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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151 Hlgh str•el
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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¢ w*le 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 4ller*J 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 ¢ompri*d fre¢ will vff¢rin85. gift aid
offeriny tax ffttOWAI on 8ift aid li is worth nrfiDgth* <th4ry 2019 (pre ¢tivid) £44.467.
Ordlury Exp•dl¢¥re w&s £14.644. v*thi(th th)w exchMk5 d>e cl￿ of the Thurch BuildiD& Thi% eKx4)
Minist&s SuF*7bd coatn￿WI0ty Minis¢eVg ts3vel admin ¢(
F•bYl¢ F¥md *ove•thl• now rel1￿ f•r the fabrlt of the off*t 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 L4n8lK*lm M8n* r￿f
£9.559. ¢lxiic Jnd oil £5,85 l. ¢hwth fairit rerairs £4.617. clMJch ¢kan1￿1 £3.540.
fiDal inmlbnent the IMkildw*of 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 IMl*nee 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
agr*a 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
St*t¢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 siw*d on their irhalf,
te.a.4.1.ol.oco.*...

Langholm, Eskdalemuir, Ewes Parish Church Trustees 2024
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Ind¢W￿nt Examl￿r* Report ts the Trus*es of Langholm. ￿kOlI￿n￿r. Ewes &
Wost•rkirk Paiish Church
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* s•￿'¢n 44 11X•l d th• 2(1)S Act and R•gubAIiDn 4 of
2(th R*Jul*MS. •TrJ
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2022
RECEIPTS
41918
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1232
IDr•mfrom 1211
41.000
111.510

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2022
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63,993
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1.711
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12.S71
1.107
11,474
3,123
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1ZT
771
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BY THE CHURCH OF SCOTLA•IDGEI*RAL TRUSTEES
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