Toryglen Church of Scotland Accounls for Year ended 31st December 2024 Congregation No: 161037 Charity No: SC009399 Toryglen Chllreb of Scotland 22 Glenmore Ave Toryglen Glasgow G42 OEI: Toryglen Church of Scotland Reference And Adminislratl￿'e Information C'huritv Name: l orvglen Church nf Scotland Charitv Re%islrnlion Number. ￿.(M)9199 ConRrryxtion ReTt￿nce Nnmb 161037 Church AddrtSS: 22 Glenwn0￿ Ab'enu¢ Tor*'gle (142 or..1 I C"ont#¢i Detsils: Principal C)ffKe-Be#rer5: MinislLr'. InlL'rim Moderalor-. M is4ion Pioneer.. Session C'l¢rk.. Tr¢&%urcr: IndependeDt Aeeounts F.Tafflin Prinripal Bankerj: CIN.d¢%dale Bank Pl. 21 Kilmarn(Kk Road GlasB.O (1413YW T0ry21en Church of Scotland Trustees, Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2024 structu￿ CzOI'¢rn*Dce %nd M4n* ement Governing Do¢umtnt: 'lThi Lhurch is adminislcrcd in ￿cOrdance with ihe tern)s of the t)ccd of Constitution (Unitsry Fom)) Recruitment and Appoin¢meTrl ofTrnstees: MLiiibL'rs L)l-the Kirk Session arc IhL ¢harip¥ truslecs. The Kirk Session m¢m￿rS are the elders of the church and are Ch(￿ fn)m those mernlKT5 of the church who are considercd io hav¢ the aPPTY>priale lifts skills. The minister. who is a mernber of the Kirk Session, is elected by the CongrC￿lOn 4md inductcd by P￿sbyl¢ry. ()rR#nisatioDal Structure: ThL kirk Session which mccls seven times a year is reS￿nSible for 5piriiual affairs wiihin ihc rhurch and thL financial managemenl of its affai￿. Certain rcsw)nsibiliiTres are de1c￿l¢d to ihe Finance Committcc, S￿.111 Lommittee and thc Pro￿rtY Committcc as appropriate. Obje¢ti%'es and Activities: The Chur¢h of Scoiland is Trinilarian in doctrine. R¢fvm)¢d in tradilion and p￿bYterian in polily. It e.xists to glorif). (ii)d and to work for ihe ￿vanceMent of Christ's Kingdom thr(Trughoui the world. As a national L"hur¢h. it acknowledges a di51inciive Lall and duty io bring ihe ordinanc¢% of religion to IhL 'ople in every parish of Sl-oiland through a territorial ministry. li c0-0￿rateS with other Churches in various e¢umenical tXNlies in Scoiland and ￿V0￿d. CvaiheriD25: Sunday momings at 10..30am Achievements Perforn￿￿te. By the end of ?0?3 Toryglcn Church had settled inlo a healthy rhvihm of Surmlav worship. WLekl m¢eiings for bible study and pray¢r. monthly lunch g1wkr1n￿. The C"hur¢h was working in ckJtsL partnLrship with Lomerslone community breakf&st. supw)rt¢d by Sanctuary Ilousing. Film nigTrhts. praise conc¢rts and an Alpha Ciyurse werc bcing planned for 2024 and the LAycal Church l£#d¢rship Cjroup were exploring other wav5 thai they could serve ihe community of Toryg>len. working alongside nLightrM)uring schools and furth¢ring the successful work.ing partnership thai had ￿en develorKd with Sancluary Hottsing in Toryglen. Bv early in ihc ycar. however. it become clcar ih#t the Presb)lery of Cilasgow's new Presbylcry M i%tsion Plan w&s unable lo allocale any ministiv resources lo Ton'glen and thc Mission Ilioneer s role was nol going io ￿ extended in 2024 Joan Wery. the Parish"s Mission Pioneer. resigncd in M8r¢h. ILaving the foundalion8 of a renewed congregali(yn and g￿￿1 Telationships wilh neighlKiurs and siak¢hold¢ys in and arou[￿ Ivryglen. Th¢ Kirk Session recognised that io build on the foundxiions thLII . had laid. a I{￿allY b&s'¢xJ siaffing resourLe wAs n¢edLd in ()rdLr to providc conlinuilv. pasivral idr¢ ajid l￿de￿hip i(} Ihe gr(Trw'ing LhurLh LomTllUnit). ￿hlIe keepin¥ their focus on exiending Chri%t-s lovo io ihc CVTnmuniti' of '[ oryg?len. I'hc Kirk ￿sSion. lherefo￿. JpplTr¢d IL) ihc C"hurch c)rkntland ScLryJ of Growth Fund for l*wel 3 funding. wh would have p2nl% fundd a mission developmenl worker over three to five years. bui ihc appliLatii)n n(?1 succ¢ssful at this lime. The IAKal Church l£ader5hip Ciroup mainiainL'd the rhwihm uf ¢v¢"nt5 UWKlcr ihL oi'ersight ofthe Kirk sL￿￿l￿n.. offLring worship. bible siuth.. PrnyLr m¢clin¥ and gall￿ring io eai rogeiher. Voluni¢¢rs from thc churLh continued ti) ihc lthursday breakfasts and lard¢r orgdni5L"d bv ComL"rslune. In June thc Presbytcry of GlasEoM' g4v¢ ihc athjilional rt7ource oran As5i5tsnl Minister, to enable Lowtlinuity of Sunday *orship and cncow the mi&sional aciivilies of ihe congregalion. 14cr r()IL was only for a six monih ￿rIOd and ce&sed ai ernl of NoveM￿r. The L￿al L¢adLf5hip Group ￿gan io find ihai ihey could not dev¢lop all ihe rnissional ￿tivitIeS that had ￿en WssiblL wilh full-lirn¢ slaifin¥ suprM)rt. Th￿. had tK'L"n saLrifiLialli of iheir time. t#leni knd ihcir *er¢ finding it hard io SLLSlain. Through (kiobcr Novem￿[ sCV¢t31 ofihL kc). IIK'al ILaders decidLd in move on and left the church io worship clx*hLre. With lh¢ A.%%islaTrt Minister s rtsle CLasin& oifering Sunday WUT5hip within the regulations of the C".huTch very challLngFing. -fhc I￿al ChurLh rec{)¥ni￿1 ihai thcs. did not havL ihL capacity al this lime lo do ¢VLrvtliiiig ih¢) f¢lt called to do in this Parish and dccided ihat ihL for ihe iimc IK"ing ihev could only do so much. They feh ihai ihe il was imwTrrtant lo continue offer li? hospithlity lo the peopk of 'lorvglLn. fLir ih¥ People of (ilKI io PTesent in the Parish. keeping ihe Church on Sundav5 and whcne*'er W5sible "lThroughout ihe yiar. wi)rk on maintsiningb and improving the L'hurLh buildings h&s I￿en ongoing. 'Ihc pri)blematic flèch¢ has ￿en rLmoY¢d. Ihc sancluarj m()f and Leilin&. have IKYn rL'paired and ihtr huildin is now wind and walertight. Tr ro(Ims ai ihc casl end of ihe %anciuapJ have been red¢corai¢il and contracior5 have lYen engaged io rcordcr the gcnts ioikL crcaling ac￿SIble loilei facililies. ThL C'hurL'h Lontinues io enable other gTOUPS to lls¢ Ihc sanc￿ for worship. with a 7.imbabweon L hur¢h mceling on %und&i' 4ft¢rnwTrs and a monthl) praise corKert on Friday evenings. 'lkn¢ Kirk SL%sion h&$ coniinucd to maintain 8￿xI work" ing relationships wilh C'orncrstone and Sanctuary. 14ousing. pri)widin¥ admini%lralivc capaciiy and limilLd finan¢￿1 supKx)rt of their %¥ork wherL' sxissible. Thc Kirk Session. with the active $up￿)rt of ihL. Pre)bN'l¢r%' ()r(Il&%gow.. has respnnded io ihe P￿Sb)ICry Mission Plan hv ¢xploring bx)ssibl¢ partnerships with C huTches within the dL'nominaiion. in ordcr lo providL gO￿j oveTsighL SL4ble le￿lership and devclop resourcts fur wc)Trhip of God and the expression uf ihe love ofchrisi for the wple orTorVgle￿ in ordeT to grow ihc Kingdom of(i(NJ within ihis Parish. Toryglen Church of Scotland Trustees, Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2024 Financial Revielv: '[ oial ordinATr' rcccipts for 20?4 of£4.394 werc £1.4Th> more than in 2023. Total of All rcrcipts ()f L?7.?79 inLluded reimbur5emenl of L?1.8?O from the CFF Revenue Fund to mcet fabric repairs. including insurRnce and utility. costs fTom prcvious ycars and £ I.¢KA rental income from outsid¢ organi5aiions. T(Trlal pal'ments of £27.939 resulied in an annual defKil of £660. "lThe (itoG all(Kation of £2.189 w'as fullN met as were Presbylcry Ducs of£596. Building costs amounted to £21.845 including iThsuran¢e and uti litN' Losts. G&s and electricity meleTS continue to shared with Sanciuarv Hou5in& who Icase ihe Halls and reimhuTr¢ a prop)rtion of the costs of utility bills_ In ?0?4 the charges lo the church amounted 10 £3.909 hich repres¢nled ?5 /• of all charges. The Lenlrally wnanaged Revenue fru￿1 ￿t￿rITed fTom income of £11280 from our Man*. InN¢slTnenl income to lh¢ Fund ami)unlcd 10 £6.896. As noted almiwe ihe same fund provided Q1.820 10 m¢¢1 pro￿rtI costs with furtlrr delail shown in the aP￿ndiX on page l O. Taking accollni ()f all Df ihe aiK)ve the General Fund now Stsnds ai £2? 802 compared 10 £23.462 al ihe end of ?023 and the Revenue F und ai £41.401 comp￿￿ to £48.501 at the end of ?023. No oilk'r 'loc81 funds. arc held. Re%erveJ Poly: It is ihc 'frustees' wlicy to hold rcserves al approximatel) six miTrnihs ¢x￿ndItUre including dasignalcd funds. Ai the year end. Ihc (icncrdl Fund tAlan¢e vf £22.80? represents more than 12 months cxpendilure in and is therefore regarded b)" Ihc T￿￿1CcS as mor¢ than adcquatc. $14lememt ofTTh31ee5' Respo￿*bilIti￿. The 'fru41ees must prepare financial statements ¥vhi¢h give suificient detsil lo enable an apprecialion of the lrnnsactions of thc Church during the financu41 year. The I'ruSiLYs ar¢ reS￿nSIble for keeping pr()rL'r accounting records whi¢h, on requesL musl reflecl the financial position of ihc C"hurLh al ihat lime. This must done to ¢r]sure thai the financial stAl¢ments complv with thc C'harilies and Trusl¢e Investmeni {SL'otland> Act 2(KJ5. the Charities Accounts (Scotlandl Regulations 2￿0 las amended) and the Rebjulaiions Ancnt Congrcgational FinawK¢ approved by the CJen¢rdl Assembly ofih¢ Chur¢h of SLUtland in 2016. '171¢v are also res￿n$1bk for safeguarding Ihc assets of the Church and musl takc reasonable step) for thc preventi(Trn Andlor detection of fraLKI and other irregulaTilies. Approi'ed bTr Ihe Trustees and $i£ned their beh*lf, D*te: 27th Febrnary 2024 Torv£len Church of Scotland SC(KJ9399 IDdepe•dt•t Eumimer'j Rep)rt kn the Trntttj of Torygk• ClJ•r¢h ofs¢otknod I tewrt on the accounts of the charity foT the year ethj 31 t)ryemI￿r 2023 which arc sd out on pxges 610 11. R¢*pertise respootbilitits of trllstets amd eurniDer The charity trustees a￿ resp)rtsible for the preparation of the accou￿ in ￿e0rdance with the ternis of the Charitics and I ruste¢ Investnwl (S¢(rt18Th1) Act 2￿)5 and the Charitias A£￿Unts {S¢otland) Rcgulations 2(Mkn {as amethj). The chariry trustecs wnsithr awlit n4uiremenl of regu]*ion ) (d) of the Acc4yJnts RegulatioA% d￿$ A￿ly. li is my resrM)nsibilTty ￿ vAamine the ￿Emts &% rtquircd under section 44(1) (c} of the Act and to stth whdher FwtKular matter5 have come to my attention. Basis of iDd¢pemd¢mt euminer's An examÉnAiion is carried Ixrt in ￿)rda[￿￿ with RegUl￿10n I l of the Charities Accounts IS¢oiland) Regulations 2(KK) (&$ amended). An examin*tion inclth a revi¢w of a(x4)unting re£