Tbe Church of SeotlaDd West GordoD (Alford, Strathdon, Rhynie) Parish Cburch Accounts for the Year Ended 31st December 2024 Congregation Number. 311912 Scottish Charity Number. SC007979 The Cburch of Scotland West Gordon (Alford, Strathdon, Rhynie) Parish Church Referentt and Administration InfonD*tion (knity Naw¢ CoDyryation Refem¢eNwBber 331912 C•Atsc¢ Addre The Church of Seotland West Gordon (Alford, Strathdon, Rhynie)Parish Cjurch Banker Royal Bank of Scotland plc Queens CrD&S Branch 40 Aibyn Pl Aberdeen ABIO IYN TrnstMs' Annual R¢pwt Yearendln8M De¢wnbw2024 STrUCTURE. GOVERNANCEAND14ANAGEMEI WestGorth)n PwishChurchof*oUaThJ Ipjlold.kntt￿ (IwealterrefeThedto asWestGothl i$a menthrofthe ChufchotScoU*KaChri5tian<￿￿1Sal￿￿Wlth its central•lmi"n1stratl(￿ olff¢es toeaied at 121 George streèL Edinl¥Jrth. EH24YN. TheadministratNe strpxbjre otthe ClucholSc£thTrJ IsRihvr*donthe ba515 of¢￿*1theath cowth*rf eloped convnlttees to lurtheriheiracts￿e$. Thel¥ghestcourtof¢he chwChatnati￿￿Il￿1lSth8 GeneraiAss•i*ly. GvmnlngDocum•rt WèstGordon is administèrwj Iw4tyin accorthKewithtr*wmsLrf• De•rtofCu*A￿ (ihwtaryFi>mil andlsa R￿stered Charfty. holdingtt*Scotiish ChailtyNOSC￿79 The CharityTwstees comrrrise theparlshml￿$I•l1iX￿i1UJm￿itThI￿Ganl) adm8Ththrs ofihe Kk* Sesslon (appointed elders). The ￿rkse$s10n atpresent is chal￿1 Interimmthatyiminijterl. Selected tythe l¥esbfteryofthe North Eastand Norii*m Isles INENII. retevanl(rftsand skiitstoallowthem tolwther Go￿$*1)rkI¥ll1unthe parish. ithder1￿ UnitaryCtir￿i￿I0n onLyelths actr4*tyserfflg(ffithe ￿rf[ 5•ss¥on ¥tchknTn￿lee The Kirksesslon in generaiteFmshas ￿￿a￿les[￿N￿l￿fty¢I*Seeiwthe spirilualaffaSrsoftheClw¢h •dthE managementolihe Or￿l1Vdb￿slT*ss on behaVofthemenknofthec(4wegati In addition, Our K(rk 5essionlomkstht m￿*￿1p01thBcrye¢ats￿ Inthatr4￿d￿￿￿gsSes all aspects aTrJ matter5 ￿rIn￿rIa1￿ee( addresslngdifferenta5ppcts 01w￿1G0TthM'S basiclile,kne•. faMcandpop*tymattw5, al)eitthese tpam5 repjrtbacktothe ￿rkse$s10nfO1finaIaw0W The ￿rkse$s10nnofflla1lYme￿oftatIeaStfi￿ occa5i0nsll￿#￿X￿theS￿￿10dO￿the M*¥￿01a￿clwrth OBJECTJVESANDACTivmES General worfd. VlestGordon fvnctions in swyrtolthe ChurdboISci)UawKI'5 ￿n￿lFIe* Vthilsta tormaimission statementhassetto b2adopted.Westlkwdonfdl¢Msth•CIMrchofSc0d￿*J'$slru¢￿[ed "Ffve Martsol Misslon". erni￿0n ol thechurch Isthe missith ol¢M51. I.TopTOCtaimthe Good Ne￿O11he ￿ngdOM 2.TOteaC￿ baptiseand n￿bE￿rI￿5 3. Tgresp￿d to hwnneedbilLY4I1*ser¥T¢e reconcl￿ation WornfvlpATha￿eMents •nd Ftywie. WeektySurKltymomirqwThthip i5￿U4fyheIdat IO¥n ir1￿* oltsllwe thuch I￿￿d[l￿ Lqd In mtaoon fromone Assis￿l0Ta mernber ol the worsNp tram. The excewlonto thlstends ￿￿￿[al￿t0 beon thef¥stSwk*ofa n￿￿th. kni as17wed SeTh*e0f￿$hlpi¥*eS plxe.¥tn W in lotsti￿troM (ffieofthethetXak￿ Theftsllrywinginlormation fvaSMps￿to1thècryK¥K￿￿￿Wl￿￿￿aCt(¥1lIls lak1￿F*eWithinwest Gofdw throughouttheyEar. The rnintster, along wtth the Parish Assistant. tn aldttlon tothelr Te5Fx)nslbllft*5 Sn lead1r￿ kbvrshlp. on￿lfie pastoral work and mcdeRting meeUn84 5eThE In xhoc4 chaplaincy arrnng*mentsat both wwnary and atadÈnry IpbElswfihinthe Partsh.thfjsas partofa team leadwsfmm (*herdenDminatlon . Anumberolthi1dren￿d wpeotAt underthe *of I7￿el￿r￿dIn clmuch tlfe. S(M￿01these Indhtdu lo￿ a SundaySchooL smallin ThJmLw. [T￿tr[￿re$￿e￿h &r#Jay.ThthilsttheYoulhGrw mad&upofJw people ofP7 andNLademyage. meet1￿mi￿￿On asaiivdayèbfnl￿ inthe clvxch halL . ManyLocalSc0uts￿￿ fyjfjdesioin inthe ser¥1￿ ol*vTshrpaswofU*r F￿¥vjP¢S Day • Follow(ngtyJr HaNesiworship. ￿ft9 olli￿￿￿saIe￿strlIX￿I0￿aIy￿llth th$ofyw￿les passedi>ntothe knGal branch ofthe Fo0dbartCh￿. el￿SWO0￿ Trust • Gl¥enthe extens￿ area Ol￿p￿1$h andlay n￿b¥01 knulwar Menwxfiab*ilhin. it rspknkngshortse￿ces of RemembranCe￿Iea￿In *letotake Flace atexh. this tn athlttion toClwvrhSeThice& . C*ristianAidWeek's doortotknr colltclstin iSSbUrecwis&Jwfthln the Parfsh. • West Gordon Guitd ￿ld reoJtarWafterrwnmeetir*L￿e a mLmthTA*Rna r•olst￿kus3tter￿L • Coffee mornings hpldon a ￿Khtyba5is in Rlfyfftlei￿rthhallI￿J 14)con1th￿th be¥￿￿￿eda5 hasthe Mo*CoffeeCiub Insuathclwrrh H ts￿ety￿￿onIoUr congytgats'ontake yeater responsThi ibtyknowerr¥irrn Episcopalchwch in I￿Ord. Scouand's HNPr(wamme. • Regularchufch news is p￿ed LX) owFxetwkpagesa￿l yjpysted tyan emailcircutstsd ￿ a largenumlxrof rKipients. hIgh￿a￿tIr￿thewIdeta1*oIThl￿v￿￿a￿£aftdTAts#r￿hIle ac¢v4itrtsi*irqplxe*ithin West The church bulld[￿alCu5hnle is wesentiyunderanOllerofS*.TAthilstac0mnMm￿gy￿ i54neanUme iookirqat ltheirabltstyto purthase the7￿cI￿rCh t￿lid1[ Th•fMw manseatmulrof F(thllsremalr¢ cm sale. General Slallstlcs At31 December 202411￿#￿4501otaO197Sfi￿thfS onu*¢rywti￿&roi￿ Tl* ￿rkse$S10n conylsed30 elders Made 13 male￿d 17female, ehlers. Jrlngtheywèsi Gth membtrathltyj l*thAtm*l. 5 w￿l4Chill￿enand la¢thl and43 funerals. The re¢Wlstteknnu4l￿1I￿1or2ty24*as heid.a5wpsfvaThMwllnspectirniat*st¥iofrec(rftstyPrtsbMy INENII. FINANCIAL REVIEW Theprlnctpalsourc¢ol lrKoTh*eaCh￿feMainS thr￿h T￿￿￿ne01011erIngStheses8lef￿reCeI￿*d bya varletyofmethod5 IncludingSt￿￿mlc￿d￿theF￿ee￿ry7lth7enr1sCl￿Ir￿. OpenPIatecontro)ulto￿ andother IN1p￿dUal￿OnaIIon$. Includiryocca5ional irKomelr(rfnVlethlir￿￿1d Funeras. Maryd(#)allons arèyeattyenha￿edfl￿•0wab11tyt0CIaOM GIftAidfrom tth)sefhthatlcMtthelr ¢¢￿IrIX￿On5to bttK)0Sted bythis method. Despiteo numbu ofmenthrsgfvr￿￿iWrU￿tM.the twgemalN(tyth* llltteDrnothi￿tcI￿ard$the (ry•iN4wovk WestGordorL As 15 the case in s0manyareasthr￿Qh0UI ￿0¥2￿J.westGOl￿S¢*S costslr*rt•Sin8M arwlarbasls. Alth¢yJghweare skn1fngè5ur￿ofÉl4732￿9￿YihQJ￿.thl$￿Kk￿sJf￿n$[erfr￿theGe￿eTaITnts18￿s ConsoUd*ed Fabwic Fund of£3iY2z￿Wthw1thIs￿*w￿Jhmh*1a defiGitof£19.189 Howrn. eLd•ts bwnqawareofthisare iooknwdatThVJS inT*thichthis shNtslrAnbe reduce¢¥Jlth a Kryow￿ It Klea b•irqremovpd totauy. Ilesems Polky WestGordon TNstees areaWarnOfth?￿fi￿K1aI￿spoRs1tMlthes. wliuAwtyar(Amdth¢ rwjfororqolw repaltsto each ofthechur¢h WOWtie5. M￿nty￿e tolhe age 01th￿t￿Ikti TheTrustees' ￿￿¢y1$￿ suffi¢l•itwwestrfctsdfwxtsth¢tyw6 ￿K￿Nh's￿opatert&W￿. Thls more than co¥ets wedlctedcostskn6m(Mrtlts NI2025of£85 apprecl*kn ththetransa¢tii￿(rfthechWCh1￿1￿￿￿rffj￿ldFW. Trustees are addilionaUyre5ponsibie lormaintainingpr0peracc￿ti￿re¢Or￿Tl￿1C￿Ur￿ request. must accw•etyrefte￿the financialp￿tI￿j c4WestGordon atthattin￿ This nwstbe dtsnetoen5we the I￿8n¢0￿1 olthe thurch otScotlar¥l in2W7. pre4*ntlon ￿￿1/ ord￿ectiOn 01fraud￿ o1lviTheg￿rI1le& ¥l(yovedtytheTrusteesaThl tr*lrbehail. Session Cler APPENDIX oscr Office of IhB knttish Charlty R&gulator Independent examIne￿$ report on the accounts Rtyort to the chw.ty nama trI￿te?$1M￿￿bQr5 of West Gordon (AIIoTd, Strathth. Rhyni8} knsh C￿Tch R•gi8l•red charlty SC007979 numb•r On the accounlg of the charity for the perlod Period end d818 01 01 21r24 12 2W24 S•t on pag•• Respectly• rMpon8lbllhl&8 of truBt•o1 and •xamin•r vAlh the twms of the Clwilw and Trustee Inve51merrt (sc￿and) 2005 Act and the Charit*s Accounts (Sco￿and) Regulations 2(K16. The ch¥ity truslees consider IhBI Ihe audit rèjurement of Re9￿atiOn 10(1) (dl of Ihe AcC￿nIS Rryu1al￿nS do85 not apply. It is my responsblltty lo exam#￿ the *counls as required urM*r section 4411) (cl of the Acl arxl Io slate Vrt￿ther partMx* matters have LY)me lo rny attention. Bath *)f Indop•ndwt Nty exami￿￿ is ￿led in al￿rdanc£ with Regulatw)n 11 of th8 Chariligs •nfflln•rf8 StaiwTrent (Sc*llarKt) Regulations 2£￿. An exaMInatr￿ irnaudes a revw of the a￿D￿ntIng recwds kept by the ch•ity and a ¢ornwis￿l of the act￿nts wesented with those recxxds. It a150 i￿lL￿leS coN%KJwabon of &)y unus￿1 items w di5c105ures in the attounts and seeks explanalrKs Irom ts Irustees conceming any such matters. The wcK*du￿s undertaken do r#Jl mide all evthnce that Mjuld be requlred In an audlt aThJ. Gcyywuenlly. I do &¥press an aLKlit Opin￿ on ￿ actwnt8. Ind•pendent gxamln•r% In the c￿r5e of my examIn*￿n. no matter has c)lln Forand on beI￿lf of theKith Sessioti 11 W t Gordon Notes to the A¢¢ounts I TTUStee Remuneration and Related Party Truuttiti A "I"rLi¢l& T￿1￿¢￿1 £1,017 ID of tyJt&8 CIHuth Offx*¥. expxes forthe yEar wue£6.805.79 2 Movemtnts kn Funds Al Igt At31Jt December 2024 ymeAts Tr￿￿(tr$ Fwids held in Bank Funds held at Edinburgh Total Funds 34.4WJ9.S2 170J39.86 -15Q723.83 - 40.￿N).00 8.085.85 J63.558.64 1.116.56 40.LKK).00 204.675.20 198.028.46 171.456.42 -156.723.83 211761.05 Represented by:" Unrestrkted Fund$ General Fund fjerte[￿ cOn￿￿70n Purpos¢s Norman Muirden Bequest Middlemass Bequests R Andemn's Beque81 A.J.Watt Bequest Reserye Fund 7J68.52 ]63.625.9J -]46.845.31 - 39.72&1KI 30.312.92 65.(KM). tIO,I)flllKb 105.iKK).¢J) i.orM).(Kl 283.(K) 100. 283.(X) ILKJ. l(KJ.(M) 3JM.39 355.61 6.458.61 655.39 3222 95 J27.05 965.07 97.93 4.732.74 480.26 79.914.48 163 625.91 -146.845.31 3.504.39 355.61 6.458.61 655.39 3.222.95 327.05 965.07 97.93 4.732.74 480.26 96.970.08 L. Garden Bequest J. Anderson TnL W. Errt81ie Wuest Int on W. EzThslie Bquest Sutherland Bequest 275.00 li Wesl Noles to tbe Accounts Parisb abordb 2 Movements in Funds {contiuued) AtA At31it Res¢rieted Funth Flower Fu￿1 Guild Eco Conrnion Gordon Mcjntyre Ly Smithts ￿ve Sund3y Sclwl Coll¢¢tion FuDd Ats 8's B￿Yo1¢￿t Benevolent Fund- Cornm￿lty F8bn"c {iocai) roolfiThyA Alford 47121 765.17 47121 fA>6.67 166.64 65.25 105.83 326.55 311.76 473.24 1.518.29 1.624.(X) 21.04 19.07 626.10 268.12 - 101.48 234.75 loo. 105.83 283.84 361.76 95.24 lJ18.29 1.624.iKI 21.04 14.07 373.30 281.IM) I.(￿. 42.71 l(M.70 I￿.00 37130 Bodminton Club Craft Group 180.IX) 175.CKI 373.￿• 281. Fourteem Devdopniffll Praise B3nd Use Youth Group F￿d Paint for R￿1 J. Burnell mortifie￿10￿ Clwity Collection IT Fund KA Mikne Bwial Fund 20.(KI 1131.57 1131.57 i(K). 360.1 360.IKI 17Q. 748.09 75.91 49l.16 49.84 1281.92 130.08 25.317.86 1569.14 42W.61 435.39 162_51 16.49 1979.64 302.36 3.191.53 0.32 334.35 1878.23 4.461.36 1014.73 1854.64 I￿69 1,234.42 15,658.04 818.55 248.83 0.21 3.348.82 0.31 79.774.57 7597.04 170.09 748.09 75.91 491.16 49.84 1.281.92 130.08 25.317.86 2.569.14 4.2￿.61 435.39 162.51 J. Fult￿ Bequest J. Fllltffl Rw*&l P)natiL 18.650.32 45.551(X) 13,821.28 8.673.83 668.81 19J19.13 45J52.00 13.821_28 8.673.83 13.294.84 35.763.00 9,476.58 5.574.24 l8,184.87 82.293.53 0￿Inary OffenD85 PJ*¢) 86.697.43 668.81 87.366.24 15 Wcst Gordo Alford Strathd Notes to the Atcounts Parish 5 of Payr4eMts F¥•ds 21ll4 F**ds FuDdJ Total Totsl 2023 21124 Cojts of generadng f￿#d$ Offerin8 envelopes 202.54 202.54 390.72 390.72 Chaiit#bJe *ctivities Givin8 for Growing Contribution PFe5bm dues inithr's expuws Pulpit Supply Other staffin8 Costs Fabri¢ repairs & maintwwice Council Tax Heat and IA8ht 43.850.fX> 3955.LKI 10.033.79 336.(M) 21.915.38 19J61.63 3J6147 21.825.74 IS.Q62.16 1529.71 4,410.89 146.(A2.77 43.850.(KJ 3955. 10.033.79 336. 21.915.38 21043.14 3.362.47 27.666.13 15.062.16 2.529.71 6.042.51 156.796.29 53.851.19 1.484.10 573. 16.229.51 27,587.07 5.050.82 9.142.50 8,715.(hl 3.445.34 10.449.12 136.528.29 1681.51 5.840.39 Printin& stationuy and postage 1.631.62 10.153.52 Governxmee tosts Jndq>¢ndeot examiner's fe 16 W tG rdon Notes to the Accounts tratbdoD Rb urch 6 Mimister's Stipelld All Church of Scotland CLwwtioDS C4Jntrikn to the National sti￿nd Fund be?￿ the cost of all ministers stipen&s and employ¢Vs contn7JutiUL8 to nati1x￿ pet￿lOn ond I￿U$]ng loan fiuMI Ministerg stipend8 are paid in occordance with the nats{x￿1 stit*nd scale. vknich is re]8ted to years of sovice. service was £38,884. 7 Colle¢tioD8 for Third Parti Christian Aid Appeals 4.770.25 1213.73 5.983.98 17 West GordoD Alford Strnthdon Rh Notes to the Accounts Parish hurch APPENDIX 2024 2023 Uiits CONSOLIDATED FABIUC- REVENUE ACCO CJosiJ]g Balance at 31 December 39.313.13 53,457.63 CONSOIIDATED FABRIC- CAprrAL ACCOUNT Cr¢dit Bolanc¢s h¢ld at 3 1st DecaDbff at cost Mod(et V81u¢ of Balanc￿ at 31st D￿e￿I￿r 181 J03.52 237.734.80 185.893.52 233,905.40 CJ05iDg Bal8nce at 31 Decemb 573.594.39 2.206.65