The Potters House
Report and Accounts
Year ended 31 December 2024
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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
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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*
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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$11￿ ol ￿￿ter IChoirTnanl. Trna5urer and other
•lact•d l￿dar5. The Asswnbty Council o¥ersws rnor¥ry9e5 al the Iixmol ￿ceSSeS of Ihe Church.
Auihollty to lead dep8rlments 15 dew to other Ipaders Wth￿ Assembly. ￿ •nrwAI repryt ol
the P¢)tterf5 Hol￿ dwing ils tax is st *s Amud G•rtW￿ I¥￿11￿9 •7 Jan¢J•ry
or soon 45 PD55ible trwoafter.
bhwHI • th• Ass•muty A55arntHy G￿nCIl rocrui a now memDV x¥ *1
In •ddhlon to ow AS￿rtty C4ymell momt•rn. the AOG d•naffin•lion th•t M •re p•rn olwho
a&n con5uhMhene%*rwe need addtixrtwl hdp.
Qbj•ots ol ¢harKy
The ch•rity. wthh is 8 chwch. is by a ¢x>nsliiution •r*d is constibA•d as • ehlfitwt
Ina0￿Or*1*d org1nisatl￿. TrJ* 45 Set Its doourrnnL •re:
To •dv•nc• Chrisli*n Faith in p•rts of th• Unl•d ￿ngdOM. ry th• as ￿ A55*mbly
CtyJnol may. from tin• tr) kn• f
To r*liov• siekn•ss And fffi&n¢x￿ h•rdghip. •nd tr) priTho* ond we5erv• good heilth through ihe
pro¥isi¢n ol counslllling 9rHI 5uppM in such ports of the UnAed Kirydom or the wDr]d, 85 th• Ass•mbly
Counol. from 4Yn• to tim• lknks f*. and ￿ *d¥￿ee educat￿ * SLth wrys arAI in such prts af
Ullit•d IC1n9dom w th• ¥￿)rfd •• th• Churth from lim• to timo. •￿￿kS
In pr•tr*xl tvms. this m••M Pott•rfs Hous• is C￿￿mI￿&d to tho Splia￿l. M￿ts1. èmotional. 50d•l
8rKI phyffjic￿ of •v•r>rJnè - Ixyth members of the Bhur¢h or#1 also m•mb•rs of PU￿1c.
7hrouph our ￿nd•a￿ul to help people èxpwiér￿ peYS(x￿j tr￿￿•m1￿:￿>ft go that th•y
'b•t,•f rwrry T•5pons*?rlr￿5 their hom•5 in Soc￿ty-
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Tc.fwtherth* •t￿le ￿JectS arnl visirm. th• ￿11*￿1￿S and We￿ 0$ ft11￿￿.
In this reporL we w4rt kn nrt only &iYe a reoord of frfwii¥al s*wwd5hip 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•rson*l 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 ev*ry %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 shè*is 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.
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YOUTh WORL. Our $4wKIAy d455 fty soulh 4ed bel**effi P7 S3 Conti￿e￿ year. Thi5
iniktsvR 15 S￿Ife￿ by 3 vok¥rteefS dl ol Myk *ilh y(￿￿ petplE 4nd SD tt offer5 us a great
opp￿t￿n￿ to enccur•p and bwld ytxllh *ttendvwJ the thur¢h. Thte yryJng peipb acti￿
partiup•t* n s•leBting fordi5¢U55iOn.
The YOLMQ people 8Y2 alway5 engpged YAh the sessknr& and sometine5 deep que5tsns.
Ils w4lcPHw Ihem be so keen w he￿n. Ai,. the 5tHff excttEd 10 See V•hJi Ihi5
ntrxt IxirvJ5 want b) for dl ttwdo.
This ￿Or ￿ (￿lInued ojr partner5hp w*h the CAP IChrists•ns ￿￿kn5l Povertyl Ajrysfryre Debt
Centrè. Debt Cenlre offws freè, pvthssiDr*l debt counsell¥)g to ary membèr of t￿ publ[¢
strugBI Inu dpbt •nd th•y st*nd w*h thwn Lrtil th•y 4r• d•bt free. Thi5 i& irK￿dIb￿ s•ryio•. and
arn Ixr4Jur•d ta ￿ Ywis1w￿. Not do ** supwt th• G•ntrn firnnwly. we •lsD pThlded
P.IONEY COACHING COURSE
&n * C￿P money ￿￿e￿tnIj c￿• In the yE•r to thIF In th• nthy ￿8T tu. Th
money coaching cours• is exc*llent and fcr w•ry(Y•. It h•lpJ •v•Trvn• wtK) *ttond5 bdter
st•WaTII th•tr nKmy. Th•nk hou
MILLWEEK ADULT OR0(￿5
We •150 h&d a few short cours•5 w• w•n (wer the sev. W• *150 hav• Ik¥wishing rnid-we•k
gre￿p5 th￿ rngul4rty during th• year. The T￿dAY woup cMlhu•s wlh over 20 In
•tterMlance. We also h&b* a younp •dulls kyoup cf 20 meetvw We •150 ha￿ a gflXIP
for lh• 2￿0 m••tiry rewlarly In Ihe eveniw. Several ml&vM•k gnjups for prwftr d50 m•t
1hrvuqhoul th• y•w. Th•nk ￿*V to wlM> •ttwMls grou￿ •¥1 to Ihos• WIKJ And Imd
COIAMUNITY LARDER
(￿r Community Lordv OP•n￿ 4 S•AfS In Febru•ry 2021 u pth of th• thurcth oulreA¢h to •
eornm￿ry to Wp pEopl• vthn *•rn strwJ9￿￿ the oosi ol Ivkng. Cunnwnity L•rdw is to I
people on low kn¢om•% or i•cov•ring fr4xn cri515 by offety (thfWT*y thoice of lood a A grea
ied¢sc* ¢¢￿t and • 5rn411 y•wly ff*fflbèr5trip fee. Th• Iwdw is not onty • pl&ce to 4(*•55 fo&1 byt
plaL¥ Wh￿ F￿p1& SW$ 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 S*turdrty tr¢m 10- 12nc4>n and steffed by va'.unt•w ff*mbeTS 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 lamSl*s 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• t*napi. 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
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thè 00112eliDns for •nd th• L*rd•r *xl ,:
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£101.335. As • th• ¢•th h•ld px•thtr•d lry £19202 th) £IIJO.&bJO ¢lwl*th £10.729
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