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2024 | To | Day 31 |
Aug | 2025 |
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
Reference and administration details
Charity name Elgin Vineyard Church
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number Charity’s principal address
SC053205
9 Ethel Fenwick Grove Elgin Moray
Postcode IV30 4FS
Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report
| Judith McBean | Chair | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Roberts Haritonov | Treasurer | ||
| Hannah Brook | Safeguarding | ||
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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 Dates acted if not for whole year Structure, governance and management Type of governing document We have a SCIO constitution (single tier) Trustee recruitment and appointment We have only had the trustees we started with but in the future if we appoint new trustees, we will ensure that they sit in on a board meeting so that they understand the processes and their appointment to the board will be agreed by all the trustees present. Trustees are voluntary and receive no benefits for their role. The only exception to that is Judith McBean who is both a trustee and an employee as a senior pastor 2.5 days a week. ~~__~~ Objectives and activities Charitable purposes The organisational purposes are: To advance the Christian religion for the public benefit in accordance with our statement of faith. The organisation will provide Christian worship, provide facilities and services as are appropriate for the church to enable it to fulfil its mission to the members of the Church, visitors to the church and the local and wider community. To provide Christian training and service. To provide Christian evangelism and outreach and to provide assistance to the wider Christian church and its ministries. ~~a~~
| Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects Our main activities are as follows: Weekly public meetings on a Sunday morning that anyone can attend. These include two worship services each month, a café church service where we sit round a table, open the bible together and discuss what we’ve read and a brunch where people from the local community are also invited in to have community and food. We also ran an Easter Egg Hunt for 260 in the main park in Elgin over the Easter weekend. We have midweek connect groups, which are a space for people to get to know each other and have community midweek and an alpha course where people can explore faith together. We partnered with the local food bank to supply them with food and we packed over 200 bags of food for people in the local community over the Christmas period. 2 APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance ~~—~~ |
Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects Our main activities are as follows: Weekly public meetings on a Sunday morning that anyone can attend. These include two worship services each month, a café church service where we sit round a table, open the bible together and discuss what we’ve read and a brunch where people from the local community are also invited in to have community and food. We also ran an Easter Egg Hunt for 260 in the main park in Elgin over the Easter weekend. We have midweek connect groups, which are a space for people to get to know each other and have community midweek and an alpha course where people can explore faith together. We partnered with the local food bank to supply them with food and we packed over 200 bags of food for people in the local community over the Christmas period. 2 APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance ~~—~~ |
Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects Our main activities are as follows: Weekly public meetings on a Sunday morning that anyone can attend. These include two worship services each month, a café church service where we sit round a table, open the bible together and discuss what we’ve read and a brunch where people from the local community are also invited in to have community and food. We also ran an Easter Egg Hunt for 260 in the main park in Elgin over the Easter weekend. We have midweek connect groups, which are a space for people to get to know each other and have community midweek and an alpha course where people can explore faith together. We partnered with the local food bank to supply them with food and we packed over 200 bags of food for people in the local community over the Christmas period. 2 APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance ~~—~~ |
Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects Our main activities are as follows: Weekly public meetings on a Sunday morning that anyone can attend. These include two worship services each month, a café church service where we sit round a table, open the bible together and discuss what we’ve read and a brunch where people from the local community are also invited in to have community and food. We also ran an Easter Egg Hunt for 260 in the main park in Elgin over the Easter weekend. We have midweek connect groups, which are a space for people to get to know each other and have community midweek and an alpha course where people can explore faith together. We partnered with the local food bank to supply them with food and we packed over 200 bags of food for people in the local community over the Christmas period. 2 APPENDIX 1 Achievements and performance ~~—~~ |
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| Summary of the main achievements of | We have created a space for people who have faith or are exploring faith | ||
| the charity during the financial period | to gather together each week, both on Sundays and midweek. | ||
| We have given away money to both local charities (that support those with | |||
| financial and practical needs) and charities who support other people of | |||
| faith in the area as well as further afield in Scotland and abroad. The total | |||
| we gave away last financial year was just over £6300. | |||
| We also created some hampers to be given to those in need in the | |||
| community at Christmas time and packed over 200 bags of food for those | |||
| who would otherwise not get over the Christmas period, as volunteers | |||
| from Moray Food Plus were unavailable. | |||
| We ran an Easter Egg Hunt for over 260 people in the local park. Here we | |||
| provided an all age activity as well as gave out hundreds of eggs to bless | |||
| our community. | |||
| We also served tea, coffee and refreshments at the Junior Park Run once | |||
| a month for children completing the race, as well as adults who were | |||
| spectating. | |||
| We have created a space in church for people from the local community to | |||
| have brunch together (one Sunday a month) free of charge in a warm | |||
| space. | |||
| Financial review | |||
| ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | ~~a~~ | |
| Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves |
~~a~~ | We have protected at least 1 months’ worth of expenses in the bank as reserves. ~~a~~ |
~~a~~ |
Details of any deficit None Donated facilities and services (if any) None 3 APPENDIX 1 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 JMcBean
Full name(s) Judith Helen McBean
Caroline Mary Roberts Haritonov
Position (e.g. Chair) Chair of Trustees and Senior Pastor
Date 6[th] May 2026
Treasurer
8th May 2026