G•rMn Speaklng Cotsgregatlon ￿ Scotland
Registered Charity SC009066
** PENAMRD qT)pakinu fn*ar4o0atlon in Scotland **
Tru¥tees' Annual Re￿rt foi the Calendar Year 2024
Al]ns and thjectlves
we a church cotsgregatlOll* our objectlves• enahrlned In our
constitution of 1st May 1961. as JubBequently ornnded, are to procla￿¢
thÈ yo8￿1 0£ Jettu8 Chri*t as thè Wotd 0£ Cod in the strèngth of the
Holy SP￿lt and on the bas￿ 0£ the Old and Te8tawentB.
Specifically. in its pr{￿laMatiOtt OE the ￿Spe1. its pastoral care and
80cial T*￿rk. the congregat￿11 reC￿niseS it8 respon8xbility toward8
all Gerrnan-Sk*aking perscns residing permanently or tewjrarily
Scotland. holding regular 3ervices ￿ Ed￿bUr9b. Aberdeen and Glasgow.
Ad]ninutration
The Ultm￿te governug body of the Charity ￿ its ]￿a￿rShIp￿ in the
forrn of th8 Con9regatJODal A8Bemblyi which ]takes decisions at its
AnTh￿al or Extraordinary Goneral BleetlrLg8. Thè day to dav Aanaaernènt
of the Charlty's a£falr8 vested In a co]hblllttee known as the Cxurch
Councll. All Members of tbls ccxrnlttee act a8 Trustees and thus a8
£0[]￿1 of the congregation's assets on its behalf.
Ccrnmittee rneMber8 are elected by and fro]n ajwng thè AethrBhip to
four-year tenRB of office. These al￿tiOnS gerserally tak61 placa at
•Vory 88cofAd ACM in sueh a way that at each elartion apprDZillately
halt the is elect￿.
On 22rd blovember 2Q23, consent frcqll OSCR was glvèn tor us to change
our naEne to -GerJDaD Speaking congregation In Scotland" to reflect the
PTOPggd unlon 0£ out slster coThgregation in Glasgow ISC014274} with
ourselves.
Consent vas likewise given for th￿ union to go ahead by
way of Glasgow congregation beug 7rfound up oncè aLI Its assets were
traT)8ferred to UB.
Both namè eharA9è and tho unloA took e£tect de facto from January
2024, both were duly foDaa112èd at our flrst Jolnt P￿1 held on 4th
May 2024.
Memterc ?f tle cc)Tri-.tep. were-

MÈM[￿-shID Staod at 113
congregatlOD.
includir.g 20 froi thè forner Glasaow
ActLVltie8
2024 va8 a year ot ￿￿Jor tsan8&tlon for onr eon
atlon.
It began
wxth the election of a new pastor
who off icially
8tarttsd in Augu8t. Another ¥xgnificant event waB the U￿0￿ of the
EdinbutghlAberd￿Th and Glasgov congregations 18ee above).
In SuLyi TATa bid far8wo11 to pastor
nine years in officÈ.
Throughout thg. yèar, our roncre¥ari?n
celebrated ￿anY eventE acro88 all thrèe locat- on8. including
eonfinnation of nine yolltsg mèmter
Beryice at
Thanksgiving. the inauguratlon of
nc nuwerous festive
Sèrvices and activities for Easter* ac piartin, ￿vent and Christsa8.
Etoz
The bulk of our chatitttble expenditure goes t¢wardB maintalning our
property (we UATn tha church bllil￿ng and attached vonBe at I Chalmer£
Crescent. Edinburgh} and towards supp)rtiag the %h)rk of out pastors.
AccOr￿n91Y. make a sigraficant annual donation (£43 800 thks
year, Includlng T#bat would have L*en Glasgov Congregation's share) to
our parent charltyi the synod ot Gerwban-speaking Lutheran, Retormed,
and Urdited Congregations IXL Great Brita￿ Iieg15tered in England E40
266600) I which acts as fornal eD¥loyei LO OUK past913F whose dutie5
are divided brtween aDd our suter congregatlon kn N*cA8tIe.
Expenditure on property ytta1ntena￿e wa£ £ignifi¢ant thiB year. vith a
rna jor renovation of our pwnBe necessary# no signifieattt work havlAg baan
done to the property Sinee it wa.8 bullt in 1966.
The change of pastor
presented an ideal opportunity for thi5. but the duration of the works
(which continued Into 20251 wjade it necessary to house the new pastor
and his family elsewhere tellwrarxly. We were eble to rent a flat fto]n
the Church of Scotland for this.
rn keeping with tsadition. 201 ot the picteeds of our fundrai8ing
event of the year our annual thristmas Fair. la Sum of E5001 was
donated to a local charity (th￿ year the Edinbllrgh eharity Fresh
Starti. other charities that SUp￿rted by way of collections frc40
servlce8 Included unlcef Christ￿ll knd, the SalvatlOD Armyi and
dlmburgh City Mi381011.
R*#*rve#
05Jf total reBerveB amunt to akyroxuDately £1,685k.
hè elJntr￿ttOQ règularly JK*llitorg th• leval 0£ reBaryaB.
The year 2024 8aw a deficit of circa £188k.
For the Trnstees
(Hon. Treasurer)
30th tseFcewber 2025

Gerwi-speaking Congregation In Scotland
I forrnerly
G8rnan-Spaking Congregation in EdiTthurgh and Aberdeen}
Registered Charity SC009066
Receipts and Payll￿nts Account for the Year ended 3111212024
Aecelpt8
2024
2023
la Mewbership subscriptions
Ib Collection8 lown purp08es)
Ic ColleetionB lexternal purpoBe81
Idl Donatlon5 (use of hall)
Id2 Donations {guest room)
Id3 Donation8 l other)
le FundraI8ing 8ale8
2a Rent
Grants
4e Relmbur8ements (heating etc)
7702.00
1693.50
1745.91
5211.00
570.00
1163.42
2564.07
3432.50
2192.53
1050. 00
9197.00
1719.41
1539.18
3845.00
839.32
710.00
2106.47
2604.75
2384.00
1800.00
Receipts
27324.93
26745.13
Payment8
2024
2023
staf f (cleaner, orgazkl8t)
3b Council tax
3c In8uranee l•xeludlng carl
3• Repair8 and maintenance
3f Electricityw gas, and water
3g Inventory purcha8•8
3p Temporary manBe
38 Man8• renovatlon
4a Motor •xpn8e8 Ilnc. in8urane•i
4b Other travel
4c Postage, of f Ice
4d Telephone. Internet
4e General parish work
5b S￿l0d contribution
sc External collectloD8. donationB
3260.00
2188.48
1332.74
2730.91
4288.06
1549.78
7255.28
138048.60
1649.53
7JO.73
192.38
3417.79
3657.16
43800.00
1067.08
3270.00
2341.50
127B.18
5229.00
3842.76
99.99
4744.56
797.87
540.77
444.36
3470.50
2228.19
20300.00
1669.42
PaymentB
215168.52
50257.10
Surplu8 (Deficit)
1187843.59) 123511.971
All funds are unréstricted.

stateTrent of Balances aB at 3111212024
Funds Reconclllation
2024
2023
Cash at bank at Btart of year
Surplus (Deficit) for year
FundB transferred from GlaBgo¥
220076.84
243588.81
(187843.59) 123511.971
428955. 29
Note 5
Cash at bank at end 0£ year
461188.54
220076.84
Bank BalanceB
current ACC￿￿£
461188.54
220076.84
Inve¥twitz
Aberdeen Standard Life ￿￿t
591601.34
565725.25 Note 2
oth•r
Church bulldlng
General content8
ManBe
Motor caz
1137472
61743
462716
3927
1099007 Not• 3
58525 Note 3
447068 Note 3
3927 E4ote 4
Notej i
l) All fund8 ar• unr••trict•d.
21 Shown at publ*sh•d unkt valts•o at y•ar •nd.
Orlglnal acquls*tkin coat kn 1996 was £lOOOOO.
31 Bulld*ngB azxl c¢)ntont8 8h(r4n at In•uranc• valu?.
41 Car 8h¢Mx at hair 2018 valuatloj), b•*ng 50• eo-owned
our $*8t•r eongregatlon In Gla8go¥.
Orlglnal acqulsltlon cost 2016 was £13195.
S) Yhis funds transfer ia in connection with the W￿rgIng
of thtr GerThJn Spaklng Congrègation In GlaAgo¥ Isc0142741
nto th• Inty41 G&rnan Sp8aklng Conyr•gat&on In Scotland.
For the Tyustees
Hon Tiea5urer I
2nd SepteThber 2025

Indewndènt ExamIn￿'S R•port to th• Trnst•es of th•
Gerrnan Speaking Congregation in Edinburgh and Aberdeen
Scottish Charity number SC009D66
I r?￿rt on the accounts ot the above charity tor the year ended 31st
Decertier 2024 wh*ch are Bet out on the attached pages-
The charity's trustees are res￿n￿lb1e for the pteparatloD of the
accountB in accordance with the terjns of the Charitie¢ and Tru8tee
Inve8trnent (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts (Scotlandl
Regulation8 2006.
The charity trustees con2bider that the audit
requ&rerent of Regulation 10(1 l (dl 0£ tbe A¢¢ounts Regulat￿￿2 doés
not apply.
It my responBibllity to exaThlne the accounts a8
requ&red under 8ertlon 4411) lei of the Aet and to state whether
particular ￿tter8 have Comè tr• ay attention.
exajllinataon is ettrried out in aeeordane• wlth Regulation 11 of the
Charltlés Account8 Iseotl&ndl RègulatÉon8 2006.
An aXa￿natIon
xncludeo 4 revx•w ot the a¢¢gunexng recozdB kept by th¢ ¢h•rity and
compari8on of the account8 presented with thooe records.
It alJo
ncludeo ¢on8ld•ration ot any unusual it•m or dl8elo8ure8 the
accounts
and Beeks axplanations trca th• tDJ8teeJ conetsrning Ouch
matcerB.
rhe procedures undertaken do not provld? all the evldenco
that rnuld be requlred In an audlt, and consequently I do not expr8BO
an audlt oplnlon on the vl8w glvon by tho •ecotsntA.
In ehe courBe ot my exanlnaelon. no Jpatter haB cone to my attentlon
which glves r•a8onabl• eau80 to ￿lIeV• that any JThat•rlal
ra8wt the r8quir8m8ntB Ito keep aecountltsg reeordg In aeeordan¢•
th S8Ctlon 4411) Id) ot the 2005 Act and legulation 4 of the 2006
hceountÉ Règulatlon•. and to pr•par• aecount8 whleh accord v*th tho
ccounting r•cord8 and collyly with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts
Regulation81 havo not baen wet. or to whicb, in wy opinLOD, attention
should be drawn order to enablt a propér undér8tandlng of th•
accouDtE to be reached.
Nam• i
Addre8
Signat
Date=
Z(oloql202