co 15L)04. joiw. I The Church of Scotland Ibowl• St. Andr•ws Parlsh Church Annual 8tat•d hlo•tlng Sunday 161* March 2025 (aft•r mornlng s•rvle•) Financial Report 2024 ReC￿pt$ and Paym•nts Accounts 00 Clyd•bank Klbowl• Sl. Andr•w's 181183 Sc¢JlHsh Charfty No ' SCO 15C Reference and Administrntive InforniatlOD Charity Nam¢. Kilbowie St Andr￿ Parisb Church Clwity Registration Number. SC015005 Congregation Reference No." 181183 Contact Addre5S". Trustees Principal Offiee-bearers Session Cl¢rk.. Church TrnsureT. Interim Moderator.. Interim Moderator. IDdependent Examiner Bankers Clydesdale Bank Sylvania Way South Clydebank Trustees. Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2024 Structure, Governance and Mgnggement Governing Document The Church is administered in accordance with the ternls of the Deed of Constitutio Recrnfttment and Appointment of Trustees The Unitary Court are the Charity Tr￿Ces. The Court members are the Elders of the Church and ale chosen from those Memkrs of th¢ Church who are considered to have the appropriate ￿fts and skills. OrgaDisatiooal Structure The Umtary Court is moderated by the Minister and meets six times a year with addttionat meelm8s as and when required. The Court is reswnsible for the Spintual and Fit￿l¢la1 affairs With￿ the Church and also for the Propety. Objeclives And Activities The Church of Scottand is Trinitarian in doctrine, Reforn)ed in trath'tion and Presbyterian in FK>lity. It exists to glonfy God and to work for the advancement of Christ's Kingdom throughout the world. As a nationat Church. it acknowledges a d￿tInctiVe call and duty to bring the ordinances of religion to the ￿pIe in every torish of Scotland through a tsrritorlal mlnisty. It cfroperates with other Churches in various ecumenical bodies in Scotland and ￿0nd. Killx)wie St Andrew's Church is a linked charge with Radnor Park Church and since the retsral of our minister in August 2019 we have been working tovords uniting the two churches. However due to the Presbytery Plan. Rathior Park will be uniting with Waterfront Cburch and Kilbowie St Andrew5 will be linkcd with Waterfront ChurclL A date for thi's has stftll to be intimated to ￿5. Since July 2024 Sunday Worslll'p is in Kilbowie St Andrews butldin8. A5 we are in A vacancy our Sunday Worship l)as been taken by four ministersncad¢r organised on a rotats.onal basis by our Interim Moderator. There Rre four Communions each year with home Communion thstKnsed as and when required. Services during Ihe year include Harvest. Remembrance Sunday, Sunday School Nativity Play and Watchnight Seryice. Services for Holy Week, Easter Day dawn and some other evenings are held ecumenically. Within the Church 15 the Clydebank Blitz Memorial Chapel which hold5 a memorial book in which ar¢ listed the names of those who lost their lives in the bombings of 13 and 14 March 1941. There is also a memorial book with the names and other detsils of those conrAected to the congregation who th'ed in action dunng the First World War. Clydebank KilErf)wie St Andrews Church is a congregaknon with Jesus C￿ls1 risen ascended and present at th¢ heart of its life. Morning w0￿h1P on a Sunday is well supported. We follow the Christian year giving worship a thread linking Sunday to Sunday. n every sense this is a congregation which is a fellowship of God's people. a Congregation caring for one another d bein8 COncen￿d for one another and for the community it is set in. t is o￿n and welcoming to ViSltors and strangers and is not only holding its congregationaI Dumbers but is adding 'ew meM￿[S to the roll. Trustees, Annual Report Year ended 31 December 2024 An ecumcnical strvice is held 00 Marth 13 exh year alld th¢ Blitz ch￿ can k viewed by appoiDtm¢ni al other times. This opens the Church io the widcr community extends the lellowskn'p in the Church and cornrn•. CoTnmuDity outyeacb is an impO￿t obj￿tive in Kilbowie St ArKlrews and we try to achieve this in th"ffu¢nt wa We ty to wpport and help the ￿MmUnIty with Op￿ d(hJrs p)Iw rewdiDg the use of the Ch￿Ch lall4 wlll'ch are avadable 52 weeks in the year. Re8uiar users of the halls Incl￿ 811 Gwthng Se¢tson& Gwls BriB&J4 tho Guilrt on the accounts of the chRnty for th¢ Friiod from l January 2024 unbl 31" December 2024 which are set Outon￿ge$ 710 11. Respeettive ruponxlbilitla of truJtee8 4Dd e￿mINer Th¢ charity'5 trustee5 aTe reS￿￿51ble for the preKHrnlion of the accounts in acL¥>rdance the tern)s of the Charitie5 and Trustee Inve5tmcnl (Scotland) Act 21x15 the Chanii¢s Accounts (Scollalld) Regulatio￿% 2(￿. The chanty tn￿¢¢5 consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10{ I ) (d) of thc Accvunts Regulation5 dLfS not apply It is my resNinsibility to examine the accounts as r¢quired undeT 5ectton 44(1) (c) of the Act and lo slale wh¢U￿r wticular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independeDt examiner'i JtaiemeDt My examination Is carried Qui In accordance with Regulats'on I l of the Chariijcs Accounts (Scoualld) Re¥ulalions 2006. An examinalion includes a review of Ihe accounting records kept by the charity and a companson of the accounts presented with those records. It also include5 consideration of any unu5uAI Ilerns or thsclusures in the accounts. and seeks explanations from the tn15tees concernin8 any such matters. The prC￿edu￿S wNlertakcn do nut provide all the evidence that would be required in an audil, and Con$q￿n11Y I do N)t express an audit opinion on the view 8iven by th¢ accounts. Independeol ex*miner'8 Jtalemenl tn the course of my examination. no matter has ￿rne to my attention wkn'ch ￿V¢S me reasoDabl¢ cause to believ¢ ,J)at in any material rwp¢ct Ihc T¢4wrements.' to keep occounting r￿ordS in aC￿dar￿ with Section 44(1) (a) of the 21X]5 Act and Re8ul8tion 4 of Ihe 21)06 AC