Scottish Charity No." SC018754
ST MAThHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Accounts
for the year ended
31st July 2024
200 Balmor¢ R¢•d. O18•g¢)w, G22
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ST MAThHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Accounts for th• y•ar •ndod 31#t Juty 2024
Reference and Administrati￿ Inforniatl(
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SC018754
Ch¥lty Trii•i•4s
Memoèts ofthg Vesty
Ch*rp8rson
Secretary
Lay Repre8entadv
tem* Lay R￿resentitiY•
Trtr8¥urer
V•gtsy M•mbèr
Vestry M8mt•r
V•#ty
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Rcrdl Bank of So)OarKI
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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 tC￿th8r￿th Ih8firHnrial stalemnts forthe year
ended 31 2024
¥nd Gov•manc•
In terms ofthe Charibe8 and TnMt•• lTrn8lnwrt {Sca￿r￿) A<a 2fy)5 aryj tho Chafkne8 {S¢>)Vandl
Regulations 2(hJ6. Ihe Vogty rep￿ts to th• corvJregalKxi asfolhx".
bl klath*k$ Eiiscop81 Churth- Possilpark Y6 a registued S¢th8h Ch*ty 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 n￿M￿r5 are elected or a￿lIted by Annual Genèral M8elirwJ estsblished by rnnst'lutDn and
under C4non Law of the S¢oth"8h Episeop31 Churth. There is no *xmal Ind￿On kwramme on9￿.n9
guidan¢* is gNen to ¢n￿re that Vestry membern are famHi* with the Churth's values. aims and
re¥pQn$ibil￿.8S asth• ￿￿Ign￿O(l tsust•u ofa thwity.
Admlnl•tratlv• 8tructsre
11 13 tre duty ol the v￿trY to mwg• the twnpx* affar¥ of kn ￿ng[wat￿￿ with r￿9￿91b4￿ty to keep
tho fabric *)d propety of th• and othw bu￿1n￿ in o>xl V•vthng order to b(Jk after the
fin•nc*8 of the churckn.
$tst•mont of Rl•k
Th• Vesty k￿p3 urMJer th• major th• Clwjch is 84)0￿￿ and haj estsbli$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• I￿rk tynd thJnd r•i¥ing for Icul. ￿tiO1￿1 and internat￿n￿l 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 c*nliiw to I¢Ve￿te 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(xa5pr￿d a tsynjfrymati(￿ of the bulldlrg wlth th8 wrlval In
ihe ne4V year 2024 d tw) oTrJaniMions t•thh v•hKh Fr. ha? b*n wNcdve(l tr mary ypars". Pa*h In
Commurty Scotland Jnd The GK ￿or1e1￿0. Thm bFiTrJ8 ￿nkS wrth orw11￿￿n• around
the cty, the p￿￿rtY 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 prur*d and rn*lntW4r￿0 ofth• groundo ha8 Lgrgdy fallèn to Fr. David.
We have alN*d a m￿1 #toragè #h•d in th• B¢xth gard•n for GK. unfo￿n4t*ty tho ctru￿h of
SCA)t￿d. a long twne 8UPl￿rt•r of th898 thant*8, haB tsk•n thè dgts9#)n that their work rL) longer fft•
largets, and so. likè all thirf #eL*>r organi8abon8. thay 8r• undw iK*e89iny funthng pr8ssur•

Since the pandetY*c. we have tri&1 to be as flexible as possiLle, arnl Church areas hav¢ been
used by U$8r groups of SY Mattr**s Centre, so the Church communty in prathal terms
C￿lY use the 'church' part of Ihe building ts)urs on a Surw. The Church tsnty building in
the evenings at Midnight Mass a￿1 Maundy ThLf5day. l>ul IBS ￿ntrIbut>￿ £1
15.95 t(Miard5 the wst of
rEw extemal li￿ting. A funding applicatton fo)￿r¢S Ihls made
o the Area Committée In
Decerv*Jer 2023 urrfortunatety rdu8ed.
The flooding of the biilding n Jurn 21)23 an extrem* fru¥traliry >rar *thweby Churdi ate•.
Ba¢k Chwth room8. kitchen and t(xlets wwo cl tound8 fer exath S2 ￿ekty. That nwarrt Ihat
Chrigtmas and
a￿1 •vwy to bg wtiatod an(1 prgpared for in thè Man Hall.
Ilany thanks to
or ￿p￿)rt Fn all that extra wtyk. Th¥ new Ib)r la￿ by July 2024 and
the inman￿ work ol aiingifio back tho fumitwe. with 8tt4cawl klt p#td)es to wotact r￿Or
(12 per powll then t•￿. Th• hy that we ojuld ON8 th& t8ffje organ 8w8y before the floor was 18id
Thankfulty E￿Ie$lastiCal Insuran￿ - ater rrnKh we8sirKJ - has pahy for the ir*talatkJn 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
Unfort￿al8￿ ts wt*ld•n(* at th8 ol the twlldty ￿not be co¥er•d by In8urnnary. •thouJh v
•xp¥¢l the Prop•rty Ccmnmrt￿ lo 9￿Y lo Ettlti¥iastir41 rryardlng rylr of the dran.
pa8118 ML￿tri8. pad br by SL Math￿3 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 w*￿1t 012024 (£12431 &¥ paid whiGkn 1$ the 12uota Oirect Debit d(x$ not
•ppearin bank $t8temen18 in 2024.
Another t(*s has ￿en occxthed ty ts r8llron*ni o
rom St. Teresa,
- thelr con818tent 811PPM has Invau8ble, not least ai hosting ot Andrew'5 fvneral Requiern when
we had no chur¢h lasl yegr. Tf* ecumenbcal rolakinsNp nur.ured and Gelebrated In rn￿Y way$ 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 darkn￿8 and
0)nfv8￿, ard In the fathfulne88 Ottyjr ELthrffjtsc ts)mmunty.
8tstsn*nt ol r••pon8lblllll•• ollA•mb•v• olv
Th¢ M•m￿r• 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• v￿ty ar•
r*s[￿N91b￿ lor keèpino prn￿r 4fAYAJntino retAyd$ on reqwt. rn[￿t relal d tho 4yJrrènt finarri
sition ol the Church at that time. This mu$l be dcne to ernure that the finanual statem￿tS CA)mrly
the Charities Acc￿nts ISo)Iland) Rewlabon8 2(>&%. ¥e a180 Rsponsible for safeguarding th•
sfjts ol the Chw¢h •KI must take rea8onabl¢ steFO for the W•￿tion an￿ detedion of fraud and
irr￿lari11e9.
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ST MAThHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Accounts for the yoar ¢ndgd 31st Juty X124
Independent Examln•rfs Report to th• Vestry of St Matththrf$
of the Chanties and Tru8leè Inve8bnth)t {Scclkndl AGt 2005 the Chariti¢¥ ￿￿oUnt8 IS¢xJUand)
Regukntions 2006 The Churth'8 M￿￿treT8 afthe vesty corttsiderlhotthe au(¥t r¢quirem￿t of Re9ul8bon
1011) lal to (c) of the A￿oUnts Regulation6 d￿8 n¢* It 18 my respOn￿bIlty to examine th?
aC￿Unts 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 eX￿1ftaI￿)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 $￿kS t4)1￿11￿ trom th¢ trusts9• con￿rn￿9 ary 6U
mattem. The proc•dur•s undetsk•n do not provid8 •ll evldence th•t would be requk•d In •n audrt, and
con8equenly I do n¢* expre•9 an au&t4¥nion on the vie4¥ gi¥•n ty th• aca)unts.
In Ihe COU￿ cl Thy examinatitin. no matter ha8 e<>me to my attenb.on
wthlch require8 me reasonablè cause to believe that in any m•W41 Tr8po(1 thg requ1r￿￿ts..
.to k•*p ats>Junting r￿￿￿$ 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
F￿J R•*rq Ify￿ts RcrtV*y
819
14.
9.975
9,390
2,137
2,86¥)
1.099
Rylr•
FIxDJr88. F￿r￿&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* L￿ant4 L*) tr• R••tsbawJ Fwvjb 01fv31 th 3J24wx £13M6513)2W. £11465
Cwol T•x
2.512
81
1gJ7
>J24

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
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