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St Andrew's Parish Church

Coatbridge

Financial Statements

Year to 31 December 2000

The Stated Annual Meeting of the Congregation

will follow the 11am Service on Sunday, 18 March 2001

GENERAL FUND Year to 31 December 2000
			Budget
1999		2000	2001
£		£	£
	ORDINARY GENERAL INCOME
	Offerings:
59,060	Freewill Offering scheme	59,874	61,500
7,340	Tax recovered on Covenants and Gift Aid Donations	7,376	7,500
2,766	Ordinary offerings (open plate)	3,259	3,000
1,144	Donations	2,201	1,200
70,310		72,710	73,200
	Other ordinary general income:
1,543	Collection Boxes	1,390	1,500
900	Sunday Teas	800	800
390	Services	370
32	Greenhill Primary	64
439	Raindrops	168
100	Alcoholics Anonymous	250
236	Starehe collection	6
100	London College of Music and Drama	180
590	Kildonan Child Care	-
330	Slimming World	185
120	Children’s Drama	540
	Fund raising		2,000
	Fiddlers Rally	501
	Table Top Sale	1432
	Contributions from Congregational Organisations		2,000
506	The Guild	300
125	Men's Club	100
200	Rainbows, Brownies and Guides	200
300	Thursday Club	400
200	Social Committee	200
200	Sunday School	280
200	Line Dancing	600
6,511		7,966	6,300
£ 76,821	Total ordinary general income	£ 80,676	£ 79,500

GENERAL FUND Year to 31 December 2000
			Budget
1999		2000	2001
£		£	£
	ORDINARY GENERAL EXPENDITURE
34,372	Local Ministry	35,354	36,797
17,498	Mission and Wider work of the Church	18,345	19,090
17,129	Local Congregational purposes	21,808	23,594
£ 68,999		£ 75,507	£ 79,481
7,822	Surplus for year	5,169	19
2,019	Add: General Fund balance at 1 January	2,341	2,510
9,841		7,510	2,529
7,500	Less: Transferred to Fabric Fund	5,000	0
£ 2,341	General Fund Balance at 31 December	£ 2,510	£ 2,529

ORDINARY GENERAL EXPENDITURE Year to 31 December 2000
			Budget
1999		2000	2001
£		£	£
	Local Ministry:
18,303	Minister's Stipend	18,886	19,579
1,778	Employer's National Insurance	1,835	1,901
6,500	Service Supplement Fund	6,500	6,760
3,705	Main Pension Fund	3,822	3,961
371	Housing and loan fund	382	396
700	Insured pension fund	700	800
2,805	Minister's travelling expenses and telephone	2,679	2,800
210	Pulpit supply	0	0
-	Auxiliary Minister’s Expenses	550	600
£ 34,372		£ 35,354	£ 36,797
	Mission and Wider Work of the Church
16,500	Mission and Aid Fund (allocation)	17,560	18,290
758	Presbytery Dues	785	800
240	Save the Children Fund - Starehe	-	-
£ 17,498		£ 18,345	£ 19,090
	Local Congregational Purposes
2,442	Organists	2,584	2,616
2,736	Cleaners	2,832	2,928
436	Beadle	480	500
1,235	Stationery	1,869	1,300
44	Sunday School expenses	248	250
28	'Life & Work' (net cost)	88	25
270	Telephone	287	300
268	Organ and piano maintenance	281	300
-	Floodlighting maintenance	-	-
1,449	Repairs and maintenance	4,117	6,000
3,066	Heating and lighting	2,741	3,000
4,918	Rates and insurances	5,595	6,000
75	Communion expenses	75	75
-	Music	0	100
-	Chairs	595	-
162	Miscellaneous	16	200
£ 17,129		£ 21,808	£ 23,594

STATEMENT OF FUNDS As at 31 December 2000
		Note	£
	FUNDS
	General Fund		2,510
	Andrew & Helen Dick Memorial Fund	3	5,000
	Fabric Fund	4	73,198
			£ 80,708
	Represented by:
	ASSETS:
	Church of Scotland Investors Trust		4,980
	Nationwide Building Society		988
	Airdrie Savings Bank - Money Market Account		52,415
			58,383
	Royal Bank of Scotland plc - Current Account		22,325
			£ 80,708

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:

	£
Christian Aid – Mozambique	1,082
Christian Aid – Ethiopia	187
Earl Haig Fund	260
Christian Aid	504
CHAS	232
Christian Blind Mission	232
	£ 2,497

3 ANDREW AND HELEN DICK MEMORIAL FUND

Balance at 1 January and 31 December 2000

£ 5,000

4 FABRIC FUND

	£	£
Balance at 1 January 2000		60,560
Add:
Flower Festival	5,042
Building Society and Bank Interest	2,482
Christmas Fayre	1,283
Transfer from General Fund	5,000
	13,807
		74,367
Less:
Sound System	1,169
	1,169
Balance at 31 December 2000		£ 73,198

AUDITORS' REPORT

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

31 December 2000 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.

8 February 2001 C F Nelson .................................................... }

} Auditors

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