 and £ll￿t¢￿I￿r￿S the cost of ChrL8tmas Harnpers for the tsmil￿5 01 the school children organised by the sc1K￿l. Pagt 3

LARKHALL BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES Fir￿￿la1 re¥ieT The ctyurch rec￿￿ ts fundiw •dferrys and gmrvj r4ect to Gift Ada The finarKA si&ewts fe¢1￿)￿ we set (Jt m p&ats 6 to 8 Rg¥tyrv•s IhE olthecl¥Jrch lo mawthn ￿leS1￿1&y fuThts i.e ¢ommrtlLxl ￿ ￿n￿st￿j Th15 lo•r01 (x¥Jyng th of the to be Tl Gewal and V15w Funds al 31st [￿CeMber 20rJ amounted lo r259 573 lalT2 £261.￿) and IFiswa5 aL￿￿ It roquKed a￿rrfert lo£ 342 6JJ 120T2 £ Y7 1431 Grant Making Poly church males ￿t$ frrm ts lrtked gdl Irurfreto ttwt 4 ￿e￿alty to Ihe T[usl￿& arni lfie Chuicn Tne are Trusiees. Responsits1tr5 stenxrts fnancl a true f•r of tr statt of the ch￿Ch.￿ alfa r ha¥e (ryar￿ frcffl * are wth tr xcwrtit¥J reC￿riS ol thè Church ccrrf%y reW4nl re(￿￿￿$ owe 10 that thechwch I￿1 CMtin￿ ts ac11¥rtEs re8s¢ffiaL4e xcuty al any It ¢Nwch s aTrJ eA4e Trust￿ loff6ure th financ￿ St￿er￿S ccfftFrf sect￿ S of Il Lay4 fel(xm ProwN)nsl IS¢tha￿l Aci I￿ anty IW Ch•￿5 Acccwts (scth￿l Regjlatryts Iherelnxn Tn￿lee$ also hamt reSp￿￿￿ty fot lakry slep5 a5 are IeayJ￿Y to m 10 saf£ward C￿rEh.5 a55elS arxl 10 ¢*tKt and (dher ¥rewiwtss ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES Pagè 4

LARKHALL BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EXAhllNERS TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 l the ￿(>J￿￿ rllhe lor Ibe￿ erthd J1£1 2023thKh Ar• s•tthrt on ￿95 6t<>8 Resperttye RtsPtynSltyHtsX DIt￿ Ttuèèi Exmir•rs Thè Ct4)Irfs TIust￿ •re for Ihe w￿￿[all0￿ d Iho in ¥Th￿l14￿Cts lht￿tt￿8 of t charrt￿ a T¢u%tee (Sc¢iiar￿) 2LA)5 tha ChaIrf￿ RgiilAIK)nÉ 2N Thb chaTrtv ITusteesC￿th8r1h￿ Ihe ￿L￿rt ioquiionDI cl 10(11 Idl d tha ACC￿nIS RuLtK¥ does not atth ￿ 1% my 19SWll8ltMld¥tDexBininB tbB a5 wuirthd tynd•r Éa¢￿ 4411} Icl d Ihb and 10 Stale théih•i part￿ul￿r mamérs wmg io my a￿Sn1￿> 8asls crf lTrthpendeni Examlntts. Statement Th￿ Ill FO￿ ol an uffid uTrler rffjulalion I l ￿K￿r[m￿all0￿ Includes occ4)unlit4 Iho T11151ixis atKI (rfl￿ fir1￿¢1•1 Stat￿tS w850n1￿￿th osa i¢cuds. tt •lllo Includes the f1n•r¢v41 ¥a147mefiis atQ ar8 lor Ihe wrFX4S rdlhts ier#)ll Tho rAweduigB dD n4t ¢oThsirtth¢ An aL￿rt. EAirnlt>ef' siaieinent ln ol my èxatFN￿Tr)ft. no mtter hG L%￿10 nyi gtt8n¢ I roa50nlltso cqu50 lo Ihal In r•wi Iho ioquiiom8Trt5 ' lo k•op I•￿r￿s In s￿110￿ 44111 lal dlhb 2￿5 &ntl 4 ofl ' Iv piepBrp o¢cord t￿￿COunti￿ and cyxnpty ftyulo1th7 9of th• 2 Acc￿￿15 R￿￿￿1￿)n5 boon m81, DI 2 ioknich In M¥QgIn￿ *tsnlrfJD shwld b•dr4v￿ in oid•r loqnaL48 uTrJwSLA￿jI￿g L

LARKHALL BAPTIST CHURCH RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 2023 Tothi Fundi 2022 Total Funds Rt4lvKled Unweitricknl Fund• Fund¥ RECEIPTS Ceiings Donaknon 78507 78507 78910 3288 4721 2258 91173 4721 2258 91173 Sundry 3582 Totsl Receip1• PAYMENTS 56783 56783 55275 22104 Crthr oper•knw •xp•nts 8optist Unir>n of SCO￿and 2710 7423 7877 2710 742J 7877 128 Prop•ty4nd •quiprn•nl Total Pa￿￿1 110529 $uRPLusifJEF￿lT FOR YEAR 4S26 4fj26 -24191 Movwnerrt In Bal•nc•s 5148 261998 4825 287144 4S28 291336 .24191 S￿r￿Ul i Oeficil for yelf Ipvr •lx)¥•l Ptimltled lund tiwnihr 3047 259572 2126t9 217146 P4g• I

LARKHALL BAPTIST CHURCH STATEMENT OF BALANCES AS AT 31st DECEMBER 2023 202J 2022 FIXED ASS TS Opèrty. Church PfOWty- M&n4• Fixture• & Frtlin9• Pl•nt & M•chin•ry Trtrl Fix•d AsK•tx NT ASS TS Calh & Ban 262.819 267.145 TOTAL ASSET$ 342819 547 145 REPRESENTED BY.. ALL FUNOS REVALUATK>N RESERVE TOTAL FUNDS & REsER￿s noto I noto 3 262619 287145 342 619 347.14S Appruv•d tyy th Tru•lM•

LARKHALL BAPTIST CHURCH Notes to the Financial Statements - for the year ènded 31st tyecember 2023 OIFU UNR STR OENEF 49776 107 TOTAL 286.996 -24.191 TOTAL 286.956 -21.191 237220 .24298 sur￿U￿Defi¢rtf￿ the year P•rmrtt•#tr•nslw5 ttyfrorn R•Slrtt4d FthJ5 Tr•n51er5 wthin iJn105frthd Funds LirK• foMid e 31 D￿￿nber 2022 4gJ78 212922 261.gBB 261.998 2022 2022 TOTAL 4.J39 TOTAL 4339 B•Ll￿• 2022 Suryu￿a•fjGrt lorlh• y••r Tr¥nslw Itol l tsom Gon•rnl Fw 4339 bj? 5.148 5148 5.146 l Toial B1￿c • JI D•cofflb•r 2023 267.141 267.144 8asis ol siimÈnis The Iin8ntkll Slaleftwis nave y•pvwJ ￿ • Fwwtsc••h t•wB Church IrKon Flxed Assets eirtao pr￿ty aTr1 chwch's ts1ures ￿ rfflirys we glaled at I￿ TIu5ttts' estxnite ol market vaiL ai the baèrKe ¢Jate No cthwged rffi Il hwrt•bl• pror1y. Iixtules oThJ lrttiry Equywrt pur¢i•std lu It fd Vrtlw olf a EipéThyrtUfe Account al the IirNJ ol purcl SlatemHrf ol Fm•nc￿r Activrt For wir&Jse of tt St•twwnl ol r•Je 6 to8. ¢ d•fwl R￿1r￿1•￿ Ivnd¥ Ir￿0m1￿￿Th fS lor Ihe 14th ol I￿¢ arKI specilKd f<kY a testrtitsj Ilw rws try ¢A Maintenar￿ ¢xr•Klrture to hle of Its Prrwty •wts ¥1 lo Note 4 TransKI)n dunng Its year arrwnled lo £SS 275 12021 £57 2071 ThLS Vrn5 m re¥Kd of party Chthlrw aTrJ Famity Wrxker ¥**y aThJ Pa81￿8 rel￿ to Ihe r(4v of Tnrnl¢¢