Allander Evangelical Church
FinaDcial Statements .
Year ended 31 August 2025
S¢otti$h Chydrity No. SC049457

Allander Evangelical Church
Financial Statcmcnts
for the year ended 31 August 2025
Contents
Chiirch Enforniation
Report of the Tnistees
Report of the Independent Examiner
Statsment of Receipts and Payments
Statement of Balances
Notes to the Accounts
8-13

Allander Evangelical Church
Church Inforniation
for the year ended 31 August 2025
Trustees
At 31 August 2025
Alexander Allan
lan Baird
James Flett
James Gourley
John Macl¢od
Manuel Aldegunde
At signing date of A¢c4)unts
Alexander Allan
lan Baird
James Flett
James Gourley
John Macleod
Manuel Aldegunde
Principal Addr¢ss and OgCR Contact AddK
Alland¢r Evallgelical Church
Doi1gl￿ Str¢¢t
Milngavie
Glasgow
G62 6PB
Tel: 0141956 2253 Website: www.allaDderchurch.org.uk
Bank¢rs
ank of Scotland
2 Station Eioad
Miliigttvie
Glasgow
G62 8AB
Royal Bank of S¢otland
24 Douglas Street
Milngavie
Glasgow
G62 6PB
Solicitors
Diakon¢o LegaI S¢rvices Limited
48 Spi¢rs Wharf
Glasgow
G4 9TH
Independent Examiner
Andrew Wilson CA
Nelson Gilmour Smith Chartered Accountants
Mercantile Chambers
53 Bothwcll Street
Glasgow
G2 6TB
Page I

Allander Evangelical Church
Truste¢s' Annual Report
for the year ended 31 August 2025
The Truste&8 are pleased to presentthe church's RewTrrtand Accowrts forthe year ended 31 August 2025.
Stalus of Charity and Governing Document
Allander Evangelical Church 2019 (Wie cliurch,) was in¢otp)rated tts a SCIO on 18 July 2019 (Ch4rity
No. SC049457) and is governed by thc SCIO Constitution. On obtailling OSCR'S approv81. the chU￿h
clwiged its name to Allander Evang¢li¢al Church effective from 18 Mwrh 2021.
Charitable Purposc
As indicated in pÉragraph 6 of the SCIO Constitution. the ¢harilable purpose of the churoh is the
advancement of the Christian faith in Scotland aDd the world for the public b&nefit through the
continuance of a body of believei's founded on the Basis olFaith which is that the Scriptures of the Old
and New Testsment ar¢ inspired by God and are the supreme authority and rnle in matters of faith and
life.
The church 15 affiliated to the West of Scotlond Gospel Partnership websits https'.Ilwww.wsgp.org.uk.
Trnstees
The cliurch is independent in policy with the day-t(pday runllillg Undertaken by the Elders who are also
the Tn]stees. The bwErs ofthe Offic¢s of Chairnian. Secretary and Treasurer a￿ apw)inted by the Elders
from those serving as Elders. The Trustees served during th¢ y¢ar 8iid to th¢ dale of tliis report were
as follows:
Trust¢¢s
Alcxatsder Allan
lan Baird
Jamcs Flett
am¢s Gourl¢y
John Macleod (Pastor)
Manuel AldeguDde
Chaimian/
Se¢retary
TT￿surer
James Gourley
Ian Baird
Appointment of Trustees
New fi'ustees air nominatsd for appointment by the existing Trustees. There is no fixed tern) for
Trusteeship. Prior to their appointhicnL new Trustees would have sorved the church for some titne in
various roles and would be familiar wlth the church's values, its aims ￿]d objectives as well as tts day-
today operations. As part of their induelion prog1w￿4 new Trustees are required to understand thetr
statutory rcswnsibfftlitie8.
Page 2

AIlander Evangelical Church
T￿￿ttts, Annual Rq)ort
for the year ended 31 August 2025
Achievemellts Perfornjance
The following mainly relates to the ￿riod September 2024 to August 2025 the numb¢i' of people in
regular attend￿)Ce on Sundays is encournging. The averdge attend￿)Ce for Morning Worship is 90
8dults and children with an avernge attendance of around 40 for Evening w0￿h1p.
Sunday school for children of primary school age meets during Moming Worsbip wrth an average
attendanGe of l O Gbildr¢n.
In addition to Sunday S¢rVi￿ a Tu¢sday evening Bible Study and Prayer Meeting was held in tlie
church building and was supported by internet softwarc for those unable to attend in person.
Wednesday and Friday prayer meetings were held using internet software.
A monthly Newsletter w&s produced and distribuied to around 70 households by email or by post.
Toddler Time meets every Tuesday during school tenn times when up to 40 adults and 45 children
attend when able. There is still a waiting list for this y)pular activity.
#One2 Seven (noH' known as Good News Club } meets on Wednesday cvcnings during School term
times for chiidttn in Primaries Ito 7 with a small number regularly attending.
Also at the same time on Wednesdays Junior Youth Challenge meets during S¢hool term times
with a regular attendance of 8 young teenagcrs.
Drop in Cafe is held on Wednesday mornings from Scptember to June to help to combat loneliness
and isolation in the local community,. This Cafe is free of charge and is attended regularly by up to
35 people, with a small group of adults with Icarning difficulties fll]ding it a safe and Caring place.
The Ladies Afternoon Meeting 1￿C￿ed their fr¢quGncy to the firsl and third Thursdays in the
month, running from October to ma￿h. The numbers attending were lower at around 20.
In October our FIarvest Thanksgiving focussed UFK)n Blythswood Care who recelved fmancial
support and around 45 shoeboxes filled with wntents suitable for children or adults, which were
delivered to them for Christmas distribution to impoverished communities in Fastern Europe.
We continued to gather humanitarian aid to go to two Christian Charities involv¢d with children in
Romania and Moldova. Our Pastor is a Tft￿tee of Children for ChrisL Scottish Charity numbBr
SC022609 w,ho distribut¢ this aid.
We havL again facilitated the monthly rally b}. the Faith Mission and a youth event for tsens and
early twenties called Rejuvenate during the winter session.
Children's Holidaj Club ran during the first full week of the School's Summer break with the help
of Child Evangelism Fellowship with around 50 prlmary school age children attending.
Page 3

AllanderEv&n8eliGal Church
Trustees, Annual R¢ÈK)rt
foi. the yeaT ended 31 August 2025
In rnlation to fujx1ij￿.'
cL￿tinued paTtiGiplltion by churchmember8 in the Gift Aid SrJThw and rAmttnuation of the
GiftAid Small Donations Sch#nks.
Wv provid¥ fmancial 8UPPOrt to twelve Chris¢i8n Cawes through our Mi&8ion Cause of th¢
Month giving.
Continuing monthly finwial Bl]PlXlrt for SIL( SummtrInstitute ofLiDgui8ts(4) in Mexi¢o,
MI￿ Project.
Regular monthly support fot Simon a￿l￿anna￿ Snodgra4 serving with Cliiid Bvangolism
Followsltip.
FknAnelal Revltw
It￿llIts for Ihg year
Por the Statwnent of R¥c¢ipts and rm rm8B 6, the thity rtwted bcomo ts the Y￿ of
£13,617 (2024 doficltof . £21,217).
Reserves Poliey
It is th¢ policy of tho ethurch to Jn2int&iD UDrestrI￿ Futsth ut a Mthi¢b ffjuats& tsj approxI￿at0]Y
thTho moArth5 of unr¥&trActe41 &xp6ndttuffj. This 8uffioi#nt fiuM18 b) ¢nAble tho Chu￿,¥ Otl80in8
work to be maititaill￿, P¢r tho State4n¢nt of BaI￿L￿s on pa80 7,thgohllroh's unrestrlctsl14￿dS (1.9. th¢
Goll￿￿] Fwid) #t 31 August 2025 to £47,7¥1 (2(f24: £33,903) whloh wa9 aWt&ble to th¢
Crmttl M8kkng Poll¢y
The thur¢h makes from its gift ineou)¢ ts) tndividuai8 orgllThisEtsons that are 8enN¥Jly knINn
to th6 TtUSt¢es atsd tho clu]tch. The beneficiarie8 are involved ill aotivith8 orminithes ¢oti)wtiblo wilh
th¢ ohurch's obJ￿1V*S,
Indopendent
The Truths r¢¢Jomm¢Dd that AttdtEw Wuson CA., P8Etsw at N¢lson Oiknour SM[t￿ Clwtw
Th18 R¢port was apo￿V¢d by th¢ qn 2 1 2p16 and Bigttgd on tholr bthalf by.,
I￿1 Baird
Tru8tse
Jam¢s (knlay

Allander EvangeLical Church
Lndependent Exaininer's Report to the Trustees of Allander
Evangelical Church
for the year cnd¢d 31 August 2025
I report on the Accounts of the Gkn'ity for the year ended 31 August 2025 which are set out on pages
6tol3.
Respective Responsibiliti￿ of Trustees and Examiner
The charity's Trustees are responsiblc for thc preparntion of the Accounts in ac¢ordanc¢ with the
terms of the Chariti¢S and Tnist¢¢ InY¢slinent (Scotland) Acl 2005 and the Charities Accounts
(Scotland) Rcgulations 2006 amended). The charity Trustees wnsid¢rthat the auditrequirement
of Regulation IIKI) (d) oFthe 2006 A¢¢ounts Regulations doe5 Tlot apply. It is my resEK)nsibility to
examine the Accoiints as rquired under Section 44(1) (¢) of the Act and to stste whetherparticular
matters have come to ￿Y attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner's Report
My examination was carried out in accordaDCe with Regulation I l of the 2006 Acc4)unts
Regulations. An examination includes a Teview of the accoiinting records kept by the charity and
a colnp￿lsOD of th¢ Accounts pw¢nted with thos¢ records. It also Includ￿ considerdtion of any
unusual items or dibcIosLITes ID the Accounts and seeks explanations from the Trustees concerning
any such matt¢rs. Th¢ procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence thatwould be requiitd
in an audit, and consequently I do not express an ￿dEt opinion on the view given by the Accounts.
Independent xaminerls Statement
In th¢ cours¢ of my examinatio￿ no mattrr has comc to my attention:
. wliich giv￿ me ￿asOnable cause to believe that in any material respect the ￿UIremC￿ts'.
o to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 200S Act and
Rcgulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulation4 and
o to prepare Accounts which accord with the accounting r¢cords and ci)mply with
Regulation 9 of the 2006 Ac4ounts Regulations bav¢ not be¢n niel or
2. to which, in my opillioffj attcntion shoiild be drawn in order to enable & pmper understanding of
the Aceounts to be reach¢d.
Andrew Wilsott, BA CA
Partner
Nelsoii Gilmour Smith
Chartered A¢oountants
53 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 6TB
Page 5

ander E¥Jn8e*calChurch
ststcmtntof Re¢el
a*dP
MehtsftwthE￿alerH￿ 31
GeTre?I
Fun
Restrfcied
F¥nds
IUZ5
2024
Total
Furrtts
Rerelpts
From8Ènetsted fuThts.'
Voluntary IncLNne
Èanklnterest
Fmm¢bgdiaLqe a#￿￿*s.
Church Mlnistrles
14864
12B
87.997
1.504
TatalRe£elrts I2￿•
ts0,368
89,998
Pa￿￿nts
¢h•rftablÈAthvltle$:
Ltsl klinlsirles
Natlon31 and (>4erseas Mlnlstrle5
Property3nd Resource5
g¥ff Cos
Gove1nan￿ Costs:
Legal Fees
Independentknmlnerfs Fee
L421
13A86
13,B27
23.298
30564
41426
23J21
34A54
43,730
43.
J.Z60
Il@751
1,2rx>
111.215
totsi
115330
As$&tA#d Im*sbnentPwch¥e¥
FlxedA5set5
1821
IJA751
Net RecelF4slPayrnerts
13534
14.617
Tr8n*rs
SurF4u5llD2ffttt>fortheye
9&10
135DI
126
I)￿1?

d¢rEMwok•l Ch¥v¢h
5tDtsmentoFbolants5a5 at31thu5t Z02S
2024
TDtsI
fu￿
aok Ih Hmrt
Openlng Bthnces
$W￿￿5￿0e￿￿tI foftheyear
ao4nR Batsn
33￿3
I3￿4
47.n7
39y2
60,759
13 617 121,2171
53,159
39.541
Gentrrnl Fmds
Restrlcled Funds
47.787
47.787
a3.￿3
5.639
53,159 39 542
5,372
5372
iahd and Whllng5 Ichurthl
ImprovemÈThts to Chur¢h ￿lkI￿￿pOlO•￿￿ll0￿%1
Housé w¢¥kledfor Pasivr
Fthjres & Ntik
Z65.756
265,756 265,756
58.617
,221
58,617
58,617
6242ZI 624 221
Debtors. th¢0meTaX(￿ GIftWthJn8tlN
U8LINtle5
Independent Ex•mln&s Fee
920
ApprevedtytheTrusteeson 16
2o26aTh1￿￿d￿ ￿￿be￿Ifty:
lfjn Balrd
TA￿tee

laThJerEYan￿lfCal Church
Notesto IheA¢¢ountsforU*
rended 31AW 2015
LAr(ountlryP￿I(Ié5
1.1 BaS￿OfA(cOUntlng
TheAtr(￿t$ have been pwared tsn a Retdpt5and paY￿￿ts￿a5￿5In acl0rdan￿whIhthe
Ctrodbes andTrus¢ee Invesrment (Scoda￿l￿1 2Q)5arKltr*ChaTfj￿Actyjnts1kntla
Reg￿latIonS2￿ lasamendedl.
VAT
The thurch15notre8L%teredforVATandaccardlrWy.expe￿IthrE InrJthVAT*therE
appraprfattr.
1.2Purpose5 oIFunds
181 Vnre$ivlcied
6emer•lFund.'eh¢omp•sses all IrKwe¥nd eXkwthiereF&llwtotheFYTThoryfoDJ53cUv￿eS of
thethuith. otherthan those forwhlch fm)din8is ￿$tri¢￿d.
Deslgmted BIWthng Fund.. th2 FundvRS us&lto helpfknantr rn3lorupkEep￿
rÈqulrernents of the church bulld1￿8 atVJwds£¥parMleddurfn8the￿rentsjaIA￿Ytst2O2
l RestrlttBd Fwds
YoddlBtlkne ￿￿￿.. repiÈ*nts Intomeand E4*r¥jlbJfft5pealirtotheactl￿l1LSOrToddkrrnn￿.
Ladles Afternoon MeetlngFuTrJ.' represen￿l￿OmE3ndexwdlt￿esrth1otheè¢r￿ttes0r
the LZdle5AfternoL￿ Meetlng.
mI￿$try Fund.. represents ? le￿￿￿TeC￿ved1orthepurrns￿solth￿ thw(h'stt4ssth ￿ pa5tthl
workof the care of the elderty.
1.3ExpÈNdlturé on U￿rI￿￿￿e•Ll￿1￿s
Comprfsesthefollowln
Lor£l MlnL%trlÈs ￿preSentsexrthIknre th￿r￿'$week1¥3tt7v￿[esan￿Thrnl5trle
Nallonaland oVe￿e3$ MlnlMrks represLYtsthe thurth'$8itrln8tootsJthan mlnlsb1es
whose acti￿e531ec0MPat[b￿WTrth thethurchs
Pr{vertya￿ Re¥ourte$ ￿￿esents eXper￿it￿re0￿ theupkeep0fthelh￿rth￿
stsflcosts represe*itsthe ernp,oym￿tC0sts o,. the rthwth'spastor.
L4fjDyernan￿ Costs
vernan￿£0st11r￿JdesthoseC0Stsè%￿￿ated￿tb meetlTrgtheum5MubonBland statutory
quIreme￿ts ol thetharfty and l.Iclude the'nkpendeni EXan￿ne￿$ fee.
L5AxedA55ets
Per1hESlatern￿I1or￿alafj￿Qn p4È7. Flxed A55ptsofE62A2ZI iErowr15ed ollllG62.270. b￿n8
thedepreclatedva1￿e of the church'sflxed assetsat 31AUgu￿ 2019asstatedin theAtawntsfor
theer.endee perfod erded31Augu512019wNchwereprep3red cntheknnmls b*and12
addftlon50f £61,951- beinglhnw5tof addrt￿nsdurfngthe yea.. £Th￿tt31 Au8USIIO?Dasstrwi
on page 6.OnlYma*ri613ddifionsa￿rK>￿e￿

Allander Ev3ngelicJl Churth
Notes to the A£counts for the yearended 31AuBUSt 2025
2. Voluntary Income
Unresirkted Funds
Designate
Funds
General
Funds
Totsl
2025
Totsl
2024
Funds
Donattons and Legactes
Open OfferlnES
GIftWd donatlons
OtherGift5 and donatk)ns
LeEa¢les
HMRC- GfftAld ReMnd
Non GIftA￿ ArnDunts
In¢omeTax reclaim
Total
62A31
5.119
31,335
14,852
14,n7
6WI
5.119
31?35
I4￿52
14,727
57,430
2,623
14,554
13,390
128*64
8A6q
87.997
3. Incomefrom charft3￿e Actmtles
GenerRI
Funds
De5Wted
Funds
Rertrlrted
Funds
Totsl
2025
Totrl
2024
Toddlor Thne
Fee5
Bank Interest
Mlscellaneous
1,437
L•the$ Afternoon Meetl
Offerings
Donatlorns
coMpen￿lIng Adlustsnent
237
iio
210
Total
2.001
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Allander Evangellcal thurch
Notes to th¢￿tount$ forthe yearertded 31 Au8u5t2025
4, Lo¢alMlnl#rFes
Unre5b*ted Ful￿5
General
DesÈnated
FurKIs
Resfrtcted
Fund5
Total
2025
Total
2024
sltlng Speakers
Advertising
terlw & Cornmunioll Wine
Hymn Books, Blbles and Readlng Notes
Fees, licence5 an(15ubscrfptioos
Gwts, ￿rdS 8nd flowers
Materia15
Donatlon to Church
MisTrll*ne¢xJs
Youth Actlvhle5
Chlldren's Artivlties
Elders Discretioniry Fund
Office consumables & prlntlng
Tralnlng and Development
Total
140
1,986
571
4,519
600
1.980
635
124
3,855
626
3,463
396
2,186
631
571
4.097
443
1.980
61
422
157
574
124
40
302
428
46
572
387
1.044
491
13B27
302
428
807
490
12,1165
4421
13,4B6
5. Natlon81 and Ovelseas Mlnlstrfes
fjetbeial
Funds
Deswwted
Funds
Reslrkted
Funds
Trtal
2025
Total
2024
Grarbts Plyable (Note 81
Mlsslon Workers INote 8
Total
6345
J7.476
23.821
6,345
17,476
23,8ZI
6,498
16.8(K>
23,298
PaKe 10

lander EvaThgÈlltal Churth
Note5 to the Accaunts IOT the year ended 31 ALV5t 2025
6. Property and Resources
Unrestrkted Funds
General
Funds
Restrlcled
Funds
Tijtal
2025
Total
2024
Funds
Elettrldty
Gas
Telephone
Bulkllng Insurance, malntenance & repolrs
Pastor's House expenses
aeanlng
Equlpmellt and rnalntenance
New Equipment
Payroll fees
Yotal
1.762
2.053
n4
22.716
3.667
364
872
1811
495
34N54
1.762
2.053
714
2L716
3.667
L752
1.957
635
L8,460
4.573
323
2,189
185
490
30,564
495
34,454
7. Staff Costs
Llnrestrlded Fund5
Desl6nated
Ger￿1
Funds
RestriL*d
Funds
Total
2025
Totsl
2024
Gross Salarles
Employels Nauonal InsurarKe
PeTrsK)n Costs
Pastor's expenses
Tot
41142
41,142
40,724
1.2
328
41730
1260
328
43.730
1250
352
42.326
Pace 11

AnjndETEvan8e￿althUTch
Notestothe Acwuntsforth2
8.GrantspayAtAe
Rotr.:rted
ds
Total
2025
TDtsI
2024
I￿r*¥theYear,thefo￿n1lr1￿sweMth1t1v.
cha￿￿esand Oryan153tlons
Bariaba5 Fund
Btyth5woodCareShoekoxAppe31
CEF-Tlthe
Chilorenforchrftt
Chrlstlan Insittllte
Falth Misthn
HopefurGL75gow
Inspl￿tIJI1O￿￿?S[ra
IADM Ctrlld E￿dn￿lSrn Fell
P13tforM 67
Release lThternatlrthl
ROman￿nch01r-
$4T-7 UK
Sk¥*c SospelAtsdcWon
450
475
975
30
2A76
1476
585
$75
4SD
610
685
450
475
S6S
1.Item*.lorYal to I￿$b People
5(ot Blblesocleiy
EK￿1 Mknlstrles
Navig3tors UK-Hol¥week offed
MISS￿n Workers1SuMmerlnsOtsJ*OILknRut5tt(5 Mex
Pn)lÈtti
Wyclrffe bl￿e Transbto
IndI￿d￿l
YiBarVEnd8r
550
IS.BOD
TOtsI
23.298
B￿2r￿at
01.(￿.24
Balan￿at
3L.082S
ftÈLWPts
T￿Sle
Generdl
124864
1115.3301
350
qT.787
128W64
350
47.787
Bala¢￿e at
31.(￿.24
TTrr6fw5
Gen￿al
87.997
1109,7481
>3>JY
Totsl
ST￿7
IrA.7
33J03
ThepurposeofiF*•bty*Fund$ are

AMA￿der E￿￿￿11¢81thU
Note5tothe Att￿ntsfO1thP
arexded 31
10. Re5trTded
aKe
01.(VJ.24
Itecelpts
PayThents
Tr4n5fers
31.￿.25
Toddlermme
LadIesAfterth￿Tr Merfing
Mlnlstry
13501
15361
4.7LYJ
SJ7Z
¥639
150
eat
.0924
Ret4pts
PayFMts
Transfers
8.24
TDthJknmrtre
iadiÈsAfttir*)Dn Meeting
Ministry
Total
18931
1574
14DD)
4YO
557
453
639
Th2 pursx>se of the above Fundsire Gutll.ied M paee8.
E3Y)wa5 donated fron Toddlermme tothechuid.
11. Relat￿ PartyTr•nsatlh*¥
in hlscap¥dty#5 churth Pa5t0r.Jth￿ Made(xJltruste21 rece[vedreffAJr￿tkJ￿ofÉ18AoIrO￿ylI￿Trgw￿5S5￿lary andernthrpau
contdbutlon$4s disdo*d1n Note7 on wge:I1SJ24.' E41.924k
DUrtngtheyearended31￿wst 20￿.theCh￿Tcth WE£45012024'.EnRllOtJlk1rwfor(thNS[￿tlth trArfty￿5C022&l9.j0￿n MacLeod
Is? trusteÈ ofchlldren for(hrf5t.