2024-12-31-accounts

The Potters House Report and Accounts Year ended 31 December 2024 1 Li￿b.5 Pa55app, LoAdDn ECIY B*E

THE POTTEifs HOiISE MID ADMIP4STrAINE D￿AlLs F(Xi THE YEAR END￿>31 DECEA￿ER 21124 ADDRESS F¢Ji CORRESPONHCE Go￿NING D¢xuIEpir drted 24 Feb￿￿ 2019 CHAFltrf REf4STRATION h￿MBER S(X133482 THE CA￿￿T BMKERS 8￿￿K ol ScoJ&nd INDEPENDE￿ EXAWFER 1 Lrnb¥ P•ss•g• L￿D¢￿ ECIY8A8 P•g• I P4g•J 2 P•g• O P•J• 7 P40• 8 P4ys 9-10 TruJl•••' R•pwl Independellt Exammerfs Rewt and P•yrnAts Accosjnl St•l•m•nt of Al￿1• & Li•bili PagD 1

THE POTTER'S HOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 (Ec￿8ER 2•24 The Tntslees h•ve pleaswe in the Rewt a￿1 fv4wLWrt5 tr Ihe year ended 31 De￿rnber 2024. Assembly is vested in AsSeM￿Y C¢Kn¢il cl￿51$11￿ ol ￿￿ter IChoirTnanl. Trna5urer and other •lact•d l￿dar5. The Asswnbty Council o¥ersws rnor¥ry9e5 al the Iixmol ￿ceSSeS of Ihe Church. Auihollty to lead dep8rlments 15 dew to other Ipaders Wth￿ Assembly. ￿ •nrwAI repryt ol the P¢)tterf5 Hol￿ dwing ils tax is st s Amud G•rtW￿ I¥￿11￿9 •7 Jan¢J•ry or soon 45 PD55ible trwoafter. bhwHI • th• Ass•muty A55arntHy G￿nCIl rocrui a now memDV x¥ 1 In •ddhlon to ow AS￿rtty C4ymell momt•rn. the AOG d•naffin•lion th•t M •re p•rn olwho a&n con5uhMhene%rwe need addtixrtwl hdp. Qbj•ots ol ¢harKy The ch•rity. wthh is 8 chwch. is by a ¢x>nsliiution •rd is constibA•d as • ehlfitwt Ina0￿Or1d org1nisatl￿. TrJ 45 Set Its doourrnnL •re: To •dv•nc• Chrislin Faith in p•rts of th• Unl•d ￿ngdOM. ry th• as ￿ A55mbly CtyJnol may. from tin• tr) kn• f To rliov• siekn•ss And fffi&n¢x￿ h•rdghip. •nd tr) priTho ond we5erv• good heilth through ihe pro¥isi¢n ol counslllling 9rHI 5uppM in such ports of the UnAed Kirydom or the wDr]d, 85 th• Ass•mbly Counol. from 4Yn• to tim• lknks f. and ￿ d¥￿ee educat￿ * SLth wrys arAI in such prts af Ullit•d IC1n9dom w th• ¥￿)rfd •• th• Churth from lim• to timo. •￿￿kS In pr•trxl tvms. this m••M Pott•rfs Hous• is C￿￿mI￿&d to tho Splia￿l. M￿ts1. èmotional. 50d•l 8rKI phyffjic￿ of •v•r>rJnè - Ixyth members of the Bhur¢h or#1 also m•mb•rs of PU￿1c. 7hrouph our ￿nd•a￿ul to help people èxpwiér￿ peYS(x￿j tr￿￿•m1￿:￿>ft go that th•y 'b•t,•f rwrry T•5pons*?rlr￿5 their hom•5 in Soc￿ty- Pap2

Tc.fwtherth •t￿le ￿JectS arnl visirm. th• ￿11￿1￿S and We￿ 0$ ft11￿￿. In this reporL we w4rt kn nrt only &iYe a reoord of frfwii¥al swwd5hip bui aCC￿nI ts the jouff cammur¥ty have undert•ken iryethw this IASt >w. As retleet on the past ￿r. w• •r• v•ry for lh• d•dic•tlSYl. g•nu0j￿I and %￿rIf￿e5 01 ￿￿r th15toe5. voILmleer5. 4nd c(muregalion. Togpthor we hjve Ir•d our bes1 kn 4phokl (A4r Miss•￿ of faith. s•r¥icR. •nd c￿1￿￿}￿. Somp Df our members fai>ed daunllny yw and stood thorn s FWSevered throu thw cknallenges And we Are vuy fof the m>y PDthe oulcoffle￿ Thank ￿ lo ev4ryvn• for th• many p•rsonl S￿leS OF 5•Cnfi￿ h)b• and cHr• (Dr one anDlher th&t up muth for i04xn•y. In thi5 rwL I will Iht SAFEGiIARDING Qur thonks po to our team fly th•ir ￿￿.￿. Our safe￿￿9 Deparlment meets 19gu'Aty #.roug the yegr kn Ove￿ •[.' ow op•Th￿onS children and wlnerable adults. TrM5 d•partrnenl is irta tsvp t•am5 - wr Safoguarding offic•r •nd ut• And Ouf S#l•gu4rdinB uiury Ow. Th• 6 vokntMr5 5t•ff dop•rhwts all hab wok55￿1 oxperiRnD 2024. SUNDAY SERVICES Our Sundgy serwus w•ra N•ll kn 21r24. W• rn•t in ** Siehwton kn Centro. are thankfvl for the serth lllven to U5 tythe staff ol th• C•ntr•. Our SUn￿Y sorvi¢oi 4y• slaff•d by 1•4m ot volunt•￿ who se￿ acros$ 11 drflernnt knams. all Iw tr WrPo￿ ot •n•bSng p•opl• to m•&t togqth•r ftx rn￿￿1 •nMurau•m•nt and SLrpwrt V4e •rn very grAknfvI to oyor 70 volunt••rs in these 1•8ms lor thotr ¢l•votiDn. The th•y PTo¥id• 15 ¢￿tar•￿9 c<uld r# fvnction v￿Out thwn. Thank you to af for ￿ur lo￿ •nd d•%Y>lKJn. ￿ numbpr of peopl •rtendinu our Sunday service5 hB5 been CDnsr4tonl over the yew 4nd so a1￿￿￿. wi h&¥t had • 9tsod CHILDR&4 YQLrrH WORK W• 3 &ldr•n and pAYra￿¥￿e5 •v•ry &Jnd•y. • Crech• lof pf••schol •g•d chrldrnn, Chiknn's CkNrch lor primary •Eh(xJl apd thiklr•n 4rxl d•s5 for P7 to S3. CRECHE: Th• numb•r of •t•ndirvJ IhÈ Crochè evry %Yries wilh •n •Yw•ge of •bout four ¢hfldren beiween the ages fow. 4v•rtye session oonsiSt5 uf sume ￿rne far pl￿. Bibk story 4r￿ then a reknt•d cTaft or •ttovity. bl'e hav• toys. T￿5. bDoks. pl•￿¢h. bl•ckboaTds. stiokers and other orot. Ird&￿tIll9 4th1¢h rcrttstè iveekly &>T the childr•n to •r'oy. you io th¥1 p•op]• m•k• Crth • hppy and saf• plw¢x to after T￿e CHILDREN"S CHLI4CH: Arwnd 14 th1dT•n attend cfvildr . w••k. V¥1• h•v jusi mc¢v•d ts 4 gJrrirulum. ¢v' vd #NE &ogt5k Stry. writi•n by . This com•5 ¥th • pode•st and w••kty Y{wTU￿ VKI￿ kids can fclk)w th? I¥￿￿ This cu'.riculum A11tMs teoKheTS tll Use ctlvity shèis providèd or br￿h ow. on• of the suggested a01￿v￿5. We 5t¥ted men￿￿5thg o Month￿ ¥eTSe based on one ol the le55Dn5 fw that mr*h. Th&rth to th• dId￿&t•d team who encwr•ge all th•s• c.=Idr•n •4Yry rhTrek. P&ge 3

YOUTh WORL. Our $4wKIAy d455 fty soulh 4ed beleffi P7 S3 Conti￿e￿ year. Thi5 iniktsvR 15 S￿Ife￿ by 3 vok¥rteefS dl ol Myk ilh y(￿￿ petplE 4nd SD tt offer5 us a great opp￿t￿n￿ to enccur•p and bwld ytxllh ttendvwJ the thur¢h. Thte yryJng peipb acti￿ partiup•t n s•leBting fordi5¢U55iOn. The YOLMQ people 8Y2 alway5 engpged YAh the sessknr& and sometine5 deep que5tsns. Ils w4lcPHw Ihem be so keen w he￿n. Ai,. the 5tHff excttEd 10 See V•hJi Ihi5 ntrxt IxirvJ5 want b) for dl ttwdo. This ￿Or ￿ (￿lInued ojr partner5hp wh the CAP IChrists•ns ￿￿kn5l Povertyl Ajrysfryre Debt Centrè. Debt Cenlre offws freè, pvthssiDrl debt counsell¥)g to ary membèr of t￿ publ[¢ strugBI Inu dpbt •nd th•y stnd wh thwn Lrtil th•y 4r• d•bt free. Thi5 i& irK￿dIb￿ s•ryio•. and arn Ixr4Jur•d ta ￿ Ywis1w￿. Not do ** supwt th• G•ntrn firnnwly. we •lsD pThlded P.IONEY COACHING COURSE &n * C￿P money ￿￿e￿tnIj c￿• In the yE•r to thIF In th• nthy ￿8T tu. Th money coaching cours• is excllent and fcr w•ry(Y•. It h•lpJ •v•Trvn• wtK) ttond5 bdter st•WaTII th•tr nKmy. Th•nk hou MILLWEEK ADULT OR0(￿5 We •150 h&d a few short cours•5 w• w•n (wer the sev. W• 150 hav• Ik¥wishing rnid-we•k gre￿p5 th￿ rngul4rty during th• year. The T￿dAY woup cMlhu•s wlh over 20 In •tterMlance. We also h&b a younp •dulls kyoup cf 20 meetvw We •150 ha￿ a gflXIP for lh• 2￿0 m••tiry rewlarly In Ihe eveniw. Several ml&vM•k gnjups for prwftr d50 m•t 1hrvuqhoul th• y•w. Th•nk ￿V to wlM> •ttwMls grou￿ •¥1 to Ihos• WIKJ And Imd COIAMUNITY LARDER (￿r Community Lordv OP•n￿ 4 S•AfS In Febru•ry 2021 u pth of th• thurcth oulreA¢h to • eornm￿ry to Wp pEopl• vthn •rn strwJ9￿￿ the oosi ol Ivkng. Cunnwnity L•rdw is to I people on low kn¢om•% or i•cov•ring fr4xn cri515 by offety (thfWTy thoice of lood a A grea ied¢sc ¢¢￿t and • 5rn411 y•wly fffflbèr5trip fee. Th• Iwdw is not onty • pl&ce to 4(•55 fo&1 byt plaL¥ Wh￿ F￿p1& SW$ 8nd th•• v<1 mak• frarAI W• h4¥ 182 m•mb•rs. EAth wefjk vffj 4verw 40 farnlies u5• lh• l•rd•r m • regular ￿51s. Th Lord•r is open •very Sturdrty tr¢m 10- 12nc4>n and steffed by va'.unt•w ffmbeTS Df Ihe thurch. Th teBm run thè Larder art •n)aztro and YM knld th•t ¢)ur Lonler rs Ihe best In Ayrnhir•. It 15 an •m8ano the rommunty. wovid•p Th)t a￿d h￿p. bu: tlw opportunity to it hav• •• •nd t•lk:o oth•r p•opf•. CHRISTMAS FOOD FIAAf=RS This y•a', • ¢huTch. hgd the WMW ol wo%rftho 41 Chrkna• food ￿mP•r5 to famlK(ts wihin our IDc•I br•a in tino f¢r chil5￿45. 7he5e lamSls were made up 0153 &dults nd 80 ¢lildrYn, 133 pecple tn tDto1 ￿re helped. ¥Ve ie¢errfed rèquvJts fo.r harryrs through thuroh Memb￿ In. from tho LBrder15}. from the locd Schods 128) •nd frEvn CAP {3). We OTt Yery Ihonkfuj lof th• g•nwD5ty effort Itvm 8Jll the cl¥Jrch rnemb•r wwhei shoppinB fur al￿ providir¥ o. th• helping p•ck thom for helped delNff th• h•mpKJ to th• tnapi. Spe¢kl 1har4ks to•'h) lèd Ihi5 Niitialive once again •is ￿er. SCHOOL ASStlilBLES Ourin9 2024 •cffltinued hi5 tn¥themont rf) I￿al prThw/ sthx4s was a rellular vtsitor to Ihe school. &55embli￿ rhl)ue w8 spoke lo the ttilthen ftb￿rt faith values for li¥ing knfe w•ll

FINANCES w￿• thravjh • pir. (Xx At ￿051 4 t.mes o ￿ ID Chwoh thè 00112eliDns for •nd th• Lrd•r xl ,: FlThNell £101.335. As • th• ¢•th h•ld px•thtr•d lry £19202 th) £IIJO.&bJO ¢lwlth £10.729 th• 2011. ar £6.&￿5

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