INCHINNAN PARISH CHURCH
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
CONGREGATION ACCOUNTS
for the year ended
31 December 2024
Congregatlon No. 140748
Charity No. SC011778

INCHINNAN PARISH CHURCH
Index
Page
Reference and Administrative Inforniation
Tn]stees' Annual Report
Independent Examiner's Report
Receipts and PayThents Account
Staiement of BalanLes
Notes to the Ac¢ounrs
Appendix to the Accounts
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INCRII,NliAN PAIUSH CHI',RCH
Reference and Administrative Information
Charity Name..
Iochmnan Parlsh Chwcm Church of Scotland
Charity Registration Number.. SCO 11778
Congregation Reference No..
14ni4S
Contact AddTess'.
14 The Bccchcs
Brooktield
Renfrew'shire
PA5 8LZ
Trustees
l)rinii
l Ufti¢¢-bearers
Independent Examiner
BankLrs
Bank of Scotland
l High Str¢¢i
Rcnfrcw
PA4 8QJ

[￿'CHIN]￿AN PARISH CHURCH
Trustees, Annual Report
Ye&r eDded 31" December 2024
The tN5tc¢s sublnit theiT report and the accounts foT th¢ y¢ar ended 31. Decembcr 2024
Structsre, GoverDallee #nd.Managernent
Goi'erDing Document
The Church is 8dmini$tered in accordance witb a Unitary Constitution adopted with the approvAI of the Church of
Scotland and Thc prtsb￿ery of Greenock and Paisley. The administration of the Church is undertaken by ibe
Kirk Session.
Tru5t2e5
Th¢ Metnbers Lif the Kirk S¢ssion are the charity trustees. Thc Kirk Sessioll Memb¢TS ar¢ the Elders of the
Church who are conside￿￿ to have the appropriate gifts and skills.
Totn McCoDDell and Barbara Jackson wtre readmitted as Elders and Trustees in September 2024. All other
trustees held Office throughout the year.
OrganlsAtIoD41 Structure
The Kirk Session is chaired bv ttrL¢ Minister and meets at least six times a year. The Kirk Session has various
Cominitt¢¢s aud Support Group¥ which report back to tbe Kirk Session on ￿ariouS matters within their r¢tnit&.
The Members of these Committees and Groups are fomied from Members of the Kirk Session along wiib M¢rnb¢rs
of the CoDgregatiun.
The Committe¢ structure comprises, worship. pats￿rat, outre4¢h, conJmunicatioll&
property. financ¢, stewardship and safeguarding.
Objectii'e8 and A¢tii'itie$
The Church of SL'Otland is a Trinitarian in doctrine, Refom]ed in tradition and Presbyterian in polity. It exists to
glorify God and its work for the adK'anLemeni of Christ's KiDgdom throughout the ivorld. As J national Church. it
acknoM'ledges a distinctiv¢ call and duty to bring the ordinances of religion to the people in every parish of
SLoiland through a territorial ministry. It Lo-operates iyith other ChurLbes in various ecuEneniLal bodies in
Scotland and beyond. Services of Worship are held on a Sunday morning on Wednesday momings on a regular
basis and on oth¢r special dajs ihroughout the year. Corjjmunion Services are held in March, June & October. On
Sunday mornings children atiend th¢ Young Church Group. A Scout Group is ￿lIlated to the Cburch. For adults
there are the Guild, Monday Café, Craft Groups. Badminton Club aDd imen's Club. A Book Bug Group for young
children also takes plaee regularly.
A Café (the Meeting Plac¢) is ruu ots a Wednesday and The Gatbering and
Tue'ing the Fai Groups a150 Ineet regularly. There 15 a Tea Bar after the Service on Sunday mornings which give
opportuniiies for a get together on a regular basis. The Church also hold5 5eTri¢es for and has links iht local
PrIll￿ry School and Little Incb Cate Home located in InchinnaD. The Kirk Session has undertaken a Five Year
Review to plan for the futute.
Achlevemenls attd Performanle
Successfvl fundraising events were held throughout the year and also a number of social events including theatre
trips. During School holidays fun events were held for children (o enjoy.
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INCHL)N'LLN PARISH CHURCH
Tru5tecs' Annual Report (continued)
Year ended 31° December 2024
Financial Re￿e
Total ii)Lum¢ of ov¢r £77.000 including fund Trisin% attd contributions from Church orgAtsiMtions of over £l-
#nd i)vvr £8.500 for tht use of the premi5¢5 by Outside organisatioT]s. In addition to this a claim for 17,IXKI has still
to be pri)L¢ss¢d and paid b}. HMRC for th¢ Gift Aid clai￿5 for April 2024. Uur expenditure of over L77.000
inLllldeJ uwer L15,000 on repaiEs and maintenancc of thc ChurGh and Hall buildings. We paid all our allocations
of i)ver £36,¥42 to the c.hurch of SLotland in full. Donation$ T￿ vario￿5 Lharities during 2024 amounted to 0￿er
£0,624. Ai the end of the year our rcscrvc Th'as ovcr £4Y.OIMI ard this CAts be used for ongoing repairs and
maintenance and niaintainins our conuniunent5 for ihe Coming ycgr.
Investigations are still ongoing in
conjunciion with the Church of SCotl￿d for repairs io ib¢ Chancel WiTKEow ard the drninage system.
St8tement of Trustees, RetDpunglbilities
The members of th¢ KiTk Scssion must prepare fijiancial sraTements whiLh givc sufficient dctsil to cnabl¢ an
apprxiation of the Trdnsaition5 of the Church during the financial year. ThL m¢mbLY5 of Lh¢ Kirk st￿￿10n dre
responsible for keeping proper accountirts records, which oil requesr. musi r¥flc¢# the f￿anL7&] ￿hition of iht
Church at that ti]ne. This n]ust b£ done lo ensure that the fmancial statements Lomply with tht C.haritiE& and
TnLStee InvesimeDt (SboIl￿dI Act ?005. the Chariiies Accounts ISLvllÉ￿d) Regulaliuns 2006 and the Re&wl&tion8
Agent Congr¢gatioJ)al Finance approved bj the General Assembly of tbe Church ofscutiand in 2007. They are
also respoD$ible for safegu91ding Ehe of thc Church and must tak¢ reasonable slq)s for Ihe prevention Bndlor
detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by th¢ T￿st¢￿ aTJd signed on their behalf by

IINCHINNAN PARISH CHURCH
Charih, N'o: SCOI 1778
Independent Examlner's Report to the Trnstees of Inehinnan Parish Church
RespLciive re5PODslbllltles of tru5tces eiRmineT
The chantl'* lrnsicey art resporhEible for ihL' prepaTaiiiin nf Ilie accciuni< in accordanc¢ ii'itb thL iern]s of Ihc
Cha&ltie% and Trdstee 1nles1￿.[nt I SLI?l.dndl .4Li Iiill< aqd the Charitie5.4cLounts I SiLiilJnd i RLiuulariotLs
Tht ch3llty ￿1<#5 LOtt>iJtt thai awb"I r4uitemov of Rewl3tion l(Ml) Id) of Acr(wnt5 RwlatioThi
DLI.: ap*l%. It li It%P)nsibili',N 10 eiami.-.
the req￿ sen1￿5 A i ) Ici .4a
and io SLate Mh<xher [￿ni￿￿18T haie Clin￿ io atterdllfL
Basis of iDdeptndellt eiaminer's >l*ternent
. 1% knaTr.ei4 LI￿1 8tcord&The Reou]aTion I l of the Chan"tie5 Al￿￿[nIS Iscth
kll3tio..
R¢=U13110￿ "(KJ6. .4n e.iaTllin2tion i]Kludes a relie￿ ot the XCOUnL
Ln£ re¥OT&" ktp:. by the cban"'.% afyj
con￿arlI0￿ of the account5 PtEsEntrd wilh thos¥ ftCQTd4. Ir also t[KI￿je) consideraiioD of ans UaUiU411 il
or JisLlosurLS in the accowits. and 5Ltks explanaiions from the ELusiees con¢ernini aryv 5ULh ttBii<fs. Th=
procLdur¢> undLrtaken do not nroi ide all tiie ei'id¢n¢e Lha: ￿"OU1￿ be required in an audffti: a￿d u)llSeq￿nlIv I
do Troi ¢xpre55 an audii opin]on on the lic￿. by ihe accountr-
INdepondcnt e¥*mintr's st4trm¢nt
In th¢ COUTse ol'm! e.iaininatiotL DO ￿tter come to mv att¥Iltio
"hicb gL%es me reasonabl¢ iause to bebeke tbai in an!. Ellaierial itipeci the requir-m¢nts.-
il io ketp ariountin¥p TeL4)r￿- accordallcc *ith Scction 411 l Y al of tne .la arld Regulallon 4 of rhe
..1 jw¥aiL-.rs R..kLlaElor￿. aDL
'.L rare a¢¥oiJnis 14.hich accord M"ith the accouniing records aDd COEW)IN' R¢EU]auon 9 of mt
)Lf.L. Re£ulaiions b.aN'e noi been mei. or
iti mtr" cyiniorL 8￿￿120n skxkld ￿ drawm in order ts) enable a pro￿ of7the
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INCHINNAN PARISH CHURCH
Receipts and Payments Account
Year ended 31 December 2024
2024
2024
Totsl
20
Tot41
VDre5tricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
EDdowmellt
Funds
Receipts
Donations
Bank interest
Note
46,190
1,353
545
70
46,735
1.423
55.698
843
47.543
615
48.158
56,541
Rental of premises
Congregational
Organisation
Regular fi￿d[aIsIng
Wedds'ngs at
n¢r&ls
Life attd Work
Expendiiure relaied
income
,Uisc Income
Grants Received
8.505
11.079
8.505
11.079
4,645
9,112
6.166
2,125
6,166
2,125
5.262
1,375
126
473
126
473
84
2.416
198
198
1.000
81
1.000
29.474
198
29,672
22.975
Total Recelpts
77,017
813
77,830
79,516
PaTr'ments
Paymellts
relating directly
io charitable
actLVlties
(77,068}
(768)
(77,836)
{76.706)
Surylus1{Deficit) of
receipt5 oyer payments
(51)
45
(6)
2,810
Pa8e 5

Inchinnan Parish Church
Statement of Balances
At 31 DeL¢mber 2024
2024
2023
Unrestrlcted
Fullds
RL*tri¢led
Fund5
EJHlowrn¢nl
Funds
2023
Total
Total
BAnk & Dep051t Bai*nee8
Church of Scoiland deposit ￿coUnt
Bank curr¢nt aecounis
Casb in halld
7.140
21.241
1,3UI
297
1.000
200
28,441
21.738
1.000
27.229
23.409
48J81
2,598
21Tr0
51,179
51.611
2024
2023
L1nre5tricted
FuTrds
R¢5trltted
'vnds
EDdowmellt
Fund5
21123
TotAI
Tot91
M(bvcment in Yeir..
FuDdi at l Januar). 2024
EXLCSS of TeLeipts,(payments) for
the year as shtswn In rhe reLeipl dnd
p&yments account
48.433
2,978
200
51.611
43.8V I
(51)
45
(61
2,81
Funds gt 31 December 21b24
4&392
3,023
21JO
51.611
FuDds htld on bthalf ot the CoD%rexati(bn
bi. thr Church of Sco¢l&nd Gcneral Trustees
Please r¢fo io the aPpelld￿ pabye 9
The accouDts were aPprO￿.ed by the trustees on ￿lL
2025 aud si￿ned i)n Iheir hehalf h)

Inchinnan Parish Church
Notes to the Accounts
Year ended .11 December 2024
Trustee RemuDerAtlon and RelAted PRrty TrnJtSaLtiull
Dwittg ibe year ihe
incutted expenses totallang £240. Eight trustees received teimbursement of
expenses in¢urred tothllthg Li,009 1202)- £3,6941.
2. Movemtnt in Fundg
AtlJi
21
At31 Dec
2014
R￿eIptS
P#}mJeDts Tr*nsfers
L"nre5trlcted funds
GeneT81
48.434
77.017
(77.068)
48,382
48.434
77.017
177.0681
48,382
Design*ted Funds
FabriL Fund
Floiver Fund
Men'b Club
Tbe Guild Fund
Meetill￿ PlaLe Café
Ba￿￿Ent0￿
Mondyy Club
1.506
308
70
545
1,576
150
17031
649
16
76
332
106
91
{32)
724
107
(32)
(32)
332
2.977
812
1767}
3.023
Endornent Fulld
Jatte Stewart Bequest for
Fabric FUJ
Jessie A. Smith B¢que5t for
SUI￿aY School
100
100
100
100
21MJ
Total Funds
51.611
77,829
{77,835
51,605
Purposes of Unrc5tri¢led bund$
LTnrestricicd I'unds are ¢¥pendable at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the
ch&Tity.
Purpojes ufDe$ignated Funds
If parts of the ullrestricted funds are eannarked ai ihc discrction of the trustees IOT a wdrticulaT PUTPQSe,
they ale desigAdt¢d a5 a separate fund. This discrLtion has an administtsri￿e pury)()5e only and does not
le8ally restrici th¢ trustee5' di5crction to apply thc fund.
Fabric Fut￿.. Thc Tru8tees havt Set a5idE fuMI.s for the rnaintenanee of the Church pr¢)perty.
Flow'er Fund.. This 15 a fund to provide flowe[5 for display durin8 seryiccs of wors]ll'P.
Purposes of Elldowment Fundy
Income from Jane Siewdrt Bequesi iy Iransferrd to the Fabric Fund
Income from Jessie A STniih Beque81 is for ihe use of the Sunday School.

INCHINNAN PARISH CHURCH
Notes to the Accounts
Year ended 31 December 2024
3. Analysis of DoDations
2024
EDdo)vment
Fund$
20Z4
T1￿$ year
Tfrtal
2023
LAS¢ ye
Total
VDre&tricted
Funds
Restrieted
Fuods
WFO Sche]ne
Stsnding order
offerings
Gift Aid doDatiolls
Tax rtLover¢d on Gift
Aid donations
Ordinary offerit)gs
{Open Plate)
Miscellaneous
13,290
25,878
13,290
25,878
13,295
24,646
3,150
3,150
2.518
8.136
3,194
3,194
3.639
678
545
1,223
3,464
46,190
545
4. Att*lysis of payments
2024
2024
This year
Total
2023
Last year
Total
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
EndOiYme￿É
Funds
Charitable 4ctivities
GiKing to Grow
Pr¢%bJlery dues
Minister s expenses
Pulpit supply
Organist
Fund Raising Expenses
FabriL repairs &
maintenancE
Manse maintenance
Manse council tax
Cia5
Electricity
Insuranc¢
Telephone & Internet
Equipm¢nl
Publicity & Adverts
Prillting, stationery
and postage
Lifr and Il"ork
Olltreuch
Choir & Music Expens¢s
Cl¢aning & Maintenanc¢
Major Fabric Expenses
Other expense5
36.842
372
240
230
3.570
220
8,071
36,842
372
240
230
3.570
220
8.071
33,285
446
511
345
3,400
453
3,885
828
3,705
3,883
3.955
3.381
632
225
207
250
828
3,705
3,883
3.955
3.381
632
225
207
250
4,861
3,602
2,620
2.171
3.278
753
431
526
275
564
493
9,427
2,245
1.868
252
606
65
7,964
252
606
65
7,964
1,570
2J38
77,068
768
77,836
76,706
S. MinisteT5' stipend
All Church of Scotland collgregations colltribute to the National StipeDd Fund ￿.￿l¢b bears the cost of all ￿Snisters.
stipends and employer's contributions for national insurance, pettsion and housing and loan fund. MstiisteTS'
stipends ar¢ paid ID accordance with th£ ¥￿tional stipend scale, which is related to year5 tsf seThi¢e. For tbe year
nd¢r reN'iew ihe millimum stipend was £3 1.642 alld the maxirnum sripend in the ninth and subsequent years of
setvice w'as £38,884.
'Note- Gift Aid Claim for £7.OO&F h&$ been lodged with HMRC but ￿ndS not y¢t received from them.
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6. Collectlon for third parties
Christian Aid
Crossreo¢h
Women Aid
Poppv Scotland
Breast Cattcer Now.
MIND Scotland
ALcord
Beatson Charity
783
251
125
450
523
929
255
308
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Inchinnan Parish Church
Appendix to accounts
Year ended 31 December 2024
Funds held on behalf of the Congregation
by the Church of Scotland General Trustees
Tbe Church of Scotl3nd Regulxtlon5 4DeDt Congregatlonal Fingnce require dlsclosure of ¢he following
F*brle Funds by V<'8V of 3 memorandurrL.4ppendix ttr tbe CoDgreg8tjOD&I Accounts
2024
Capit21 aecount
Ci'edit balances held ai cost
5.005
Market value of investments
Deposii fund
34,663
11,126
Revenue Iceount
Credit Balanle
8.440
TolAI funds at 31 December 2024
Movemellt
2024
Total funds at l January 2024 (in¢ludiThg invcstments
at ll￿rket value)
Invc5tment Income received
Intcrest received
Admin costs
Unrealized loss on value of shores
Toial fut]ds at 31 December 2024 (including investments
at n￿rket value)
55,869
1.464
234
(10)
(3.328)
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