The Church of Scotland
Coatbridge BlaRrhill Dundyvan Parish
Church of Seotland
ANNUAL REPORT and
RECEIvfs AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
Congrylion No: 171091
Charity No: SC IM19704
Year ¢adiJg 31 Deeember 2025

Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name:
Coatbridge Blaithill D￿￿yYall Parish Chwch of Scotland
Charity Registi*ion Number.
sc(￿704
cOn￿￿10n Reference No:
171091
Contxt Address:
18 AIIKrta Av¢nue
CoathridBe ML5 IQL
Trustees
KIRK SESSION
Interim Moderator. Rev Dtew G¢bbi¢ (January. Jun¢). Rev Jonathm Lyall (Jutt- tkc¢mber)
Session Clerk: Mrs Myra Fr&w
A Brown
1972
WH￿1
1982
Miss E MCCam￿nt
1983
J Flarkess
1985
Mrs N Brown
1988
A Hwiler
1991
Resiwd Elder: Mrs Gilliao Laird (January- Seoember)
Mrs S A Hall
Mrs H Mutrn
Miss J R￿￿ell
J MCCI
MrsJG
MrsJWri
Mrs A Hulm¢
Mrs J Wilson
R Dickson
Mrs L McNei]I
2019
2019
CONGREGATIONAL BOARD
Kirk Session plus th¢ followiDg Eleded Members: Mr J Adams. Mrs J Chalmers, Mr S Wilson
PriD¢ipal Office-B¢arers
In*rim M(thrntor.
Session Clerk:
Clerk to the Board:
Church Treasurer:
Rev Drew Gebbi< Rev J Lyall
Mrs Myra Fraser
Mr James Adams CA
Independent Examiner
Mr Tom Donaldson
46 Etiv¢ Stre¢t
Wthw
ML2 ONT
Baakers:
Royal Bank of Scotland
Coatbridge
ML5 3DZ

TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT
Year Ended 31 December 2025
Strueture, Governanee and Maft*geme*t
Governijg Doeumeat
The Church is administered in ￿￿[dance with the teTms of th¢ t)¢ed of Constitirtion.
ReeruitmeDt and Appointme*t of Trw8te¢s
Members of the Kirk S¢&sion and th¢ Con8regational Board ar¢ th¢ ¢lwity tr￿$1¢¢5. Th¢ Kirk Session
m¢mb¢rs are the EJd¢Ts of th¢ Church and arc ¢l￿D from thos¢ m¢mb¢rs of th¢ ChU￿h who are
considered to bave the appro￿ gitL8 and skills. Tr Minist¢r, th is a manber of the Kirk Sessio￿ is
¢le¢led by th¢ congregation and Ind￿￿1 by Presb)trry. The Congregational Board is app)inted from
within the con￿gatIo￿ and membcrs of the congregation are invited to noniinatr indivtduals who are
b¢lieved to bav¢ the skills and cillnnutment to contribute to the nwwment affairs of the churc￿ to
be￿me m¢mbers of the Board. Board members are th¢D ap￿iD1¢d at the Sla*d Annual Meeiing and
serve for a wR(xl of three years aft¢r whith tly mwl seek re+el￿tIon al the next Stated annual Meeting.
Organiqational Structure
The cong￿gatiOnal Board meets several times in a year. Certain res￿nSIbIlitieS are delewed to the
Finance Committ¢¢ and the Pr(prt Committee as appropTiat¢. Th¢ Kirk Session meets several times a
year, a￿1 also. when nwxssary, in emergency. and is re$w￿81bIe for spiritual affairs within the Church.
Objectives and Activities
The Cbur¢h of S¢4)t]and is Trinitsrnn in doctri￿. Ref<MD)ed in tradition and Prestyerian in polity. It
exists to glorify God and to for advancemenl of Christ's Kin8(knm throughout the world. As a
Nationat Chuwh it ￿knOWledg¢S a di#l￿￿Ve call duty to bring the Ordina￿ of religion lo the
people in every parish of s￿tland through a terrilorial ministry. It with otFRr Church¢s in
various ¢¢umenical bodies in kntland and beyond.
Acbievements aBd PerforDui¢e 2025
General
The Cluster GTOUP, comprising of rewesent*ives of the six Co*bridge ¢hur¢hffj h¢ld several me¢tin8S
throughout the year to plan a way forward for the Pr¢sbyicry Mission Plan. In S¢pt¢mbcr the group
agr￿fj to the union of the 6 churches by a¢cepting Basis of unlo￿ Ba81$ of Team Ministy, and
aCCep￿Ce of two ministers Rev Fion& Nicol8(￿ aThl Rev FKilo Sel¢nwi.
In October the congregatiotts of the six churches vo*d for the B&sis of unlo￿ B&sis ofTeam Ministy
and acceptance of the two miDist¢rs. On¢ church votrd to opt OUL which means the union will now
consist of five church4 namely, Blaithill Dundyvao Calder. New St Andrew'4 Old Monkland and
Townhead. There is a regular attendance of 50 memEtts. enjoying a traditional fOrn￿t of worship. Th¢
service l&sts just under an hour with worship. and ￿aIse from CH4 hyllu￿1 and sometimes hymns from
mI￿10n Praise and Songs of G￿'S People. The organist tnclth ￿ltiOnal ￿￿￿]Cal it¢ms and th¢ choir
sang anthems on a regular basi&
We follow the Christian year with wial servitts for different f¢stiva]s som¢ of these servirxs are
attended by the Youth Orgaftisations.
Easter services were Joint Services with the other Coatbridge chwthu. In line with the ternis of the
linka8e with Middle. as the jOiDt S¢rVic￿ ￿NI￿Ved. There was one Imptism cOr￿u¢*d.

The Youth Organisations are Guides and Boys Brigth with &lult organisations Cknir and Guild. On a
regular basis the org8nimti0￿8 are visited by Elders WIK) reN)rt back to Kirk Session.
For Harvest a￿cal donat¢d goods for C(Atbridg¢ FLK)dbank and tk nominated charlty for the
retiring collection was Christian Ai(L ThMu8l￿t the year other retiring collections benefitted Poppy
Scotland St Andrew's Hospic* and ChristianAid for G
The halls are u8ed during the w¢ek by the organisations and wivide a venue for coffee afternoon4 social
¢vents and also provid¢ fa¢ilities for a Lunch club mrtting o￿t a month. A Line DwKing Cl￿ and a
Self-Help group also have of tk Iwll&
OrgaDi8ation Re￿rts
Pastor41 Care
At present there are six m¢mlxts on P&8toral Care list wlk) are ill. in hospitsl. and recovering from il]n¢ss,
with fow team M￿berS visiting on a r¢8ular b&814 nollDally a month. At E&st¢r members ￿ceIVed
ds and daffodils and at Christm&s cards and p)1￿￿￿1￿. All wcrc •ly appre¢iateiL
j￿nette Wll#on
Guild
The Guild m￿ts every second Monday from O¢toiv- Marchl April.
W¢ curr¢nlly hav¢ 13 nKmlKrs atte￿11￿ on a r¢gular Although sknrt on numb¢rs we work w¢ll
togeth¢r within the chu￿￿ baving ¢off¢¢ aftenMX)ns. Scots night and Burns Supper. We have various
S￿kerS from different orgaDisations. suwort the Guild Projects and Annual Gatb￿8S wh¢n w¢ ca
Over the past few years we bave sPDS0T￿ two yowig iw)ys through Compassion UK Pr¢vIo￿lY w¢
S￿)￿red one from Colwnbi& and Cuffentiy s￿￿90r a boy from B8ngl&l
Reid
Line Dancing
The Line Dancing cl&8s has attracted new llKmbers and there is a regular attend￿ of 34 enjoying
the cla8s. During the year we donated fuThJs to CHAS and Gl&8gow Childr¢n's Hospital Charity. The class
meets on a Wethiesday evening from 7.30- 9 pm 8NI are always looking to w¢lcom¢ new members.
Joy Wrigkt
60+ Lunch Club
The club continues w provide f(KNI and felk)wship with regular attendees of 34. Tr tegm work well.
enjoying the pre￿atiOnS for the different themes on the first Wednethy of ￿￿￿tI4 ¢KWt January.
also supplied. Tables are set with theme for the month. Members are wel¢4)m¢d at th¢ front door. W¢
end the year with a lovely Chrislm&8 meal provid￿1 by cat¢rers.
Joy¢e G8ll*gb¢r
¢h
15 Coatbridge Boys, Bryade
January 2025 saw atl 3 Section take ￿ in tkir belated Christhms ￿1VitieS. Bowli￿ (h)4arting and a
party were th¢ order for all section& while the Company Section took part in the Battalion S¢riptur¢
Knowledge COm￿lition. Febnwy. tk juniors took pth in the 5-a-side tournament. For the first time in
th¢ history of the Company we won the comwition after a tight final, winning on ￿naIti￿. The Juniors
came second in Mind & cre￿IvIty Comps, The COMp￿Y section the Vaulting Comp. corning seco￿1
for the second year in a row.

Mar¢h saw thrK Boys from the Comp8ny section atteAMI a Battalion-nm training event called Bulld Skills
coursE aiti)¢d at 14.15 year ol& taking inilial • in IAdernlllp, a￿1 aD imEKbrtant wuirement towards
gaining the Pr¢sid¢nts Badge. Tr CS ent¢red tk squ￿ Drill and won the Comp.
April is a quiet tim¢ for the company &8 some companies in area have finislxd for the wsion. We
continued ea¢h we¢k with our own nKeting nigbts and in prepar*ioo foT the Display. The jUDiors took
part in the1&81 comp of the s￿810n in Sp)rts and fll)ished an exc¢ll¢nt second, which w&8 the result
need￿ for th¢ir bIgg￿t achievement yeL
May w&s our annual Display and PrI￿1Ving and was st•Jding ri%)m only for some parents. A full church
hail s&w the Boys put on ￿)rne ente￿in￿t kfore the main awards were pre￿nted. The Company
finished the session with 16 AB regu]￿lY attendin& six were womold to the Juniors. We had 32 Juniors
with 21 of those promot&1 to the com￿lY Section and 12 coM￿nY Sertion Boys. but s￿Y had to say
goodbye to our two oldest Boys who left ttcause of age. They ￿Te offered an opwrtUDity io remain as
leaders but sadly d¢clined. At the Display Junior section was presentyj with the Battalion Challenge
Trophy for top achieving se￿10n across all asp￿ parad* rA)mpetition& offi¢¢rs attamling meetings ets.
Our Juniors had never won this Ix)M)ur ￿ a mwifirAt xhievement in what our 5(hb Anniversary
se&sion. Following on from the older Boys wimiing their veTrion for the I￿1 two years we believe we are
the kst BB Company in the are& Sadly the company section came third in their version, but next year we
will ty to get that bxk.
August saw Company section Camp. To celetKate our 5(Ah year. we a five4Jay trip in ￿}nd0￿ which
for those present was an an￿1￿ camp. w£rbly orgam￿d minute by minute by Stuart Rankiffj the
weather was just WOnderfi￿ io booL
August had the Company return on ttr*1&8t Friday of the montlL
September had thr¢e sections runni￿ aThl all new Boys orderin8 uniforn). kn total we have 10 new
Members to the LX)mpany across all three sec¢ion& Some of these Boys came from the demise of 7th
Coatbridge. but we are delighted wish to stay in the BB.
OcloEtr is when things settle down and tlKtt Boys who wish to stay do ￿, thaThkfidly we only lost
two Boys. Our numbers as a wjp are the hig1￿8¢ in 4)ur history with 64 tKJyS fA)ming througb those doors
every week. almost 50 of those Boys have Perfert Attendance which highlights the great WO￿ and fill)
that's hapFtrring here.
The JS & CS tsok part in their respedive Top Team comp4 Company section winning the1￿. We had a
Battalion parade at the end of Octt)Irr. The CS took in the PT Comp (cartwheel4 h￿MIspringS etc)
and came second AGAN. six years in a row.
All sections tske part in the Battalion fun run al DnJrn￿lller Lochs aThJ is for everyon¢, It is a wothrful
sighi to see about 3(X) BB people gat1￿ togethKr to do Somethi￿ is an im1￿ant fund raiser for
the Company. DecemEtr brings calendar year to a close, still & busy month for the Company. JS t￿)k part
in the PA Comp (3rd) . CS tcM)k part in Elementary ￿111 and Came a very impressive second.
OveralL an amazingly suLye&8f￿ year. in tern￿ of th¢ lo¢￿ battalion comFtitions that w¢ ￿tered. This is
what interests the Boys and ke¢ps them pwtisin8 and tyin& W¢ also. on a weekly bosi& offer the usual
BB activities of lrfe skills, IAdg¢ worK spiritual lewJTr% IK)th al start of ¢v¢Jing and as a class. Physical
work is & latge part of what w¢ do &8 Boys g¢t bo￿1 or r¢thss unl¢ss ¢x¢rting energy, and giving them a
pla¢e to do thi$ safely k¢¢ps them off the streets a￿1 in an environment ￿ere we ￿ shy their lives
and futu￿.
We started aThl finished the year as the largest (membership) BB Company in the are&
With regards finan￿. the COMp￿Y is Self sUStai￿bIe. We have slightly more fimds available than this
time last year. due n￿inlY to the incre&8d membership. We are always well Sup￿t￿ in the two main
fundzaising activities we do, the FUD Run and a ￿ Night. We are keen to see tbe Halls and Facilities
modemised and we will ￿)ntribUte to this.
With regard to Boy retention and stsff numbets, we are now really ke¢n to enrol and seek some new ￿Ult
leaders, We sadly lost two Anchor Boy Ik*rs this ￿5t year and with numbers of Boys increasing and
potentially som¢ BB Companies falling away with Church closu￿$ w¢ se¢ a firtu￿ of ev¢r-increasing

The ￿Sitive to this is that two 16 Ye￿ ojd ladies IMve come foTh¥8rd to be£on￿ AB leadas and are
beginning the PVG and reference pr(w on¢ mak parent stepF¢d altlK)ugh discussi0rt8
still to ￿ h¢ld. Compared with oth¢r youth wups we are extremely kKalthy and thrivin& W¢ look
forward to 2026 and a￿ther g￿d year for all Concern￿ with ts 15th Collthi￿.
Bllty B*r¢lay. BB Capt*i#
14 Co*tbrid8e G•lde Unit
The Guides resumed in lar8e ChuKh hall in January. 2025 following our festive bftrak. The Guid¢8
themselves pr(Mluc¢d a statement of tkir wislKs for the Guid¢ programll￿ plan for m¢¢tiDg an(L as a
unil w¢ follow this. This inclth opening our weekly Guid¢ meeting in the tslilional way by raising the
Guide flag followed by sitting arouthl a table &8 a ￿lt sharlng our news of th¢ week whil¢ ¢ating h￿thY
snacks. prior to going into GuAd¢ patrols to work on t&8ks. The Guid¢s, in their own tim¢, worked
on their Promise prograMn￿ and Guide b￿8¢ awards which include skills buildffls and int¢T¢St badges.
At th¢ end of ¢ach meeting we lake th¢ Guide tkng down in the tr*Jitional manner.
The guides enjoyed particl￿1n8 in our Church Thinki￿ Day setvice. sup￿rted by our Boys Brigade
Company. It was during this service that *vernl of our guides wert present¢d with skills build¢r badg¢s.
Each week the Guides pro￿Sed with their badges which le&1 ¢0 them gaining the 'Gold Award,.
The Guide Gold Award gives guide the oN￿ty to put evtyhin8 thal h&8 b¢en 1¢arn￿l througb
the Guide programme into p￿tice and take part in a new outdcM)r xtivity. Guides must wDpl¢t¢ all six
Theme Awards and then complete the final challeng¢.
The Guides embrxed the warni evenings of the spring aThl SUM￿ by meaing in the Church's en¢los¢d
back garden %theTeby interxtive games of the large w(xth Jenga and tk IKge snakes and ladders were
played. To draw our 202425 session to a cto* in June. 2025. several of our Guid¢s w¢r¢ pr¢s¢nt¢d with
skills builder badges in the Church's back garden. One Guide was award¢d the B¢s¢ Gui(k award for
s¢ssion 20245 &$ she had displayed excerniond skills a￿1 qualities which she h&1 ¢onsist¢ntly d¢liV¢￿1
throughout each month of the Guide session.
Our ¢urrenL and new Guides wkn joined our unit in Au8USt 2025, resumed nxeting on a Thursday in our
large Church Hall b¢tweeo 6.30pm and 8pm. Durin8 & summer the Guides h&1 chos¢D to ¢ontinue
working on their own on their Gutde b￿g¢S givin8 the OPkK)rtunity for b*$ to b¢ awarykd early in
OW 8uid¢ uniys new session.
As Girl-guiding evolves lo meet 8iTls' ever changing needs our unit meets 'our" Guides. needs by
providing a¢tiviti¢s that rela* to things th* mat*r to the￿ ensuring that through fun and friendship our
unit offers each of our Guides an equal se￿￿e of belonw. Girl.guiditig is mor¢ than an after schwl
activity or a way for girls to an eveDill8, but in our ￿lax￿ aThl ¢n¢ourngin8 ath
h Guide caD be herself. There is no pressu￿. There is ￿ judgem¢nL Ikd by our UDit's qualified
volunteers our Guides, through challenging and ￿ventur0￿ activitie4 can fiThl their voi¢e, which
inspi￿S them to dixover the best in themselves and to make a ￿SitiVe difference in our community.
Guides dressed in costumes of their th)i¢c for our Halloween paty. This was 8￿1 fun as we played
game4 sang campfire son8s aThl ate healthy snxks. As part of a skills bullderfs award Guides
evaluated their own party giving them an OPWfvTtUDity to Under#￿ ¢ff¥Xtivenes4 impmve next y¢aV$
Halloween and gave th¢m 8n oppx)rtunity to &isions.
In November the Guides host￿ Sir Tom Clarke w&8 Coatbridges MP for 33 yeaTS) in a kn)k
signing of his autobiography in our Church hall. Along with Memor￿111a from ea¢h of Blaithill,
Dundyvan and BlairhillDundyvan Churches th¢ Guides a swx¢th ¢offe¢ afternooD Wh￿ebY
they enjoyed sharing their teamwork skills.
Th¢ Guides enjoyed particiwing in our Dali¢*ion and Rem¢mlYwK¢ S¢rvic¢s along with the
Chuwh Boys Brigade coM￿ly. Et W&8 during our Youth Dali¢alion Service that the Guide unit's Guide
Guider w&8 presented with her award for 40 years svvic¢ to Girl.guidin& In December the Guides and
the leaders wenl to see the film .￿￿11$ 2. at Glasgow Fort's Vue cinemi prlor to thin8 & m¢al
together * Nandos (an Afr￿POr￿g1wt styl¢ meal resthumt) within Glasgow ForL
P*<

The Guides and Ixths enjoyed the delegat￿1 lask of d￿￿ting the Church and large hall with
Christmas d￿8110￿8 before going ￿ eojoy GI￿g0W'S Cbris¢m&8 lights and markrt8.
The Guide Unit ap￿￿lated wv)rt giv¢D by our Chutth family throu￿ the year.
J*nk• Rwa¢￿ G•hk IA•der
Finatt¢l81 R¢vlew
Although the rqx)rted surplus for the year is £4,896. in reality underlying deficit is £9.524. This is
du¢ to insufficient I￿ANne inueasm8 CAtsts we ￿ to withdraw £14.420 from the
Consolidated Fabric Fund in order to meet our Giving-tO*Grow Contribution for 2025 which amounted to
£34,420. With d￿T￿ill8 regular don*10￿ the Union of all c(￿brid8¢ Church of Scotland Parish¢s
quickly became a nece&sity, however il is dISap￿1[Ating that it has taken ￿ long to baprn and at th¢ time
of writing it is still not quil¢ over the lioe. Meanwhile reserves built up over the yeas ar¢ being depl¢t¢d.
W¢, as trustffs, bav¢ a duty to mai* the buildings wind watertight. Fabric exp%nditur¢ w&y £2.110
for the y¢Jr and w¢ are pern)itted to drnw down essaxial ryir from the Consolidated Fabri¢ Fund.
Th¢ £2,975 fabric draw.down W&8 in rewt of decoration to the main hll aThl entrance aThl ropaits to the
iN)il¢rs, whilst £610 w&8 the administration cosl.
It was disap￿]nting that Pffsbyt¢ry did not ￿lt to ￿ out essential repairs to tk tnner hll rLX)f in
Au8USt 2025 and Insi￿ on a wmpl¢tely n¢w rix)f. Valuabl¢ tim¢ ktst in obtaining qwtes from thr¢¢
differ¢nt suppliers and also in Pr￿ agr￿108 ￿ the fin￿ qWtatiO￿ On top of this & w¢ath¢r
through0￿ Wint¢r and ¢arly SpTin8 been kiThl to the ￿ntr￿￿r.
The mans¢ w&8 l¢t in Juty 2016, and &$ it is Own￿ by The ChuT¢h of ScotlaTrl General Tntste¢s in
Edinburgty rentsl income is pid diredly to th General Trustees is held on our behalf in a
Consolidatèj Fabric Fund, to be utili*l in Tesrrft of major fabric expenditure. Financial transa¢tions ar¢
detsiled in the note 7 to the W>Un￿ aNI at the Year￿ £47.433 was held on our behalf. This balan¢¢
will s￿n be utilised in finan¢ing inn¢r hall r￿f, at le&8t £25.(wI￿ arml FxMibly at least six months
Giving.tfrGrow eJ)ntiitArt1o￿ which would amount to £17.402 or £2,￿ ￿ month.
Al the Year￿ we have a balance of £76.059 in ow deposit xcowrt with the Church of Scotland
Investors Trust in Edinburgh ¢omFwed to £72,823 held on ow behalf as at 31 D¢cemiw 2024. Th¢ only
tran￿tion being interest received £3236.
tncome from WFO schem¢ (non gift aid) aNI Gift Aid tk>natiow amoun*d to £30,439 LM)mpored to
£31.394 for 2024, a reduclion of 3•/•. The nwnber of membas donating via Gift Aid has d¢¢re0$￿ from
50 for the quarter ended 31 D￿)ber 2024 48 for quarter ended 31 December 2025. Th¢ number
of stsnding othrs in pl￿ h&8 de¢r¢a*d from 35 in Dember 2024 to 31 in D¢¢¢miw 2025 and the
average donalion from this %>urc¢ of iwA)me has increased from £496 to £517 ptr armum.
As * 31 Decemkn 2025 we hxl Unrestr￿ which arno￿ to £79.829 and restrithd fill￿S
amoiinling to £2,080.
Giving.tothow ContributiOD for 2025 aMouft￿ to £34,420 aThl w&8 in full by 10 months standing
ord¢r at £2,{￿ per month and withdrawal of £14.420 from Conwlidat¢d Fabric Fund.
Givin8-t￿Grow Contribution for 2026 amounts to £34,804 and prowtionaj contribution WAII be m¢t by a
further withdrawal from Coosolidated Fakni¢ FWMI. This agreement reached with Stewardship and
Finati¢¢ Ikportmeth at 121 G￿rge Slr¢¢¢ FAinW is lo assist monthly cash t]ow.
R￿ery￿ Poliey
It is the Trustees. N)licy to hold reserv￿ which will Ir availabl¢ to be ￿llIsed (if Tryuired) in the
M￿lUM terni (up kn five years) to ￿ls1 with tk financing of day to day running eJ)sts, in addition to
meeting the ¢￿t of ¢￿ntiaL fabric nuintenanc¢ of the ChU￿h'S pr￿rtI￿.
At the year end the Church held Ullre*￿ finxls of £79,829 and £2,080 of T¢5tri¢ted fill￿S provided for
the purpos¢s Sp￿lfi¢d in Note 2.

Stat¢n￿t of Tru•t¢4' Rwgm•lbllll
suificient ddail to enable an 441rrfiati(￿ of d* of the Church dwin8 the fina￿la1 year. The
members of the KI￿ S¢sslonlCon￿¢￿10n￿l Board are t¢s￿)nSible for ke¢ping proper accounting
records which, on wue5L must reflc£t th¢ fina￿la1 p)silion of th¢ Church at time. This must be
done to ensure th* the financial statements eompty with the Clwiti¢s aDd TnL￿￿ IDvestmffit (Scotland)
Act 21XJS. the Charlties ACC￿Mts (SC￿18[￿D RegulatioA% 2(Kkn and the R¢gukkn An¢nt Con8re8alional
Financ¢ approv￿ by the G¢t)eral A&8embRy of th¢ Chur¢h of ScotlaThl in 2(K)7. They are also r¢sp)nsible
for 8afe8uarding th¢ assets of the Chur¢h a￿1 must tak¢ r¢&wn8bl¢ steps for the pr¢v¢ntion anWor
d¢t¢ction of fraud and ottrKr Irr¢8ulariti￿.
Approv￿1 by the TnK8tees aThl si8￿1 on their I￿￿lf.
M Fr•xr
Da¢e:

Blairhill Dundyvan Parish Church
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustses of Blairhill Dundyvan Parlsh Church
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2025 which are set out on
pages 9 to 14.
Respective responslbiliti•s of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Charities Accounts
(Scotland) Regulations 2006.
The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1)(d) of the Accounts
Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility lo examine the accounts as required under
section 44(1)(c) of the Act and to slate whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examinerfs statement
An examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts
(Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examinats'on includes a review of the accounb'ng records kept
by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeks explanations from
the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the
evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion
on the view given by the accounts.
Independent examinerfs statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come lo my attention.
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirements.. to k￿p accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1){a) of the
2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting
records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been
met. or
to which, in my opinion. attenlion should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounls to be reached.
Name..
Thomas W. Donaldson
Address..
46 Etive Str￿t
Wishaw
ML2 ONT
Date..
17th April 2026
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BLAIRHILL DUNDYVAN PARISH CHURCH
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Funds
Total
Totsl
21n5
2025
2025
2024
Reeeipts
Donations
L¢wies
Contributions from COnwation￿ (￿￿]￿li(￿L8
Bank & Deposit Int￿¢st
38.502
38.502 40,670
2.1(Ml
3236
2,1
3,236
1,150
3,618
43.838
43.838 45,438
Rentsi of premises
Other Receipts
Total Reciepts
1.100
1,950
2.177
4,219
47.115 51.607
1.062
1.115
PaymeDts
Costs of g¢n¢raling funds
Charitable activites
Other payments
41
41.063
41
273
41.063 53.898
1.032
1.5(K)
1.032
Total Payments
41.104
1032
42,136 SS671
Excess of Receipts over Payments for the year
979 (4.064)
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BLAIRHILL DUNDYVAN PARISH CHURCH
RECEivfs AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024- COMPARATIVE
Unrestrieted Re$trirted
Funds
Funds
2024
2024
TotAI
2024
Note
Re¢eipts
Donations
Legacies
Contributions from Congregrational Organisatio￿5
Bank & Deposit Interest
40.670
40.670
1,150
3.618
45,438
1.150
3.618
45,438
Rental of premises
Other Receipts
Total Reciepts
1.950
1,950
4.219
SI,(￿7
1.179
1,179
50.428
Payments
Costs of generating funds
Charitable activit¢s
Other payments
Total Payments
273
53.898
273
53.898
1.500
55.671
1,500
i.soo
54,171
Excess of Payments over Reteipts for the year
(3.743)
(321)
(4.064)
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STATEMENT OF BALANCES
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Unnatriettd Ratri¢ted
FuDds
Tot*1
2025
Totsl
2024
Not¢
Bank & Deposit Balances
Bank & Deposit Balan￿ Brought FOr￿d
Exce￿ of ReG¢ipls over Pa￿nents for the year
74.933
4.8
1,997
83
76,930
4.979
80.994
Bank & Deposit Ba14nees Carried Forward
79￿29
81,909
76,930
InvestmeDts at Market Value
1.540
1.540
1.700
Liabilities
1.489
2.489
2.605
The accounts were approved by thc Kirk sessi￿ and Financial Board on ....... .. ..
For and on behalf of the Kith S¢ssion and Fijbancial Bowd
AA>
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BLAIRHILL DUNDYVAN PAIUSH CHURCH
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Tru$ttt Remunernlion and Related Party Tran￿¢11￿11$
Interim model￿10¢S exp¢nses are in respect of 50% travel exp￿￿$ a8 paid dire£dy by the Church of
Scotlan(L 8nd amountgj to £nil (2024 £nil)
No In￿t¢t or a peTson Telated to a trustee had any personal intelest in w contr&t or tr8nsa¢tion enter&J into
by the ch&ity during th¢ y￿.
Movements in Funds
At l J*nv*ry
2025
At 31 December
2025
Rttdpts Payments
Restricted Funds
P8Stornl Care
Line Dancing
32
1.965
1.997
74.W33
32
2.080
1.032
41.104
Unrestricted Funds
General Fund
79.829
Total Funds
At l Janu
2024
At 31 Decembtr
2024
Reteipts
PAyIDtnts
Restricted Funds
pa￿0[?1 Care
Line Da￿lD8
32
2.286
2.318
32
1,965
1.997
1.179
1.500
l.5(K)
Unrestrlcted Funds
General Fund
54.171
Tothl Funds
51
71
P&%toral Care.. This is 8 fund to communicate by ￿5t with houseknund maDb¢rs of the congregation.
Lin¢ Dancin8 Funds now held in Main Church ac(Thnt
os¢s of Desi
General Fund.. This fimd is for inconK and ￿p￿lI￿re within the thurch and includes £500 forn &
leg¥ T￿¢1yed in 2(rt)9 whith has bern dcsi8o*ed for ed￿10￿￿1 tr&nin8 PlllP(
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BLAIRHILL DUNDYVAN PARISH CHURCH
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Unrestricted Restrith41
Funds
Funds
Unr¢stritt¢d Restricted
FuDd$
Total
Tolxl
2025
2025
2025
2024
2024
2024
3 Anaty$is of Don#tion•
WFO Scheme (non Gift Aid)
Gift Aid Don*ions
Ordinary Offerings (0￿1 Plate)
Other Offerin8s & Donations
T&K recovered on Gift Aid
6.510
23.929
1.221
6.510
23.929
1.221
7.100
24,294
7.100
24,294
400
6,765
6.442
6.442
6.765
4 An￿1￿¥ of Payments
Costs of GèDeratiD£ Funds
Offering Envelopes d¢.
41
41
273
273
Cbaritsble A¢livilie8
Giving to Grow Contribution
Presbytery th
Locum Costs
Interim Moderatoes Exprnse5
Pulpit Supply
Other Staffing costs
Fabric Repairs & Maintenancc
Heating & Li8htin8- Church
tnsurance
Organ & Music
Printin& statiOn￿Y and postsge
Other ¢xpenses
20.(XM)
1.016
20.(KM)
1.016
25,580
I.￿8
8.673
25.580
1,008
8,673
7.3
2.110
7.243
7.3
6.360
2.818
6.593
624
142
6.360
2,818
6.593
624
142
7.243
148
204
2,272
41,￿3
148
204
3,304
1.032 41095
2,100
53.898
1500 3,600
1,500 55.398
GovernoD¢e Costs
Independent Examinels F
To¢AI Payments
136
J71
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BLAIRHILL DUNDYVAN PAIUSH CHURCH
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Mlntster's Stipend
Atl Chujrh of Scotland Congr¢grations contribute kn the National Sti￿￿ Fund whith bears the costs of all minist&s
stipends and employerfs wntributions for national insurance. pajsion hous¢ing and loan fillMI.
Ministe¢s stipends aT¢ paid in ￿dance with the nation81 sde. which is related lo years of service.
For the y¢ar under review the minimum stipend was £32.433 and the D)&ximum stipend (in the fiftb and subsequent
years of servi¢¢) £39.856
Collections for Thlrd Parties
2025
2024
Maundy Thur￿ l Good Friday Retirai St Andrthrfs H05pic¢ Ixyth yeas
Harvest
Cbristian Aid l Moira Anderw Fowthti(
Remembrance SwRday
200
900
200
71
2W
Retirnl colledion
Watchnight Serviix
Cbristian Aid re Ga
St Andrews Hoq>iL% I Pw>lds P•ty
3(M)
3(Ml
400
Funds held on behalf of Con%re%ralion by The Church of Seoil*md c￿eT￿l TnMI
As of 31 Decethber 2025 £47.433 was held by The Chwch of Swtland fxnerni Tr￿ in the Consolidated Fabrlc
Fund..
This Repres¢nls:
B*l*nte as of l January 202S
Add: amounts added
R¢nt Received
Int¢rcst R￿1Ved
55.491
12.000
2,352
69,843
t£ss.' amounts drawn down
Fabric cost and ad¥nin charge
Balance of Giving to Grow Contributions
3.585
14,420
Ensrnce premiurn r￿0Vered
22.410
Bal¥nte as of 31 Detember 2025
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