## **APPENDIX 1**
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**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
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## Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator**
## **Reference and administration details**
**Charity name** Stirling Vineyard Church **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC048557 Charity’s principal address** 28 Craigford Drive
28 Craigford Drive Bannockburn Stirling
**Postcode: FK7 8NQ**
## **Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report**
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**not for whole year**|**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|
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**20**|Hannah Brook|Senior Pastor|||
||Ashley Rowthorn|Chair of Trustee’s|||
||Andrew McNinch|Trustee|||
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## **Reference and administration details**
**Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)**
|**Name**|**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
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|**Structure, governance and management**|||
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|**Type of governing document**
**Trustee recruitment and appointment**|||
||SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitution||
||Trustees are appointed by invitation following consideration by the
existing trustees, with appointments based on skills, experience,
commitment to the charity’s purposes and alignment with the church’s
values. Trustees receive no remuneration for their role, except where
separately contracted for operational employment.
The only exception to this is in the case of Hannah Brook who is
both a trustee and two days a week salaried member of staff as
senior pastor and is accordance with our constitution.||
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|**Objectives and activities**|||
|**Charitable purposes**
**Summary of the main activities**
**in relation to these objects**|||
||To advance the Christian religion for the public benefit in
accordance with the Statement of Faith in the Schedule here to
attached in such parts of the United Kingdom and the world
Part of our main objectives in advancing the Christian religion for
public community is to promote healthy community and connection
within our church as well as to serve and love our local community.||
||From September 2024 to August 2025 we have ran several community building events
focussed on different groups within our church as well as events for our local community.
These include family socials, ladies socials, men’s socials, youth socials and young adult
socials. The purpose of these events is to welcome and build friendship and connections.
We have started a weekly youth club for teenagers to form and build community and
friendship.
We have supported local charities in their giving campaigns. Eg Give a gift appeal
We ran an Easter funday with over 200 people from outside our church attending.
We continue with our regular weekly small groups which is a consistent place for people to
attend and build community as well as grow in their Christian faith.||
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## **APPENDIX 1**
## **Achievements and performance**
|**Summary of the main achievements of**
**the charity during the financial period**|We have given away over £2700 to the work of local charities helping
people specifically struggling with poverty in our local community.
We hosted a community Ceilidh with over 150 people in attendance.
We ran a parenting course for parents of primary age children.
We gave a significant number of Christmas gifts to support the Stirling
Observer Give a gift appeal supporting families connected with
woman’s aid, Stirling young carers and Home start Stirling.
We have taken on the lease of an office and community space to
further build on our work of creating community and connections.
We launched a new ministry called ‘Love Stirling’ with the main
objective of serving and loving our local community in practical ways.
We launched a ‘Blether group’ which has been really well attended by
our local care home.
We are creating spaces for people to connect and find friendship as well
as explore the Christian faith.|
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|**Financial review**||
|**Brief statement of the charity’s policy**
**on reserves**
**Details of any deficit**
**Donated facilities and services (if any)**||
||The charity keeps at least three months of expenses in the bank as a
reserve.|
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## **Other optional information**
## **Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** _**OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures**_ **Full name(s)** Ashley Rowthorn Hannah Brook **Position (e.g. Chair)** Chair Trustee **Date** 31/05/2026 31/05/26
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