2024-12-31-accounts

Skollish Charity No.SC'044664 Stirling Free Church of Scotland Trustces, Report and FinanLia) Statcmcnts For the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Stirlin Free Church of Scotland Coalents of ¢kn Flu•d•l St*ttme•ts]cx ¢he￿ ernkd3J Lkcember 2024 Church Infrnnati Report of the Trum Rewrt ofthe Iftde￿l Examin Statement of FinwKial A¢livity NO￿ ￿ the Fin•￿1￿1 Statements

Stirling Free Church of Scotland TThJlee• A liA of TYusH durin8 2024 is wid¢d in Tru5¢5' ReFKffl on P8¢ 2. BAnkerJ 11￿}￿ ol" k¢land POBOX 10 BX? ILB Ilclion Simpx)n & MarwKk WS AlbAni Flouse 58 Alliany Stre¢t Edinburyh EHI 3QR

Stirlin Free Church ofscotland Rfport of the Trustees lThe Tr￿￿e¢S are pleased to Fffesenl th¢ir ts)Bethw with the of the ¢huT¢h the year ended 31 tk£¢miv 2024. StiuJ of Chrlty Govtr•illz DOrn•￿#t Stirlin¥ Free ￿U[ch of 15 e5thblithd by CL￿￿1￿￿¥￿1. h is • re8iAffryl Se￿13h Charity INO. Alms a•d Afflli*tlo• Ihe Irtt Lhur¥h of SC(Al￿￿ curTently ho9 w mi&%1￿ in Indi& Peru Soth Africa. The Church ￿50 hts a fulktim¢ ¢kBree aw•nlift8 ￿11¢8¢ in the heart or [din￿rgh f<Y the miinin8 of Ministers aThl Lts ChriAim wn￿I Truste

Stirlin Free Church of Scotland Report of ¢b¢ Trns¢e¢J AppDlnlme•l of Charity Trnlea The Kir .%e.¥.fion exercise.% lis diTcreilon In drfernininx ihe wl(e mrrlnl of elecilng new TnLftee.f (De￿0￿). Ary eleciion pr￿eSS m¥ff ihe COMM￿1¢￿1 nwmbership of ihe cINigre84NiOn. TlxDre if noftrediermfor frll¥leeship. Pr￿￿lU ihffir<¥yxJiNmem. new Tnutees wouldha .¥ervedilx¥ Churchfor some lime in voriomf role$ wo¥ldbefamlluT viih ihe C'hwch'.T value.f, 11.1 aini and Objec1h￿ o¥ well ￿ ILS da￿lfr￿￿ oixralioM. A.T IJOY oliheir Ind￿$￿ programny. new Trxslees Iwe required io WKkrsiaMI iheir Si ?019. Ihe Con￿#11(￿ is a fvlty SI￿10ned clwr8e. thwin8 the )t•r, R¢v An8us Lamonl Te$i8ned ￿ mini5tv 31 Ckiober 2024. Overvkw of 2024: Siirling Fre¢ Church ¢￿tiM￿d ￿ meet for reBular w(Yship 00 Su• in B￿n(￿kiN￿n Hish &hool. The lack of a centre of 0￿rati￿S for the conyewion ts) coniinual cknllen8e. Arran8ements for Sunda)ts ￿ve been •J4uaie with •dditiwl ¢venin8 meetin8s held in M¢nstrK ¢omm¢ncin8 November ?023. A pernianenl h￿¢ for the ¢on8reWion 15 siill txded. A ¢on8f¢BatioMI Vlalk was a 8reai succes 48 was the annual children's day. Inforni•l m¢etinBs were ar1￿￿ed for f¢llow%hip The Celebrati￿ or Ihe Lord'5 Suppry held very re8ulvly durin8 th¢ yw. monthly b￿1 IAaderJhlp: A willin8 aThJ ￿1¢ c<m¢inutyl kn tske cart of ￿hnICal The musi¢ team provided gixMI direciion of the sin8in8 of prnis¢ in services. Volunleers ¥cTred in childcare. children's Christian ucalion. and f¢llowship times. The con8reWi(yn is a150 bl¢ssed with faithfvl folks who tsk¢ part, Tan8in8 fTrJn the wel¢offle ￿ the d(K)r to help in the services. The ch￿￿h entsj ihe yew in w•cw. In Fetmwy 2025. a vw wmmitt￿ f(M￿ of eld¢r m¢mbers w&s apFk)inled ￿ a Con8reWionJl Medin8 ￿ le1 the search f(r a Th minist¢r. House %royp: (¥foups continued to meeL e￿h one le4J by an elder. Each gTLWP reFM)rted 8￿MI attendA￿e and %lriing fL.Ili)wship. A variery nf rtudy mawi•ls is used approwia* ￿ the inierem of each 8roup.

end This consisted of a Crnml FWMI tt1 £112298, a reffj1￿ to saknry c4ts of th¢ yothh Inmiity of £751 a bvthbjp fimkl of£93W) a fund ftr the Int¢rim Mini#u of £204 Ind I tsrxal to of£17JS6. 9. &fkk g¢SS

Stirlin Free Church of Scotland Report of ihe lJdryende•t to Iht TrnMe¢•fv e&led 31 December 2024 I ftp)rt the of the chw¢h for the eThlrd 31 D￿￿rni￿r 2024 which are t out pa8e$ 6 108. Rejpeetfve rejpoosibilities Trf tr¥sleeJ aDd The charit%'S trustces we TespJtsibl¢ f(r the of the X¢LMthts in xuydantt wilh the temis of Ihe Chviti¢s and Truse Inve5mwit {Scrtl4nd) ?(KJ5 the Chvities Accounts (Scoilandl Regul￿1¢￿5 21M. The ehwity truegs eon5idcr that the audii wuiremall of Re8ulJti<m I W I l (d) of the A¢¢ounts Re8Ul•tI￿l5 rpty. li is my re4m￿sibIlIty lo examtn¢ the require41 und s￿lI0n 441) {¢) of th¢ Act and whether w11￿lar matters blve my Bajlj of IDd¢pMdet examinen J¢•teme•t My exunin￿1ofi is cwried <xrt in Rwlioft I l of the Chwitie5 Accounts (Sc￿lInd) Re8ultiofis 2￿. An exwninAtion i￿l￿deS * rewi¢w of the ￿¢￿￿tin8 r￿ordS keo by th¢ ¢h4rits' and comF•rison of the xc4xmts wesentrd with those rttxyds. It •lso inclth a)nsidmikM of anv unusu iiemg dixlosures in th¢ r<¢(￿nts and s¢¢ks explan￿Th5 fmm the trusw ¢QK¢min8 manws. The edwes do wovidc all the e¥i&rK¢ would be wuirthj in an •wlii afvj consequenity IndependeDI EI￿nIne￿ Sth¢ement In the c4)wx of my ex•ninwityK w mr Iws my •ltemi l. whi¢h sives me rea￿•b￿ caug¢ tho¢ in any mter1￿ the rquir¢ments.' to k¢¢p accouniin¥ r¢¢iYds in with 44(1 I (Il of the 21J)5 Ad Re8ul•ti(m 4 of the ?006 Accounts Regul￿1<￿￿ and io rcounts which ￿(*d with K¢wrtlll8 T￿￿dS •Thl ¢omply with R¢8uIMM 9 of the 2(M)6 A¢¢￿Trts Re8ulaticffj h•ve been m¢( or 2. 10 in my tyin1￿ tstil￿ i% &awn in ¢xder kn enabk a of

tem nlof inanrial Aclivitb nddjlj ember Ywto31 year￿31 Year io 31 fJe¢ 2024 Yew io 31 rkt 2023 2024 2024 Im¢omlni rYJo•rto• In￿ Charltable A¢dv6tks Restrkied Other In¢(Ime W¢ekly dth￿l SO Gift Aid Rettived Totsl To¢1 2137 39551 2137 39911 4243 6?641 1(kn78 360 In¢omlDZ rnouree• from GeMrnthd F••dB Bank Inter¢M rec¢iv•J Totsl IN¢omlry Re￿￿Tte0 41688 36 42048 7759Y Re￿￿rre$ ExpeDded Cbarltalkn A¢ti%.liieA Funds rcmitted kn de￿In￿lI Other Mini5ty S￿•ry Minisirn, C( Pulpil Suppfy Rent EX￿nI¢S F.van8elism PromTr (Man￿) (hher E'xpenses Tot1 expe•ded 20181 20181 37955 3119 3119 39?3 7063 305 11847 1321 44936 7063 305 11847 1321 44936 5154 185 12574 1536 62188 ,Yel l*comi¥ I Ioulplry) Re•o•rc -3248 360 -2888 15411 (irnss Iransters brtween fvndj Other rwis¢d 8ains l(kn5es) Nei no￿ne￿ Infvkif -3248 360 -2888 15411 Funds Toth] Fu￿lS Br<wBht F(YwaTd 115546 27542 143088 1 ?7677 Total Ftsnds c￿rIed Fmvvd 11•298 27902 1402(X) 143088

sd of Bal￿£¢% A• *t JIK December 2•24 -De¢-24 202J Ixtd Amets 212W• 2120 405 30165 J0725 IOS98 I(￿ 109)39 1431x8 115546 17556 93WJ 752 1402(rt) 17556 30 752 143088

Stirling Free Church of Scotland otes to the FinAKi•l .slatments.fv￿yt￿<￿1ed3J Dece•bff 2024 l. A¢couatlo% Pollck• Ihe fiTwicial S￿(rm¢￿1￿ hlve bwi uth thB hTALvuI (Thl And in with th¢ ch￿IlleS Accoun￿ (scolla￿j) Regul•tths 21KhS. H4TLT ofJlnaRdal The finttnLial %ialements hase iett on bAsis. Ststemettt of FIAa•d•l A¢thlty For ihe purpose ofihL Siaiemeni of Fin•￿171 Aaiwity ￿ slmiwn on p8e 6. funth arE defined ￿ follows,. Unrejirlded funds c￿￿￿15¢ grants and th immne Yeteiwed for the obie¢ts ofthe ch￿h withrmrt furfh¢r ifii'd purpose and are available &$ ge￿rnI fiumk. IklRw¢ed funds rep￿¢￿ unresti1￿ fimds which hve bern ¢vmafked by the Truses f(Y particular purpus¢s. Rejirlrted funds ¢ompTi8e i￿Orne wljich h•s b¢¢n Ttteived fcrf the objects of the ¢huY¢h and SpKif￿a for a reswikl&d Pur￿ within ￿je¢￿ by the d(KKY.