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Coatbridge

Financial Statements

Year to 31 December 1999

The Stated Annual Meeting of the Congregation

will follow the 11am Service on Sunday, 26 March 2000

GENERAL FUND Year to 31 December 1999
			Budget
1998		1999	2000
£		£	£
	ORDINARY GENERAL INCOME
	Offerings:
55,730	Freewill Offering scheme	59,060	61,000
7,144	Tax recovered on Covenants and Gift Aid Donations	7,340	7,000
2,654	Ordinary offerings (open plate)	2,766	3,000
4,566	Donations	1,144	1,000
70,094		70,310	72,000
	Other ordinary general income:
1,592	Collection Boxes	1,543	1,750
900	Sunday Teas	900	800
442	Services	390
20	Lanarkshire Society of Organists	-
-	Greenhill Primary	32
686	St Patrick's Playgroup / Raindrops	439
150	Alcoholics Anonymous	100
259	Starehe collection	236
190	London College of Music and Drama	100
70	Exercise Class	-
1,375	Kildonan Child Care	590
-	Slimming World	330
-	Children’s Drama	120
	Fund raising		2,000
404	Jumble Sales	-
145	Family Concert	-
155	Line Dancing	-
51	Church Photographs	-
351	The Guild Recipe Book	-
282	Quiz
	Contributions from Congregational Organisations		2,000
500	The Guild	506
150	Men's Club	125
200	Rainbows, Brownies and Guides	200
300	Thursday Club	300
200	Social Committee	200
-	Sunday School	200
-	Line Dancing	200
8,422		6,511	6,550
£ 78,516	Total ordinary general income	£ 76,821	£ 78,550

GENERAL FUND Year to 31 December 1999
			Budget
1998		1999	2000
£		£	£
	ORDINARY GENERAL EXPENDITURE
32,130	Local Ministry	34,372	36,225
16,422	Mission and Wider work of the Church	17,498	18,600
17,827	Local Congregational purposes	17,129	23,671
£ 66,379		£ 68,999	£ 78,496
12,137	Surplus for year	7,822	54
2,382	Add: General Fund balance at 1 January	2,019	2,343
14,519		9,841	2,397
12,500	Less: Transferred to Fabric Fund	7,500	0
£ 2,019	General Fund Balance at 31 December	£ 2,341	£ 2,397

ORDINARY GENERAL EXPENDITURE Year to 31 December 1999
			Budget
1998		1999	2000
£		£	£
	Local Ministry:
17,670	Minister's Stipend	18,303	18,886
1,860	Employer's National Insurance	1,778	1,835
4,600	Service Supplement Fund	6,500	6,500
3,576	Main Pension Fund	3,705	3,822
358	Housing and loan fund	371	382
700	Insured pension fund	700	700
3,266	Minister's travelling expenses and telephone	2,805	3,000
100	Pulpit supply	210	100
-	Auxiliary Minister’s Expenses	-	1,000
£ 32,130		£ 34,372	£ 36,225
	Mission and Wider Work of the Church
15,420	Mission and Aid Fund (allocation)	16,500	17,560
762	Presbytery Dues	758	800
240	Save the Children Fund - Starehe	240	240
£ 16,422		£ 17,498	£ 18,600
	Local Congregational Purposes
2,290	Organists	2,442	2,484
2,640	Cleaners	2,736	2,832
420	Beadle	436	480
1,193	Stationery	1,235	1,300
-	Sunday School expenses	44	500
29	'Life & Work' (net cost)	28	-
279	Telephone	270	300
134	Organ and piano maintenance	268	300
-	Floodlighting maintenance	-	350
2,978	Repairs and maintenance	1,449	6,000
2,784	Heating and lighting	3,066	3,200
4,171	Rates and insurances	4,918	5,500
72	Communion expenses	75	75
210	Music	-	100
550	Induction Loop	-	-
77	Miscellaneous	162	250
£ 17,827		£ 17,129	£ 23,671

STATEMENT OF FUNDS As at 31 December 1999
		Note	£
	FUNDS
	General Fund		2,341
	Andrew & Helen Dick Memorial Fund	3	5,000
	Fabric Fund	4	60,560
			£ 67,901
	Represented by:
	ASSETS:
	Church of Scotland Investors Trust		4,980
	Nationwide Building Society		984
	Airdrie Savings Bank - Money Market Account		50,128
			56,092
	Royal Bank of Scotland plc - Current Account		11,809
			£ 67,901

J H McDonald .................................................... } Treasurer

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1 BASIS OF PREPARATION

(a) The financial statements are prepared on a cash basis.

(b) Heritable properties, consisting of St Andrew's Church and halls, the manse at 77 Eglinton Street and the house at 167 Silvertonhill Avenue, Hamilton occupied by the Rev and Mrs James F Dunn are not recorded in the financial statements.

(c) All normal repairs and maintenance are charged to the Congregation's General Fund. Extraordinary repairs and improvements are charged to the Fabric Fund.

2 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

In addition to the ordinary general income recorded on page 1, the following income from special collections was received and disbursed during the year to charities:

	£
David Livingstone Centre	214
Princess Royal Trust	189
Christian Aid – Kosovo Appeal	1200
Christian Aid – Turkey Appeal	1410
Earl Haig Fund	222
	£ 3,235

3 ANDREW AND HELEN DICK MEMORIAL FUND

Balance at 1 January and 31 December 1999

£ 5,000

4 FABRIC FUND

	£	£
Balance at 1 January 1999		55,967
Add:
Landfill Tax Grant	5,503
Building Society and Bank Interest	2,142
Christmas Fayre	3,049
Transfer from General Fund	7,500
		18,194
		74,161
Less:
Chairs for New Hall	2,504
Repairs to Steeple	5,503
Decorating	1,950
Manse Windows	3,644
		13,601
Balance at 31 December 1999		60,560

AUDITORS' REPORT

We have audited the financial statements of St Andrew's Parish Church, Coatbridge for the year ended

31 December 1999 as set out in pages 1 to 6. In our opinion the accounts and notes thereon have been properly prepared from the records of the Congregational Board, are in agreement therewith, and comply with the General Assembly's Regulations anent Congregational Finance.

10 February 2000 C F Hamilton .................................................... }

} Auditors

I R Sinclair .................................................... }