2023-12-31-accounts

The Church of ScotlaDd Langholm, Eskdalemuir, & Westerkirk Church of Scotland RECEIPTS AND PAYMEKfs ACCOUNTS 2023 C••%n8Ailo• No: 071M08 Charlty N•: SC 011946

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Yar ended 31 Derymber 2011 Struetur& Governanee Management The Church is thiniste￿I in with the tern￿ of Ihe Iked of co￿￿ltillIon (Unitw Forni)I Re¢r•itmenl and AppoiMlmeJl •f TrDstott m¢mi￿5 of the Kil Stssion ate the charity frwlees. The Kith SessiThJ rnemk¢r5 Ire the eldm of the church and we chosen fmm ttrxise Membe￿ of the Church who are c£eisidere41 to have th¢ appTOPriA gifis •Trl skil]s. Tr Interim MLNklator￿￿wl¥J is • memitr ofthe Kirk Sessiofy 1$ sp￿1n￿d by Or8a•iuIMwl Str•¢ts Tr Kirk S&8ion which meeLS ninc limes a year is reJNirnqi14c for Spiritu￿ w)d lemw￿ within church. Objeetives •nd Artivilies The Church of Scoiland is Trinit•rian in dLKtri￿. Ref4xme4J in trr41ition And Presb￿￿ in polity. li exi5LS to glorify Gtyj aThJ to work for the ￿VAnCernent of Christ's Kingdom th￿￿lUt th W¢Jrld. As a rntional chu￿￿4 it a¢krn)wledges a distinctive c&ll and duty to bring the Ordinanc￿ of religion to th¢ wle in every parish of Sc¥Mland through & trff1ty>rl￿ minisiry. li c(wrat¢s with ots ThuT¢hes in e¢umen1￿1 bthlies in ScotIw￿ and IWMI. The meet at 10am on a Sunday m(xTrin8 for 4 s¢r¥ice of public worship. ThcT¢ •Te ￿litiOnal The Sw¥Jay Club for yw pwle meets ¢very Sunday ai IO•m. There are N¢lve young peopk in regular Ett¢ndarte, where they Icam of faith and have f￿. There have been three bwisms and ihr¢t weddings twW4wo fimazl$ in >rar. During this year to be th¢ In¢erim Moderntor. Aeknemeots & PerforTh•nee conycwion we rying lo move fY(#n Covid I1￿ has been a for COMM￿lty engAgen￿l and fundraising for the CIKw¢lL hool chAplaincy hu resum￿ aft¢r Covid the Inwim Mcthrntor has bee41 in the local sthwls and h&$ held End of rni services atNJ Christh)as s¢rviccs ThJ Ridin8 ser¥i¢e for Sch￿Is. The annual Common riding for the iown was kn held •Thl this annual evEnl is well 4llerJ and appreciated by the ¢ommwity.

Year emded 31 December 2023 Year ended 31 December 2023 Finaneial Review Ordin•ry l•eow in 2023 w45 £35.377 T•thKh SMDIIK year. #K4ime ¢omprid fre¢ will vff¢rin85. gift aid offeriny tax ffttOWAI on 8ift aid li is worth nrfiDgth e cl￿ of the Thurch BuildiD& Thi% eKx4) Minist&s SuF7bd coatn￿WI0ty Minis¢eVg ts3vel admin ¢( F•bYl¢ F¥md ove•thl• now rel1￿ f•r the fabrlt of the offt by ¢zpe• ill¢•rred l¢•l• <th•r¢lJ prnperty. Th¢ deficlt 00 the Fabrie ￿ad 11 2023 was (£W59). iDcorn¢ wa5 £4,234 Umbrella Walk Tatsed £1.420 chw clothY¥ don#ioAT Trittd £109. In T•&Jitirn sknatiw +)f £2250 wtre elvad in 2023 whith tre rnade towxth the canied the fatffi¢ of the thw¢h. The totsl'¢4XI of nwintainiDg our prop¢ni¢s was £31894, this Injur￿ c4J of £9.326. re￿1￿ w L4n8lKlm M8n r￿f £9.559. ¢lxiic Jnd oil £5,85 l. ¢hwth fairit rerairs £4.617. clMJch ¢kan1￿1 £3.540. fiDal inmlbnent the IMkildwof the dmplay unit in iahwhokn c7￿1¢h. Th¢ to¢1 n¢t delkll M LEEW AceoMAts l• the y••r 2011 £lWI Rttervm Poky The ¢kn148 IMlnee at 31#t Dxember 2023 £23,064 a d¢¢rM of £1&632 the year. Tntytees have set &%ide a prokM)rtiM of these fixwts &% fiThts rePrUen￿ by Fund of £19,474 and Chuvch Projexts Fund of £3.264. Jkdalemuir Church Building Jold in 2021, a￿1 £51.155 of on sale of th¢ btsilding drnwn down 121 imo LEEW Parish Chw¢h Chureh Orpn in 2021. In 2022 FuThls of £41,5￿ w￿¢ drawn down from 121. from In athlilional acrwnt lisKd as LEEW, Ib)wevff this was apparently mi infOrn￿tiO￿ WMI the were stheqw)tly withdrnwn by 121 from the two exisiing Capital & Rcvcnue Funds at 121. FuThJs at 121 N)w staThJ ￿ only £1945 At 31112121 (n * balao¢¥ of£4W5 ai 31112fal. There h&8 been & grut de￿ of disrwion within LEEW P¥ish thro￿￿ the I￿1 two years. Thi4 along with major ex￿￿11tUrE iwildin8 ffplar¢ment of L•ngknlm Church iyr8on. as well ￿ increases in ongoing expendilure such as insurance h&8 r￿Ul1<d in * detcrioratith in our bank ikn. Gre4t¢r st&biliry is forec4￿ over the next few year4 a perifyj of vxancy, which will ix followal ty the StrnI¢￿ of shared ministy acn)39 lAngh0￿ Canonbie Newca5d¢ton will red￿c futwr cast& It has also be¢n agra that both L4ngholm Ma￿e and Ewes Church will go on marm fuftre adjustrnents in relation lo fiuyjs held at 121 will clear ￿lI￿nd dth to ¢¢ntral office.

Year ended 31 Decenber 2•23 Trnstees. Alln￿￿ Report (￿￿() Year ended 31 December 2023 Stt¢ment of Trusteu. RwoMlbililies The memiYTS of the Kirk Session I Conmjtional Bcwd MU￿ prep￿ financial 5tat¢ments which giv¢ sufficient deiail to enable ￿ 8pKtt£iation of 1r4nsaa1(￿ of the Church during the financial year. mern￿￿ of the Kirk sessi(￿ I Congreg41tonai Boanl ar¢ ￿5￿￿Ible for kwing FYoFr aLwuntin8 records Whic￿ on req￿( refled the finwKial wGilion of ￿ Church at that time. Thi4 must be &)ne to ensure ihat the fin￿￿la] swements t¢)mply with the Charitie5 9Th1 Trus￿£ Inveslment (kntlaNI) Act 21M)5, Ihc Charl¢1￿ Acc(Mmts (sc￿and) Regulations 2006 and th Re￿&￿tIo￿$ Anent Conrnionai Finance apkyovcd by the Gener81 Asscmbly of the Chwch of S¢oiland in 2(M)7. They are also res￿Ible saf¢gwdin8 the &￿ts of the Chwch lake rtawnabk steps for the preventton anwor detection of fraud and other IT￿sU1￿ritieS. AppToved by ihe Tnthees and siwd on their irhalf, te.a.4.1.ol.oco.*...

Langholm, Eskdalemuir, Ewes Parish Church Trustees 2024 POSTCODE

Ind¢W￿nt Examl￿r Report ts the Truses of Langholm. ￿kOlI￿n￿r. Ewes & Wost•rkirk Paiish Church I Iwlonth• chartjttrthp Jwr •nd•d 31 ••t•A(n 01 1X. * s•￿'¢n 44 11X•l d th• 2(1)S Act and R•gubAIiDn 4 of 2(th RJul*MS. •TrJ N•m•

and Fw Totsl Tol•l 2022 RECEIPTS 41918 E¥•rrtB 1232 IDr•mfrom 1211 41.000 111.510

holm Fw Tol•l 2022 X25 63,993 11J.8921 (1463• ft Ald Ctslm Iwt 2022awd ty*ll 14 21109 202+

At 31 D•E 1&101> 1113m) 122.nj 4234 92• Totsl

J EXPEWDmiRE FuNI• T( Toill 1.711 1203 iX* PW 8uppfy &140 12.S71 1.107 11,474 3,123 C￿￿¢1 T&¥ Oryth&ll 1ZT 771 202S

BY THE CHURCH OF SCOTLA•IDGEI*RAL TRUSTEES 1614