Charlties Number. SC025685
A￿rd•on Church Of Christ
Flnanclal Staternents
ForTh• Year Ended 31 Dec•mbor2024

Aberdeen ch￿ch of Chrfst
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Truslees Rep￿t
Ind#￿ndant Exan"ners RèpNi
Receipts & Payments Ac£cMmt
Statemerrt Of Bdances
Noteg to Ihe Aca)unls

Trust••8' Annual R•port Ac¢ounts for th• y•ar •nd•d 31 D•£•￿￿T 2024
Scotlish Ch8rity Number SC025685
Current Trusl•oS
ContaGt Addrv58
Recrultment and Appokntm•nl of Tru$t••s
All of the churth's truslees ar8 apwmntad in acccrdance the trust deed and are 8ul4ect to revlow al the
annual congregats.ond meeting thch is hdd in ma￿ LY N)nl of each yB8r.
Governlng Document
The chlbrth is a charitabl8 unInc￿pDI8Ied cwganisa11￿ and Ihe wrposes and administration arrangements arg
set out in our Degd ol Con*itulion.
Charltabl• Purpos
Our purpose, as recryded in txjr D8èd of C¢)nstilutson. Is ihe advancemenl of Ihe Christian faith by making
PTovision Yor regukqr a(ts ol worshlp, preathlng the Gospel. teachiry and Instsijcuon in the Word of GCMJ and In
engaglng In works of bonevdence all in confrymty the commwlds and pattem set forth in the New
Testsmenl Scriptur68.
Actlvltl•• and Achl•v•m•nt•
In the year, we cwlinued lo provide fLV the thurthes ar*￿￿e5 t••thin OLW LKtilthng 81393 George Slrert
Aberdeen. The Gongregaticn meets evw Sunday and on a number of ocG8sions mld week.
We have (x)nlinue(I lo alkm the t￿Ilding lo b8 used by the Care Hub, a local tharilab￿ gr￿p who provide hot
meals, ctjthing and other ltery￿ to disadvantaged Fvle. This groupls experiencing sorne difflcultie5 With
dknlnlshlng interest fr(Mn vdunteets and abtsive behathour from some of Ihe seMee users. They are revlewlng
the situalion and antsupate rèstdct'ng or Fthaps discontinuing Ihelr use of th& buikliTrJ. We continue to
provide finandal support lo missionary work in India, PhllipFine8 and Pakistan. We 8180 finandal
donat￿nS lo members ol the thurch and otheis who were suffenng hardship.
Tru8t•• R•mun•rnllon and Expm•••
The trustees did not receive any remuneratiorj or expenses during the yew.
R•M•rv•8
The charity genwated a defi(it of £16.92912023 surF4us £14.8801 is detailed in the attathed financial
statements.
Al the ye8r end the total ol unreslricled reSe￿S by Ihe were £66,007. Ofthis £1 hes been
deslgnated by the tnJstEes to supwt evange49ts in the area and £51,933 has been d￿gnated for fijture fAJ8ts
8ssoty8led wth {y￿1ng (he bLMlding.
The trustees consider that suffiuent fvnds are held to alknv ￿ chwth to C￿￿nve its activities as present.
Approv8d by the tnjslees 3nd signèd on Ih8ir beh3ff
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Independent Examlnefs Report lo the Tn*•es of Abel￿￿ Chwch Of Ctsist
I report on the acccArts Crt the d)arity for the year ended 31 Deceth 2024 we set out on
pages 4 to 6.
R•sp•ctlv• r•wonslbllltl•8 oltrusteè and examlnèr
Th8 c*barily's trust8es are r8sponsible for the pr8par81ion crfthe aecwnts in accordance vthth the
tèmis ol the Ch*ties and Trustso Inveslmwl Acl {So)Ilw)d) A¢X 2005 and the Charits'es Ar￿Unts
(S￿ttandI Regulations 20C6. The olanty trustees cffi*der that the audit requirement if Regulation
10111 Idl of the Acryjurts Regulgtions does not apF4y. 11 15 my reS[￿sibIlIty to examlnts the attknunls
as required under sedion 4411)Icl d Ihe Acl afMI io state *thether pkn"oJ¥ mattws have c>Th to
my attention.
Ba•ls of Snd•pwKl•rt ?xamln•rf• Itatemert
My examinatson is Gqnied out in ac0)r￿ce ReThlab"(n 11 olthe Charlts'ès Acr£*mls {Scthand
Regulaiions 2tMJ6. An eXa￿DatIOn indudes a ￿meW of r&￿dS kepl by the
ttiarity and 8 corrpanson of tha airounts pre$￿thd wilh ltsjse re￿111$. 11 also Indud•s
nsld8f8D'on ot any wusual items or disdoyjres In the accounts, and sè8ks eyplBnations from the
trustees CAJneAming any matter. The procedwes undert8k8n do not provide 811 lh* 8¥id•nce
Ih8t would be requir&J in an audit. and cvnsequently I do I￿)t expr￿ an audit cFxnion pn Ihe
%&ieW gi¥*n ty the accounts.
Ind•p•nd•rt •x4mln•f4 •t•t•Thrt
In the course of ry exaftwn4tion, no m8tter has come to my Attents'on
1. vthith givè• me rY*H•on8tAo c•use to beliov• Ihat in any mat￿.&1 Tèepefa ￿qUiTerne￿I?'.
- to k¢ep a(Eounbng record8 in aC￿rdanCe with Se(*'on 4411118) of Ihe 2005 Ac* and Regulotion
4 of Ihe 20C6 Atxo￿ts Regulatson4 aThJ
. lo prepare acC￿nts aclxrd *llh the ac£4)uitTrJ recA)rd# and I)￿lY *ith Regulation g 01
the 2CQ6 Accounts RegLlatsons
have not teen Met, OT
2. to Nthith, in my opinion. attenlion 3hcrfJld b8 dra*n in oth lo enable a prowr understandlng
of the acwunts to be r8athed.
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Aberd
24
2023
Donations Received
Deed 01 Covenant Recapt
Interest Re￿iVed
Loan Repayment
Total Recapts
47.263
4.432
5,017
400
52,095
44,651
Payment•
Chantable Donats'ons made
utilits.es
In$ur8nce
Trav
Sundry E4)enses
Support lor Local Evangelists
8uilding Maintenanc•
Loan advanced
Care Hub eypen¥es
Tolal Payments
12.4
5,628
3,411
975
2.720
1.2CKJ
28.656
9,143
6,372
2.977
1,122
1,800
251
10.280
61.580
37.215
Surplus I (Defioll for Year
16.929
14,880
All lunds ore ￿reStri￿o￿
The Notes on page 6 ftym an integral wt rrflhese ac£LwJnts.
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2024
2rJ23
Openlng b*￿t¢
Sury>lu￿IDefi0tTr for
bosing bAlaP.ce
82.936
16.929
68.056
14,880
Gèn•r81 fiJnds
Desiqnated e4angelist fvnd
D¢slkThtt•J Ixthldlng fiw¥J
14.073
8.053
Sl
74.832
82,936
51.933
66,0ts7
t¥JlldlNJ. por tru8tM8valuaU
160.(X)O
12.480
172.480
160,000
10.280
170,280
e.haiital4• 0￿￿￿Ort
30
30
I funds •re ￿1¢$￿￿1
Approved by the Iru5tees on Ihe ￿.07.25
and signed ￿ their t*haif.

Aberde•n Church of ChTi5t
1. Bas18 of accountlNJ
These accounts have been prepar•J the Receipts and PaYrT￿ts bag's in aLrordants *ith the
Charities & Trustee Invesbnent (SC￿&VJ) Ad 2005 and the Chontses A¢o￿nts Reg￿atiOnS
20(￿ (as amended).
I Incomlng res(¥ur¢•s
All voluntary income le.g. donations received) are accyxu)ted fcrf rec￿￿￿.
Tax recovered ¢)n &"ft Aid donations is ac£C￿ed for Teceive(L
Bank interest is 8cuunted ftjr th recthd.
Naturv and purpm of ￿ndS
Unr8stricièd funds are those that rw be used at the th'suellon of the trustees in furtheranc8 of
the objecas of Ihe charity.
D88ignal8d fund8 are urre*rided funds Ihat the Iwst668 of the thanty have d￿gnated for
specific purpose.
Relit•d party trnnBactlon•
The Irustegs did nol recwve any reTr￿n￿ratiOn or e>panses in the ojrrent or prior year.
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