Mission and Finance
Christ Church Duns's finances are governed by the Charity Act (Scotland). In common with all other congregations within the Scottish Episcopal Church, it is expected to be financially self-supporting and is totally dependent on raising its own funds; it receives no grants from outside bodies. The annual financial turnover is raised by direct giving from the members, donations and fund-raising activities such as coffee mornings.
Vestry is aware of its financial responsibilities as part of the Church’s Mission. The church does not set out to generate large surpluses or to hold excessive balances but it supports 50% of the costs of maintaining a full-time Priest-in-Charge, provides a ministry of care to the congregation and meets its obligations to the Diocese.
The accounts are audited on an annual basis. Income and expenditure graphs are given on The Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) website.
Registered Charity SCO09385
Christ Church Duns - every donation counts
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We are so grateful to all those who contribute to Christ Church and thank you warmly for your donation. If you would like your gift to be used for a specific purpose, please include this as a comment. If you would like to set up a regular standing order direct from your bank account to ours, please download and complete this Bank Standing Order Mandate. Standing orders from your bank account remain, for us, the preferred way of regular giving and really help with our budgeting. These can be set up to make monthly, quarterly or yearly payments, which continue until further notice by you to your bank.
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Leaving a Legacy in your Will to the Church
For information about leaving a legacy to Christ Church in your Will, please download our information leaflet. Please note that our Scottish Charity Number is SCO09385. For further information the Scottish Episcopal Church has published a useful leaflet on their website: Leaving a legacy to the church.
We do keep our financial and church membership records on a computer database, and in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1988 and recent GDPR legislation, you are entitled to details of personal information stored upon request.
