revealed 21 February 2024
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Congregations are inspired to analyze whether or not they’re eligible to “claw again” VAT on repairs over £1,000.
The Listed Locations of Worship (LPW) grant scheme is run by the UK Division for Tradition, Media and Sport and funded till 31 March 2025.
The Normal Trustees of the Church of Scotland, who administer the Church’s property, are encouraging congregations to go to the LPW web site and examine whether or not they’re eligible for a refund.
The kinds of restore work coated by the scheme are wide-ranging and embrace bells, bell ropes, chancels, pews, drainage, roofs, spires, electrical, asbestos removing, metallurgy, rebuilding, stonework felling, doorways, flooring and plumbing.
Dr Ian Truschel, convener of the Normal Trustees Material Committee, stated: “This UK-wide scheme permits congregations with listed buildings to reclaim VAT on works.
“That is very welcome and actually necessary as a continued supply of funding, so we might encourage congregations to analyze whether or not they’re eligible for a grant.”
In December, it was introduced that round 5,000 spiritual buildings within the UK had acquired as much as £42 million in funding.
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The scheme was highlighted by 24 cross-party MSPs within the Scottish Parliament approving a movement tabled by Jackson Carlow.
Netherley and Stamperland Parish Church in East Renfrewshire just lately acquired £104,000 to refurbish the sanctuary roof together with masonry, gutters, downpipes, lead work and drain work.
Venture Supervisor Tony Eire stated: “The Locations of Worship scheme listed for us was dealt with seamlessly and accredited refunds have been effectively delivered on to our financial institution accounts.
“We now have detailed explanatory notes on the operation of the scheme that are simple to grasp and a helpful reference device for figuring out what works are eligible for help underneath the scheme.
“The grant purposes have been submitted electronically and after the primary type was efficiently submitted and subsequent purposes adopted with confidence.
“For a listed property like ours this scheme is just not solely a monetary increase however a really tangible feeling that we’re a part of an necessary nationwide endeavour.”
Up to now two years, grant recipients have included St Machar’s Cathedral in Aberdeen (£8,835), Carnoustie Church in Angus (£3,500), St Andrew’s Church in Moffat (£90,664), Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh (£10,561), Polworth Parish Church. in Edinburgh (£21,923) and Stonelaw Parish Church in Rutherglen (£13,750).
