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
c￿ntart 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 arecor￿lderedtQh￿Vetheappr0Pri￿te
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 ValIV￿￿d thurch followed
by ILIXkm atCtslroÈsAbbey. ReftEshmerf5at￿ fel1DV￿5pfry[k)wedthe W Valleyfield Chu
Servi￿ ￿0￿COME￿UnmJn 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 Rem￿ra￿￿ 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 tr￿e3ved 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 lip￿fted 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
Acti￿lieS 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 Valleyr￿ld (Thurth Cafe - The Cafe 15 open on Tuesday mornirgs- lo￿aM - 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 Errtertoinn*nt- ann￿1 eventtook Pla￿ In Oakley Churth. Ofganlsed
jotntly by CarnLKk & Oakley Parish Church and ourselves. Invtt*iorG 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¢*
& I￿kIeV. 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 carr￿ck &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 ch￿￿eS 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$c￿sed furtlw in
2025.
Property- CUIr￿SAbl￿- Sundayworship is heldweekly at ILQOam. The Abbey iscyen daily to
accommodate the many vi*tors. 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, Sp￿IfiCal￿ 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 gjrroUr￿1Thg
communtties. We continue to s*k a new futjjre for this spirt￿41, h￿S￿or1￿, and beautiful sanct￿ry.
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 EuntintrallyseekGO￿S8uIdlnCe 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 do￿r5 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 kt*lf by tt* Churth of Scr3Èknd
w¥th a market va￿e 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 Se￿iC￿ 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 KIrkse￿0nare re%porGWI efo[keepi￿ properaccThJnting reCOrd%w￿.Ch. on request must refiect
th@ finar￿121 pn>tson of the (hurth at that time. must du¥E to ertsure that the financial
statemerrts comply with the ORritiE5 arnl TnL5tee IrA￿Strf￿Trt (Scotland) Att 21￿. the Charities
Accounts (sco￿￿1) Re8u[ation52￿andthe 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 M￿takE 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•r￿Ib￿I$tyto examine thE accounts as TequlEd under section
4411) (c} Oftt￿ 2(X)S Att and to state whether part*wlar matter5 rr#neto rryatterrtKJn.
Regulabon52r￿. An examinètton Ir¥Jud￿a Te¥ieWoftheaLLY)￿tir￿￿rdS kept bythethatityand
a comparison of the 3ccounts presentsd with those teiord& It also indudcs consideratA)n of any
nusual items ordisd0su￿S￿nthe acrounts andSeeksexplartstiOn5f￿rn theTru*2sconcanin8aFV
such mattetx The pn)cedure5 undertaken do FK+t provide all the ev1(len￿ thatwould be requlred in
In the course of rny ￿mIT￿tiOn. ￿ matter has LX)tr* tD my attEntx)n {otherthan d￿d0￿d belo￿2
to.keep rprrxds in accordan￿ Sediw 44(J (al of the 2(n5 A£t aThl
. Regutation 4 of 2(K56 Accounts Regulatvr4 a￿1
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 opin￿Tr. at￿tion shouldl)e dra￿1 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
3￿1
7398
761
17.463
38.459
17.462
15357
S￿?
iiabilrttes
J¥M lol>

Carried
Gene¥al Fufid
Re5eFve Funds
Fabr4chJnd
Bequest- BuWett￿nd
Htgh IfdlteyfÈld (2)
30511
n7 {522931
20￿5
{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
9￿23
1599
3W7
6356
IOS2
Open PkteOfierire5
tknnalsons
Supy)rt Culro&s Abbey RegeneR*c*)Trvst
Other offer￿85. donatsjrs. Ètr
F￿￿eTrI donatioELS
DonationsforThTFd Party
260
40J35
179
I7￿7
61776
3.023
WeddirE5
3￿32
Iteceipts from GeT￿al Tr￿tee$
17217
17217
206
Mi%celianeovs IT￿Orne .
LifE and W0￿inCome .
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 rnusicVAp￿S
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/syrsanA￿e￿I
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