APPENDIX 1
oscr
Periott slart dale
onih
Year
2024
Per,ocJ end (Jale
Day
Oay
31
onlh
Year
From
To
2024
Office of the Swttish Charity Regulaior
Reference and administration detsils
Cttarity name
Other names charity is known
by
Registered charity number
Charity's principal address
Ruihefglen Unrted Refor￿￿1 Church
SC017385
69 Johnslone Drive
Rulherglen
Glasgow
Postcode G73 2aA
Names of the charity tnJstee5 On date of approval of Trnstees. Annual Report
N•m• of
qor body)
trtl¢d to
appoint
lff anyl
Church AGM,'Meeting
Church AGMIMeeling
Trust•• nam•
Olllc• Irf any)
Dates acted il
not tor whole y•ar
PreS￿ent
Secretary
Minisler
Church AGMIMeeling
Church AGMIMeeling
Chufch Deauns
Resoned 1111124
Session Clelk
Church AGhllMeeling
Church AGNIIMeeling
Church AGMIMeeling
Church AGWMeeling
Resyned 1119124
Appointed 2518124
PresKJenl-Elect
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

APPENDIX 1
Reference and administratlon detalls
Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, Ifor examplé, those who resigned part way
through the financial period)
Structure, governance and management
Type of govorning document
The charity has a conslilulion and is an unincorporated association.
The charity's governing body Is the church meeting. Four ctxjrch
meetings are held each year. An Annual General Meeting Is also held in
the month of June each yeaT The Annual General Meeting leceives a
report from the trustees. the accounts of the charily and a150 make5
appoinllnenls lo the Iiuslee tx)dy and other appointmen15 wlhin the
charity.
The charity Is a congregation ol the United Relormed Church and
functions in accordance wilm Ihe Basis of Union and Plan lor,Partnership
in Ministerial Remuner8lion
Trustees are recruited from within the membership ol Ihe charity Ilhe
congregalionl when a vacancy occurs. Trustee appointments are usually
made al the Annual General Meeting of the ch8rily Ilhe congreg8lionl,
Trusi•e rncruitment and appointment
Objectlves and actlvltles
Charitable purposes
The charitable puipose ol the charily is the advancemenl ol CF*islianrty.
The Church seeks lo support a range of Iocol community aclivrfles
Ihfoughoul the year.
Summary of the rnain activities
in relation to thèse objecis
The main aclivilies ol the charrty include the provision of public Fhrislian
worship al leasl once a week, and addrtional acts ol Christian ￿)rship
Ibaplisin. weddings and luneralsl as required. There is provision lor
Christian educalion and nurture lor children. Pastoral care Is provided for
those in need. particulady the eldedy and sick and there are rewlar social
activities for the members of the congregation. The charrty participates in
the life of the local community by making ils building available for local
communrty groups and through the involvement ol the minister and
members in local organisalions and schools. The charity also participates in
the activilie5 of the wider United Reformed Church.

Achievements and performance
Summary of the fflain
achievements of the chafity
dunng the financial period
On 31 $1 December 2024 the church roll stood al 83 with an 4verage
attendance ai worship of around forty adurts an¢ 2-3 young peDplelchihlren.
'The Hub, Ilhe Trustee body ol the Church) continues lo act 15 a conduit of
infomiation and overspJhl for the vanous ctturch worting group5 ie Deacons.
Adrnlnlstrat￿ft. Fin8nce Fellowship and IndivKJuals who ￿p￿sOn1 the church
on a WdrEly of loc￿1 community and church Inrtialives
During Ihe past yeai the Deacons have looked al Ihe formal ol Communir)n
Ser¥￿es and Ihere has been some experimenlalion wrth the formal in order lo
create a more refleclive atmosphere for communion..
The Adminislfalion group continue to have oversuhl of Ihe h•ll bookings
and the church and h811s We￿ l)Olh well used lttroughou1 Ihe year
The Fellowship GfOUP coniinue 10 Ofoanise lelbwship events- among
Ihem, summer coffee. SouplS8nthYich Sundays. 8n¢J Ihe very SL¢cessful
Candle-lil Dinner
The Finance Group coniinue lo have Il oÉ'f411
I (Thl Ilif. r.hiirch'S finances as
well as dealing with property matte
onlinues lo
convene the group as Ihe Hub conliill.
onvenor. In 2024
Ihe Finance Group ovefsaw further repairs to the exterior stonework ol ihe
buibJing and mosl of the co￿n9 slones al the rear of the buik1ing have now
b8en covered wrth a brtumen based material lo prevent water Iiiwess A gianl
was received Iiom the Synod ol Scotland lo Impfove the energy •fticiency ol
Ihe building afKJ Ihis moiiey was used to feplace Iwo ohy 8nd drafly exterior
oors The V￿dnesdaY Woikers, conlinue lo meet and 8 ￿pair ID the drains
was undertaken by Chuich members Ihus saving Ihe church a sthslanlial sum
ol rnoney Both a church owned propemy and the flat Iwhith is Inlpgial lo Ihe
church buiklingl continue lo be ￿1 and both are managed by Lel'g Let.
Al our Aulumn harvest serwce all the produce donaied by both Ihe
cororegalion ano by members of the local cornmunrty was dona14d lo Ihe Ioc81
foodbank. an organ￿allOn wrth whicl) a numbei of the Cong￿ gaii¢n are 8clively
involved.
Al our Christrnas gift serw¢e we collected a large number ol toys and gifls
which were taken lo the S8Iv8lion Anny in Rulherglen lo be dis1ril￿Ied lo
lamilies in Ihe Rulherglen area
As 8 church we continue to suprK)rt Chnslian aThJ we have Iwo
representatives In our fellowship who are on the local Christian Ail comrnittee
The church has aeveioped a strong relationship with RuthergI￿ Rotary
Club and provxles the Rolary Club wrth free use ol the church Premises for any
fundra￿Ing l i￿rt￿liveS Ihey undertake in 2024 this included their annual
school quiz. their annual plant sak and an inili8live lo colle¢l18ckOls and coals
for d￿ll1b￿lI0n lo people In need over the winier monihs
The minister continues to be Involved In chaplaincy work ￿ Rutherglen High
School IAddrtion81 Support Need51 and wrth Rulherulen Community ca￿[S
where he serves on the Management Commrttee In December 2023 he look
on the iole of Convenor of Ihe Steering Group lof the Church Relaled
Comrnunrty Worker who Is based al Prie51hill URC
Conversations wrth Hamilton URC and East KilbrK1e URC ￿su￿•{j In an
agreefflenl io lomi a joint paslorale The Synod ol Scotland has scoped the
paslor8le al one lull lime milliSler and one part lime Comrnunrty Mknisler. The
soinl pastorale will come Inln erfecl once the vacancy for Ihe full time minister
as been filled Al that time
Ilie current minister d Rulherglen
URC will lake on the part tlllle knvllllliuiiily ithii)Ibler role.
Dunng 2024 Ihe Church re-Inve51ed monies received from Ihe URC Synod of
Scotland Investment Fund in 2023 The receipt ol this money in 2023 and rt's
inveslmenl {wrth CCL41 in 2024 has meant that both the 2023 arKI Ihe 2024
annual accounts have shown a large imbalance between income ald
eXpel￿rtu1e.

Flnanclal revlew

Brief statement of the charity's policy
on reserves
A reserve w)licy was Wfrtlen in 2016 staling that 20% of the annual
ovlgoing sfioukl be ￿adIlY acrE55ibk This amounts lo aporoximalely
£16,000 and is held in the Royal Bank ol Scolland Rese￿8 Account As al
31112124 the Reserve A(tsunl hekl £14.459 83.
As of 3151 t)ecember 2024. the valuation of our inveslmenlts wewe..
CCL4 £65.082.07
M&G DIvK1end FuThJ £16,090.37
M&G Chanfund £18.405 00
Details ol any deficit
The 2024 A(xounls show a def￿rt 01 £59.082 68.
In March 2024 we ieinvesled £65.000 wrth CCLA Ihawng re¢eived
£64.641.33 from the URC syn￿ of Scotland Investment Fuhd in 20231
Donated facilittes and services Irf any)
APPENDIX 1
Other optional information
Declaratlon
The trustees declaye that they have appmved the tmstees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the chanty'5 trustees
Signaturel.
Full namel:
Position {e.g. Chai
Dale

R￿herglèn United Refom)ed Church
SC017385
Receipts and payments accounts
Sc(*tth Chdrty Re8th1(x
oi
24
1024
Section A Statement ol receipts and paY￿￿nIS
P*iM*rt¢rtl
uni¢Stri¢W
TDtal Funds
Tvtsl lutM15 last
R¢slrthd end<>v4mÈm
Ir
fvnd
A1 Il•c
461
411
.14B
Gratst$
5.575
li(rfn In￿eSt￿￿5 IDan
ano trJikJrys
Rwis
Gro&6 crwrtab
6.017
•.2q1
14,010
Al Sub tot•1
117,4
AZ R•c¢lptsfrcAn •s••t4
Inv•5tr11•rrt %•1•%
PrrK£y15.'FDm dss
PrL*£*aS from s*td br￿￿Tr￿￿t$
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117M#J
117m)
AJ Payrn•nts
¥￿￿se5 fy IJr￿￿
Ji
Payr(wis tehatbry oKedwtoch¥rtat*
104.472
104.4TI
7.110
7,110
677
AArt I wmin*
276
rl annual
cyr￿1
A3 Svb tor•1
111
10D,144
Al P•ym•nts r•14Onq to4SS•t*
in¥•%lm•nt mov•m•Thb
k)UTrl1&5e¥ tst Iix£¥J
A4 Svb toral
Totsipym*nts
176
176
159.wl
A6 Tr*nAfèr* to I (from) lurMIs
Surylu8/ fd•llcirJ Iwythv
81.

Rutherglen United Rtformed Church
Section 8 Statemenl of balances
SC017385
I￿nd
lund*
B1 CJshfuDds
Ca%M
ii•.J
M.474
¢•bh
99
11U.314
51J
82 Inv•strn•fftts
15.9741
L306K k4&G LI￿dend LknITs
. 12W InGoffwUDIts
uThf¢4
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17mT.
21044 4524 ccJunrt5
rMtriclétt
15.B02
.497
03 Oth•1 ass•ts
T¢141
Trf41
apptoval

Rutherglen Unlted Refonned Church
SC017386
Section C Notes to the Accounts
C1 Nawre and purpom ol
ntls be stot9d on
n•ty51s off lunds wrrksh••t51
All fvrés art mre9tr¢tsd
Tyi>E nl acli¥ily ￿ prvpci Siipwirle
*¥kJtsal I
grnTrts rnid•
C2 Grants
D¢*Wb>)s Frtym IMWJu•ls Prc¢¢wJ 8 Church
1.110
Tolal
2.110
C3• Trust•• remun•r•llon
11 rn r*mun¥i¥ith was perK*J to any chartytW5ts+ u F•rtM ¢WMCl•d 1¢ •
tru*e cioss Ihm i￿tter*￿e tomthie #¢J￿n 3b}
C3b Tru•lee remuner•tlon.
d•tsiis
C4• TruBt•• •xp•n•
C4b Trust•• exP8n5￿ . d•iiN5
•*l•K•
Nalure ol transaclion
CS Tran5aGtloni wlth Irust••s
and conn•cted ws¢)ns
C6 Other Inforni•tknn

Rutherglen United Refo¥med Church
SC017385
Additional analysis111
AnAIysii ol i•c&pts ind p•ym•nts
l Oonaoons
nr•ilr1¢t•d
P•nn•ft•Tht
To14114
pwi04
p•tlod
.312
48.312
Aid
2 Qr4n15
ta n•¥•
L&n4ik5nire C￿ryi1
7$
URCS
Ical
3 Qrws rKelpts fiom otTh•i Char￿1￿￿• icllvttl•s
Exp•nd&bl•
ionw•M E
Toljl
4 P•ym•nts r•loln9 dirlctly to Chor￿)￿ aCil¥ttl•s
Ex￿r1¥bI•
fund•
p*rl(
Miniww & ¥iSlion
92,615
18.507
1.867
12.2$0
52.645
so.oj
ZQ.62
1.867
12.260
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104A72

APPENDIX 3
OSCR
kcllrth (kny Regu
Independent oxamlnefs report on the accounts
R•port to th• Ct*rty namo
tru¥t•Mlrn•mb•r• of
K2.111t.,
,/ CJIL'4( 11
R•glsl•r•d chartty sc
numb•f
On tho a￿o￿nts ol th•
charfly for the p•rlod
-c (117385
Perkxj stsrt date
Perk)d end dale
Y•w
S•1 out on p•g••
gSP•CtIv• The c*arity's trustees are r¢s[￿nsI￿A8 for Ihe preparntK)n of the xcounts In accordance
rn•pon•lbllftlM of with the lemis of the Charities Trustee Investrnenl {Scolland} 2CK)5 A¢1 and tho
trn•t￿ and •x•mln•r
Ch81ities ActA)unts IScoUaTrJ} Regulats￿$ 21x6 {as ameThJedl. The charity trustees
conslder that the aLMlil requirem&nl of Regulatii)n 10(11 Idl of the Accounts Regulat￿￿$
dofrs not apply. 11 Is my resp(￿sibIlIty to examine the accwits as required UfKler sectknn
44111 Ic} of Iho ki arKJ to $lal8 whether parb'cular matters have come Io rny attenllon.
8•s11 of Ind•p•nd•nt My exambHl*)n is carried oth in arxordance with RegulatKJn 1101 the ACc￿nts
•x•mln•e• •lat•m•nt Rogulalions. An gxamination *)cludtss a rewew ol th8 acC￿ntIng rwds kept by Ihe
charity and a C(ffipwiS￿ of the ￿t￿nts r*esented wilh those records. 11 a150 indudos
onsld8ral*Jft ol any unusual rtems Of tjisclosures in the 8ccA)unl8 and seeks
OXFdanalions from the Iruslees CO￿*M1￿3 any such matters. The Pr(￿dUleS undertaken
do no¢ provide 011 Ihe 8vidence th81 VI￿kj btr required in an a￿111 and, cort8quenlly, I do
t ?xw•ss an audil opTrnw)n ￿ tho vlow given by the aCc(￿nts.
Ind•p•nd•nt •xamln•r'• In thè courne of my examin81w)n. mattor h8$ ¢(xno to my attentK•n 10t￿ than that
•14l•m•nt dis(g09¢d ￿ tho attached p8ge1
whth gives m8 re8$￿able caus6 to believe that in any mat&rial res￿ the
requirements..
to keep accounting rec(th in a￿rdance wth 5eclNJn 44(11 (al of th92005 kl and
Regulat#)n 4 of Ihe 20L% Accojnts RegLAal￿ns. and
lo prepare aCC￿nIS wfiith accord wth the ￿nting reconls and rAyDF4y with
RegulalK)n 9 of the 2(K6 Acwjnts Reg￿￿
have not been mel.
lo vthich. in my opini￿, attention shwld be drawn In order lo enable a proper
Nam•:
R•hvant prof•••lon*l
quallllGallon{•l or body
{rf anyl:
Addr•M:
pagg.

APPENDIX 3
Disclosure section
0￿Y CCHn￿le rf Ihe examiner n86ds lo high1￿h1 material probl8ms.
Glv• h•re brfef d•tslls of
any ltsms th•t th•
•xamln•r WISh￿ to
dl•do••