The Church of Scotland
S('D11997
St Cyrus Church of Scotland
RECEivfs AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
Congregation No. 3219.13
Charih. No: (ic 011997
31112124

Reference and Administrative Information
L'harilN, Namc..
Si (.)'r￿S C'hurch (If Sctsil￿d
C'harity RLgislralii)n Numk.r'.
SC011997
Con&prL%gFation Reterence No:
C'onlaLI Address=
'I'ruslcc4
I'rincip#l l)ffi¢c-he*rer%
InlLrim Modcial()r
S¢%%ii)n ('lerk
C"hur¢h 'l'rc&¥urL'r'.
I'abric C'(IllVLnLr
Ind¢pend¢nt Tr.J#min¢r
Ilanker%
'irgiiii Moncv
1141 ligh %trect
Mc)nlrii
I)1)10 8Jl-.

Trustees, Annual Report
Year ended 31 December 2024
Structure, CyOTr'¢rn4nc¢ and Man8%ernent
Cpoverning l)ocumen¢
The Q hurch is adinini%tered in accordance with the ternis of the Deed of Constitution {or t)eed of
C'(Inslllllli()n Illniiarw Fi)m).
Rccruilment and Appoinlment ofTrnslees
MLlI)hLrts ()l-IhL Kirk %L'%%lI)n. w hi¢h in¢lud¢s a Finance sub C'ommittee and a property. and Buildlngbs
ALlI()n (Jr()up are ihL Lhdrily Iru%i¢¢s. The Kirk se￿￿10n members are the Llders ()l-Ihe church and ore
ch()￿n Ir(?n) thi)5e mLmix'rs 1)f Lhe Lhurch wh() are con5idL'fLd i() have the appropriate gifts. skills ond
ci)InmitmLiil t() L()ntribulL' to the m2nag*¢meni affair% of thL. ChurLh.
l>rL%hytLry "lThc Prcsbytcry Mission plan d(￿ not F￿￿11 St Cyrus L'hurch io havc a mini5tcr. We
havL an IniLrim M(MILrdli)r wh() pri)vides a r()12 1)f Mini%lLr% f()r SundaN' SL'ThiLe5.
M¢L'ling% ()f ¢hL %L%_4i()n arc open io anTr' wncmiKr ofthL Church ti) aiiend #nd a numher of membcr5 arc
mad¢ WLl¢()mL JI ¢i'¢Th' H]Lxling.
11()wcvcr, th¢ ￿5￿1()￿ lh¢ option to discuss an). mattcr5 in priv#i¢.
Or%ani.4ationxl Stryclyre
'l-hL Kirk %¢%%i()n which tn¢cls approxiTnalcl)' Six - ¢ighi limes a yL'ar Is responsibl¢ fc)r tspiriiual a•d
tcmp(?ral allaiTh within ihc church.
Thc Lvngjrcgation arc currcnilj raising funds for the developmenl of a Car Park
Objoetives #nd ActiTh'i¢ie
I-IIL L'hurLh L)l- ￿-1)ll￿nd is 'frinitsrian in d(xtrine. refornied in iradiiion and Presb%"terian in p)Ittv. li
exi%1% li) gl(Trrifi lJi)d and iii work" for thc advanc¢wn¢ni nf C-hri%l's Kin&.diim thn)u￿0v1 ihe H()rld. A5
a nati(Trnal I'hurlh, il acknowl¢dgLs a dis1incli&c call and dull Ici bring ihL" Iirdinan¢¢% ()[￿li￿TI{)n 10 the
PLM)pIL in LN'cry' parish ()f ￿olland through a te￿Il0nal wninislry. li c()-opcfdlcs ￿'1th oihcr Churchffi i
vari()U% ¢¢UTncniLal ￿xIll% in %Lc)iland and iK"sond.
UndLr ihL rL'CLntly approled North Fast and Northern Isles PrCSb￿Cry Plan. St Cyrus C]wrch
is part ol-thL %oiith Kincardine Parish Cjrouping
()n ihL l&%1 Sunday of ihc monih thc scrvicc is fi)Ilowcd by ￿rre￿hM¢nis and a tiw¥K of
f¢ll()w%hip.
'I'hL C'hurLh C.nmmunity' Choir ￿rfor1T1¢d al our C"hri%tmLs F.ve Service.
A l.riLndtship C lub runs cvcTh' Wcdncsdal. in ihL" C'hurch CJallL Tr. i)ffLrin¥T a warwn space f
aLlivitLC%. hLlp with pcrsorial IT and a Ilealth). l.unch 18 4crvcd supplid from Primary SclxK)I
KilLhLn. WL. ha%'e had a rcg¥ular nutnbcr altLnda￿¢ WLX.kl%.
l-hl Priwnary ￿h(K￿l Children held fi%e services in thc C'hurch during the year= Easter.
Summcr. Ilarvest. Remcmbrdnce and Christmas.
Pas11)rdl home and Flospitsl N'isilingi carried out regularlj through ihe year b). Ihe Eldws.
WL have a kAc¢b(x)k Pag¢ and Hcbsitc.
WL. havc a prcscncc at the Village Gala.
'rhe C hurch fundrdises for ￿her charities- Christian Aid. Shelter Scotland and Poppy
Scotland.
St L'l'rus Lhurch collected Siamps throughoul the year and forwarded ihe collection to Churih
ol" Scoiland Stamp Apptrdl.
A paritsh ILaflLI was dislributed to ihc (KCLEpicd houscs ofihc 99 SrKTrwdr()p Ilouse
dLv¢I(TrpmL"nl in %1 (') ru8.
%1 C'yru.% C'hurLh hostcd Re-engage afterniK)n tea in the C'hurch Gallcry on 8 September
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Truste(*' Report (cont.)
Year tnded 31 I)ecem1￿r 2024
Achiei'emtnts Performance
Si Cvrus ChurLh
Manse- Solar Panels In5tallLxI tn give the propertv an r.pc 'c' Rdlin¥
L'ar Park c.onstruction of Q'.ar Park almi)%l completed.
Financi41 Review.
Tlie i)ffering.% and di)ndlii)n% ha￿¢ r¢main¢d %lLady.
Reserves Poliey
It 1.% the Tn]stees' policy to aim to hold resLThL'S ofat Icasl six moiith5 expenditure includin
Ai th¥ }'LHf Liid ihe Cl)urLlI held ui1reslri￿I&q cash fund% nf £ 73797 iiiclLidingF those pertaining to
Ihi dcsigJnal¢xl F'clbric kuiid of £6?624 Thcrc is a balance io pay on the Cdr Pdrk i)r£6679.I IL%% a grdnt
rLXLIVdblL vt- L24564 '1'1ILrc Is tlicrL.lor enough cash KLscrvL5 ti? L(Iv¢r six montli% eX￿[1dlIUrC.
Statement ofTrus¢ces' ResponsibilitieN
ThL nicmhcr% ()f th¢ Kirk Ses%ii)n must prepare linancial statcwncnls ￿hICh gJiVL %iiificiLnl detail t(J
enclhle an appreLi1c ticTrn ()l-IhL' IranwLliiTrn% É)filiL L IiurLlI duriii¥> tl)e fiiiclllLial yL'ar. -IhL ii1LinhL.￿ ()f ih
Kirk session are rcsponsiblc lor kccpin& P￿TrPL[ acLounting records which. oft rcqiicst. musi refle￿ thc
IridllLidl pvsitioi) ol. IIIL L hurch ai ihat tiiiic. 'I'his inust be done lo ensiire th21 I the tinanci4218tatements
LOlI)pl%' lili ihL C'l)ariliLS cind I ru.%lLX' Inve%tineni ISL'i)tland} Aci 200.), Ilie C'hdriti¥% ALL(Truii(
Iscniland) Kegulations 2006 cind the Regulcltions Aneni CongTrregational findnLe dpprDIL￿ b!" thL
GLneral AS￿'mh7), of Ihe Chiirch of %coiland in ?Q07. They are dls() rLsrA)nsihlc l(Ir saliguarding th
assets ol-the ChurLh musl lake re¢lSI)ndbl¢ si¢ps f4)r ili¢ pr¥vLI)IiLNI aildlor delcltioii i)l- Iraud and
()Iher irregularities.
Approvcd by thc Trustces and qigned on their behdlf.
.Se$sioTh c.lerk
l)ate .

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of St Cvrus C.hureh of Scotland
rLP()ri IhL' accounis c)l- Ihl iharits. tor thc icar cndLd _I I l)¥LL"mlx'r 111?4 ￿hICh arl $11 ibut ()n
pagi¢'ts 11 l i() l O
Respectii'e resTrPOnSTribilitiey Iruslcey and c%aminer
"I'hL Lharilj's IrusieL'S £ifL fL'swllsiblL lor the prL'P4U&ilivn of the accoun15 in aLL{)rd￿le K'ith the lvnns
uf IhL Ch￿Ill5 and Tru5lLL. InvLsim¢nt (Scoiland) ALI 2(K)5 and thv Lhdriiics ALLoun15 (%LI)lI￿d)
Regiulations ?006. As ammL'ndLxl.
ThL chariiv irw%lL'L'S LonsidLr ihal thL' audit requirement of Rcg?ulaiion 10( I I Id} ol- Ihe ALLounls
KL'gulalii)ns JOL'S nol appl).. li is m!, Teswn5ibilil)" lu examine ihe acLounls required undvr .￿¢t1()n
4411 I ILI of IhL ALI and 10 51alL' whi'iher P&lrtiLular mallL Th have Lomc lo mv dllenliun.
Ila*i¥ lif independent examiner'% staltment
An Lidinindlii)n Is L￿Ild ()ul In aLLi)rd￿Ll ￿'ith Rcgiulalion I l of thc L"harilics Accounls (Scoiland)
RLg>ulalii)n% 21)06. An cxamination Includcs a rel'ie￿ ol- Ihc accounting rccnr(Is kcpt bv ihc charily and
a Loniparison ol- Ihe accounls Pre￿nICd ￿.]lh ihose records. li alsi) includes consideration i)f an).
uniisual items or disclosure% in the aLcounls. and secks explanalinT]s Ir(Im the truslLYS conLemin8 an!.
SULh mdllL"Th. 'I'he pr()LLdurL% undLrtak'cn di? ni)1 prc)¥idc all Ihc c&idcncc ihai ￿.￿Uld ￿. r¢quTrr¢d in an
audil. (uid LC)IisL"qucnily I di) ni)1 Lxprcss an audit opiDii)n on ihc N'iew given by ihc accounts.
dependent examiner's sl4lement
In the course of mi, examinalion. ni) mailer has come lo mv aiieniion
whiLh gFive% me reL%c?nahle cduse to ￿lieN'e thal in ￿). malerial respeLI the requirements..
t() k¢¢p aLLouniinLF fL'cord% Trn aLL{)rd￿Le wilh %Lxliun 44 ( l Ka) of the ?(X)5 Act and RegiulaiM)n 4
ol" the 2006 Accounts RLbulalions. and
lu prLp￿ accounts whiLh accord with Ihe accounling rccords and complv with Rcgiulalion g ()1"
Ihc 2006 Accounts RLgiulations ha%'e not Ixyn mel. c)r
to whiLh. In mv opinion. aii¢ntion should be drawm in order lo cnablc a proper understanding¥ ol-
thc aLLountS to bc rcachcd.
Namc
Address..
Dat¢

.5t C 'rn¥ Chureh of 4ieotland
Rccei
Is and Pa
'menls Account
Year endcd .11 December 2024
UNrcstrTCted Reslricied
End¢Trwmtnt
nd
Tot81
Tnt#l
2024
2024
21124
1024
202J
Reeei
Note
l)onaiions
18656
650
19306
24375
I.LLY41LIL%
A¢tiviiiis for Cienerdiing Funds
Jldnk & l)ep0511 interesl
InvL%imLnl inLume
2076
1.913
?55
8Q7
82
889
728
197111
2726
82
272211
Renial ()f premises
'ricnd%hip Club
l)onaiion lowar(b Car Park
14.$8
1458
8330
8i30
lio
8336
¥336
i.pw
272
272
7?17
Car Park
25143
25143
9033
R¢ceipls from (ieneral 'fruslees
Renidl ()l-prLmises
40002
40002
1.508
17370
17370
Cileii Mlmorial Fund
To¢#1 Reeei
Is
956
39774
84$37
1)4 j9j
46301
'ment4
("o*l% i)f 21'nerating funds
C.'h¥ritahle ¥ctivities
ljovcrnance costs
30.f 38
88138
118676
4?964
otal Va
'mcnls
30738
88138
118870
43164
Exces% of Receipts over PAvment*b
fDr the year befor¢ Iransfers
-3601
82
5517
-52?1
Tr#nsfep* re Car Park
F.xce55 of Rcceipts ovcr PYdymcn¢s
4611
4611
1010
5517
5??1

rus Church of Scotland
Statement of Ilalances
At 31 December 21124
Lnrestricled
R￿¢ricted Enduw ment
frunds
Fund5
Funds
Tvt*l
Tvl¥l
2024
2024
2024
2024
202J
Nulc
Bank & De
08it Il#lanee5
aiik & d￿￿)511 balanc
brL)u4hi li)rward
.172
7(Al
si?
7753n
665_51
Mov¢m¢nt in year:
.xcc8s ol" HLLLIPIA Ib¥cr l)oyminL8 fi)r thc ycar
X2
5519
IIW79
Llank & dcposii balances
carried lorwarij
X(yS1
5WJ
77fj30
Invt'¥tmi'n14 #1 cu¥t
8(K)2
1.1435
13415
Inwf*tm¢niA #l M4rlEtl V*lut
1116$3
54?%
ItJS¥l
13435
'[ ()l&il l. uiid
1¢44SO
xh41
(}5!7
A¥¥el
(iranl RccciviihlL
24$
24564
(illl Aid ke¢¢ivabl¢
1946
C'ost uf rLI)air yel hilled C'ar Pdrk F.xp.
66793
66793
The accounis H'ere approved by Ihc Kirk Session and FinanLial Board c)n ?610.31?0? s
ion l.'l¢rk
Trcg4urer

Stc
rus Church of Scotland
tatement of Balances
Note% tu the Accounts
Trustee Remuncr¥tiDn and Relxted Party Tran$action8
"I he RL'V Nomian -l-rL'wTLn rLLLivLd ni) remumL'rati()n hul dirLLII)' Irom the Church £ I, I l.") w'a
paid li) Ihe Lhurch i)l- %L()tlnd durinb thL yLar Ic)r hi% %L'rvicc%. Nc) TrusleL' had any pers￿e]
intLrLs1 in any Lontract or IransaLtion L'nlcrLd inlc) by IhL Lharity duringJ IhL yc￿.
2. MovemcDts in Fund
Inirease
At l Jan
in Value
c)I' inN'LSI.
.1 rans
A131De
21124
Rcceipts
Pavm¢nts
2024
Unrestricted funds
Dcsignaled l.abric Fund
tieneral F'und
176.fj 3
16866 53
36951
662:,
18211
51461)
1387? 55 4156?
SavinL?s ALcouni
79917
39774
-30738 108 461 J
Rc¥triclcql Fund¥
'riendship C'lub
C ar Park
7641
98914
746_19
-8888
8651
4611
7641
84537
4611
8651
Endowment funds
-1 rust P'unds
40
408?
Mvers .1 rust
2349
82
2444
Total funds
6391
82
53
6526
oses ol- l)esi
IndtLd I". und
abric Fund- "I"hL I ru%lL'L5 h¢)VL' SLI a%idL lunds Ic)r Ihc maintenan¢L ()l- th¢ C hurch property
QFenL'ral F und.. is lor cong?rL'gy<lti()n¥il purrK)SL.
).￿5 ()l- l..nd()winLnl I. unds
rust F'und% Ilank. InlLrL%t is liir (jLncrdl I'-unds and is paid dirccily Ic) the (ieneral F unds
Myers F'und Bank Interest is a lund l()r th¢ l)()or ul. IhL I'arish

Ilnreslricted Re$tricted Lndowment
Funds
Funds
Tr'unds
Total
2024
2024
2024
21124
2U2J
3. Analv%iiTr of l)onations
.'l.-() SiliLlliL Ini)n (iilTr Aid)
liift Aid l)onations
3?96
3296
42110
7409
6266
6?66
Tdx RLLovered on (jill Aid t)ondliiins
2935
i ?
94?
42
17V7
3794
()rdinary ()Ilirin&)% l()purTr l>ldlul
444?
444?
175
6.$0
l. unLfdl and WLddingi%
600
600
1.160
21P1fi4
iyji
4. An¥ly¥iy (>f l)#ymcntf4
C.()¥¢¥ i)f kpencrating fund¥
InvL%lrnLnl MILfI<L￿7LrN, fL'L%
()Iliringi ¢nvili)p¢'s
C'harilxble activitiib¥
447.$
447.$
341I_7
l)rL'%hytcry
Mini%lLr'¥ Lxpcn%c%
l)l.M %41141ry
l)ulpLI %upply
4$1
444
l.abriL fLpdir% & m4iilliLlliltkLL
C'()uncil -l.ax
2810
7810
IY14
23411
.3$711
1.39
8888
91)27
508
$118
.7??
7900
7()nO
C rLdli(?n ol'c'ar Park
Man%¥ l."xp
1181J
I IN676
349(J7
(Fovernance co¥t8
20(1
200
()ther pxi'ment¥
Purcha8¥' Ot'as4ei
I'urchase i)I' invL%im¥nis
21M)
2(K)

S. Minister's Stipend
All L hurch of Scoiland congircgyalions conlribute to the National %iipcDd Fund whiLh [￿arS the
L()%1% ()l- all mini%tL'r%' %lipLnds and employLr's Lonlribulions lur nalii)nal insurance. pcnsi()n
h(iusingy and loan lund. Mini%tLrs' stipends arc paid in accordanLL" ￿'11h thL national slipcnd scalc.
hiLh is relaled to IhL' yLars ill- serN'icc. For ihL' )'Lar under rel'ie￿. thL' minium slipLnd £_3164?
uld IhL' maximuim in thL 5th and subsequent years £38884 The (living ti) Cirow NN'as £4476 +
2023
2024
Collections for Third Parties
l)oppv Scotland
L'hrislian Aid
%h¢.IIL"r
117
2(K)
192
268
570

APPF.NDIX
Tr'IINI)% HF.I.D ON BF.11A1.F ()F THF. CONC:RF.C:ATI()N
BY TIITr-. C'HIIRCH OF.%C.'()'fl,AND (:F.NF.RAL TRIIS"1'Tr'.F.S
RLvLnue ALLount
21124
()PLnin¥' IlalanLL
Rcni Received
2112.3
1211011
i ?0011
Inti'rL'41
Inliime Tr"und
l()X
I X6.3
xi
20119
I raiiNILr bctwecn l.und%
Adminislralion
-71
'I'r<in%lir ￿tween l. und
l)r()PLrty C'nsls {-1 ran%lirrLd i() L'hurch I
l)¢Jx)%il I. und
l.'ri.di¢ Ilal¥nre
-17.37
-()1114
4.2.17
Capital Account
{ i)I' % IIivL'%I()Pi .1 ru%1
('()Ii%()lidalLd l.ahriL I. lind I l )LP()%il I,undl
('rLdil IlcilcillL¥ I)¢LL'mlK'r Il 51
21124
471)74.()2
1711X..$11
-2.14().14
47I)74 ()2
l.1).ss ()n ()I' Ilnil
.1 ran%l¢rrL.d li) ('hurLh
('rLdii Ilalancc l)L'¢L'inbL'r .3141
Mark¢1 Valuc
4,11.15.211
4,11.3S.211
47 1)74.92
10