St. David's Parish Church of Scotland GLASGOW Trustees, Report and Congregational Accounts Year ended 31st December 2023 Congregational No.161003 Scottish Charity No. SCOI 7297
Trustees, Annual Report Year ended 31 st December 2023 'lThe I ru.slecs presenl the Annual Report and Accounts for St. David's Parish Church of Scotland CJl&sgc)w at year ended 3 Isl December 2023 Reference and Administrative Information Charity Nam¢: St.David's Parish Church of Scoiland Glasgow Charitv R¢gi8tration Number.. SCOI 7297 Congregaliona] Reference Number.. 161003 Contact Address: Truytees Principal Office-bearer Independent FJxamin¢r Banker5: Bank of Seotland Anniesland Cross Branch 836 Crow Road. Glasgow G13 1 ET
Trustees Annual Report Year Ended 31" December 2023 Structure, Governance and Management Governing Document The Church is administered in accordance with the t¢rnis of the Unitary Deed of Constitution. Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees Under the ternis of the Unitary Constitution (UCI all the affairs ofthe congregatton are dealt with by the Kirk Session and only the elders are the legal Charity Trust¢¢s of the congyregation. The Kirk Session members are the elders of the church and are chosen from those members of the congregation considered lo have the appropriate gift5 and skills. The Minister, who is a member of the Kirk Session, is elcct¢d by the congregation and inducted by the Presbyiery. ()rganisational Structure The Kirk Ses,sion. which mcets nin¢ limes a year. has 15 active Elders (8 male and 7 female). During the year Dickson Jacobs 5ubmilted his r¢.sigynaiion as an active Elder due to his relocation away from Glasgow. In lemis of th¢ Basis of Parish Grouping, agreed during 2021 with the constituent congiregations c)f KniL,hiswoud Anniesland Trinity (KAT). elders of both congregations have met during the year in Coun¢il to make jOiDI poliLy decisions. Objectives and Activities The Church of Scotland is Trinitarian in Doclrine. Reformed in Tradition and Pre5berian in Polity. It exists to Glorify God and lo work for the advanccmeni of Christ's Kingdom throughout the world. As a national church, it acknowledges a distinctive call and duty to bring the Ordinances of religiion lo the pcoplc in evcry parish of Scotland through a IClI0naI ministry. It ¢o-op¢rates with other churches in various ecurncnical bodies in Scoiland and beyond. In addition lo Sunday morning worship al I l am in our Sanctuary, Ihe.service continues to be made available on Zoom for the benefit of those who are too frail to attend or who are still reluctant to attend in per%on due to the continuing impact ofcovid. Zoom is available both online or by phone dnd while there is a steady core of 314 people telephoning in weekly. the number online fluctuate5 from none lo potentially 4. Weckly prayer me¢tings. involving members of both Si David's and KAT congrcgations, have also continued on Zoom and are Vcqlued by those attending. The number of younger children and teenagers attending St David's conlinues to decline. There are currently no Sunday groups running for these age groiips although any younger children allending are encouraged lo join together al the front of the church during the service where a worksheel 15 provided for them to complete andlor colour in. The Thursday afternoon Coffee Group set up in 2022 continues to be well attended and is much apprecialed by all those ,hO come along for coffee, biscui15. and a chat. The 'Thy Kingdom Come. Prayer initiatii'e was run between Monday 22nd and Friday 26th May when the church was open on six occasions to alloiv people lo comc in and use the maicrial made available to pray for the nceds of people in our C.ommunily, our Country and around the World. The English Class. for asylum scckers and rcfugees living w'iihin Ihe community and which had to be stopped due to the Covid pandemic, has re51arted in the Church Ha115 on Friday mornings. Unfortunalcly,
the re-starting of the crèche and tortnightly shop, which previously ran alongside the English class, was not prdcticably possible. This class is much welcomed and appr¢cialed by those attending. The Discipleship Group continues to meet fortnightly, except in the summer months. There are two healthy groups rneeting.. one in person in the church hall in the afternoon and the other by Zoom in the evcning- l)uring Holy week, jnint services were held with KAT on Maundy Thursday and CJoi)d Friday, as well as an carly mornin&i s¢n'ice in Knighi.swocid Park on Ea5tcr Sunday. which was follow¢d by breakfast in the St David's Church Hall. An AdvL'nt Sunday joint service was held on 3ts1 December wh¢re we shared thc sacrament c)f Communiun Oiher joint 5ervice.s were held in March, where a retiring offering was taken for the work ()f C()mfort Inlernatii)nal, and in Augyusl for Snuper Sunday. F.Idcrs froTn b()th congregalion5 werc involvcd in Icadingi worqhip at Ihc Soupcr Sunday Sc,1cC f()r Ihc Church of Scotland HIV ProgrnmmL which was followLd by a soup and $and,]Ch IiinLh prepared by mcmbers of both cc)ngregalions. In addition lo thL joint Service,s, Ihere hav¢ also been a cDupl¢ nf occasions where the minister% ()f Si David's and KAT have iindert£iken a pulpit exchan&ie and l¢d worship in Iheir cc)unl¢rpart's cong7fLgalion. Si Dai'id's Lonlinue.s lo shc2r¢ in j()inl services wilh th¢ six other denc)minalions in Ihe Knibvhtswoi)d Felli)wship ()f ChurLhes. alihnugFh IheSL. have been rLduced in numbcr for the current session. Thc WhatsApp Fellow.%hip Group has continued lo enable members lo keep in louch and pr()vides a conduit for sharingy information and encouragement with each other. The tollowin& let5 continued In meet in our pr¢misLs.' B42dminlon, LinL' Dancing. NarLntics Anonymous. Browni¢% and Di%abled Guide%. Thc halls have also be¢n lcl niil for J number of privalc functions througyhoul the yLar. Our ()ulrLach byroup ha.% rL%lartcd film nighis, followLd by a mcal. lo bring peopl¢ tobieiher. The all-abie conbprcgTalional Chri%lmas Party al%0 re%umed in December. lo which member.% of the KAT congregation werc invilcd. This was well supported by mcmbers of the congrcgaiion who enjoyed a varied prog?rJmme uf enlert4iinmenl during the (ifternoon. Due lo siniclural problcm.s wiihin IhLir Annie%laiid ('.ampus. Clyde c.ollege approiochcd us for a Ic( to run from 8. Fcbruary lo 31. MJrch. lo facililalc the rui)ning of several classes. This let was bcneficial to both partics and lead lo a furthcr let of oiir premises by Clyde College lo rnn three coffee momings ¢lS part or their tsaleway lo College course. Achlevements and Performance During 2023 our Membership numbers conlinued lo decline, due lo S deaths, while I new member was addcd lo our Roll durinbtr the year by Kirk Session Re.solulion. There are 125 members on our Memb¢rship Roll plu.$ 14 Adherents. In early 20?3 a Mission Tcam wa.% set up within Si David'% to explore polenlial fi)r future outreach wi(hin the ¢(?mmunily. This could mean serving ci)mmunity organisalions by rcnlingy them accnmmodalion ()r il may al%ii involve initiative% which we lake (iur%elve.% Io .%L'rv¢ particular gTriTrup% idenlificd tn IhL' comrniinily audit. We are currently developing our ongoin8 relation¥hip with Linkes and looking for other polenlial Lommiinity groups lo engage in conversation. Whdl¢v¢r inilialii'es are taken. these Should build friendships and rclatinn%hip.s bctween members of the United congregation and thobe beyond our wa115. In Ihc liope of creating, paihH'ay5 inio faith. Offering5 of members have remained remarkably stable over the year. reflecting a high level of commitment by the worshipping congrcgation. Monthly offerings for world causes, in which the congregation ha5 an interest. Ivere re%umed following Covid reslriclions with offering5 taken up for Scripturc Union Scotland. Christian Aid Wcek. the annual Harvest offering for Tearfiind and the Christmas Lodging House mi.ssion appeal for Gl2.%gow s homeless. An additional ofTering was also lak¢n up lo support the Disaster Appeal following th¢ Turkeylsyria F.arthquake. Ai the Parish Grouping Council (PGC) meeting on 15th February 2023, il was agreed that the existing World Mission leams of the two congregations would join to constitute a single World Mission Team.
This te8m has met subsequently to progress consolidation of work being don¢ by the two individual congregations. Additionally li H'as decided. and approved by the PGC. thai the tsvinning, which had been proposed previously between Temple Anniesland and the Con¥allon of St Saviour's, Sukkur in Pakistan, should be progressed by KA T. The PCIC has met regularly to discuss and consider the difficult decisions to be made affecting govemanc¢, worship and life of the cnngregaiions. During 2023 the main drive has been on which of the thrcc buildings should b¢ rctaincd by thc joint congregation going fon¥ard. Following considerdblc debate on the merits of each of the building5. a congregational vole was held in March to deterniine which would be relained and which disposed of. Unf(irtunatelv. no clear decision was reached following the vote. While both Si David'% and KAT voted in fai'our of relaining thc St Margaret's building and disposing of thc Annicsland building. the margin in fai'our wa5 vcry narro, in th¢ KA T congregation. B¢causc of the closeness of the vote. and approaches made by a few individuals with concerns relaling to thc vole. Presbytery arranged a further series of meetings with the P(iC io discu the way forward. It w&$ agreed during these meetings that il was unlikely that rc-running the vole would obthin a clear resulL and attention was turned 10 expluring the aliemaiive opiion ot. se¢king arbitration. Presbytery ouilined to the PCJC, th¢ idea of an independent group making decisions aboui ihe buildings. culminating in a fomial document called the Sch¢me of Delegation being produced for approval. At the P(wC meeting on 23° Au&wst 2023 no objections werL raiscd 10 Putting the scheme before the congvregations for congregational vote on I September. Following meetings of both congregation% on Sunday 3*4 O¢toh¢r. lo allow mcmbcrs to a.sk question5 about thc propo.sal, Ihc vole ii'cnl ahead on the l Oth Scplcmbcr and was approved by both congireg7alion%. The vole wa.s Lonfirnied by Presbytery al Ihetr Oclobcr meeting with a tearn of threc people ,seleclLd lo undertakL the task of reviewing all existing, documentation and spcaking to both congregations. A lime qcale of 6 monihs ha.s been sct for ihis ia.sk to be completed and a pr()posal pul to Presbytcry by the team. It is anlicipated thai ihi.% will bc brought bcforc the May Prcsbytcry meeting for approval.
Trustees, Annual Report Cont 202.7. Financial Review rinancial Review source ol Ineorne Ss from Mefflb•rs affertn6s.The total offerlng5lFreewlll and Glft dI were down from É47N to £42146.a de¢rea5e of £5610.whlch Is stlll a very zood pertormance. Tax recoverable from Gfft Aid was down by £3194, Irom £12262 to £68. We ended thp year with a very small de*l¢it,but we havo to take into account.a Lt8w of £51r43. which masks the picture. Rer¥e P()li¢)' Funds F4eld. IlnrLStriclLd £ I1149,Inv¢sim¢nts £63151.Rcstrict¢d £15723. Slat¢m¢nt of Tru$tee4' Respon4ibililieg The Trnsiees mu%1 Prepa financial siaienienis whiLh TiV¥ %uffiLi¥ni diliiil li) Lnable ali appreliaiiiin ofthe Iransartic)ns c)f ihe C-hurch during Ihe tinancial N'ear. 'fhe Tru%tees are SpOnsIble for kecpinb PTLiper aLcoiinling records which.on rcque5Lmus1 rell¢Li IhL linanLi31 w511ion i)f the I'huTch ai thai lime. This musi bc done io ensure Ihal thc financial 5tal¢mcnts carnply with the C'harities and I rustce Investmcnil SLuilandl A¢t ?IK)5. Èhe (-harilies Regulaiii)ns Aneni ( Igtall[)naI l."inanLL appTii¥cd b) lh¥ CILD¢rrtl A%sLmbly of Ihe I'hurch Trf %c(Jt14Lnd in 2010. They &re als() restx)n%ible for %afcoiiarding the a55els ol the ihurih and musi lake r¢asonalTrlc sicps fcir thL prLvenlion andlor det¢Ltion of fr4ud and (>iher IrrL'Lularities
Sl Davids Parish Church SC017297 Independenl Examiner's Report lo Ihe Truslees of Sl Davids Parish Church Year ended 31 December 2023 I report on ihe accounts of the chariry for the year ended 31 December 2023 which are ou( on pa8e5 8 10 14 Regpeclive res•91b11I¢Ies of trnstees nd eiamiDer The charity's truslees are responsible for ihe preparation of the Accounls in accoTdance iih the ternis of the Charities and Trusiee InTre5tmeni (Scotland) Acl 2005 and Ihe c.harities ALLounts (Scotland) Regulations 2(K)6 (As amended). The charity Illisfees consider thai the audit requirement of Regulatinn l (M l } (a) 10 (c) of Ihe Ac¢ounls Regulalions does not apply. li is m). responsibilily lo e_xamine the accounts 85 required under section 4411) (¢) of the Act and io stale wheiher particular matters have ome to my allcntion. Bxsis of independent txxminer's slatemenl My examination i.s carried oul in 3(cordance with Regulution 11 of the Charitics Ac¢ounts (Scotlandl ReBulation5 21X)6 las arn(ndl. An exarnination inLludes a review of the accounting rord5 kLTi b. Ihe charily and a comparis(In of the Kcounts preKnted with those records. It also includes considerntion of any unusual iiem% or disclosures in the accounts. and seeks explanalions from Ihe Irustees cthnceminB any such matiers. The procedures undertaken do not PT()vide all ihc evidence thal would be required in an audii. and con8equentl>' I do not exprcss an audil opinic)n i)n ihe N'iew given by ihc ac¢ounl8. Independen¢ eA4mlner's slxiement In the Lourse of my examinulion. no maller has corne to my attention. which gives me re&sonable cause lo belie&e th in any maierial respeci the requirements: to kcep accounting records in accordance with Section 4411 l {a) of the 2005 Acl and Regulation 4 of ihe 2(K)6 Accounts Regul&tions (as am¢nded}, and io prepare accounis which accord with ihe accouniin¥ records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations (as amended) have noi been met. or 2. to 'h1¥h. in my opinion. anention Should be drawm in ordcr to cnable a proper understhnding of the accounls io be reacheAI.
St Dvid's Knightswood Receipt8 and Pa!'m¢n15 A¢¢ount for the )'tar tndfd 31 December 2023 202J 202J 202.1 2023 2022 ,Voie Retelpts Donations 53.302 -54.837 760 54.062 54.837 63.466 10,o(A) 1£8acic5 Activities for Cyeneraiing Funds Bank & Deposil int¢r¢si Investrn¢ni income .430 3.405 1,430 3.405 1.638 3,180 Ren of premises Contr from Con8 (kganisations Weddings Funeralj Other Receipts 2rKJ 40 79 79 5.448 113.253 760 114.013 83.772 A.¥.Tei.f und imie.¥mienis Salc of fixed a85ets Sale of investhKnts 25.006 Totll Re¢elplJ 13.253 760 14.013 108,778 Pyments Co8ts of gener8lin8 funds Charitable activities 407 82.837 1$0 407 360 486 83,323 150 104,221 150 Governance costs 83.J94 30.(MM) 486 83.880 30.000 104.731 Assets and invesiments Totsl P4yments 113.394 486 113.880 104.731 F.xcess of Recelpts o%'er P4I'mets for the year before Trnn$ferJ 274 133 4.047 TrgnJfer5 F.xceJs of Recelpts over Payments ror the year 274 133 4.047
St DaTrid's Knixhtswood Statement of Balanci'8 At 31 December 2023 Inrettrirted F¥5 2112.1 2112.1 2U2.1 202.1 2022 JV¢¢e Bank & tt B#lnees Bank & dewsir balances braught forward 11.2()0 26.739 MoTr'emenl ID )'er: Excess ol- Receipis over Pa)'ments for the )ear ?74 133 4.047 Bank & dLposii balances carried foNard 15.713 26.87 ?6.739 Investmen1$ at morket i-alue {cosi 131)) 63.151 63,151 30.?12 Gift Aid Re(ei¥able Insuranc¥ Claim 2.077 2.077 2,441 2,077 2,077 2,441 Liabilities C051 vf repair noi let billed Th¢ a¢counts w'ere approved bj the Tnjstees March !1)?4 For and on behalf uf ihe TTusi¢es io
St D2vid's Knightswood Not forniing part of the Accounts for the year ended JI Deeember 2023 B8siq of Accounting Th¢5e accounts have been prepared on the Receipts & Payments ba51$ in accordance with the Chartties & Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. the Chartlie5 Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 {&8 amended) and th¢ Regulations anent cOngational Finance approved by the Cjeneral Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2016. Movements in Funds Al Al 31 Dec 2e23 2&23 2023 2Qll 20 Unresirknedfunds Gcrteral Fund 8,077 1.447 1209 557 11,290 113253 (111.506) (679) (1209} 9,824 Impaa Fund Dcsign&tcd J."abTiC TruThl lknignatcd %FtctBI events Fund 557 11.149 113,253 113,394 Restrkn¢dfund.$ Bcn¢voleni Fund 598 10 {2001 (193) 408 Flower Fund 1,163 804 2,409 7.997 170 1,140 Mission Fund Youth Fund P&storal Assist8nt Fund Fund ()rgan Fiind Improvement Fund 7,997 2,297 580 {93) 15,449 760 14861 15.723 ?6,739 114,013 {113,8801 26.872 Purpose of Funds Ddslznthtd Fundf Fabrrc Fund.. The trumees have set aside funds for the maint¢nance of the ChCh property. Reserve Fund.- The trustees have set aside fimds for the general use of the church and to be used when there is a deficit in th¢ General Fund Pasioral Assistant Fund.. The tn15tees hav¢ decided thai the income from use of premise5 will be used lo fialld a Pastornl ASSiSldni Sunday School lrnpact Fund.This fund is used to ]St the running of thc Sunday School li
St David's Knightswood Notes forniin% prdrt of the Ac¢ounts ror the year ended 31 D¢cernlxr 202J rpoje of FuDdJ I ntinlled) Rthide4 F¥ndf Bcncvolent Fund: This a ftmd for the %¢ of the Minier io give tsIanCe to thos¢ in nccd. Flowcr Fund: A fund to facilitste the pche of llo*trs for the church by way of donatiOTt5. Improv¢rn¢nt FuTtd. Thi5 filnd is used for the omprovement of the l)uildings. Organ Fun Thi5 fund is for the upkeep of the organ. Mi&8ion Fd. This f¢md is for the rnission work of the church * hom¢ and abroa(L 12
St D#vid's Kni%htswood Notes forniing part of the Aeeounts for the ytr ended 31 Decernber 21n3 2e23 23 2022 An#1lS of DoDatbOll5 WFO Scheme Tax Recovered on Gift Aid [knl0$ (kdinary OITerings (0 Plate) 41146 9.067 42,146 9,(K)7 47.756 11262 1089 700 1849 3.448 53J02 7(1 54.062 63.466 Anatysis of Payments (.QXfts of6enerol¥ryK Fund Offering En•Klopes 407 407 360 407 407 Ckniiable Adiviti Ministries & Mission Contribulion 43.684 43.684 48,423 1.820 3.050 1.820 3.050 1374 2.379 Mini%terfs ExFrnS Pulpti Suppty Council Tax Other Salary Costs Fabric Repairs & Mainienance Other Buildings Costs tX)nations 3.755 6.525 3.039 14.537 3.755 6.525 3,039 14,537 3.582 5.504 26.082 10212 Church Office Expens 1.640 5273 1.561 2613 104221 47 Totsls 82.837 83.323 Governance Costs Ind¢pendeTrt Examiner's Fee 150 150 150 150 150 Purchase of fix assets Purch&se ofinvestmen15 30.(XXI 30.000 30.0(X) 30.LKKJ Twal 113J94 113.880 104,731 13
Ternple Aonicsland Notes form1 part of the AccouDts for thtytr ended 31 Dettrnber 2023 Trllgtre RemunerAtion and Relat P•rty TctIOnS Minifftrfs StSpend All Church of SC12nd congregattons contnbure io the N'ationa] Stitend Fund which bear5 the costs of all mini51u5' St[Fl4 and cmplo)trs ContrlonS forTMtiona] Insuran pension and housing a]MJ loan fund. Ftrthe year under reyivw the rninimum WMI 7s£30.135 and the nwirnum fm the 5th and Jbso4uert ye8r5} £37.032. lovestmeDts Marld Vdl4e lJ4• 31D 2011 30.212 2.939 63.151 Coll¢rtioMs for Thlrd hrtr 2022 Mi55ion AThtton BarnJbw% Tnjrt Fund Bible Society Christian Aid 355 687 OMF 566 COfSHIV 574 51 14 1.673 14