2024 Stranraer Parisli Church (ChurLh ()I' SLolland) RF.CEIPI'fi ANI) PAYMF.NTS ACC()UNTS ( i)nk¥ri'xAlii)ii 111111.S.l£ I'li<irili' INU: .%(' 011990$
Reference and Administrgtii'e Information L hariis Name.. 5tranraer Parish Church Chdriry Regisiraiion NuTnber'. sro(w9ns Con&yre8alinn Ref¥rvnce No.. 0gJ53 Contact Address.. N()rtli Kn(Kkglass Trusiff5 Princip#l l)nite-heArer* Minislcr. Sess1(Trn Clerk., CliurLI) Trtiisur¢r'. In(Itprnileni Tr.xwmlner Bi¢ nk nl. Scniland %lrdi)Tder
'Truslees' .4nnual Keporl- I'eAr ended 31 DeLembei 2024
Structure, Governunce und Mana%¢ment
(JOerlR Ducumtni
The Church is adminisiered )n accordatjce with iht teni)s ot-lhe Unitary Consiiiuiiun.
Recruilm¢Dt and Appointmeni of Trustees
Members of the Kirk Session are the cliariiy trusiees. The Kirk Session members the elders of the ch
chosen from ihose znembers of the rhurch M,lits ar coiisid¥r¢d tL) IIHi¥ ¢hL' dpprL)pri(Iie gifts and skill% "rhe tni
a nieinber vfihe Kiik SL's5iUll, IS LILLi¢d by Ihe ¢Oiigre¥dTivn Jnd iiiduciL.d b), Presb)'l¥ry.
ch and are
151er. who is
Orgsiii5#1ion#l Siru¢iurt
Stranratr Parish C.hur¢h wa% liil-1l1LIl .1 Iiiiii)11 ill -friTril) Church and the Iligh Kirk in January 2020. The
Lhdired b} L)ur fvlinisier.
l &iL Kitk Sess01} iiom?all) m¢¥1 fuur lime5 a year Iinw¢v¢r Is
IL jll I'.i'Li%%aii' 10 hold Lxira ir.e¢lings. Certain responsibilirtes arL dele
F'inancL Propcny TLam as appropridl¢. Th¢ Kirk Session is n4Jw r¢sponsible for spiriiual and t¢mporal d
the churcli.
irk Session
'e contlnue
ated 10 th¥
aiT5 wirhin
Objective$ ,Icli%'itit'
The Church ol. %coil2Thd is 'lrini11c rian in doctrinc. R¢fOned in rradiiion and I'resb)IL'ridn in ptslily. It vKist% t
and Iu WL)rk l-ur th¢ adi'ani¢inLnl ul- Chrisl's Kiiigdom Ihroughoui (he w'orld. Ats a Iiaiional Churc'.i. 11 ack
d151inLIIvi C&tll ¢ind duty io bring Ihe ordinanLe5 01 religion 10 lh¢ pvuple iri Li'Lry par15h of Sci)¢land through
mini%Tr>. li co-operaies wi¢h other Churrhe5 in variuu5 e¢umenical bodies in Scotland and be)'on
lorill. God
wl¢dgJ¢s il
liads M'orship on Sundav momiiigis ai I l.ou a.m. I he altendancL at w¢ekly wor5lip coniinu¢s
up lu l JO allLiidiii¥ Sundaj. sertrices. W'e celebriiied Ihe Sacram¢ni of Holy Cvmmunion four times this yea
morninLT sLri'iie.
rise wi(Ii
thin ihe
.md m¥mbrrs tsf the COTt8regaiion attended the fvletnorilil Service tor the Ml, Princes5 V
ctorla. In
ebnjarv we sldned a Siiiiduv L lub for Lliildren i
primary School atL
There hav¢ been nin¢ re¥ular aiienders willi chTe¢
occasional visitvr5 laking pan iri the SLkJiday Club. ThL SuDd'.y L'lub LS lead bN' memb¢rs of ihe congregaliun.
urin¥ lh¢
Ea51er season e IILld ALpilP¢ SIippLr. MAunilv Thursdgv and (tood Fiiddy servic¢s lIh an Edrlv Mo
ng Easier
S¢TViC¢ Iigld i)11 Ihe luLal waiertruni I Iiis folli)wed bv biedkfd.il iii ilie ihiJiLh Iiall
All chuTch grollps continue to meet with gijod aiiendallccs ai all grniips. Church Ciroups.. Senioi Members. Thc (iiiild. Knil atid Nailer Cjroijp, TiJ¢idoy Tols MrmherE pf t4e Cort.:: .'Ind l)ark %ilii>i)1,. 1111 ie kisiled Il)e ¢hurch lor their Har¥esl and Christmas Services and serviLLS 11)r R¢phad I'riiniirw School. -4 *e NITssion and Worship Team have taken some of the 8cn'irc% d.Iirtn(T in?4 with Il%n caled oui The church halls aT¢ uscd bi. IhL Blood Tran%fu8ion Se(VlCL. a lixal Cheerleading Cjrotsp and a Women5 In51illllL nn a regulaT b&si5. During 2Q?4 ihc Kirk 8es5ion in conjiiniiion iviih the Churctri of SLotland Law DepaTrm¢ni arranged the sale of Trini Church building. The Chiir¢h has supp(TrrtL'd various Lvllgcliorts for Lharli throu¥Thoui 2024. The Kirk Session 511ppI)n and encnuraoc rnttnber5 1() b¢cvriiL 1ntriilved in various communiiv 8rollp% ag part of our outreach to lh¢ local communiiv. Achievcment¥ and Perfiirmance As showii by Ihc iibove %12L ILillLiiI. IIIL Minislcr. Kirk Session and LhuTch Cirnup work tO8eiher li Iih (Trl.Icr l(Kal churches tti fulfill our objective.s ill a wide raiiLJi ot- aLlivTriies TIILSL 1ncliJ(le Siranraer Baptist Chi':Lh. Siranraer Refnrmed PresbNqeTian Church. St. J05cph's Roman Catholic Church aiid Si. J()hn's Scott15h Episcopal Church. Wc offer As5embltcs and chaplaÈncw to Slrdnra¢r A¢ad¢in}' along with Ilie ljapli. i and RPC church. and we do variou% tundiaisers wilh the Tcniaining churches. sharing Amiisiicv cofftinemuratiot15 in Ihc town. d150 do a lot lo help pre%eiii food proverty amuunbysi ¢hilrfren and adul18 wiihiTriJi i¥i)rk wilh Ihe IL)Lal i iOdb4nk'. dnd e hold reiiral ¢ollectioDs for %'arioiJ5 charittes Ihroukhoul thc vear. Financial R¢'le Th¢ principal SOLirce lif incnmc fnr niir congJregalTvn is G.fi Aid 8 r¥om Ihe McDouall and Gillespie Bequesis rwo Giving. This is underpinned by contributtons Reserve% Policv It is Ihe Trusl¢es policy io hold reserves and a5 siiclI li'e have suffiLieni funds to suppori our ie%erve5 policy. The churcli 4ilYi hclil £348 ()f rc511iclcd funds which havc bLLn pri)K'idLd for Ihc piJrp()ses %p¢cifii"d in NJolL 2.
'eAr Ended .1 I Dt'ei'mher 2024
Statement Trf 'frusti'es' Re%p()n¥ibilities
The meml)ers of ihe Kirk Scssion must prepare tinan¢ig1 riaiemenis which give giirricicni dclail lo enable an appreiialion of
Ihe irdn5aciions of The Church during 11)L lii?aii¢ial !'¢ar. Fh¢ meinber.% nf Ilie Kirk %e%siiin arL r¢sponsible for k¢eping
prnpcT ac¢oiJniinyi rec(Irds wliilh iin rl qULSI. mu51 refleLI the f1nancial p()sition nl- IhL Church a: IhLiI Iime.
Ih15 mu51 be
dnne ith ensurL' Ihal the finaii¢ial %iaien)ents complv w'iih Illl ChdrTrlic5 and -T-rusie¢ Invc.%imciil Iscoilundl Arl ?005. IhL
LhaTiiie5 plccounis Iscorlandl Re8uldlinn% ?fln6 rtnd IliL l
Independent Examiner's Report to th¢ Tru5t¢t5 of Sirxnratr Parish Chureh I rLPLifi LTrn Ihe acct)un15 01-IhL LhiifiTI liir ih¢ i ¢r.J 1 51 Deieniber l):4 lI1(h arc Set out on pa8¢5 7 10 Resp¢rli)'e resptsnsibiliiies of irustt¢s and cxamintr I"h¢ charirN s rrusiee5 are responsible for Ihc prL'pardtion ot.the accoun15 in accordance th.iih ib¢ -•ry.S of the Trus1¢¢ Inv¢sLmeni ISLiTrilan4Jl.4LI ?005 4ind the Chariiie5 AKcounrs IS¢oilandi Itegulations ?006. harilies and rhe chariij trUSiLLS ion5id¢r ihaL ihe audii requirem¥ni o,, R¢bulaiion 101 I I Idl of the Accounts Regulari applj. It Is IT..) rLsponsibiliiI' 10 LA4iiiiin¢ th¢ acci)uDI b IL% [LulrLI linder 5¢Clion 4411 I (¢1 of th¢ Aci and iu parti¢ular matters have com¢ to my an¢niion_ n5 does nol at¢ wheiher B¥sis of ind¢pendent eiaminer's siatemf nl An ix4iiiiinaliil i) idrri¢d oui ID 4¥kVTJance V4iih Rggulaiion I l of th¢ Charities A¢counts ISro(land) Regul An examinaiion inLlud¢5 a r¢Ni¢M of thL accouniin¥ ricords kepi ihe cliaril%' dnd Il compiifi50n of I prcnied w'iih thvSL f¢Lords. 11 (1150 incl4¢5 consjderaijvn of Jnusual Liems or disc105ure% in Ilie accollrj expldnalions Irom the ttUStees CLITILerning anv such maii¢rs. I'he procedures und¢nak¥n do niii proviije all I that would be required sn an audii. and consequenil I do noi express an audit opinion on ihe %'i¢w gii'en by th ions 1006. e accounis aiid seeks e evidence accounis. Independent eyaminer's $¢atemtni In ihe cuursr uf Tn} ¢xaminaiion. no maner has come io aiieniion which giv me reasonkble ¢ause to tlieve thai in ali) tvJl¥ridl 1¥speci ihe requirem¢nts'. iu keep aLiuuniing Iicords iii dccordanr¢ wilh Sec(jiin 44 I l Mal of iht 005 Aci and R¢gulaiion 4 A£coL2nts Regulaiions. and th¢ 2C4)6 10 pr¢paTe accounts which accord with ihe ".1ccouniin records and compltr wilh R¢gulataon 9 of ihe 2ts0 Rcgulation5 ha¢ not been rnel. or Accollnt5 io which, in my opinton, allenijon should be drawn vrd¢r ill ¢nahle a pi(>per undersiandin" of ihe ac re?.~heé. nls io be Dale: Mar¢h ?025
StrAnNtr Pirish C hurch I"ht Lhur¢h of Scoilnd SC"O099n Rtcti ti and P3vmtnts Accikuni I'tar tnilcd JI Derernber 2024 Ilnrtitri¢ted Rtstri¢ifd Endnrntni Gtn Trustr Fund5 Funds Funds Total Total 2024 202a 21124 2024 2024 Z023 Rtr¢i l)nnAiion 1.8?? 91.822 1.102 29.669 83fy IX).939 769 Bank. & l)eposii InieTest Inkcsimeni income J Gillespie ini'e%tm¢ni I[0e MLI)vuall Bequtsl .097 16.71 12.965 25.486 743 836 .476 6.476 129.905 5.630 123.587 836 14.062 Renial of premi5 eddings and lunerals Bequestrl.egac%" Grani lor new bniler in church Procecds from sale ofsi A ndr¢'S Church Total Rt¢ti ts 17n 5.37Q 4.850 1.6(K) 1.600 2.000 5.%70 5.000 2.300 9).436 93.436 i6 14.061 141.307 Pavmtiii 117.4$2 17.452 160.935 172 C05t of 2tntrating fuhds rvOI'Ern#nce costs Tot1 P 172 'nJen15 118.bJ4 391 119.035 162.786 Ex¢ess of Rtreipt.¥ o%'er P)mtnts for tht ytar btfore trAiiJfers 8.16 lJ.671 I lJ276 121.4791 TrAn5ftr5 81fy 18J61 {57,1$61 -$7.146 121,4791 Puttha5e of illbestrnents ExctS5 of P*yments over Rtctipts for th¢ ytar 1)9.61 13.671 I lJ.276
SirthrAer Plrish Church
The C'hur¢h of Scoiland
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of U•l•nres
At.11s1 Drctnibf r 2024
Ullresirirlcd
Rtstri¢ied Endow¢1 Gen I r#$1
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2024
2024
2023
IIAnk & ¢lLpbS11 halaiic'c%
trffou8hi torward
60.323
144
18.493
157.795
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tranr¥¢r Partyh ('hurth he ('hurth 01$rlIa ('W9905 'otti tn Iht Ae¢owmis l. Trusiet Rtmllncrnlion and Rtl•ied Pirt) Dunn8 Ihe >rar mtmkr of tht Kirk 5¢55Myn r¢¢ei¥td . (olknwing SCTvKe5 proi'Kkd as Rcv A KIuiT reLYiVtd the swn of £2.071 filr IT¥bcI expense No iru5t¢¢ or a Teld io a Irustrt P¢Thinal int¢Tf5t in •ni ¢MbDua¢i enfrTEd Into b>. tk ¢hariTr duTin8 ihe ye4r. No exFnxs Mtrt .11 JI Det 21114 Rrttipl TrAv4(ers Ilnmirirled fwnds Dc4i¥naiLxt Pbrl¢ Fund Bl)% l)c518naied FAhri¢ l und l)e%i%iiu1t l)T¥#n %. Mu%1< Iksi8noi¢d ()ryn &. Musli 93.4.16 12.7901 4Y).646 l)L'%i8naiiil ( nn8rtgaiiDnal Oen¢rnl rkii8naied C'nn8regatliy1141- IIFid8¢ l)csi8nJicd C'(yn8reyEionAI. St NiniJng CILneiAI l.und l)r%igiiaid SuiiiJr5 M¢miv gB 120.918 836 66.495 1,404 661 60.325 217.408 836 i Jy.4?5 Rrilricitd f¥Ddi 348 nryni4atinTr I n14f l.uttd 743 loknn (i jllcpir IkuiK%i (vtntrl I'niiltcs fiindy .linwlR1cd Tr Ahric Fund- Renuc Purrhas¢ ol.1¥n15 18.492 .. 4.1kn2 32.163 TnlAI [ntIl 192.43fi FgbTlC Trud. I hc I rusTees ha%t Scr asKk f¢T Ihr minttn&nrt of1 Churth l)r&lln l.und. I"hc"Irusiees have sei fuw IIK iDalllt¢iixnLf 4)(th¢ Chiirth CiinBre¥8tliJn1 Piirrysse% Fund%. The TnJ%t¢e% have .15 fvThl. Ir(Mn disrrf)sal of Iht Uld Plrish Lhuwth Ihe di5tM)sal c?I'BridgL Str<¢t Ilill. Jispovl i?f Ninian'% Cl, -_h and ',lthny and a Ic8ac¥ be4ueathed b) liTr- ¢ongrr8uliibnal puvpisrs. Flower Fund Ihib 1% a fund io tTrTovide Itr5 dispE•y dwin8 r¥let5 of Morship. (JrF.aDiHiifn Trnst FU1. Thi5 15 8 fuThl held b) ihe TNs¢soTr beh•ifofih¢ kns BiigRd¢ •Dd io be ralmini:... 'ry•4 Ihe Trusi¢es. liow nsferrcd Puwc.s of Endownicni Pund ITJwne r..fft the Juhn { jjlle5pie Beqknrsi 15 w be uJ tyi.i¥rd% sil P•vThmt%.
tr P#riJh ( hur¢h I h¢ I'hurch vf Sroilnd L r•rrsliifit Jie41ri¢1 ¢Atral uttdj Toil 2024 2V24 2024 2•24 2024 102J li)11 (Jill Aid ljiil Aid L%Jn&livns 5.611 53.603 5.01 55,00 5.005 53.452 13.JlU I Rtwv¢Y¢d un (thift Aid tkni¥ Utdiiithry Oi)¢riJi85 IOp¢ii P)•¢¢) Lhh¢r Oll¢riJiK5. tk)DUUQDS ¢1 5.48? 1.8?2 5.48 Yl.g2 5.804 ¥U.93¥ RtSliiei¢d G¢n¢rAI "undb •di Toiil Toi•l 2•1J 20?4 20?4 21124 2024 2024 Fundrnisin¥ LI5 172 172 172 4Lnislric5 & Mi&siffi 58.014 1.973 7.073 58.014 1.971 2.07J 1.923 800 64.316 .973 1.756 PresbyreTh dL* rrxkyl ¢xp¥Tses Iclephill Pulpbl supply ()11 51¥lTin¥ cosis ahric paIr% & maiiii Ch4Jrch i& h&ll kabnL paIrS •L maini - M4UiS¢ InJurwKe 184 y.?t4) 26.172 1 ?.304 2.64) 8.289 3.621 6.201 6.856 11.28 3.621 L'ountil t Life Wwk Prin¢ihg. ststioncry Ar Adtr¢rtisiri¥ argaTh mJiiitenanc¢ Ministers rt1DrnI¥rQtrc5 l.iinilc)rt Ini¢m81ional 2.luo 2.484 Y84 984 .ILM) Oih¢r ¢4[¢tL's J.462 4.929 160.Y35 Cjoyerngnce ('&sis Indernndani I"iaminer's Fte Adrnin chorBL 1.02V 1.020 984 391 191 695 1.679 1.02V
%1raTrrer Pariih C'hurch l-ht ('hurch of S¢(kilnd liTriiter'i SiipeThd All ( hurc'h i)f SiiiilaDd con8reyiiiin% c(Iibtributr ihe WAiioMI s:,TrI Fknnd the c(b5rs of all Minitr$. ¢t1peI and emploverfs coniribution% for national insuYa]¢¢. Kfnsion and Trstn8 ind kTrxn fund Min15tcr5' 51IFrNds are paid In ac¢nrdan¢c H'ilh the naiional gilnd %•lt. which is yrlaied io hears of s¢Th*e. For rhe %¢4r re51.. rk)inimwn 51IFend wa5 £_Al.647 •ttd the rrxIMuM SiiPEDd Iin th¢ lifth and sub%L'4tsent y¢4rs) £.18.884 2024 2023 6. Cvllt¢tioni for-l hird Partie Pi)pp) Scolld Ilihlt S(Kicly Maric Curi¢ Qn)%STL'uch Wi¥li)wnthirr SiulT 270 206 400 250 40Q Lttncer l)riiP In C'enirc 53f 2.42n 866
.4PPETr4DI FL,%D5 HELD BI. THE CHL,R("H OF SI"OTL.I.%D GTr'%E114L TRUSTLLS FOR THE BEPEFII' OF THE. CONGRIC.ATII)%- STK4%1L4ER PARISH CIIIIRCH 2024 2023 CAPITAL AC.C()UNT penin8 Cr¢dii B414nL¢ at 31 D¢(cmber 17U.071 ?7U,U71 Morkei Valu¢ vl. tJalan6e5 ui 31 I)ecemr 511,872 R Tr;VTr'.NIIF. ACC'()IINT Oninl halanic 36.711 Dlfftrtnee Irb openin% bala¢¢ InJ•Trbt put lo •dmln ¢hrgeJl 11661 12.465 1.(Tr97 32.554 Inier¢s1 i¢i¢i*ed 765 47,943 abric repairs-'l Nnsfer lo G¢n¢r•l F"unJ TrfjLnslcr. l ¢mwrary F'und$ 'Icl¢)m5 Lquipmeni Adinin ihdrges (.'Ii)sing balan¢e 127.928 16641 13301 15291 11.0551 TEMPORARI. b'UNI)5 BdlHnce5 held &1 31 Ik¢¢mb¢r 18821 255 ale ()1. St Andr¢ws C-.hurch 255 12671 SalL (11. 51 AnLtrc%fys Church iN'ernal 1108,1(rfJ 7U Pron Los15- 51 Andr¢H5 C'hw¥h .1 run51er- Keienue Accuuni C105in8 balanLe 18701 IN821