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West Gordon Parish Church of Scotland (Alford, Strathdon, Rhynie)

SC007979Registered charity from 03 August 1929
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous name - Howe Trinity Parish Church of Scotland from 03/08/1929 to 14/09/2023
Charity Information:
Address 11 Victoria Road
Alford
Aberdeenshire
Postcode AB33 8NG
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.westgordonparishchurch.org.uk
Parent Charity Country of Registration Scotland
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The advancement of religion.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
West Gordon Parish Church was set up in 2023 as a union of four congregations to promote the Christian faith across 300 miles of rural Aberdeenshire. It uses churches at Alford, Strathdon and Rhynie for weekly worship and each have hall accommodation for church and community activities. The church is staffed by a full time minister, a full time parish assistant, a part time secretary and other staff, in conjunction with a team of around 25 volunteer elders who form the Kirk Session. The control of the affairs of the Congregation, both spiritual and temporal, is vested in the Kirk Session of the Congregation. Members of the congregation take part in a variety of activities including Bible study and prayer groups, Guild, choir, Sunday school, and Youth group.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 03 Aug 1929
Main Operating Location: Aberdeenshire
Number of Staff: 6
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of religion"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £80,405 £80,089 19 Aug 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £83,900 £95,420 12 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £296,976 £140,640 16 Aug 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £171,456 £156,724 24 Mar 2025 Yes
31 Dec 2025 £208,782 £222,998 27 Mar 2026 Yes Download
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Alison Webber
Suzanne Whyte
Richard Barrett
Elizabeth Barron
Jean Mortimer
Alexander Middler
Jean Dunn
Jill Pratt
Alice Kemp
Michael Webber
Jeliase Mutimbairi
Anne Ferguson
Phyllis Beverly
Sandra Barrett
John Kinnon
Kenneth Bruce
Janet Wilson
Nicholas Shanks
Ronald Ferguson
Somersal Shepley
James McPherson
Linda Vickers
Margaret Thomson
George Gordon
Alastair Kinnon
Jennifer Bycroft
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