STORY CHURCHES NETWORK REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD FROM 27 FEBRUARY 2024 TO 28 FEBRUARY 2025 Charity Number SC 053146 APPENDIX 1 oscr._ Perio(1 start (kte Monlh i Year l Feb 1 2024 Penod end date l Month l Day 128 Year 1 2025 l To Officè of the Scottish Charity Regu￿￿01 Reference and administration details Charlty name Other names charfty Is known 3tory Churche¥ Network Rggl8t•red charlty number Chartty's prlnclpal adore SC053146 1 25 Mac(luff Street Glasgow Po8tcode: G314PN Nam•8 of th• ¢harfty trust••s on data ol •ppvoval of Trnstets, Annual Report Trustee namè Offlce111 any) Datys acted If Dot fty wholo year Name of person lol body) èntitl•d to appolnt trusts8 Ilf any) Appointed 23107r24 Appolnbj 01109f24 10 Namog of all other charity trust••• durlng th• p•rk•d, 11 any. (for oxampli. thos• who re8lgned part vmy through thg financial p•riod) Name Date8 actod K not forwholo y•ar APPENDIX 1 Structure, governance and management Type of governing document Trustse vecfuitmont and appolntment Constitution The charity trustees are those who initially supported the application to establish the chanty and any others who are invited and appointed by the existsng chanty trustees. All chanty tfustees shall remain in office untsl the appointment is terminated in accordance wth the tems of ClaLtse 24 of the charty constitution. Objectives and activities Charltable purpos•8 The a¢Jvancement of rel￿￿n. specrf¢cally the chnsts.an faith. primarity thin Scoiland and elsèwhere by promoting and sustaining the development of new church 1nrtiats.ves to fvnction consistent with the Chnstian Bibbe and the Statement of Faith of the charity as apFended to the conSts"tut￿n. Summary of tho maln a¢tlvltle• In rglatlon to these objects 1. IdentrfKalion of 0PFQrtunit￿S to establish new churches for the benefft of Ic￿1 communities 2. Supporbng individual church planters in commencing the work of church planting in those a￿aS 3. Connecting wilh pastors Inte￿$ted in church plantlng 4. Promotsng church planting at relevant events S. Engaging with other church plantsng organisalions 6. Partnenng with churches looking to support new church plants 7. Supportsng new church plants with resour￿5 Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievement8 of the charlty durlng Ihe financial perlod During this repjt'ng peri(Ml, The Story Churches Nelwork contsnued to advance its Charrtable purpose of pronKsting the Chrisban farth, supporth.ng IcKal communibes. and developing leaders for mission and church planting xross Scotland. The network camed out a range of spirrtual. ￿ucatiOnal, and community4)ased activits'es, including.. Worshlp and Dlgclpleshlp: A total of 71 church services 2nd 23 S￿dY group meetings were held in our Glasgow location, providing regular opportunthes for worship. leaching, and fellowship. Communlty Engagement: The Story Churches Nefvth parb'cipated in five community events in partnership wrth Helenslea Community Centre. serving lo￿1 residents and strengthening community relationships. Mission and Outruch: sports camps were organised. reaching approximately 100 children with posrtNe activities and farth-based engagement. In addilion, six 5hort-tem mission teams visited Glasgow to SUPF)Ort Ictal outreach initstrwes, and one mission tn"p was undertaken by membefs of the netsvork to serve In another region. Church Planting and Leadership Training: The ne￿Ork supported the training of 14 Ch￿￿h planting ders through its M4 partnership and related rrentmng inf(iatives. An important milestone for the charity is the full-time employment of the charrty founder to manage the Iraining, organising, marketing and day to day tasks to delNer the purpose of the chanty. Folkywing this appointment. the charity has been able to grow the ar￿Unt and efficiency of training and results from its ath"vthe$. Compa￿10n and Social Action: A new partnership was develoFed with the Glasgow Northeast F&)dbank io prov¥Je focKI and prac￿al a￿ls￿n￿ to IndNiduals and families experiencing hardship. Through these actsvities, The Story Churches Nettvork conb.nued to build relats"onships, strengthen local missK)n. and contribute F#)sitivety to the wrrtual and s￿181 wellbeing of the communities it serves. APPENDIX 1 Financial review Brfef statgment of th¢ Gh•rlty'¥ pollcy on resgr¥es 1118 the po'.y ofthe tTuslees to deploy any fvnds secured to advance the aetsvrt￿$ of the charrty raher than to bulk1 reseNes. suty"eo* to retaining a reasonable w)rking caprtal ba￿nce lor the condud of the operatr"ons. Dct•il$ ol any deficf( The￿ were rf) ￿e￿its in the reporting perio(l. Donated facilltles and 8wvlco$ {Ir anyl The charity ￿neffte￿ frcm Ihe vcluntary ￿ntribUtiOn of Ume on the part of the Irv*ees an¢ otheJs ￿ promote an¢ piogress ts activities. Other optional information Declaration oscr Story Churches Networt tsand ments accounts SC053146 Recei 27 2024 2S Section A Statement of receipts and payments Tol•l f¥n T4Jtsl futhdJ1•81 p•r4od fun A1 Rrt•l Grants Gross Irodi L4nd and buildi R8nis from18nd & buthji actNil*s OJ.19J 63,19) R•¢•lpts Ir(¥D ••••¢• InVmtn￿Tht *al Prcte¢d• •olo off￿d Pmceeds ofin¥eslments 61193 J,193 A3 P•yff•nts Gr￿tr￿J￿g Fwrn•itB Inves1m￿t rn•naUen￿)I oxt• P*yty*nli rdalkng dir•rlty loth¥il*lti 187 167 A3 Sub lotyl 47.425 47,425 Investm•nt *w)¥effjent• PurchBsaJ off ffix8d as98ts IOS9 2,059 ASTrnrMfern to I Ilroml fvnd• SUr￿U5}Id•ff￿¢ fory•ar Story Churches ￿e￿Ork ser.lior B Slatement of halAncès SC053146 81 C*h lun 13.70• Cllh Imd Olnk •tthd 14 15,m 11 Tithl J¢rth•r •¥•• G•rwAI 728 37• ?12 Tthl 2,•6• •t*J lorwffjilt Amournd Dèt￿1# *PPTr)v•l '.[ > I lolA%) APPENLIX ? Story Churches Net¥York SC053146 Section C Notes to the Accounts C1 NI￿re and purpM¢ of funds (may be s18l&d on an*ysts orrunas thNtsh8ets) See anatysB offU￿s¥￿￿e1 TY￿ olxtivrty or PTo*¢¢%UPPOrtwl C2 Grnnl• Irtstitution 167 187 C3a Tru•ts• rnwn•raiJon Ifm woo p•ddurfThJ p•iod to jnythortybwtee or Fwson 1¢ Authority und•rt*N¢h p• CJb Trusts• ￿mU￿ratIon . dot•l 2S.133 Ifrn •4*M•A pawj ts any In*tee dLYtrg then b)x Ilur4bDrc¢ C4b Trn•ts• •xp•n•M. 9,821 Nature ol relalior&Shi Natsjrn of tran8actlon C8 Transactlons wtth tru•t••* and connected peryons za£ C6 Other Ir¥fom*llon 2025 R&Pary*uni8fW Story Churches Ne￿ork SCOS3146 Additional analysis111 M4E ¢rn L#nBFIAC FrttgrFMC USA c¢rfnQ￿t￿ch￿th 33.414 933 Z1.155 2t.155 Totsi i•> 193 2Gr•r Tatsl 21.1 11Jl• 3.915 2.172 24,133 11.M9 1,910 2,672 1.470 ¥Jo Tow 47.2fj1 SCOS3146 Additional analysls121 To Y¢al 1*) Grn dd .113 1•3 1•7 117 *1 47 C4Ji Mthr• *nd APPENDIX 3 OSCR ottLsh Charity Re8ulatLY Inde endent exarninerfs re R•port to th• I CMwty n•rn• Story Churches NetW(￿k tru•to•ghn•mber• of | ort on the accounts Reg161or•d ¢harlty numb•r On the x¢ounts of tho charlty for the wrfod SC053146 PerK