Scottish Charity No." SC018754 ST MAThHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Accounts for the year ended 31st July 2024 200 Balmor¢ R¢•d. O18•g¢)w, G22 In th• Dloo••e 01 GI••g and G•llow•y
ST MAThHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Accounts for th• y•ar •ndod 31#t Juty 2024 Reference and Administrati Inforniatl( St M8ttheW8 Eptgwl Churth 2W BalnxY8 Roaj asg( s1$h Ch•rlty Nurnb•r SC018754 Ch¥lty Trii•i•4s Memoèts ofthg Vesty Chrp8rson Secretary Lay Repre8entadv tem Lay RresentitiY• Trtr8¥urer V•gtsy M•mbèr Vestry M8mt•r V•#ty 8#r*•r• Rcrdl Bank of So)OarKI 116 Cuffjate G&8 IJX Ind•pwd•nt Ex•mln•r
ST MAThHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Accounts for tho yoar •nd•d 31stJuty 20 Report of the Vestry The membets of tho Véitry twnt their anTrJ81 raFQrt tCth8rth Ih8firHnrial stalemnts forthe year ended 31 2024 ¥nd Gov•manc• In terms ofthe Charibe8 and TnMt•• lTrn8lnwrt {Scar) A)Vandl Regulations 2(hJ6. Ihe Vogty repts to th• corvJregalKxi asfolhx". bl klathk$ Eiiscop81 Churth- Possilpark Y6 a registued S¢th8h Chty ISC018754) It is a mernber cl tr Dioce d Gla&) GalknwT oflhg Scottish Epixfjpol Churth ar 18 in full unicn wrth the Chwch Tho superior aulhL¥ity 18 the 8lslKp of Gla•j Gallow Al affan gv4emeil brf th? Vestry Appohitmant of V•gty IAamba Vestry nMr5 are elected or alIted by Annual Genèral M8elirwJ estsblished by rnnst'lutDn and under C4non Law of the S¢oth"8h Episeop31 Churth. There is no xmal IndOn kwramme on9.n9 guidan¢ is gNen to ¢nre that Vestry membern are famHi with the Churth's values. aims and re¥pQn$ibil.8S asth• IgnO(l tsust•u ofa thwity. Admlnl•tratlv• 8tructsre 11 13 tre duty ol the vtrY to mwg• the twnpx affar¥ of kn ng[wat with r991b4ty to keep tho fabric )d propety of th• and othw bu1n in o>xl V•vthng order to b(Jk after the fin•nc8 of the churckn. $tst•mont of Rl•k Th• Vesty kp3 urMJer th• major th• Clwjch is 84)0 and haj estsbli$hed Ch•dt•lh OW¢tl¥• and AGtlvll• The Chwth'j prTrnripal ac11v¢8 vmhip in uu•menl and prnyw, Chri$n •duc•tlon, charit•lA• Irk tynd thJnd r•i¥ing for Icul. tiO11 and internatnl need8, JcKial meebngs. pr•dominanlJy Dflho youlh, tho okltyly Jnd rn•ny c4mmwity of all •geJ. Report frorn th• Rrttor and oflh• VM The effecls of the losses (xrtlined in la8t rf8 Report cnliiw to I¢Vete in Ih af St Matth•vl8, no t the subs rrtial lots of th• fuThlraisirffj. (xbeach and frw)swtslity that ini118ied and carried out by rhe 1088 of the prolKt A Placo For Chang9. u8eil The Place at St Matthew's was ncrted last year has actually. In cour8e ol the ye. o(xa5prd a tsynjfrymati( of the bulldlrg wlth th8 wrlval In ihe ne4V year 2024 d tw) oTrJaniMions t•thh v•hKh Fr. ha? bn wNcdve(l tr mary ypars". Pah In Commurty Scotland Jnd The GK or1e10. Thm bFiTrJ8 nkS wrth orw11n• around the cty, the prtY Tnth Commi68ion. Asylum 8èekarn •nd ywng peopl?. The inknor of Th pl hou boon trarBfrymgd and work h9B bogun on a¥lemAI work8. St. Matth6W8 had to pay È1.100 to haw urrcoJndiry trw prurd and rnlntW4r0 ofth• groundo ha8 Lgrgdy fallèn to Fr. David. We have alNd a m1 #toragè #h•d in th• B¢xth gard•n for GK. unfon4tty tho ctruh of SCA)td. a long twne 8UPlrt•r of th898 thant8, haB tsk•n thè dgts9#)n that their work rL) longer fft• largets, and so. likè all thirf #eL>r organi8abon8. thay 8r• undw iKe89iny funthng pr8ssur•
Since the pandetYc. we have tri&1 to be as flexible as possiLle, arnl Church areas hav¢ been used by U$8r groups of SY Mattrs Centre, so the Church communty in prathal terms ClY use the 'church' part of Ihe building ts)urs on a Surw. The Church tsnty building in the evenings at Midnight Mass a1 Maundy ThLf5day. l>ul IBS ntrIbut> £1 15.95 t(Miard5 the wst of rEw extemal liting. A funding applicatton fo)r¢S Ihls made o the Area Committée In DecervJer 2023 urrfortunatety rdu8ed. The flooding of the biilding n Jurn 21)23 an extrem fru¥traliry >rar thweby Churdi ate•. Ba¢k Chwth room8. kitchen and t(xlets wwo cl tound8 fer exath S2 ekty. That nwarrt Ihat Chrigtmas and a1 •vwy to bg wtiatod an(1 prgpared for in thè Man Hall. Ilany thanks to or p)rt Fn all that extra wtyk. Th¥ new Ib)r la by July 2024 and the inman work ol aiingifio back tho fumitwe. with 8tt4cawl klt p#td)es to wotact rOr (12 per powll then t•. Th• hy that we ojuld ON8 th& t8ffje organ 8w8y before the floor was 18id Thankfulty EIe$lastiCal Insuran - ater rrnKh we8sirKJ - has pahy for the irtalatkJn of a now drain from buikling to Balmore Road. arKI for Ihe flocf. S•Jly of ts tr995 n&ar tho drninage works, we had paid to be pnmed. then fdl dtr•m an¢1 had tc be Unfortal8 ts wtld•n( at th8 ol the twlldty not be co¥er•d by In8urnnary. •thouJh v •xp¥¢l the Prop•rty Ccmnmrt lo 9Y lo Ettlti¥iastir41 rryardlng rylr of the dran. pa8118 MLtri8. pad br by SL Math3 ChLfCh. Th18 w¥8 made po88lble by a Loan been rnpald In lull (£7.897.14 on 29th Aprl 20241". itsew Tna¢Je p035iLI? by aolliry 480 Unst3 I) Ihe lthil Trust Fund, Tawng £14.000 11th Aprfl 2024). An ovwpayment to the O¢xM¢ (•g•n • Bank rni•tsk•l in 25th Marth 2024 rneant thai V aGctspiud tt QUOTA Yment for the w1t 012024 (£12431 &¥ paid whiGkn 1$ the 12uota Oirect Debit d(x$ not •ppearin bank $t8temen18 in 2024. Another t(s has en occxthed ty ts r8llronni o rom St. Teresa, - thelr con818tent 811PPM has Invau8ble, not least ai hosting ot Andrew'5 fvneral Requiern when we had no chur¢h lasl yegr. Tf ecumenbcal rolakinsNp nur.ured and Gelebrated In rnY way$ DI proygr, ltturgy. h05pllalNy and ou¢rew(, 80 [L¥ary lo like Pos•lWth 18 unllkety to be ropeale y Urro Joon. Nonetsless, nIenCeS frorn last yearfs Report bear rewting. for Iho witt) •ye¥ to 1, tINryT• Ibuns$ hern a rrw)sl authentic exweswon ol the o)spel Ihat feeds many beyond its w811s. W8 keèp a lamp of failh ahght in apptsr8 to be 8 7ArKkl irL¥¢••iwty ovw¢uxe by darkn8 and 0)nfv8, ard In the fathfulne88 Ottyjr ELthrffjtsc ts)mmunty. 8tstsnnt ol r••pon8lblllll•• ollA•mb•v• olv Th¢ M•mr• of tho Vo1ty re fin•rbi Statwnwth v• ¢J•tall b •n¥blo an 4ppfÈttation of Ihe transxb'onj d Churth during the fir¥n(i¥l y•ar Th• m8mb•rn of th• vty ar• r*s[N91b lor keèpino prnr 4fAYAJntino retAyd$ on reqwt. rn[t relal d tho 4yJrrènt finarri sition ol the Church at that time. This mu$l be dcne to ernure that the finanual statemtS CA)mrly the Charities Accnts ISo)Iland) Rewlabon8 2(>&%. ¥e a180 Rsponsible for safeguarding th• sfjts ol the Chw¢h •KI must take rea8onabl¢ steFO for the W•tion an detedion of fraud and irrlari11e9. On bphalf ofthp Vwtry arc
ST MAThHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Accounts for the yoar ¢ndgd 31st Juty X124 Independent Examln•rfs Report to th• Vestry of St Matththrf$ of the Chanties and Tru8leè Inve8bnth)t {Scclkndl AGt 2005 the Chariti¢¥ oUnt8 IS¢xJUand) Regukntions 2006 The Churth'8 MtreT8 afthe vesty corttsiderlhotthe au(¥t r¢quiremt of Re9ul8bon 1011) lal to (c) of the AoUnts Regulation6 d8 n¢ It 18 my respOnbIlty to examine th? aCUnts a$ r•qiMr•d •o¢ti¢)n 11{1) 1¢} d th• Act and kn slate wheth•r yrbwlar matt•r¥ have eom• to my attonion. My exarnlnatkn 1$ carrt8d CAII In X(x¥da 11 of the ciiafiuèB A(x¥Jurtto ISoXan¢J) RwduWon8 21]06 An eX1ftaI)n IrKILths a rnvbw of the a¢cthntsng reeoftlB kept ty th8 chartty and a Jfftparlsw of thg a¢(ywnts th? rgELYTJs. 11 also indwkn5 (YJnslderabon of any unusual itoms or dlsdosures In the a¥nts. and $kS t4)111 trom th¢ trusts9• conrn9 ary 6U mattem. The proc•dur•s undetsk•n do not provid8 •ll evldence th•t would be requk•d In •n audrt, and con8equenly I do n¢ expre•9 an au&t4¥nion on the vie4¥ gi¥•n ty th• aca)unts. In Ihe COU cl Thy examinatitin. no matter ha8 e<>me to my attenb.on wthlch require8 me reasonablè cause to believe that in any m•W41 Tr8po(1 thg requ1rts.. .to k•p ats>Junting r$ in •c<¥)rd•vx S•(aiM 44111 {a) of 2005 Act and Regul•b"on 4 of th? 20C6 A93)unt R•iukntion to prfjpar• •(x>xMts wtti( a¢i*¥O TA4th a(%owrfiNJ r•cffllb and cx)m V•ith Regulats'on 9 of th• 2006 Accounts 10n$ h•v• not b••n m•L to whth, in my opini)n. atterlion •hould In ¢Jrdor to enabk• a proper under8tsrdirrfJ of the accounts to be ent 16 F•brnary 2020
ST MAThHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Accounts fortho yo•r ¢nd•d 31stJuly 2024 RKelpts and Paym•nts Account for the Year Ended 31 July 2024 Furnl 2,1fXI 8.129 8,129 724 3.X1 3.331 FJ R•rq Ifyts RcrtVy 819 14. 9.975 9,390 2,137 2,86¥) 1.099 Rylr• FIxDJr88. Fr&S T•i*l Ptym•n 10.413 10,413 11•79 1.910 114.to 13211 1.910
ST MATfHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Accounts for the y•ar ondod 31st July 2024 Notes to the Accounts for the Year Ended 31 July 2024 Tr Lant4 L) tr• R••tsbawJ Fwvjb 01fv31 th 3J24wx £13M6513)2W. £11465 Cwol T•x 2.512 81 1gJ7
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ST MATfHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Accounts fortho y•ar•rKl•d 31•tJuly 2024 Statement of Balanees a8 at 31 July 2024 2Q23 It••d ¢••h In H•Thd 2,5 1.910 13.679 18,115 110,284 105,116 I VahMat 316tth 5,517 5,148 l•vk•tValu• a¢¥1 101.711 roved b tlw V¥¥t 011 2T M4TGlI 2025 aw7d thelr bghaw b 08try r•aiur•r rpernon