The Church of Scotland Culross & Torryburn Parish Church SC 015149 RECEIPTS AND PAYMENfs ACCOUNTS YEAR TO 31- DECEMBER 2024 Congregation No: 241482 Charity No= SC 015149
ariry rtsm Charity Registrat Number. SC015149 241482 cntart Addre follows:_ Non. rulinF Elders-. nnupa arerk Minister. Interim Moderatrjr. Segsion aerk.. GiftAid Convertr. Interim GiftAwJ CIThEW. Propem* COrNer. IndepeTMlent Examiner. Banker The Rtyyal Bankof&otlaTKI. Dunfeyrnline Bra 52.54 East PorL DUnft. KY12 7H8
TRUSTEES. REpoirr Member5 ofthe Kwksessiors aFe the charÈtyTrusiEes. The KTrkSession membersare the eFder50f the hurchandare C)senfromttrK) membersofthechurthwho arecorlderedtQhVetheappr0Prite gifts ski115 and COFFUThttmertto contribute to managethe affaitsof the thurcK The minirter. who The rk Session. whrth Eneet5 nTne time5 a year. and as required. is reg)OELsEble forthe spiritual and nance 6roup. The Churth of Scodand s TrinitaTian in doctrÈre. Refornied in tradition arKI Presbyterian in polity. It exi5tsto glorrfy God andto workfoTthe a(fvancementof ChrisY5 dorn th¥hOUtthe world. As a natiorrdl Church. it athiowEedge5 a (ftstinctive call arKI dutytD brire Ordinan of religion to the variousewmeni(31 bodie55nScotland and beyond. Worslap SeThicE5 *e been weekJyoTrSJFthF. (8.45am at H%h ValIVd thurch followed by ILIXkm atCtslroÈsAbbey. ReftEshmerf5at fel1DV5pfry[k)wedthe W Valleyfield Chu Servi 0COMEUnmJn was served on fouroc£asionk WeioÈnedthe otherfve congregations in the austerfDrJoint 5undayWorship everytwo montlL& At Easter. a number from the cotwewion attended a son of Praise atoakley Church and durireHoty Week we attended eveningseNtw in the thfferEnt (Ju51ErChurrhes. As PBrtof this. we Tr[d Maundy Thursday Servi at CulroF)Ibbey. In 2024. we led the Remra atthe Culross War Memorial at ILIYJam and the ser¥e and RemembrnFMZ and layir¢ of wreaths atthe vallage War Memorial at High Valleyfidd ClutL At ChFiStEna4 we atlEnded a CandleServi(E ftirthe tre3ved at Tulliallan & nCardEne (hurctL OuTannua Wathnightservi on 24 December at IL30pm was held in Culross Abbey. Memlxrsof the Congregati 3r cotn4TrunTty rfathipated in this 5ervi. at CulrDS5 AbbeypltLS IfEmeral at HEh Valkyfiekl Church. Fundraising - Speoal offerires lipfted for thristlan AMI in May and £515 was sent to that Appeal. The retFral offerings in aid of ERSKINE upltFted at Remembran Sunday5ennces amountsd to £127 induding donkn made 3tthe Rernernbrdn Seryice in Vallvffjeld Corrmunity aub.
TRusfEE¥ REIIORT Icontinuedl ActilieS Achie%ments arnl PerfoTmanTr Icontinuedj Support Culross Ably Regeneration Tn wa5 wow]d up Èn 2023 a¥KI a very generou5 danatioTr of £40,135 was made in previous year to thechurth's Gener31 Fund. ItiEh Valleyrld (Thurth Cafe - The Cafe 15 open on Tuesday mornirgs- loaM - IL30am and ser¥es tea and oJffEe. scones and biscuits. Members of the (xKnmunity and congregatTroft Fneet and enjoy a time togethereach ¥fftek. Horts Home Meolwith Errtertoinnnt- ann1 eventtook Pla In Oakley Churth. Ofganlsed jotntly by CarnLKk & Oakley Parish Church and ourselves. InvttiorG wele sent to all the auster Churches artl therevRs a good representstion ètthsveryeniordble uEnt. Afterthe meal. a Scottish Country Dan Band entertaiTred. pmv4dÈng opportunities for listenirg to thè rousing music and dan(3n> An enjoyable. 50¢iable and 5ucce5sful evenin& IAJest WillHgts auster- We partof thls auster. along wÈthSaline & BtaIringor. Carno¢ & IkIeV. l.tmeki1ns wwth Cairneyhill and Tulliallan & Kincardin¢ RepresentatNe5 frt>rn earh of ihe churthes met on several oc(xstorG durtng 202 However, the TTansftton Group whith origrn8lly constrtuted to explore a union of all stx thurcheswas disbanded eartyin 2024 when carrck &Oakley. Saline & BF4iringone and Tulliallan & Kincardine expressed a desire to form a union together, separate 'from the other5. Towardsthe end of the year the Mission Director for Fife Presbytery suggested that in addition to the utbiDn of tknse three cheS there should be a union of Cai¥neyhill with iirnekiiDs and then a linkage of the united tharge with oursel. This will no doubt be Ot$csed furtlw in 2025. Property- CUIrSAbl- Sundayworship is heldweekly at ILQOam. The Abbey iscyen daily to accommodate the many vitors. near and far, who to visft. H¥h Valleyfield Church - Sunday Wot5hip weeklyat 09.45am.Ihls bullding is a150 our'Hall' where meetlngs, eL, are FEId. The Presbytery listirbgs for churdies in F5fe, SpIfiCal rÉlatÈ to our situatlon are - Culri Abbey 'B' listiw whith means 'to dose. let or otherwise be disposed of by the end of 2027.. The urtertainty around this decÈsion is causing considerable concern ft>r us and the gjrroUr1Thg communtties. We continue to sk a new futjjre for this spirt41, hSor1, and beautiful sanctry. High Valleyfield'A' listin& whith rneans'retnaining open meantime." ConsiderAble structural work is required to bring this buildiTrg to an accepfdble 5tandkrd. Plan5 have been prepared to replace the rear portion of the building and we temain in disajssions with fiFe Presb¥ Pr(4)wty Group regarding th4s Inatter. 5umm8rylFLrttue-We continueto have a ch?IlenDTF£EtmÈ. We EuntintrallyseekGOS8uIdlnCe 3nd plan for the future and are working towards this. We thank the Ministers who have 5UPPOrted us throughtJLrt the year. We especially tha I Session Clerk. who has led most of our seTViCe4 ID 2024. We also ur Intsrim Moderator for her supporL
FINANCIALREinEw Change Tn numbers Df GiftAid dor5 iruea5ed byo char in gr4ire byStsn(firE no djaree the end of theye3r, ixrtitafso hotd5invthetEtswith a marketiolueof£6.W arxl a further£lL401 in restricted ftind& In addkitin. tt has frdknic fijnd iapitBI held OTr its ktlf by tt Churth of Scr3Èknd w¥th a market vae of £491.968 at knic fund reveAUC £6907. It is the Trustee pofKy to hold 5ufficlent resetve5 of 3pproximately &x morths exFen(fiturE ÈtxluthrE inve5tmts at Market Value. Attrie year end ttr Church hekl unre5tritted cash fiJn& of =17.643. The Churth also held £IL625 in Restrrded Funds whKh h3ve teeTr prDvided forthe pwpose55pecified in Note L 7he Members ot the rk SeiC must prerore hknn¢Tdl ststemerts whxh eive sufficient detali to èn2ble an apprecTation of the transartions o* the thurch duri the financial yEaT. The Enembers Of the KIrkse0nare re%porGWI efo[keepi properaccThJnting reCOrd%w.Ch. on request must refiect th@ finar121 pn>tson of the (hurth at that time. must du¥E to ertsure that the financial statemerrts comply with the ORritiE5 arnl TnL5tee IrAStrfTrt (Scotland) Att 21. the Charities Accounts (sco1) Re8u[ation52andthe Regulati& knr¥tConwegat¥Dnal finanLE aprffovtyj by the Gpneral Assembty of the Churd> ofscolland in 2CK17. TIEY ate also ¥e5pon•l)le for safeguarding the assets of the Church aNI MtakE le?nablestepsforthe pmention andlor detettion otfraud rjd other itregularitie& Approved and sEned on belFalf of theTnLstee Dated:_ii_JknL2ol5-
INDEPENDEKf EXAPAINEYS REPOKT p•7toll of the Ch3rTbes a Trustee Inves {Scotlandl Art 2(KS (e 2(N)5 ACVI and the ftharitie5 Accounts (Scollandl (asan-Thled) {Ihe 2( RegEdattOn5k Regulations does not apply. It is my resrK•rIbI$tyto examine thE accounts as TequlEd under section 4411) (c} Oftt 2(X)S Att and to state whether partwlar matter5 rr#neto rryatterrtKJn. Regulabon52r. An examinètton Ir¥Juda Te¥ieWoftheaLLY)tirrdS kept bythethatityand a comparison of the 3ccounts presentsd with those teiord& It also indudcs consideratA)n of any nusual items ordisd0suSnthe acrounts andSeeksexplartstiOn5frn theTru2sconcanin8aFV such mattetx The pn)cedure5 undertaken do FK+t provide all the ev1(len thatwould be requlred in In the course of rny mITtiOn. matter has LX)tr tD my attEntx)n {otherthan dd0d belo2 to.keep rprrxds in accordan Sediw 44(J (al of the 2(n5 A£t aThl . Regutation 4 of 2(K56 Accounts Regulatvr4 a1 to preparE accounts which accord with the &counting reajrds ar cDmplYN ftegulati( g ofthe 21J]6 Ac£uJmts Regulationsha¥e r¥)t b&n meL or to whKh, in my opinTr. attion shouldl)e dra1 in orderto enable a ffLyer wknndin8of the accDtmtsto read*
RECEIPTS AND PAYMEPIIS ACCOUNT 2024 Recerpts Dorwtions 17387 17987 61776 8ankand depo&tirKoN iii IGS 205 Rental iyf premises 370 17217 17217 132( 42 L130 5L163 5L163 fKI247 5Z293 si.o 95761 93n 9516 71 19277
CA%h èt b* anddeW bkn b/f 31JJ61 P?711 11.784 19217 19J76) 2L697 7.J 31 7398 761 17.463 38.459 17.462 15357 S? iiabilrttes J¥M lol>
Carried Gene¥al Fufid Re5eFve Funds Fabr4chJnd Bequest- BuWettnd Htgh IfdlteyfÈld (2) 30511 n7 {522931 205 {401} 189 I4> (42£) 27AI39 417J] f%2931 Sandy DUTM Muftorlal fvnd F4ower Fu¥Kb 6.701 274 274 Churche5 foFAJI FUNI 2282 IL420 IL625 38.459 41922 (5U931 sc (Jwrch. disabiStrt
•# WFOScheme AId donations L645 L645 923 1599 3W7 6356 IOS2 Open PkteOfierire5 tknnalsons Supy)rt Culro&s Abbey RegeneRc)Trvst Other offer85. donatsjrs. Ètr FeTrI donatioELS DonationsforThTFd Party 260 40J35 179 I77 61776 3.023 WeddirE5 332 Iteceipts from GeTal Trtee$ 17217 17217 206 Mi%celianeovs ITOrne . LifE and W0inCome . iu
Totsl 2023 no 420 710 2KI Wedding expertse% 771 Ministrres and Missiontoalc Iv5toricdebt MiThirtrits and Mt$5ion 2022 balan 6t¥iiyto Grow 2024 io. 839D 11*71 IV47 549 267 Other 5taffinEcosts Pulpitstjppty 3.481 7A129 4Z5 41ll4 4,071 4,969 L425 4.014 14294 He3tand fEht 10524 8roadband-chur£h tsffiLE Equipment-photocopier lifeand Work expenses Cthoirand rnusicVApS Mtscdla¥wus 476 476 533 42 42 42 179 SLIFJ 60247 52293 6L018 thÈyear. £38W4.
(Jtsfstian Aid-congyegational Donation% thJnfeTrnlineFoodbank-HaTrEst Ca5FI Donatt DEC-Turkey/syrsanAeI World Dayof Prayer 127 957
APPENDIX 2024 CapitslAffj)uftts 49 487.435 49L Reven¥ÈAr¢wrt Debtt balance at315E t*cember Debtt balance at315E Decernèer