West Mearns ParRsh Church of Scotland
GES
EARNS
Congregational Accounts
For the Year ended 31 December 2025
Congregation No: 321944
Charity No: SC 016193

RefeTeB¢e aud Administr*tiYe Inforn*ti(
Cbwitv Name."
'esL Vear05 P*tsh (Jur¢b of S¢irtknd
utrLb¢r.
SC016193
c￿&re88t10n Refetenct
Numb¢r,
321944
Burnknk
Glethie
st(￿e￿¥¢
AB3Y JYD
Tr￿tt
Rev. Hriatt Smhb
Kirk 8eSSMM Memtrttk.
Mrs. A. Ar80
Mr. E. CThri5ti¢ Iwa li￿?5)
Mr5. F. Clark
Mtj. H. Ritcbie
I'b[￿5[
Mrs. l.'1'rf88
MTS. r
Mr. D. Middkm
Mr. K. IS.D].￿
MT. A. 54rni¢S¢￿ IWJ IS 0.125)
Mrs. J. McBiill
TS. E."IWwi￿l 15trJ2S)
Prlntlpal Ottl¢￿b￿reTr
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Se6$1￿ C.l¢rk..
Treo%urér
R¢v. Brtall Smith
Mr. Jim Ilrrttt(wl311lUI
Mrs Altstht Ary01wd￿3l 1225)
tDdtpeid•ni Eum*er MrsJ%quelillt Ma¢&ydd
9 ca￿[¢1￿[1 Garth
laumK¢kirk
AB30 ILG
Blnke
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West Mearns Parish Chureb of Scotland
Trustees, Annual Re
ort
Y¢ar ended 31 December 2025
Structsre, Governance Management
Governlng Doeument
lThe church is administered in acc(the *ith the chU￿h ot" Scotland L.nitsry Deed of Constitstson and is
subject to the Acts and Regu￿10T& of the Genergl Assembly of the Church of Scotlsnd.
Recruitment and AppolDtment of Trustees
'Ibe charili, In￿1¢£5 w¢ the M¢M￿r$ of th¢ Kirk Session. "rhe Kirk sessio￿ memt*ts are the eld￿r$ ()f th
church and aTe ¢hos¢n from thos¢ m¢ml*rs of th¢ ¢hu￿h wlxj ￿t c4)nsiiL.red ts hav¥ appropriate bJ71ts and
skills, The minister, is a ￿eMber of the Kirk SegsioJ4 is elected by the L4Jn¥regation Jnd inducted by
Pr¢ybYl￿.
Organi8a¢ional S¢r¥ct¥re
U￿Yer the Unitsry Constitution the work of the Session is &legaled w commillees &g 2pprt)pria￿. West
Mearns ¢UTrerrt ¢ommittcc struckn is primaril) the Kirk %c&4ion and thc ￿￿$1￿￿$. Finance & Fabri¢
ommittee. Due to th¢ small siz¢ of committe¢s I￿j the cunent as &1 resuli vf the pre$b￿Cry
Miysion PIll￿ thc Kirk Session dea15 Wlth all work and iNlwks from time to time. ne¢es$ary
repre5enl&lives of the other areas of Lh¢ Chu￿￿.5 *XFTk and mission tn ¢nsurc proFtT representaiion rthd
un5ultstiun.
ObJe¢tlves and Activllles
The chU￿b of Sc4Aland is Triniwian in dothue, Refrrfrned in tradition Presbyierian in poliiy. li ¢xi$ls ¢17
glorify and lo work for the advan¢emenl of Christ's Kingdom ihft?u¥￿>UI the wurld. As a nutional
chu￿1￿ it ll£know1￿￿¥S a dislin¢tive duly (o bring ihL' OTdinan¢cs of religion io th¢ p¢opk in every
rrtri¥h (If SLI)tlwnd thriiugh a t¢rrits)ridl ministry. li L<wrates with other Churches in various ecumenical
IM)(liL') in ￿tland ¥nd lyyoryl.
Prior ￿ the Union with Lawewekirk AberluthN)ff pJrislKs on l Jartw 2￿6, the parish of we￿ Mr4Lrn%
encompassed five villa8es and the surroundin8 coulltsysRde. Sern'iees of worship were hcld ￿ 9.311 om LV¢ry
Sunday at Fettercairn Lhurcl and at I l am on the first ￿u￿laY Df the inonih at (ilL'nb¢rvi¢ C.huTch on the
other Sutthvs of the month at A￿￿enblaC Church. (kc&8ionally a SinBle wi*¢J s¥tvi¢e wa5 held in one of
(he thr￿ ¥hur¥h¢s.
A month]y service ivas held at I)￿en ElizaEtth Court, a sheltered housiti8 ¢ompl¢x in F¢iier¥airn. Lhri81m
servi¢¢s were held ID 0]] three churcbes. and in (￿Cert Elizabeth Couri in PellLrcairn. "ITrL're wtre S￿LIa1
eveniDg 5¢rYi¢e5 held to nwk Iloly Wttk. I￿1￿11n8 an ttumenic41 CI(KNI Fri¢Jay S¢'ThT¢c in wFuch Ihe
congTegulion pdrticipxt￿l arml iwk il's ium in IxKtin8. 'Ihe cfflgrr¥¥liiJn aly(l E*rtlLjPqt￿ iT4 and takes ies
in hostsn8, the lo¢hl Wwld thy of Prayer service ¢vLYv M8r¢h. ￿..edding9 and lunerdls kld &5 and Hl)eD
required at the three churches.
The Communications Grow wblithed the church ￿￿SIttier. j￿17￿￿$. for CTrculation to all rnembern of the
congregation an4t io the wider ¢nrnmunity thrvugth IuLai stKYP5. There a ￿gularty updated web5i(r
a social mcd7a prcscn¢c. Memkts of the cbuwh organise41 W¢$1 M¢arn$ Parish'g participation in C.￿lS11an
Aid Week and the Harvesi and Manger Gtlts.
Occasi(mal events t￿k place as a fo¢￿ forbringing people together and as a means of raising fimds.
Th¢ tllinister was the chaplain ai primary scknls in ihe area arLd C(￿duc￿￿ sch￿1 asgcmblics at tl
invitation of the re5￿tive Head TeacheTS.
The activities of West Mearns Parisk Church of Seotiatsj includcd ￿ (Yuild and the Awhenbiae Friendship
Club. The two Guild5 Within the Con8fEgalion - Awhenblae and Fgttercairn - exist to express faith in
w<Kship? prayer &tMI aciion. Thc Aucbcnblae FricThl%hip Club rne¢t w¢ekly for sl]wd aLtiviti¢5 and friendship.

West Mearns Parisb Church of ScotlaDd
Tru$tees' Annual Re
ort
cont
Year ended 31 December 2025
Acbievements and Performallee
l.ive-8tT¢wning of WCL.kly worship from F'ettercaim Church ￿arted in 2020: &s ThEII holdingw the Sunday
evening prayer group meetin&¥ OVLT 7AthI. this conlinued tbD)ughwt 2025, r￿bIllg out to p¢ople from far
outsi¢k the Parish. Towards tbe e¥Ld uf 20•4 an Af￿t-Sch￿I Club ILittle Light Bearers) was started up ill
Fetterclltrn Church Hall. once a ￿tek thbring trrm-tsmc. wilh ￿ aim of 1￿Ching cbildrcn atxpui the bible and
Chri51 through DVDS. craft actI￿tIcs. fijn a￿] gan￿. Tr Llub is woving very swar alld attendance has
DuTill¥ 20?? a Combined Kirk S¢95ion of At¢rluthnoii LauTeJKekirk. St Cyrus and ￿,¢$1 Mearns parishe¥
h¢ld tg be&iin a cli11a￿}ratIvC ¢onversatioii the ￿lY forward following the relea5C Ot'thc linal Presb)ry¢ry
p]an. As pan lif the plan AuLhcnhlac Jnd cJI￿)I￿NI¢ ehwches Mtte ear-mathd for closure and dwing ?025
the 5a)c ol" Glen￿1¢ chuwh progrcy¢*d. completing M 12 Trebnwy 2026. A Task Group, fvuy
representative of the West Me￿￿%. Laur¥￿e￿lTk and A￿T1uthnOll parishes, took w to a sx)int where
C￿1¢ a sirtgle parish ott l Jattuwv 2026. kr￿%￿ &$ HO￿ ofthL Mearns Parish Lhurch orse￿￿.
Calm Project ha5 continued w grow in ILIAh. ￿'1S7b11l[y. Lomrnunity en8agemeni over the past year.
'unding progress has been encour4ging. most 5iBnificantly Seed tor Alongside 8enen)ug
rinancial aj￿ pracllcal 5UPFL)rt from loc41 groups. Iw1￿j1n￿ the &Jnation ul"knrhes and a picnic tsble. Schools
work ¢xpand¢d consid¢rabl)'. and paTI1¢i￿tiOn its lh¢ pfyllet garden challenge at the %cone Palace ￿en
Fair r¢sulicd in a Briinzc awaTd. markin¥ a rA>silAve ￿eP in publsc engagemenL Koha gatherii)ss have
continued with $tr()ng' parti¢ipation. Im,1￿11￿￿ new volLmieets joining throu8hout the )'eor, and weekly
atterdance at th¢ T.uth¢nniiir T.anler Tern¥inS 10 our rL'l81ional prLsencc in the conmnuniry. PattheTships
h&ve strengthell￿ tknTough the (IT()wi￿ NeiworL supiM)rting community tloral displays. growing
plonts for local villages, and porticipating in collalwatsve (ff¢hard and prunin¥ Iraining. A Flarvcst
C¢lehr8tion in September drew SLpproximAt¢ly 70 attendee8. and tetsrais hav¢ yin¢d inLrLa4inbi trJ¢tiim. wilh
scvcral day rclrcals fur in rninislry atml momin8 retreats for congregations: Adv¢ni r¢￿eal5 in particular
saw 8tronbT att¢￿(Jan(.¢ #nd tKYYitive feLxll>aL'k. PromolI()tu￿ filmin8. SUFVlrted by I'resb)tet), has helF¢d widen
aW￿eness. anij thc AdvLnt Trail aThJ IliniLY kn181ice carols in thi ()rchard gathered over 60 people in
celebration. Sitr development has LvntinuL41 %tL'tsdily. Incl￿aIn8 fencing and cold ITamc lo￿tr￿"t1()[L irrigaiion
in9T8lla¢ion. winter vegetsble pldnlinu. p3th prepBratiOTk ￿lYIunn¢l or8anisatiffj aNJ ongoing land
slcwant4hip.
Fettercaim's Drop in Cafe has bc¢n gi)ing ¥ince ?01 l. operating tvery Mond&J" in Juty ortd Augusl. and on the
lasi Mottday of the other m0ft￿￿, and is supwr*d by ihL' surn)unding vill48¢$ also allw¢¥ wm¢
p&*sin8 tourist5. Themed doys 21)25 inLIth pancake wTek. cbildr¢n'5 i¢¢￿Tt￿rn ynd I￿k). ￿¢¢k 4tMI
P05h aftcrnoon wcck. Thi8 year ihc l)rup in Lafe rnised ovet £2,71Y) in aid of the repairs to I,'etterc8irn
Ch￿￿h spire. The biannu81 Fetter¢dim (..hri¥im￿* TTLY f¢%iiv8J trfft)ughi in a tUrth￿ £2.157, including £565 of
don4t50n$. A ¢okY¢¢ momin8 sales oftAwks by the FdLercaim and Awhenblae (iuilth raised owcr L7UO.
I'he repointing of the spire at Fettercairn I'hurch ¥￿% c4)mpletcd in firte Wtrdthcr in April 2U25. While this
rLmO￿Ls ihi ￿￿1n source of water iws& th¢ dwayed louvr¢d rqyKls ol" the bell gallery remain a problem.
Wtt¢¢r rngress at A￿h¢nb19e c.huwh was im'esti8&ted, quoted for. armj has Exen approved for ?0?6. The
*ith LFJ l.ld ovcr th¢ limc harlinE of A￿tr￿bIde Church Ilall ffemaiJLS UJ)resolved. Presbirterv Plan
related work in Fett¥rLairn Church (remÉival tif pews to crealc a meetift8 s￿¢. lidying up AV cquipmcnt atsj
creation of a disabled toilc¢) r¢￿Tr￿d pl2Ming sw duri￿ the yeAr.
Financial Revie
In 2￿25 total receipts were up try jwt under £56.6(M) to £144.826. Onc of thE n￿1n re￿on¥ fuT the
an cxlra £45.450 in grdni fimdin& with a £10.4(K) lisied plac¢$ of worship 8fdllt for th¢ to [¢tter￿1ffl
Chutch SPiTf 8nd £55,IXKI in Sttd for Cirnwth furnling for the Calm mission proje¢t lup from L?0.0￿ in 2024).
Receipt5 from gill aid ¢laimy cob¢ring 3 tsx Y￿r$ fell into the caletbAar >ear, leadi￿ to &n extra £10.490 tro
this source compared kn ?024. Th¥Te werv more Teceipts from funerals. I￿lUdIn8 frDm £ullrcliDn5 ai funends
An aid of the Churc￿ but bank inlere5t dowi bi. £2,1￿14Y/qI. Donaiions Lilllc Li&hi Bcarers (the once-
a-week After scbwl dub Jt F¢lten&inJ Chwrb Hall) tokn]led £352.
To￿] paym￿lS MOT¢ than doubled in 20?5 to ￿?4j0?
The tDthI for GI*1￿(¥ to Grow of £66.932 included
£IO,(KM) liability frum 2024 and also £?7.879 paid in advance for 2026. Ministers exprnses include the
payment ot a liability af£i,887 fn)m 2024. rermirs and maintenar￿e was up ￿. alrno￿ £61,700
At £74,1?4. The biggest Ite￿ was the repaw work to Fetse￿alrn Chwch spire (£62.40U). a￿1 which was partly
paid for out of the wt a￿1 fabrie fithds. A ne* dth)r aMI a repair for th¢ Ma￿. {£2.47DI and Architccl
fccs f(Y the planMI improvettknts ai Fettercaim ChuKh (£1730} Mrre other more 5ignificaJtt cost5 under
this hcading.

West Mearns Parish Church of Scotland
Trustees, Annual Re
ort
cont
Year ended 31 December 2025
Although rouncil pttvments during the )w were le55 Ilwi in 2(124, tlKre liabilitv 8t the year end of
£1.920 and which ￿ld in January 20?6, th¢ Mallse k)n8er qualifyin8 for a disCoun￿d rate. Payments
for h￿t and li¥hL Wtre up by 3￿/0 to £7.6(MJ. In 2074 all 5 buildings tKeived a £500 ¥rnlit from SSE. By
the end ot. 2025 an isgje ￿7th ihe stDart rn¢t¢r ai FeuerLaim church WAS still in the process of bbing Tcwlv¢iL
Little Light BeaTEfi incurred cxpenses of just u￿]er £lJ(Kl on equipment A￿j supplies. and £1,109 sptnt
on first aid and fwd safery uaining for ￿￿10￿S elders a￿1 %oluDte¢r
Apart fro￿ Salary cosls. the CJim mI￿10n pmject just over £42W 01] cornFKist. the hire of Lutherniuir
ch¢JrLIL seeds and Ofhcr S￿￿1ry tXtrAn8 ?025 £8b34 spent on ilK ¥erYices of Lonununity Dal
¥¢eking funds to finance the CAIM mi*4ion project 74￿1 the major reTfdif5 #nd improvcment5 to Fetter¢airn
Church aTKI Hall. ￿ Laurenc¢kirk chuTch a￿1 lo l.uttMnuir ¢bur¢h. iiTbJer purchasc ol a&seJs. a tableu
laptop ncw moniiors tolalied £lJ15 and just undcr Q(MMI was spent by th¢ CAIM on
bench¢& ahed¥e irinjmu and rfber equipmeoL
Reserves Polley
li is the Tr￿slee5. Txili¢y ti> hold resetves of approximately six moTrth5 exFetMJilure. The t¢&son for holding this
level of rescrv¢5 IS SO thai ihL cash Ilow. can Trx managed mvrv cvmloftably ih&n if fewer reserv¢$ w¢r¢ h¢ld.
and noiin8 that cash reseTV¢S have qill eaTtJing reasonable rales of Lredii inlereu. Sh(Truld the level of cash
rescrvcs fail below this lev¢l there wnutd siill ￿ guffieieni time io seek appTm'al from Kirk Session 8nd io sell
some inv¢s¢m¢n¢5.
At the yC#T end the ChU￿h held unr¢stsicted cash funds of £83.938 of wlu.ch £416,346 We￿ dL'4iwted for
specifi¢ puryM)scs. rcrnainio8 bolaD¢e of £37.591 rqryyjts IKiMten 5 aThJ 6 months ol" ¥eneral fund
e%￿ndituTe, excluding on rn&jor repair items, and uthich th¢￿(￿[l. mcets i)ur reserves policy.
The Church a150 hcld £30.742 of restricted which hjvr provided for the pwp)seg Jp¢¢ified in Nole
6 Ip&ge 9).
Herltable Propertlej
No properties ar¢ h¢ld by w¢￿ Mearns PatiylL All I￿ vem *ith the General Tru￿.8.
A¢¢oull¢lDg for Fibrlc Exptllditure
Nnm]Pdl maintenance and r¢pairs aff charged to fabric fi￿d. if ffiJnd9 ore available. and (th¢r¥4q%e tn the
8w<ral fuTrJ. Any repeir work relatkng ¢0 rol is ¢h¥8cd io the rot fU￿j where fi￿￿5 ar¢ uv&ilablc.
Stvdtement of Trustees, ReSPODsibilities
The members ol. the Kirk S¢ssivn musi pryare fir￿￿la1 sla¢ements whieh bTi>e sutricienl deiail to enable an
apprecipdiion of the tr￿)sa￿l￿n% lif the Chur¢h during the finwKia] yedT. The tn¥mlYT% of the Kirk Session are
r¢spoosible for kttping proF¢r 8£wunling wci)rdy whi4'14 rn re4￿$t. ￿fleet the financial p)8ili<m (Trfthc
Church at that ume. "I'Iu5 mw%t ￿ done to ensure that thc fin￿￿181 srAiements comply Mryth th¢ Chdrilie4 and
Trus￿¢ Invislrnrni (sc4)t￿l Aci ?IM)5. the Chariti¢s A¢£(MLnts IScotlatyJI Regulatiorts ?006 &nd th¢
Regulation5 ANit r.c)nBreBational FitwKe appro%￿ by tIK (i¢n¢rdl Assembly vf the Churcb of Scotlalld in
21N)7. They are Also rL'$rA)nsÉble for safe8wding th¢ &s5Ct5 of C.huYch a￿{ musi tske [￿sonable $l¢ps for
the ￿e>entIOn gndlor detection offi8￿1 8nd otkr irregulJTiti¢>
Approved by the"ITUSte£s sA￿d on their￿h￿r,
r J TDrner, Trnstec (SessioD Clerk 31.1125)
/7.. os.. 2.o.?/

Independent Examiner's Report to the
Trustees of West Me8rns Parish Church of Scotland
I report on the accounts of the Chariry for the year ended 31 Decenkn 2025 which are set out on
pages 6 to 10.
R¢speetive responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The Lharity's trLLStees aTe responskble for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the
ternis of the Lharities and Trustee Inveslrnent (Scoiland) Act 2￿5 and the Charities Accciullts
(Scotland) Regulations 2[￿6.
The charity twstees consider tI￿t the audil requirement of Regulation 101 I ) {d) of the Accounts
Regulations does not apply. li i5 my responsibility to examine the Kcounts as required under
section 44(1) (c) of the Act atMI to slate whether particular matters have come to my attention.
BASIS of Indepe￿￿ellt examlD¢r's $14temeDt
An exarninati(Kl 15 Ca￿led oul in accordance with Regulation I l of the Charities Accounts
(Scoiland) Regulations 2Crf)6. An examination includes a review of the ￿countIng rccords kept b},
the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those rLX'ords. It tslso includes
conyideralion of any unusual 1￿mS or disclosures in the accounts, and seeks explanaEkons frorn the
trustees L￿ncerning &ny such matters. "Ihe pn)cedures undertaken do not providc all the evidence
that would be required in an audiL and consequendy I do noi cxpress an audil opinion on the view
given by the acwunts.
Indtpendent examiner'8 statemeAt
In the Course of my examinatio￿ no matter has civne to my atlention
which gives me reasonable cause io believe thai in any material respeLI the
requirements:
to keep a¢¢ounting rKords in xwrdan¢e with Section 44 (l Ma) of the 2005 Act
aljd Regulation 4 of the ?006 Accounts Regulations. 8nd
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with
Re8ulaLion 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations have not been mei or
to which, in rny opinion. attention Should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understandin8 of the accounts lo ￿ rcached.
Mrs Jacqueline Macdonald
9 Castlehill Garden5
Auchenbl
LaurenrekiTk
AB30 IZG

West Mearns Parish Church of Scotland
Recei
tsandPa
ments Account
Year ended 31 December 2025
unmtr1¢t￿ Restricted
Funds
Funds
2025
2025
To121
2025
Total
2024
Recei
Donations
Legacies
Activities for Generating Funds
Bank & Deposit interest
Investmenl income
Note
45,767
4,039
49.806
36,326
879
2.979
20,708
70.333
4.401
50
553
9.043
5.280
3,029
21261
79.376
5.190
21.521
68,257
R¢ntsl of premises
Sale ot, investments
Sale of assets
Grants
ReLeipts from General Trustees
10,400
55,050
65,450
20,000
91 R¢e¢i
80.733
64.093
144.826
88.257
Costs of generatinK funds:
Fundraising Costs
8,634
8.634
3,633
Charllabl¢ a¢tlvltie8
178,110
34,286
212,396
75,800
Ciovernance costs:
Independent examiner's fees
Other pgyments:
Purchase of investments
Purchase of assets
1.315
1.957
3.272
4.060
Tot*l Pa
D￿nts
188,059
36,243
224J02
83,493
Transfers
(150)
150
Excess of Receipts over Payments
for the year
1107,476)
2&1100
(79,476)
4,764

West MearDS Parish Chllreh of Scotland
Statement of BalaTJces
At 31 December 2025
F￿d5
2•25
2•25
21115
Its24
Bank
't BAlxttees
Flank & d¢posit bu1￿C5
brought forward
191.414
8.742
2(K).156
195.392
Movement In yur:
Excess of Receipts over Paymen1¥
f(Ir the year
(107,476)
211.(XX
(79.476)
4.764
Bank & deposit balances carried
forward
83,938
36,742
120,680
200,156
Investments
379.097
10,678
389,775
389.775
555,6.50
28.208
583,858
554,390
At markel value
LIAhllltleJ
Giving lo Grow
Minister's cxpens¢s
Council Tax
(27.879)
516
(27.879)
516
10,(
1.887
1,92
(25.443)
1,920
(25.443)
11.887
ThL aL'Lounts were approved by th¢ Kirk Sc5sion on 17 MarL'h 2026.
For and on behalf of the KI￿ Seysion
Mr J Turn¢r, Trnstte (Se$5ioll Clerk ulltil 31.12.2SI
Mr8 J M¢BaiA. Trustee (TreLIu￿r from 01.01.26)

West Mellrny Parnqh Cbureh of Seotland
Notes lo the Accounts for the YeAr ended 31 Dettmber 2ULS
coDtd
l. Trustee R¢mllllzr*titim Rd&tt41 P*rty Tr•hu•dlooJ
2. MIDlster's stiF￿1
All Church of Scc4land ¢ongrryaiions WDtt1b￿r Nat%)nal Sil￿d Fulld *l)i¢h be4rn the crnL8 of￿1 mini$lets'
51ipcnd5 ¢￿p1￿y¥r'J ¢oothbu¢ions for natt00￿ trLsurante. witirr aml Itthtsttig 8rtd loao fund. Uittisr¢ts MisKnds
ar¢ paid in rrfurdanc¢ with the n4ioJtsi stipelld y¢ale. which i4 rel*d u) )ears ol'servire. For the )'ear uoder review
th¢ rninyrnw stiprnd w&$ Ll?.433 and the stiwbj l&fiLY S yEaTsI £39.8￿.
3. Anatyryli fjf DoD•doDI
Tot*1
2025
Totsl
2014
202$
Gitt Aid Don￿10￿4
R￿0v￿¥￿ Ciifl AKI Donfilro
Ordirwy OIT¥rrin%s IOp¢n Plotel
Weddings and funcTuis
Contrib￿lOn& from outside a8encies for of chwch halb
Guilfts.
Au¢l*nbkn¢ Fri¢nd41up Club
7h47
15.459
10.540
3.7JO
3,176
7.647
15.459
10,540
3.730
3.176
7.914
4,972
10,5J6
674
l.2l8
5,880
1255
3.356
45.767
4.039
4.D39
7.J95
49.80fi
Ao•J)'Ih ofArtlvltle• for Gu￿11•1 Fua411
Totsl
2Q25
Totsl
2024
201$
Fetter￿1￿ Drop In Caré
Christma% Tree F'eyivai
Chri*tm&s Fayre120241
CoLf¢e Morning
StaJLq at vilknRc Shows & oihu events
Sales of plants, cake& Lraft5 eic
Ciuild eoffee m¢)mithE￿ lunth
Guild SAI¢ gr￿endar&
Guild 5aLc vrGar(LslprirWpl￿lk1thk% etr
2,R73
1,443
85
2.173
I,443
8.$
107
2,5%l
51
1.2J4
167
59
516
2J7
312
128
128
Total Acliviti65 f￿ GtncraliDg FwvJ¥
4.401
5.19)

Welt Mearns Pari￿ Cburch of S¢otlaud
Lyotej to the Accounts fur the YeAr effjded 31 Derrnber 2025
S. Anatyth •f Ck*rflablE Adlvltk
ontd
Tot•1
2024
IQ25
21125
2025
Giviii8 to Grow
Pr¢sb)i¢ry dll
Milli5tcr's expense5
Plljplt supply & NfjJJJsL
IAher gat￿￿8¢0￿9
FabTiL & maifftnanct
Coimcil T&
6&932
66.932
7,312
2202
612
3.953
150
3.953
24275
5J42
28,047
12,437
2.2
5,858
11.520
942
261
2.089
6(782
1.61R
74.124
1.618
IJ.IY)3
iJ26
225
1.682
1293
95
13.18S
).326
225
2.052
?93
1.109
7(Kl
476
5.0¥0
T¢l¢phoDe
Prlrtiln& St￿l0￿¢ry And p)s¢ax¢
()rgpm & music
Liiilr I.iWll Bcarry5
Trairt￿￿
Guild projects
Friendship club travel and outiTr85
(mI￿rexP¢rL*Cs
370
71K)
476
650
$41
l.OJ9
4.204
Totsl ¢huitrble activities
178.110
34.286
212.396
75,8(XJ
Trlovtmeats ID FuDth
At 31 Det
2015
2025 Rottlpts PayAeats
UllreDtTl¢￿
General Tr'und
Ile5erve F'und
Du*n¥trd funth:
Fabric fvnd
MuTKaffl Thomson F￿1
Sunday S¢hool Fund
Aucliefibl￿ (iulld Fillld
retieN'4im tiuild Fund
Au¢heiiblae Tr'riendship Chjb F'und
134.521
9.935
65.354
1115.526
13,Q36
27.3115
10.206
614
?10
824
417
48
592
1.719
{12.325)
14BI
42.797
819
144
746
188,OYJ
!39
2,426
1,055
83.938
051
1,255
.733
16131
(150
191.414
RextTlded fund¥
w￿0￿￿()Mi & Rol fffatmem F￿d
GLenb¢rvK Ri￿[F￿￿1
"I'be Cait
Orw Tr'dnd
Benevolent FUTr
J77
7.191
(3,5.59)
4.965
5.342
7,191
24.135
174
4.942
36,742
58.525
30.531
370
150
4J87
8.742
355
64.093
36243
Total fun41s
2(K).156 144,826 224)￿
150
120,680
nated Fun&%
Fund..'lThis is usej forthe repftir and fflairAen￿ oflhc Church propcrty
Margar¢i Thomson Fund.. OrigiDal l¢wv or £344594 r¢r¢ivrd in 2016 for the baJ¢fit of fjlenlrYi¢ Parish
Llmrclkof which E249.g¥J in 2017. To ir os th¢ Trustty5d￿1n fit.
S￿daY Sch(N)l Fund.. This fvnd used for IwiDg Sunday JD&¢rial¥ ond p[￿￿05 TrJw (Ic￿¢￿.
Auchenblae Guild Fund: This fiwd is ￿¢d forttr*iviti¢s of AWhE¥￿I¥ fjvild
FetierGRim Guijd F￿￿.. Th$¥ F4th1 ks w¢d f(Ytho8uiviti¢s of F¢tletcairn Guild
AuclKnblae FriwK15hip Club Fwvj.. Thi5 fi]udis LL%d rot thE adiThitiC5 of A￿l￿nbi￿ Fri￿dshIP Club

Weat Mearns Parijh Church of Seoll*nd
Notes to the Aeeounts for the Year eaded 31 Deeember 2025
es of Restricted Funth
Woodwomi & R(trt Tr¢atment Fth*l.. This aldre￿the mt wjblems in all 3
churchzs.
Gl¢nt*rvie Rfx)fFlllld.. This fuod was sd up in atd ofthe resiNall￿1 of GleokThie CbuTch rrxif.
The Calm: A rn1￿1￿ proicctwhich tfc8rne a re51ricted fuThJ fdlOW￿ Seed for Gro￿th (undiT
Organ Fund.. This i5 a [￿￿1 ￿ providc fori¥w ￿T5 OTXI maintena￿.
B¢nevthlerti Fund.. Thiq fiLnd 1% to Lk8isi ihe txKJrt)f the Par
a. £5￿u of the OK￿1n8 and c105in8 FAlatKe of the reserve was held in a de￿￿1[ with the church of
Srt(rt18nd Illves￿￿s TTr￿1 (COSITI. Tr ba14Mx¢ ofthe furvj is held with Virgin NknLy.
7. Iave•tmtMt&
Nthof
M*rkrt
Value
21n5
Ixrk¢t
Vilue
2024
Cos1
2025
UnrEJlrk
Gencrnl Purpose5.'
Grvwih Fund ICusfD
Incknmt Flind ICoSfD
Mar8aTet TIN)m30n Legxy Fund:
Irt¢om¢ fwvj ILtsSIT)
37.650
5,51X)
88,$58
40.543
259.032
64.%
240.207
60.830
211J42
249.996
379.097
227.191
5?8.232
555.650
Rulrk¢¢d
B¢iievolence'.
Gmwth furnl If.o.8IT)
22fA)
4J45
15.686
14.-f46
Oromh Fund ICOSIT)
1,820
6,133
11,61?
10,678
28.208
26.158
TrtAI thve¥¢m¢nts
389,775
513.858
554 Jg)
Colltttlov Thlrd P•r*•
1025
2024
Chrisllan Aid
Poppy Scot14nd
Kinc&dine & Mearrts Youth aub((kn Howe)
l J62
445
318
&18
1.675
1,807
10-

West Mearns Parish Church of Scotland
endix
Funds Held on Behalf of the Con
tiom b The Cburch
Iland
ener
ITr
$te¢
2(125
2024
Credit Balance5 held at 31 tkccmbcr al cost
74,636
74.636
Market Value of Balances at 31 December
114,529
109253
Revenue Accounl
Credit Balance at l January
26.377
?1,5(rf)
Receipts
4.982
5,083
Paym¢nts
320
272
Lredil Balance at 31 December
31.039
26,377
Tem
Account- Sale of Glenbervie
Credii Balance at l January
Receipts
Payments
1,715
tkbit Balan* at 31 D¢c¢mber
(1.715)