LIMEFIELD UNrrED FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND WEST CALDER Scottlsh Registered Charlty No. SCIX19118 CONGREGATIONAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR TO 31" DECEMBER 2025 Principal Place(s) of Worship and of Congregational Activities Church Address 8 Umeileld Road We81 Calder Wesl Lothian EH55 8BQ LIMEFIELD UNrfED FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND Congregatlonal Report and Accounts Year Endlng 31" December 21Y25 Pa Content8 Trustees, Office Bearers and Members ol the Courts of the Congregatlon Congregatlon Report Report of Ihe Independenl Examiners Statement and Movement of Balance8 on Congregational Funds Notes to Financial Statement Flnancial statement: Receipts and Payments. all Funds Supplement Sheet aThJ Notes LIMEFIELD UNrrED FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND Office Bearer5. Trustee8 and Members ol the Courts ol the Congregatlon Serv5ng durlng Year Endlng 31st December 2025 Offlce Bearers S8ssTron Cle Clerk to Deacons Cowt Treasur Mr William Pumell Mr John Dewar Mr Renner Mbireaye PropertyTrustee$ Clerk to Deacons C￿rt Session Clert( Treasurer Mr John Dewar Mr William Pumell Mr Renn8r Mbireaye Kirk Session Interim Modeiator Mr Duncan Whitty Session Clerf( Elders Mr W Pumell Mrs P Booker Mrs J Smith Ms A Gardiner Mr R Mbireaye Dea¢on8 Court Interim M(Klerat Clerk Elected Members Mr Duncan Whity Mr J Dewar Mrs M Dalaney Mr J Mutter Ms K Wilson Highlight Resignations/ ApFM)intments during year Bankers Independent Examlner ..The Royal Bank of Scotland...... Mrs H McLean Congregatlonal Report Year to 31st Decembor 2025 1. Conslftutlon and Prfndpal Actmtles of the Unlted Free Church ol Scotland The United Free Church of Scotland. v￿th all the Churches of the RefonnatK>n. acknowledges as its Suprème Standard. the Word of God ¢onlained in the Scriptures of the Okl and New Testaments. The Church holds as its Subordinat8 Standard the Westrninster Confession of Faith: by its Declaratory Acts, it recognises liberty of judgement on points of d¢)Ctrin8 which do not enter into the substance of faith: and it claims the light as duty may require, to interpret. add to. modify. or change her sul)ordinate standards. under the promlsad guidance of the Holy Spirit and with a direct responsibilty to her Lord. The Church approv8S the emphasises of the Dedaralory Acts on the love of God for all mankind, the fr8e offer of salvation to all. the obligation ol the Universal Church to make known the Gospel throughout the world. and the renunciation of coercion. persecution arKI intolerance in matters of religion. Accordingly, this church accepts the obligation to wilness to th8 truth of the Gospel and to sefve men in the name of Christ with regard alike to thèir spiritual and material welfare. both at home and overseas. 2. Respon8lblllt1•8 01 th• congregatlon As a Congregation of the Untted Free Church of Scotland Ihis Congregation is under the jurisdiction and oversight of the superior ¢ourts of the Denomination i.e.. the Presbytery of the East (in which this Congregation resides) and the General Assembty of the United Fr88 Chur¢h in all matters pertaining to bts spiritual arKI temporal (including financial) affairs. It seeks to exercise these obligations within its fellovtship and to the people in the Community of which it is 3. Responsibilities and Appolntrnenl ol Office Bewers All matters affecting the spirttual well-being and ￿der of the Congregation is by exercises by the Kirk Session of this Congregation. The lQ'rk Session consists of its Pastor/lnt8rim Moderator and ruling elders. Al temporal affairs (including financial) of the Congregation are administered by the Congrègational Boar(YDeacons Courvcommittee of Management ot this Congregation. The property Trustees of the Congregation are the Ex offic￿ Office Bearers named ￿ page 2 01 this ReporL The Pastorllnterim Moderator ol this Congregation is apFointed by the Presbytery of the East. Elders, elected in accordance with the Practice and Procedure of the United Free Church of Scotland, along with members. elected by the thgregation at the Annual General Meeting or at a meeting of the Congregation Spe￿ficaIty called for that purpose. from the Congregational Boarth Deacons Courtl Committee of Management Olke Bearers are appointed by the Courts which they seNe. All offices of the Church are open to any member in full cc*nmunion. Each Congregation appoints 81ders to the Presbytery and to be Commissioners to the General Assembly. "Presby18rianism' Mear￿ the govemm8nt of the Church by elder& confimi the oThJong of 8er¥ices of ￿￿rnhip. prayer and bible study. Also, on Sundays we hokl Sunday School. in the momm￿. The V¥t)men's Association holds meelngs in the church hall, and an oltn door throUgh￿rt the year hold coffee days throughout the year also the pastor visits the Sick and eldetty. We also do monthly Sery1￿ at Burngrar¥Je Care Home. Although, CoviJ.19 had a grip on ¢I￿reh atte￿1•)[ we s(*Ybe of the I￿ ones. We tharlt God for his mercies in Jesus ch￿ N*ne- Amen. 6. Flnanclal Slatsm•nts and funds In accordance with the Charities and trustee I￿estMe1tt {Scollend) Act 2(M)5 The 2005 Act arxl the Charities Accwnts (ScoUarKI) regulations 2(Th (Ihe Regulation) and being a charity with an annual gross income less than £100.000. th8 financial Slatements of the Congregation set on pages 7 to 9 consist of a statement of Congregational FwKls and movement thereon during th8 Year ending 3111 Decwnber 2025 and details of the Re￿Ipts and Payments. (Dtht), arKI Net Movement on funds (kjring wilh supplementary notes there where appropriate. Brief summary of financial posilK)n for ts year tofftr with mediL¥n of any significanvextraordinary items and any significant outsl*Klww iic¢JmelexpthJiiure which might irnpact upon the yearerKI financial positN)n as shP•rty Land and Property consist of Church, Churth Halb, togther with fith"r4Js arKI fumishin (indudirKJ communion. and other e¢desia￿￿ artides). se are held as functional property forthe use of the Congregation in fulfilling its aims and mission and in vthich ts adivities are carried Ixrt aKI not for In￿ent or for resale. No martet value has been plac*d on these assets. 8. Inthpandont Examlnor In aCCo￿ance with the tsrms of Ihe 2005.. Ad Section 44(1)(c), and as a Charity falling und8r the regulation 9, of The Regulations., arKI not required to carry out an audit urKler Paragraph 9 (4), An IndeperKlent Examiner has been appointed in acc¥)rdaw* with regulatKin 11 of 'The Regulations. to ￿rry out a competent examination of the Report and Financial Statements of the Congregation. The Inde[￿thI Examinefs Rewt for th& year lo 31st lJec8mb8r 2025 is on page 6. 9. Approval of Congregallon R•port and Flnanclal Slatsmthts The Congregation Rewrt and Financial statem￿ were approved by the Congrtyati¢)nal BoardlDeacon8 Courtl Klrk S•ssion and Conxnlltae ol IAanagfrn￿nt at their meeting 2026 and by the Coryregation at the Annual C*neral Meeliffj held on 2026. The Office Bearers aulhonsed to SI￿ the Report arml FinarTh stat￿nt M b8half oftho CorKJregation. Suned......... .. Mr D. ￿ltty Int•rfm IAod8rator Signed......... .. Mrw. Purrnll Klrk S•sslon Clerk Swned... Signod......... mrJ￿ww Clerk to DMCOMI Court Troa8ur•r Date..............22" February... 2026... (i.e. date of Annual General Meeting) of Lknefi•ld Unlknd F¥00 Church of Scoll•nd I report on the Report arKI Fiiancial Statemenl of the CoThJregatK)n for the year ended 31st December 2025. which are set on pages 3 10 5 and 7 to 9 Th8 Coreregation's Offic* Bearers and Trustees are resFKM￿bre for the preparation of the Report and Accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charityes arKI Trustees Investrnent (Scotland) Act 2005 cthe 2005 acr) and the Charities A¢¢ounl (ScotlarKI) Regulations 2W6 (as am8nd8d) (Yh8 2006 regulations) The Congregation's Office Bearers arml Trustees c£)nskler that the Requir*nents of Regulation 9 apply bth not those of paragrath 9 {4) of the Accounts Regulations. It is my responsI>￿Ity lo eXan1￿ the Rep(xts and Finan(8 Ststements as required under section 44 (1Mc) of the 2005 Acl and to state whether particular mattern have cx)me to my attention. Basic of independent exam1￿￿8 statemert My Examination is carried txrt in accordancA with regulation 11 of th8 2(Th Rwlations. An examination indudes a of the 8c¢owrtirwJ ￿0￿1$ W by the Crmgregation and comparison of the report and accowrts presented with those re(¥)rds. It also indudes consideration of any unusual items or dIscJ￿1reS in the report accounts. Seeks explanations from Ihe office ￿are15 and trustees c4)n￿nIng such matters. The Pro￿dUreS undertaken do not provKle all the eV*jen￿ that w)uld L* required in ￿ audbt, (x)nsequently I do not express an audit on the given by the le[￿rt and acLwn Independent Exam1￿15 Statement In the course of ffly exarnination. no matsr has CLvne to my attention. 1) Which reasonable cau8e to believe that i) any material resF*ct the requirements? To keep ac(x)u)tiig Tecwds in ac(¥)rdance Yrith se(aion 44 (1Ma) of Ihe 2005 Ac* aTrJ Regulation 4 of the 20(￿ Regulations arKI To prepare report accounts ￿th1¢h accord with tr* accounting ￿COrdS arKI complies with RegulatIC￿ 9 of the 2LM)6 Account Regulat￿ have not been met, or 2) To whith, in my opinion. attention Sh(￿k1 be draym in order to ￿able a propor ￿derStandIng of the Report and FIn￿CIal Statern￿ts to be re8earched. Signed.. Name.. 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UMEFIELD UNrrED FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND Supplementary Sheet and Notes - Year ending 31st December 2025 Note Detall8 of Recelpts Nots Deta118 01 Payments 1. Olferlng8- Other Thanksgiwng General 866.22 4. Salaries Church Worker Cleaner(s) Gardner General 3,880.68 630.00 86622 4.510.68 2. Exlra Ordinary- Recelpt Legacy William Foster Rent General 5. Other Payhnents Repairs General 8,775.50 8,TT5.50 £ 2,844.00 £ 1844.00 3. Donations Church Organisation Others General 101.75 729.47 831.22 Evenlhough. Church atlendance is poor, those preseni give ggnerousely. We thank God lor his mercies - Amen William Foster Trust Interest wrfved on a later date ww wwwww 88 %8 r*1 fAi wwww 11 4*¢rtrr4￿￿0 o- 88 ￿￿0) oou