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 TYus*H durin8 2024 is wid¢d in Tru5*¢5' ReFKffl on P*8¢ 2.
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11￿}￿ ol" k¢*land
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Simpx)n & MarwKk WS
AlbAni Flouse
58 Alliany Stre¢t
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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.
St*iuJ of Ch*rlty 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<xmd IM c(•yeWi(ms in as ￿11 ￿ two in iA)nd(m
and five in Nonh Americ& and sisw Clnrclw fourthl b> 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 w<xka5 Ind suaAins an ¢Al¢Dsivo Mis%xMw) ￿l￿"v¢ ￿ the size
of ihe chu￿h.
lin8 fr¢Nn l 843 but with its r(M)ts in the Refsxm•tlL￿. li owes its dislindiv¢ lille ￿ tts hiskvical styu88le
to ￿m•1￿ 'frtt' from 5th1t tntrrfucntt in ils in*mil iffairs. li h•$ ¢lose Ind ￿lIVe rel￿1(￿ with many
(thr RefornKd churches of Jesys ChriA the w￿d staThls fiTmly in tr￿111￿ which
Xs the Bibk in its cnlircty. W'(*d Ot"(iC￿ I￿1. thr￿fort. derives its f(Yms of ie¥hin8• worship.
ministry and Sovernmenl from il. The main emphw's of our W￿hIP 15 the pre4chin8 of the gospel . the
8ix)d news of a fre¢ and sovuEi8n thTOU8h J¢5U5 CTrKiA alone.
The Fre¢ Church of Scotlarbd 15 4 P￿er¢￿ church T4thcrin8 ift its Tmxship d(K*ine ￿ the wsiiion
of Ihc C"hurch of SciAland ￿ ihe Re(￿4110￿. There is M explww thxumeni which explains th¢ ￿1¥In1
of th¢ Church whKh 8iv¢s the hI￿rICal to th¢ Churth ctMnin8 into ￿1n8 in 1843 and lists
nents in which is emlKxliul il* ¢{￿￿11u1J￿.
Siirling Frtt Church of is 8 ¢kMye8•lKlI oftht Mlb(ThI FTee Chwch of Scoilthl w0￿1n8 iowuth
Tmtee• Offlte B¢arers
The con8re88tion Is 80v¢r[￿ •TrJ thini*ereAI by el¢¢￿ bewers (all volun*ml The Kirk Swi
rejpjnsibility f(r gwntiml ov¢rni8h.
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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￿$￿ programny. new Trxslees
Iwe required io WKkrsiaMI iheir Si<XWOry respnfibiliiivs ￿ well ￿ ihe restKAu'ibilil*s olihelr uffi¢e
'iihin ilx¥ Con%reK￿IO￿ ￿ de￿0￿.
Sin¢¢ ,Ya> ?019. Ihe Con￿#11(￿ is a fvlty SI￿10ned clwr8e. thwin8 the )t•r, R¢v An8us Lamonl
Te$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 ￿ le*1 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 c4*ts of th¢
yothh Inmiity of £751 a bvthbjp fimkl of£93W) a fund ftr the Int¢rim Mini#u of £204 Ind
I tsr*xal to of£17JS6.
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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 Trus*e Inve5mwit {Scrtl4nd) ?(KJ5 the Chvities Accounts (Scoilandl
Regul￿1¢￿5 21M. The ehwity tru*egs 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¢pMde*t examinen J¢•teme•t
My exunin￿1ofi is cwried <xrt in Rwl*ioft I l of the Chwitie5 Accounts (Sc￿lInd)
Re8ul*tiofis 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 m*r Iws my •ltemi
l. whi¢h sives me rea￿•b￿ caug¢ tho¢ in any m*ter1￿ 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 r*counts 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
Tot*1 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 i*ett 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.
Ik*lRw*¢ed funds rep￿¢￿ unresti1￿ fimds which hve bern ¢vmafked by the Trus*es 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.