APPENDIX 1 oscr Period start dale Period end dale *)nlh Y881 Fr(* 01 2023 To 31 2024 offi￿ of the Scottish Charity Regulator Reference and administration details Charity name other names charty is known by Registered eharity number Charity's principal address THE EAST OF SCOTLAND METHODIST CHURCH SC016818 Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees. Annual Report Trustee name Office Irf any) Dates acted rf not for whole year lor body) entitled to app(xnt tntstee (if any) ANGUS. DUNDEE & PERTHSHIRE MEfH(XIISTCIRcufT-ex officio SUPEWNTENDENT MNL8TER cHu￿3￿Ar (￿UR(￿ MEETING Ex.(*F￿ ,￿uRCH31EWAFll) (Xufttx MEETING Ex-(*F￿ "JURCH8IEWAS CMURCH MEEfiNG EX4￿F￿ (XURCH COLA4CIL Ex-oFF￿10 CHUR(X C01Tr4CIL Ex-oFF￿10 CHURCH COLA4CIL Ex-oFF￿10 GENERAL CHURCH MEETING GENERAL CHURCH MEETNG 10 GENERAL CHURCH MEEnNG 11 GENEPAL CHURCH MEEnNG 12 GENERAL CHURCH MEEllNG 13 GENERAL CHURCH MEEllNG 14 I￿[￿T8TEw￿￿J 18 19 20 APPENDIX 1 Reference and administration details Names of all other charity trustees during the period. rf any. (for example. those who resigned part way through the financial period) Name Dates acted rf not for *thole year 1x1 September 2023 to 31st August 2024 14 Septem￿[ 2023 to 31$1 August 2024 Structure, governance and management Type of governing document THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE AND DISCIPLINE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH Trustee reeruitrnent and appointrnent EX-OFFICIO WITH 7 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GENERAL CHURCH mE￿ING AND 4 APPOINTED BY CHURCH COUNCIL TO ENSURE ALL AREAS OF CHURCH LIFE A PROPERLY REPRESENTED. Objectives and activities Charitable purposes THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects MISSIONAL ACTIVITIES SUNDAY WORSHIP. INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, AND OTHER MEETINGS FOR FELLOWSHIP PASTORAL CARE OF MEMBERS AND ADHERENTS MAINTENANCE OF CHURCH BUILDING FINANCIAL mA￿ERs INCLUDING MEETING OF ASSESSMENT FIGURE SET BY OUR RELATED BODY. ANGUS, DUNDEE & PERTHSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT ISC038253} SUPPORT OF MEfHODIST ACTIVITIES IN SCOTLAND, UK AND ABROAD SUPPORT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES. APPEALS AND FUNDS. WHICH VARY FROM TIME TO TIME APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity during the financial period CONTINUES MAKING BUILDING AVAILABLE FOR USE BY COMMUNITY GROUPS CONTINUED TO OFFER SUPPORT TO WIDER COMMUNITY THROUGH MONTHLYCOFFEE MORNING AND SOUP LUNCHES REGULAR SUNDAY WORSHIP MAINTAINED PASTORAL CONTACTS WITH MEMBERS AND ADHERENTS MAINTAINED REGULAR HOUSE GROUPS MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH CHURCHES OF OTHER DENOMINATIONS CONTINUED THE RENEW WELLBEING PROJECT mE￿ING TWO HALF DAYS A WEEK. DONE IN COLLABORATION W￿H OTHER CHURCHES IN PERTH AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAM MAINTAINED THE CHURCH BUILDING MEf OUR FINANCIAL ASSESSMENTWITHIN ANGUS. DUNDEE & PERTHSHIRE METHODIST CIRCUtT SUPPORTED OTHER METHODIST FUNDS SUPPORTED A VARIEfY OF OTHER CHARITABLE FUNDS Financial review Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves THE CHURCH AIMS TO HOLD RESERVES AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS, AVERAGE EXPENDITURE Details of any deficit Donated facilities and services Irf any) APPENDIX 1 Other optional information Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's t￿￿tee5 Signaturels) Full namelsl Position {e.g. Chairl SUPERINTENDENT MINISTER and CHAIR OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL TREASURER Date 1st April 2025 1st Awil 2025 oscr The of Sc￿land Method1￿ Church SC016818 Receipis and payments accounts from 31 Section A Statement of receipts and payments Expndable Perman￿nI Total funds Total funds la* A1 Rèc•1 Donations 789 1Q2WJ Grants &734 Grossiradng r￿p[S Kovne Irovn 1tr4eslt￿rt5 L*hw than rwj arwj t¥JibSr¥Js Rgnls Irom larkl & GtrJ¥s rereOs fr(Yn othw thril&le 8Ctpiii 7,Q21 7.021 279 1173 Al Sub total ll 12&647 124,131 A2 Rec•iw• fromajvpi & knYÈ*mont salès ProcoBds from sdo of1rA￿ &ssots Prowds S￿e of 164 164 164 164 A2Sub total Total 111,781 140>) 12&811 124131 A3 Paympnts Ewses lor *r¥it¢S Grossiradng [wn￿nIS Inve51mpnl m￿age[thE1ft Luls Pawls r￿al￿g dirc¢ity 10 chani8t4e actThfiti95 Grants atvj donthn5 1tr1670 1970 4079 &713 AL￿rtI 1tvJgp￿ examinavJn Prntw*K)n of annual a¢¢ounL% LW rA7sts A3Sub total 1rA640 11& WJ,781 A4 Payrnpnts relaiing to asta Purchases of lixLYJ a¥8ets PurchBso rA invgstrngnts A4 Sub total ToiaTpaymonts IC6, 4665 115yJ5 90,781 S141 10 A5 Trnnsfws to I Ilroml lutNI$ Surplus /(deficYt) Icyye S141 5364 10, 1&650) APPENDIX 2 **SC016818** ## **The East of Scotland Methodist Church** |**Section B Statement**|**of balances**||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**Signed by one or two trustees on**
**behalf of all the trustees**
**B3 Other assets**
**B4 Liabilities**
**B5 Contingent liabilities**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Investments**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**71,781**
**5,141**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**5,608**
**5,364**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| ||Cash and bank balances at start of year|||||**77,388**|**77,389**| ||Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account|||||**10,506**|**6,650)**
**(**| |||||||**-**|| |||||||**-**|| ||**Details**
**Cash and bank balances at end of year**
(Agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**76,922**|**10,972**|**-**|**-**|**87,894**|**70,739**| |||-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-| |||||**Fund to which**|**asset belongs**|**Market valuation**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||Perth Model Trust Bequest|||||**46,419**|**46,120**| ||McFarlane Bequest|||||**2,186**|**2,080**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**|**asset belongs**|**Total**
**Cost (if available)**
**to nearest £**|**48,605**|**48,200**| |||||||**Current value (if**
**available)**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||McDonald Endowment||Endow|ment||**3,575**|**3,318**| ||Riverside Memorial Window Insurance||Endow|ment||**-**|
**151**| ||(Terms altered with agreement of OSCR,
money transferred to current Restricted
Benevolent Fund and disbursed)||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**|||**Total**
**-**
**Fund to which liability relates**|**-**|**3,575**|**3,469**| |||||||**Amount due**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**Details**|||**Total**
**Fund to which liability relates**||**-**|**-**| |||||||**Amount due**
**(estimate)**
**to nearest £**|**Last year**
**to nearest £**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||
**Signature**|||**Total**
**Print Name**||**-**|
**-**| ||||||||**Date of**
**approval**| ||||||||| ||||||||24 March 2025| ||||||||| OSCRAccounts2023-24.xlsx / Statement of balances December 2007 2 PPENThX2 The East ol Scotland Methodlst Church SC016818 Section C Notes to the Accounts C1 Nature and purpose of funds (rnaybe stat&1 o anal￿￿ olknnds 4thsh98ts? Type ol aciivity OF project supportrd C2 Grants TOMI C3a Trust88 remungrthon a I￿￿tee uoss Ihk5 Lxjx lollEr*i5e cornp￿te sKlw)n 3bl Auihoriry under which paid C3b Trust88 rnmur*Mlon- talls C4a Trustee expenses no eypenseswere to ary OJriTrJ the Ihen crnssth￿ bjx (Otr￿tse t￿￿))￿le Se(1￿ 4bl CAb Trustee ex￿nse9- talls N￿re of Tel￿Tons111p Pla￿Te OF tranS￿1t C5 Transaetlons wlth trusteès and conneeted persons C6 Other Info￿at￿n Osc￿CoUnts2OZ>1Q￿$N Illotes APPENDIX 2 **SC016818** **The East of Scotland Methodist Church** ## **Additional analysis (1)** ## **Analysis of receipts and payments** ## **1 Donations** |**1 Donations**||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**||**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| |Offertory|**55,245**||**10,444**|||**65,689**||**56,965**| |Gift Aid|**26,394**|||||**26,394**||**225**| |Other|**150**|||||**150**||**115**| |Legacy|**5,000**|||**-**||**5,000**||| |**Total**
**2 Grants**|**86,789**||**10,444**|**-**|**-**|**97,233**||**57,305**| ||**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**||**reference**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**-**|**-**|**reference**
**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**||**-**
**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| |||||||||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |**Total**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ## **3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities** ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |**Total**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||reference error||-|-|-|reference error||reference error| ## **4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities** ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||**-**|









|| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |**Total**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||reference error||reference error|-|-|reference error||reference error| OSCRAccounts2023-24.xlsxAdditional notes (1) December 2007 APPENDIX 2 **SC016818** ## **Additional analysis (2)** ## **5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds** |**5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 1 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**
**Perth Methodist**
**Church**||**Unrestricted**
**fund 2 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**
**Dundee**
**Methodists**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 3 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**
**Blairgowrie**
**Methodists**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 4 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**|**Total**
**unrestricted**
**funds**|**Total**
**unrestricted**
**funds last period**| |Donations|**53,838**||**20,830**|**7,121**||**81,789**|**54,502**| |Legacies|**5,000**|||||**5,000**|| |Grants||||||**-**|| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities|**2,623**|||||**2,623**|**2,426**| |Interest|**5,715**||**440**|**866**||**7,021**|**2,827**| |buildings||||||**-**|| |Rents from land & buildings|**15,048**|||||**15,048**|**14,279**| |Gross receipts from other charitable activities|**299**||**-**|||**299**|**3,173**| |**_Sub total_**
**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**82,523**||**21,270**|**7,987**|**-**|**111,780**|**77,207**| |||||||cross ref error|| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets||||||**-**|| |Proceeds from sale of investments||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_**
**Payments**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**82,523**||**21,270**|**7,987**|**-**|**111,780**|**77,207**| |||||||cross ref error|| |Expenses for fundraising activities|**12,453**|||||**12,453**|**8,639**| |Gross trading payments||||||**-**|| |Investment management costs||||||**-**|| |Payments relating directly to charitable activities|**43,707**||**18,972**|**6,648**||**69,327**|**70,050**| |Grants and donations|**3,730**|||**240**||**3,970**|**2,405**| |Governance costs:||||||**-**|| |Audit / independent examination||||||**-**|| |Preparation of annual accounts||||||**-**|| |Legal costs||||||**-**|| |Refurbishment Costs|**20,890**|||||**20,890**|**3,046**| |||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**Payments relating to asset and investment**
**movements**|**80,780**||**18,972**|**6,888**|**-**|**106,640**|**84,140**| |||||||-|| |Purchases of fixed assets||||||**-**|| |Purchase of investments||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**-**
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| ||**80,780**||**18,972**|**6,888**|**-**|**106,640**|**84,140**| |||||||-|| ||**1,743**||**2,298**|**1,099**|**-**|**5,141**|**6,933)**
**(**| ||||||||| |||||||**-**|| ||||||||| ||**1,743**||**2,298**|**1,099**|**-**|**5,141**|**6,933)**
**(**| |||||||cross ref error|| |**Nature andpurpose of funds**|||||||| ||||||||| OSCRAccounts2023-24.xlsxAdditional notes (2) December 2007 APPENDIX 2 **The East of Scotland Methodist Church** **SC016818** ## **Additional analysis (3)** |**Receipts**
**6 Breakdown of restricted funds**|**Restricted fund**
**1 - enter name of**
**fund below**
**Benevolent**|**Restricted fund**
**1 - enter name of**
**fund below**
**Benevolent**|**Restricted fund**
**2 - enter name of**
**fund below**
**Renew 23.3**|**Restricted fund**
**3 - enter name of**
**fund below**
**Methodist**
**Charities**|**Restricted fund**
**4 - enter name of**
**fund below**|**Total restricted**
**funds**|**Total restricted**
**funds**|**Total restricted**
**funds last**
**period**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|**70**||**10,210**|||**10,280**||**2,803**| |Legacies||||||**-**||| |Grants||||||**-**||| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities||||**3,586**||**3,586**||3,308| |Gross tradingreceipts||||||**-**||| |Income from investments other than land and
buildings||||**-**||**-**||| |Rents from land & buildings||||||**-**||| |Gross receipts from other charitable activities||||||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**
**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**70**
||**10,210**|**3,586**|**-**|**13,866**||**6,111**| |||||||-||| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets||||||**-**||| |Proceeds from sale of investments|**164**|||||**164**||| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_**
**Payments**|**164**||**-**
|**-**|**-**|**164**||**-**| ||**234**||**10,210**|**3,586**|**-**|**14,030**||**6,111**| |||||||-
||| |Expenses for fundraising activities|||**-**|||**-**||| |Gross trading payments||||||**-**||| |Investment management costs||||||**-**||| |Payments relating directly to charitable activities|**100**||**4,635**|||**4,735**||**3,333**| |Grants and donations|**345**|||**3,586**||**3,931**||**3,586**| |Governance costs:||||||**-**||| |Audit / independent examination||||||**-**||| |Preparation of annual accounts||||||**-**||| |Legal costs||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**
**Payments relating to asset and investment**
**movements**|**445**||**4,635**|**3,586**|**-**|**8,666**||**6,919**| |||||||cross ref error||| |Purchases of fixed assets||||||**-**||| |Purchase of investments||||||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||||-||| ||**445**||**4,635**|**3,586**|**-**|**8,666**||**6,919**| |||||||cross ref error||| ||**211)**
**(**||**5,575**|**-**|**-**|**5,364**||**808)**
**(**| |||||||||| |||||||**-**||| |||||||||| ||**211)**
**(**||**5,575**|**-**|**-**|**5,364**||**808)**
**(**| |||||||cross ref error||| |**Nature andpurpose of funds**||||||||| |||||||||| OSCRAccounts2023-24.xlsxAdditional notes (3) December 2007 APPENDIX 3 oscr Offre of Ihè Scotttsh Charity Regulat Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the Ch*ity name trusteevjmembers oi THE EAST OF SCOTLAND METHODIST CHURCH Re9islere¢ charity SC016818 number On Ihe a¢¢ounts of ihe charity lor th• p•riod Pwiod start **le date Mwi 01 2023 to 31 08 2024 Set out on pag•b A1. 81-3. C1 Resp8¢tiv¢ thanty's iruslees are re5kK)n$I￿e for the preparation of the w)unts In accordanc r••p¢+nsibilities of wlh the ierms of the Chardies and Trustee Invesimeni Iscolbndl 2005 Act and Ihe ¢ru3te•t and examln•r Charii*s k￿nIS Iswiiandl RegLJlalion$ 2￿fj The charity Irusiees consicjei thal the aud￿ iequiiemenl of Regdalion 10111 Idl of the Acctrjnis ReguL71ions does not appty 11 Is my fespmsity'hty lo examffte Ihe Kcounis as iequirqd ufidef Seciion 4411) Ici of the Act and lo state whelhèr particular Matte￿ have come lo my aiienlion 3si¥ Of independ•nt My examinatic￿ is caffied oul In xcrxd•n¢e with Regulation 11 of Ihe Charrtiej •xarnin•r'• •t•tom•nt Accounls Iscotlandl R¢9ulal¢ons 21yA. An eMaminalK)n i￿ludeS a review of th* accouniirwJ r&coid$ kepi by the charily a comparison ol Ihe accounts pre5enled with Ihose iecoTd5. 11 also Micludes ¢￿sIderat￿)n ol any unuwal Items Of disclosures In Ihe counis and Seeks ￿planationS Irorn Ihe trustees concerning any such mailers The eduies undertaken do nol woviile all Ihe e¥￿en¢t thai would De required In an audit d, ¢￿sequeN1Y. I do express an audit opinK)n on Ihe ac¢ounis. Indepondent *xamlner'• In Ihe covrse of my examination. no moller has temè to niy 8ttèniion Ioiher than Ihal It•tement disdosed on Ihe attached Pa￿.] which gw*s me raasonaNe ¢￿Se10 bdieve that in any malerial iesped the requiren￿niS lo keep accounlmg records in accor(Jance wilh sectiofi 4411) iai ol the 21x15 Aci ard Regulalion 4 ol the 20rffj Accoun15 Regulaiioiis aTrJ 10 prepare accol￿1$ which accord wflh the accounting re¢or(Js and comply wilh Regulati¢x 9 01 Ihe 20(E Acwjvls Regulaiions ha¥e nol been met. r I*...￿.-￿ y7 iTrJ 4llfvnlinn be diawn sn oiijei to enable a pioper e.ned Date.. Signtd Name Relevant professioiial qualilicationlsl or body Addr¢ss 'pieaseL** OlAf pl.r.. klWn9 paoe , I tINi¥y hu￿ r¢me aUen￿On i APPENDIX 3 D18clo8ure s•ctlon Only complete il the examiner needs lo highlight material problems Give here brief detail$ of any item5 that the examiner wishes to disclose