**Scottish Charity Number SC014527**
## **East Kilbride United Reformed Church**
**Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts**
**For the year ended 31 December 2024**
**East Kilbride United Reformed Church (formerly Righead United Reformed Church) - Trustees Report** Scottish Charity Number SC014527
## **Trustees**
## **Recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees are the elders and office bearers within the church's members and are reappointed at our annual general meeting.
## **Governing document**
East Kilbride United Reformed Church is a charitable unincorporated association and the purposes and administration arrangements are set out in our constitution.
## **Charitable purposes**
The church's aim as recorded in our constitution is to uphold and further those who profess their faith, and to give of their ability and time to promote the continuance of public worship in the church.
## **Activities and achievements**
At the beginning of January 2024, East Kilbride URC moved to a refurbished building in Old Coach Road. The building was formally rededicated by the Moderator of our denomination of the URC Synod of Scotland on 7th January 2025.
All the members of East Kilbride URC moved to Old Coach Road. A contract with a local taxi firm was set up to allow members who do not have transport to come to church in Old Coach Road.
Most of the hall users who used the old church also moved to Old Coach Road. The young people in the Scout movement have embraced the new premises and have adapted their activities to suit the new smaller building. They have also helped the church by helping to tackle the garden and cleaning windows.
However, the church has been in vacancy since 31st December 2023. Despite this the church has continued to make regular monthly payments to the denomination’s Mission and Ministry Fund. The congregation is on the whole elderly and sadly a few have died over the last couple of years. The generous giving of the current members of the
congregation and the income received from the hall users was not covering the churches expenses. Therefore, in November 2024, the trustees of the church approached Synod for advice. Synod immediately suspended the church’s payments to the Mission and Ministry Fund. In return, the trustees set upon advertising the premises as a meeting place for different groups. This has proved very successful so far and has attracted a variety of hall users and increased the church’s income. In addition, it is strengthening the church as a community hub in a different area of East Kilbride.
Financially, the church finished the year with a deficit of £13,818.72.
## **Trustees remuneration and expenses**
Details of remuneration and expenses paid to trustees are shown in the Note on page 4.
## **Reserves**
The charity pledges any reserves to the continued development of all activities and projects current and future.
## **Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf**
## **East Kilbride United Reformed Church**
Scottish Charity Number SC014527
## **Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31st December 2024**
|**Receipts**
Weekly offering
Donations
Hall letting
Fundraising activities
Other income
Total receipts
**Payments**
Ministry
Minister's expenses
Synod expenses
Organist's expenses
Cleaning
Utilities
Insurance
Repairs & upkeep
Sundries
Total payments
**Surplus/(deficit) for year**|**Year to**
**Dec-24**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
16,036
16,036
4,866
4,866
6,031
6,031
688
688
3,421
3,421
31,042
-
31,042
22,177
22,177
-
-
1,700
1,700
3,698
3,698
5,653
5,653
2,767
2,767
679
679
8,187
8,187
44,861
-
44,861
(13,819)
0
(13,819)|Year to
Dec-23
19,893
13,712
9,960
602
8,419|
|---|---|---|
|||52,586|
|||24,156
1,569
375
1,700
3,605
4,999
1,871
3,940
2,945|
|||45,159|
|||7,427|
## **East Kilbride United Reformed Church**
Scottish Charity Number SC014527
## **Statement of Balances at 31st December 2024**
|**Bank and cash in hand**
Opening balances
Surplus/(deficit) for year
Closing balances
Other Assets
Gift aid tax recoverable
**Reserves**
General fund
Third parties
Receipts|**Year to**
**Dec-24**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
38,457
(13,819)
24,638
-
37,875
37,875
582
582
(13,819)
0
(13,819)
24,056
582
24,638|Year to
Dec-23
31,030
7,427|
|---|---|---|
|||38,457|
|||-
|
|||30,448
582
7,427|
|||38,457|
## **Note**
No remuneration was paid to any trustee during the year.
## **Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf**
**East Kilbride United Reformed Church**
Scottish Charity Number SC017428
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Hamilton United Reformed Church**
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024 which are set out on pages one to four.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section 44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's statements**
My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In the course of our examination, no matter has come to my attention
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1)(a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations.
have not been met, or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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