## **THE PARISH OF ST THOMAS, LYMINGTON WITH ALL SAINTS, WOODSIDE.** ## **2020 REPORT and ACCOUNTS for the PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** ## **TO BE PRESENTED AT THE** **ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING** _**Wednesday April 21[st] 2021**_ ## **7:30pm** Registered Charity Number 1128119 **AGENDA** ## **PRAYERS APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE** ## **MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS** 1. Election of Churchwardens for 2021-2022.[1] All persons whose names are on the Electoral Roll of this Parish and all persons resident in the Parish whose names are entered on a register of local government electors by reason of such residence may participate in this election. . ## **ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING** 1. Welcome by the Chairman of the Parochial Church Council. 2. Approval of 2020 Minutes. 3. Election of Parochial Church Council members.[2] 4. Consideration of: - a) The Electoral Roll. - b) The Annual Report of the Proceedings of the PCC and activities of the Parish generally. - c) Finance[3] : - I. Examined accounts of the PCC for the year ending 31 December 2020. - II. Statement of the funds and property of the PCC. - III. To appoint independent examiners. - d) Report on the fabric, goods and ornaments of the churches. - e) Report on the Proceedings of the Deanery Synod. - f) Other Reports. 5. Any other business of Parochial or general interest to be submitted in writing one week in advance of the APCM to the PCC Secretary via e-mail to the Secretary at marychill45@gmail.com ## _Mary Hill_ ## _Honorary Secretary, Lymington PCC_ . - 1 In accordance with the Churchwardens’ Measure 2001. - 2 In accordance with the Church Representation Rules 2020. - 3 Item 6c is presented in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102). 2 PARISH OF ST. THOMAS, LYMINGTON WITH ALL SAINTS, WOODSIDE. ## **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020** . ## **Aims and Purposes.** The St Thomas’ with All Saints Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility for cooperation with the incumbent, the Revd. Canon Peter Salisbury, in promoting in the ecclesiastical Parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical as set out in the Core Values (see Appendix 1). The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Parish Church of St Thomas and the Chapel of Ease of All Saints, Woodside. ## **Administrative Information** . The Parish of St Thomas, with All Saints, Woodside, is part of the Diocese of Winchester within the Church of England. The address for correspondence is: The Parish Office, St Thomas’ Church, St Thomas Street, Lymington, SO41 9ND. Telephone: 01590 676194. e-mail: office@lymingtonchurch.org website: www.lymingtonchurch.org **Personnel** . Incumbent: The Revd. Canon Peter Salisbury. Churchwardens: David Bridges, Maureen Harris. Licensed Lay Ministers: Douglas Marcuse, Malcolm Ward. Parish Administrator: Gillian Maunder. Organist: Martin Penrose. Verger, Sacristan-St Thomas: Amanda Dawson. Janitor, All Saints: Tony Perry. Treasurer: Andrew Payne. Inspecting Architect: Ryan Bunce of Ryan Bunce &Co. Bankers: HSBC, 102 High Street, Lymington, Hants, SO41 9ZP. Independent Examiner: Hope Jones, 73 High Street, Lymington, Hants, SO41 9ZA. **PCC Members** who served from the APCM 2020 until the date this report was approved are: Incumbent The Revd. Canon Peter Salisbury (Chairman). Churchwardens David Bridges, (Vice-Chairman), (Elected Ex Officio), Maureen Harris. Licensed Lay Minister Malcolm Ward. Deanery Synod Representatives: To APCM 2023 Daphne Johnston, Sylvia Pepin, Celia Swan. Elected Members: To APCM 2021 William Gulland, Mary Hill, Michael Standage. To APCM 2022 Barbara Clapper, Ray Shepherd, Malcolm Haigh. To APCM 2023 Bronwen Bridges, Brian Cox, David Wansey. **The Electoral Roll** : The Electoral Roll stands at 255 with 189 being resident and 66 nonresident. 3 ## **Structure, Governance and Management.** The Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956 (as amended) requires “the Minister and the PCC to consult together on matters of general concern and importance to the Parish” and requires the PCC to “co-operate with the Minister in promoting in the Parish the whole mission of the church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical”. The Church of England (Worship and Doctrine) Measure 1974 requires the minister and PCC to agree jointly any decisions on which forms of service are to be used in any church in the Parish. The PCC meets six times per year. Normally meetings are held in St Thomas’ Church, with one meeting being held in the Lymington C of E Infant School but in 2020, PCC meetings have been held virtually via Zoom because of the restrictions on meetings due to the Covid19 pandemic. Agendas and Minutes of PCC meetings are made available in the Parish church and on the church website. The Standing Committee of the PCC conducts the business of the PCC between meetings, is answerable to the PCC and submits to it proposals in connection with issues of Parish-wide significance. The _ex-officio_ members in 2020 were the Vicar (Chairman), Churchwardens, one of whom acts as Secretary, and two elected members (Andrew Payne and Michael Standage). Other members who took responsibility in 2020 for promoting the six Core Values (see Appendix 1) were as follows: - Leadership and Co-ordination: The Revd. Canon Peter Salisbury. - Worship Services: The Revd. Canon Peter Salisbury. - Prayer: Sarah Salisbury. - Community Action: David Fenton and Sylvia Pepin. - Discipleship and Learning: Linda Lee. - Fellowship and Mutual Support: Sarah Bunce and Pauline Lightbody. - Communications: Daphne Johnston and Nigel Mussett. - Buildings, Land and Equipment: Bill Gulland, Jeremy Vines, Michael Standage. - Finance: Andrew Payne. **The Finance Committee** , chaired by Andrew Payne, prepares and monitors the annual budget and reports directly to the PCC. **The Fabric Committee,** chaired by Bill Gulland, provides support and guidance to the PCC on the appropriate maintenance and management of the church premises and grounds. The Vicar and Churchwardens are _ex-officio_ **Trustees of Lymington C of E Infant School** and of two Trusts associated with the Parish as follows: **Fulford & Burrard Trust** , which supports the Infant School in particular and youth more generally (subject to specific criteria). **Parish Hall Trust** , which supports the St Thomas site generally. **Sub-committees** manage the St Thomas’ Church Hall, mission giving, and social events. All meet as required and report directly to the PCC or to the Standing Committee as appropriate. **The Friends of St Thomas Church** have continued to promote and support the restoration, preservation, repair and beautification of the building and surrounds of the church and church hall. 4 ## **Risk Management** . Risk Management in respect of St Thomas Church (STC) and Church Hall (STH) and curtilage and All Saints Church (ASC) and Hall (ASH), and curtilage.[4] |and curtilage.4|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Risk**|**Probability**|**Impact**|**Management Action**| |An incident requiring
Emergency Evacuation|Low|Medium/High|Evacuation procedure published;
announcement of procedure when
building(s) full on non-routine occasions.| |Fire in Church including
Sacristy/Vestry|Low|High|Fire Risk Assessments carried out for both
churches. Equipment provided; standing
instructions issued/reissued to clergy and
staff. Fire extinguisher training undertaken.| |Fire in Church Halls|Low|Medium/High|Fire Risk Assessments carried out. Equipment
provided; standing instructions
issued/reissued to clergyand staff.| |Fire in Boiler Rooms|Low|High|Fire Risk Assessment carried out.
Flammable gas detector/alarm installed in
STC boiler room.
Equipment in hall - ASH.| |Carbon Monoxide in Boiler
Rooms|Low|High|Carbon Monoxide detector/alarm installed in
STC boiler room.| |Financial|Low|Low/Medium|Monthly bank statements; quarterly
budgetary review by Finance Committee;
cash collections counted by teams of at least
two, with signed record.| |Statutory & Legal including
Health & Safety (H&S) and
Safeguarding|Low|Medium/High|H&S checks; safeguarding policy of
children and vulnerable adults in place.
DBS checking. Disabled access reviewed.
Risk assessment sheets prepared for use
with individual events (e.g., Concerts and
Festivals). H&S Policy revised.| |Operational
Damage/Loss of
Property|Low|Medium/High|Continuous security video (STC) has remained
a deterrent. Smartwater applied to precious
metals.| |Personal|Low|Low|Attention to H&S of workers; restricted
child access to gallery STC; handrails;
white edges to steps.| |Reputational|ST Low|ST Low|Covered byaboveprecautions.| ||AS Low|AS Medium|Covered by above precautions. Regular
meetings with the Tenant to ensure problems
are addressed early.| |Shortage of Volunteers|High|High|Combining resources across the parish,
succession planning and prioritization of
what we do.| |Damage to the external
fabric of ASC. Financial risk
if Tops became unable to
meet their commitment to
pay rent or fail to look after
the interior of the buildings.|Low|Low/Medium|Company vetted by ST and Church
Commissioners. Management Committee set
up to ensure regular dialog between PCC
reps and Tops. Appropriate legal protections
and insurance in place.| 4 The regulations require risk to be assessed and managed. A risk is a contingency that would adversely affect the PCC's ability to pursue its objectives, as expressed in its statement of Core Values (see Appendix 1) 5 ## **Objectives and Activities** The Parish Vocation is “to be the town church in Lymington, offering prayer and hospitality in Jesus’ name”. Mindful of this and the charity’s object to promote in the ecclesiastical Parish the whole mission of the Church, the PCC has developed this objective and has published a statement of Core Values (Appendix 1). Nine areas of ministry and roles have been identified and leaders appointed to further the realisation of these values. Accounting procedures are designed to identify clearly patterns of income and expenditure across the Parish, so that its resources may be deployed as appropriately as possible. In their report below, the Trustees present a summary of the activities undertaken by the charity in the Parish for the benefit of the public. They confirm that they have had due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission and the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. Many Parishioners who willingly undertake a wide variety of tasks with no thought of remuneration or other recognition, have contributed to the life of the Parish. The Vicar, Churchwardens and PCC are enormously grateful to them all. ## **REPORTS** ## **Leadership and Co-ordination.** 2020 was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and that affected everything we do, especially those things which involved the building and meeting together. The building was completely closed for several months at the start of the pandemic and then closed again for public worship during the winter lockdown. We have leant heavily on the expertise and dedication of our Health and Safety team as we have tried to keep up with the ever-changing laws and guidelines governing what we were able to offer. Similarly, it has been a very trying year for the PCC as we have had to make very difficult decisions without the luxuries of complete information or time to take stock. I would like to express my thanks to all those involved for the way in which we have faced these challenges together in a spirit of openness and mutual respect. We were immensely relieved when finally, the requisite permissions were granted for the fitting out of All Saints as a nursery and pre-school. I am so grateful to the steering committee whose dogged determination and attention to detail brought us to this point, and I know the members of the committee would all point to the absolutely essential role that Jonathan Cook has played and continues to play. The voice of prayer has not been silent in the parish, in fact there have been far more people joining in the daily worship of the church since we went online. We decided from the word go that we would collaborate with our neighbouring parish of Pennington in the provision of online worship and that has been a boon in terms of the effort involved being shared and also in the breadth of voices we have heard. I am very grateful to Paul Young for his tireless work pulling together all the disparate contributions to each Sunday's worship to make them into a seamless whole. It is very time-consuming work. We have been aware from the start of the pandemic that the online world is not accessible to everyone, whether due to lack of technological resources or simply finding it hard to engage with what we have offered. For this reason, a team of people under the direction of our churchwardens has been making regular contact with those who would otherwise be 6 left out. Our thanks go especially to Maureen Harris who has taken this forward in such a committed and caring way. All-in-all a year of significant challenges which we have met together as a team and we fully intend to use what we have learnt to build up the life of the church for the future. _Peter Salisbury_ . ## **Worship Services** . The vast majority of our worship services were online. We tried various formats from live broadcasts to fully pre-recorded and settled on pre-recorded as offering the best balance of quality and flexibility. The drawback of that approach is that it takes many times longer to prepare than does a live service. As well as the technical team we also relied on our musicians and readers, all of whom had to learn new techniques and technology to allow their contributions to be recoded. Our choir and worship band were, during the summer months, doing all this while also providing music for the services in St Thomas. The benefits we found in online worship were the flexibility of recording video in various locations; the potential to mix different styles of music; the ability to include people who are not normally available on a Sunday morning and the convenience of meeting together socially on Zoom following the services. We also found ourselves getting to know people from the Pennington congregations as we worked and worshipped together. When we were able to worship in the building, we found that the wearing of masks and prohibition on congregational singing made worship a very strange experience, compounded by the fact that we could not chat to one another before or after the services. However, we did evolve a relatively safe way of conducting the services and for many people it was a rare opportunity to meet with other people in a common endeavour. Our Messy Church service also moved online, led by the energy and commitment of Penni Jolly who adapted to the new medium with gusto. We are grateful to Sue Blunt who learnt all the necessary skills from scratch to edit the various contributions into a monthly “Messy Church Movie”. _Peter Salisbury_ . ## **Deanery Synod.** The Lyndhurst Deanery Synod is a gathering in which we hear about the ways other churches in our area are tackling the same issues that we do here in Lymington and work together for the common good in the eastern half of the New Forest area. This year we have been sharing with one another our approaches to the pandemic and consulting on the redeployment of ministry around the diocese in response to a severe shortfall in income. _Peter Salisbury._ ## **Safeguarding.** St Thomas continues with the adopted policy and procedures as recommended by the C of E and Winchester Diocese. Unfortunately, the Diocesan Safeguarding Office has been shut due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Sonia Jeffery (the Diocesan Safeguarding Administrator) is working from home. Anthea MacAlister is continuing as Parish Safeguarding Officer and has forwarded further safeguarding applications from the Parish and is now awaiting a response from Winchester. _Anthea MacAlister._ 7 ## **Health and Safety.** The **Health and Safety policy** of St Thomas’ Church is to provide and maintain, as far as is reasonably practicable, healthy and safe working conditions, equipment, and systems of work for all employees and voluntary helpers, and to provide such information as they need for this purpose, which may include supervision and training. We also endeavour to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of all Parishioners, visitors, contractors, and others who may enter the church, hall, churchyard, grounds, and associated buildings. Overall responsibility for Health and Safety rests with the Incumbent and Churchwardens and is delegated to the Health and Safety Officers (HSOs). They ensure that arrangements are in place to satisfy relevant Health and Safety Regulations and Codes of Practice. **Risk Assessments** are undertaken for all activities that take place in St Thomas’ Church and Church Hall and in All Saints Chapel and Quiet Garden. Risk Assessments for frequent, regular activities e.g., worship and Vistas café, are undertaken once and then monitored for any updates or changes that might be required. Risk Assessments for less frequent activities e.g., Remembrance Sunday services and concerts run by St Thomas’ Church, are reviewed, and updated, as appropriate, before each event. Checks to confirm the safety and comfort of all aspects of St Thomas’ church buildings e.g., fire hazards, trip hazards, heating and lighting etc. are carried out on a regular and frequent basis. **Public Liability Insurance** is in place at both St Thomas and All Saints Churches to protect staff, volunteer workers and members of the public during activities for which the church is responsible e.g., worship, meetings etc. It is a requirement for all groups wishing to hire St Thomas Church or the Church Hall that they have their own Public Liability Insurance to cover the activity for which they are responsible. Applications to hire are checked by the Church Administrator to confirm that the applicant has this in place. The Public Liability insurance of ‘Tops’, who lease All Saints Church and the Church Hall and grounds, is checked annually by the PCC members on the All Saints Management Committee. **Health and Safety in 2020** became somewhat extra-ordinary and unconventional in March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic gave us a new set of responsibilities. Much time and effort were utilised following government and Church of England guidelines to help make St Thomas church building safe for private prayer and, when permitted by the authorities to be open, limited public worship. Sadly, the church had to be closed for many weeks during 2020. Most chairs were moved to storage, and the remaining ones spaced the required two metres apart to create safe distancing between worshippers. Instructions were provided for the need to use hand sanitisation during entry and exit to and from the church; and close attention was paid to hygiene and to regular cleaning of the church and potentially contaminated surfaces. _Malcolm Ward._ 8 ## **Churchwarden’s Report.** The national lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic from March 2020 drastically altered life for everyone. Restrictions of distancing and hygiene led to complete closure of the building for three months. The church office was closed but the administrator, Gill Maunder, worked tirelessly from home. The churchwardens, the Vicar and the H&S team scrutinized the regular government guidelines along with those from the Church of England. Letters containing advice, encouragement and spiritual support from our two Bishops and the Archdeacons were received. Our Archdeacons gave permission for all parishes to postpone the April 2020 APCM until October. They were also notified regarding all necessary annual servicing visits. In July the church, well-ventilated, opened for private prayer with rules regarding distancing and hygiene in place, followed a few weeks later with carefully prepared weekly 8:00am small scale communion services. Two events took place before the next lockdown – a very reduced but uplifting Solent Festival in September and on 30[th] October a much needed All Souls Day service. With little chance for learning or preparation, online worship began on Lent 4 (Mothering Sunday), has continued for over a year and was made possible by gifted adaptation to the possibilities of modern technology. The majority of parishioners in both parishes along with others from farther afield have been able to join together in weekly worship. We are indebted to our Vicar Peter Salisbury for his dedication throughout, and to those who have collaborated with and supported him. A link with St Mark’s parish had already begun and plans for a shared Palm Sunday 2020 service were in place. With all the challenges this year has brought our shared link, skills and prayers have strengthened us for the future work for the parishes we serve. Our Messy Church Team maintained good links with the families and being online we were able to successfully involve all the children even more. Anyone involved with church meetings and groups quickly became familiar with discussions on ‘Zoom’. Meanwhile, maintaining a link with _all_ parishioners during lockdown was paramount. The church group-leaders and volunteers were organised to connect with everyone on the electoral roll, especially covering those with no email, to check everyone’s well-being or possible need of assistance. A ‘Lockdown Letter’ containing both spiritual content and important parish news was delivered twice a month to those without online access. Our magazine editor Nigel Mussett provided regular LPN recipients with brief news updates between monthly publications. Both hall bookings and church rental ceased for the year, which reduced cash donations and resulted in a significant fall of income; see Finance Report. All being well, there are sufficient funds to cover foreseen expenditure. Church building repairs detailed in the STC quinquennial inspection (Dec 2018) addressing the problems of damp at the east end and in the tower and requiring adjustment to rainwater furniture and repointing of stonework are planned for 2021. Repairs needed on the roof identified more recently have already begun. The removal of damp in the narthex walls is still linked with the proposed redesigning of the western approach to church integrated with plans from SPUD ( _Space, Place making & Urban Design)_ facilitating involvement of local young people. Designs are ready to display as soon as possible and will demonstrate the aim to visibly increase the link between St Thomas’ and the wider community. 9 A need for replacement of the cladding around the base of the cupola and the cabinets behind the clock faces was identified recently. The clock belongs to the town so the Town Council has been approached for a contribution to the less expensive repair of the clock itself, though responsibility for any larger repairs of the surrounding structure will be for the church account. Work on All Saints Church identified in the March 2019 QI report, along with the alterations already required for adaptation of the church to accommodate Tops Children’s Nursery, is much delayed. After four years, planning permission was finally given in October 2020. We are grateful to the patience of Jonathan Cook, and his small team who continue to steer this project. St Thomas’ Churchyard continues to be well maintained to ‘Eco Church’ standards, thanks to volunteers and the guidance of Rosie Ward. Our remaining lime trees were finally repollarded in early March, the longer logs carefully left in piles for colonisation by fungi, lichen and insects. Continued small adjustments along with many small changes in church and congregation lead to the possibility of attaining the Gold Award. Work on the Courtyard project has been on hold, although strong edge weeds were cleared and the mower shed relocated to a less prominent position. This has already improved the area ready for plans, within a budget, to be considered when possible. In late summer, a species of orchid not usually seen in Lymington was noticed for the first time. As we consider the past year, we recognise that God has worked in and through our clergy and congregation to inspire and strengthen us to be adaptable for ministry within the challenges of a post locked-down community. _Maureen Harris and David Bridges._ ## **Prayer and Prayer Ministry Report: A Praying Community** A call from the Archbishops to pray together on Thursday mornings during lockdown led to **Morning Praye** r being developed on Zoom. This continues and has expanded to every weekday morning and is led jointly by Jane Nicholson from St Mark’s Pennington and me. **Saturday morning prayers** for our Parish work continued on Zoom. We started a _**Taketime Together**_ group on Zoom to offer an Ignatian meditation. This is an opportunity to be still, to relax together and focus on God through a guided meditation on a Bible story. The work of our **parish prayer chain** has continued and many requests were received for specific concerns and situations to be held in our prayers. Prayer is foundational at all of our church meetings which have continued on Zoom through lockdown, in particular our PCC and house groups. Prayers have been led on our YouTube services which have provided the opportunity to explore different ways to pray at home. Prayer continues to underpin all of our work and mission in the Parish. _Sarah Salisbury._ ## **Choir Report** Due to Covid, the past year has been a quiet one from a musical point of view. We have been without the choir and there have been no concerts in the church for much of the time. However, it has certainly been a year of musical firsts. Last March, I found myself recording music at home with my wife Mo for the online services broadcast in conjunction with St Mark’s, Pennington. Then, we were lucky enough to have an offer from former chorister Thomas Daish, who now lives in Japan, to help us record a ‘virtual’ choir. His musical and computer know-how produced some amazing results – and thanks must also go to Phil and Fern Daish-Handy, my 10 daughter Katie and Thomas’ brothers who took on the demanding task of recording their individual parts to a ‘click track’. Mo and I also sang in the group. When the choir came back in the autumn, they were faced with having to sing under conditions of strict social distancing, including being about three metres apart from each other. But they produced some lovely singing despite the difficulties. They also contributed some recorded items for the online services - thanks to our resident recording expert Brian Cox. And we were lucky enough to have them sing at two carol services and provide the music for the Christmas services before the New Year lockdown came along. _Martin Penrose._ ## **Parish Mission Action Plan (pMAP)** Although progress has been difficult this year due to the various COVID restrictions, we have nonetheless done some important work on two of our three pMAP priorities. You will find details in this report of how our prayer life has moved largely online, with some important benefits in accessibility which we hope to maintain into the future. We have also achieved some good things in the churchyard, reaping the benefit of it being outdoors and so less restricted. You can read about this in the Eco Church report which continues to be an important ingredient of our pMAP priority to tell the gospel through our buildings and land. Our March PCC addressed the issue of the pandemic directly and we compiled a set of important questions that we need to answer as we consider the longer term implications of the pandemic for our priorities. These questions and their answers will feed into a review of our pMAP priorities. _Peter Salisbury._ ## **Discipleship and Learning** ## **Theme Programme.** The past year has been challenging in delivering our usual teaching & discipleship programme. There was a period of change and adaptation as we all adjusted to Online Services, joint working relationships with St Mark’s, Pennington and the restarting of House Groups via Zoom. We have, however, recommenced Themed Services and House Group Notes and have covered such diverse topics as the HeartEdge Initiative and Forgiveness and Paths to Spiritual Growth. Notes have been emailed to all House Group Leaders and there continues to be a personal e-mailing list for those who wish to sign up to receive them. Rina Miles continues to coordinate the Groups and I along with the Vicar & others help decide the ongoing preaching / teaching programme. _Linda Lee._ ## **Mission Links.** In 2020 the Church made gifts of £2,500 to the Bible Society, The Leprosy Mission and the Church Missionary Society, the latter supporting Andrew and Lisa Peart and their family in Bolivia. £2500 was also given to the Southampton Branch of the Mission to Seafarers and formed part of the £66,000 raised by that branch. John Attenborough, the Mission’s Southampton Port Chaplain was given several awards for his fundraising and charitable efforts. Much of the fundraising from Southampton was used to purchase SIM cards for seafarers who were unable to go ashore because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Parishioners have also continued to knit woolly hats and other items for seafarers during the pandemic, which have also been well received and thanks are expressed to them all _Peta Walmisley._ 11 ## **Eco Church report** Our Eco Church journey is a small but important contribution to the twin challenges of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. Having already gained Bronze and Silver we are slowly making progress towards a Gold Eco Church award. January saw a group doing the RSPB Big Birdwatch and in Lent the church used Ruth Valerio’s book _Saying Yes to Life_ , based around the days of creation. When shops were closed, our compost was much appreciated by Pennington Community Allotment – and we continued to help them raise funds through our aluminium recycling. A hedgehog box was added to the churchyard and we worked on how to reduce the carbon footprint of the church building. We kept the congregation informed through ‘Eco Church Updates’, the Parish News and notice sheet. In December, we organised a communal Christmas card and Annette Cox completed her studies for a BCM (Bishops Commission for Mission) in Creation Care. By then we were at Gold level or nearly there in 4 of the 5 Eco Church areas, with more progress needed in the area of Buildings. _Rosie Ward._ ## **Community Action** ## **Good Samaritans** It has been a difficult year and, as with everything, social distancing has hampered our work, most of which is carried out face to face with the people we help. That said, the Good Samaritans has still been able to offer support to the relatively few homeless people who have come to Lymington from elsewhere and of course we always give a listening ear. In most cases our help has involved liaising with the local council housing department to make sure they are aware of any homeless visitors. We also refer people in need to the Basics Bank and help pay for public transport tickets if any homeless individuals have to move on. Prayer of course has continued for the homeless and especially the local man who we have been working with for a long time. We pray that he may have a change of heart and accept at least some of the help that he has been offered. In the meantime, the church itself continues to be a refuge and place of warmth at times for some of the homeless. We have asked them all to abide by the COVID rules - whether inside the church or boiling a kettle in the Narthex - for their own safety and the safety of others. _David Fenton and Sylvia Pepin_ ## **Traidcraft** We had an event for Fairtrade Fortnight from the 29[th] February with a baking competition, games, awareness videos, tombola and Vistas Café which made for a successful and fun morning for all. Little did we know that this would be the last big event of the year as within three weeks the country was in lockdown! With no prospect of sales, we donated items that were going to go out of date (e.g. biscuits, Easter eggs) to the Foodbank rather than waste them. In the late autumn, with the lifting of restrictions and the opening of Vistas Café one day a week, we decided to run a stall each Monday in parallel with the café. After the first stall in December, however, lockdown 2 was imposed and that curtailed any further activity for the year. We owe a huge thanks to Maureen Harris for setting up and running the stall for many years and Denise Dibb for all her meticulous administration. Brian and Annette Cox have now taken over the coordination and have arranged for the finances and banking via the PCC account. We have also introduced the use of the church bank card reader for payments. We are hoping for a brighter and more active year in 2021 when Brian, Annette, Denise and Angela Norman will be able to welcome you to our stall and sell you lots of lovely Fairtrade products! _Brian and Annette Cox._ 12 ## **Toddler Group** Sadly, The Toddler Group, as a result of COVID, had to close its doors to our parents, carers and children almost a year ago. With the national road map now in place, we can start the task of preparing to reopen. We recognise there will be quite a lot of preparation and work involved but we have commenced work on our own road map to get this under way. We look forward to welcoming toddlers and carers again as soon as we are able. _Barbara Clapper._ ## **Lymington Infants CE (Aided) School** The majority of Governors at the Infants School are Foundation Governors who are appointed through the PCC and meet regularly at Governors’ meetings. They support the school in fulfilling its Christian values of Love, Courage and Respect. The Vicar is an ex-officio member of the Governing Body and leads worship in the school each week. Julia Morris, the current headteacher, was appointed in December 2019 and has guided the school through 2020 and the difficulties of Covid-19 with calmness and competence. Normally Governors are able to visit the school and meet with children and teachers but this has not been possible since March 2020 when all meetings migrated online or on the phone. The Vicar has continued his weekly Worship sessions online and these have proved to be very popular with the children and their parents. It is hoped that visits to the Church by the children for major festivals will be able to continue soon. _Mary Hill._ ## **New Forest Basics Bank** St Thomas' continues to support the work of the NFBB and made a substantial donation in 2020, which was gratefully acknowledged by the chairman, shortly after the pandemic started. Services had resumed at the time of the Harvest Festival and donations were received meeting the NFBB's detailed requirements and passed on to the NFBB. Church members are kept informed electronically by way of a weekly NFBB news sheet which is circulated with the Church's newsletter. _Barbara Clapper._ ## **Fellowship and Mutual Support** Sadly, it was a very quiet year for Fellowship and Mutual Support within the church. This we are quite sure has been missed by many people. We are very much looking forward to events that we hope to be able to hold for everyone over the next year. These include the Harvest church supper and mulled wine and mince pies after the Carol Service as well as a Christmas meal at a local restaurant and a summer pub meal. We look forward to the time when we can all be together again. ## **Vistas Café** Vistas Café has had a very disrupted year. We met as usual for 3 days each week until March when the whole country experienced the first lockdown for the pandemic. As the lockdown ended in July we began to think about reopening and under the guidance of Sarah Salisbury met to plan Risk Assessments and how we could safely open again. In September 2020 we opened each Monday for 2 hours with waitress service and tables 2 metres apart, hand sanitiser, masks and name taking for track and tracing. Whilst quite difficult to organise safely, the people who came were hugely grateful for the social contact again. Unfortunately, the country went into a further lockdown at the beginning of November and Vistas has not been able to meet since. In fact, we have met just nine times since 23 March 2020. 13 The amount of money taken has been very small and having been banked, all details have been passed to Andy Payne, Church Treasurer. Nothing has been distributed to our chosen charities this year. As of 31/01/21 there was a balance of £2,538.81 of which only £200.05 was taken in the present financial year. _Anne Keir_ ## **Monday Lunch Club** We had to close MLC in March last year and, at the time, fondly imagined we would be returning within a few weeks, but unfortunately, we have had to remain shut for the year. We managed to contact most of the customers by phone last year to explain the situation. The volunteers have all kept in touch with a WhatsApp group, sharing funny videos and various bits of news. We did manage to meet for an afternoon cup of tea in the summer last year in Sarah’s lovely flower filled garden and it was so heart-warming for everyone to see each other. Sarah and Mikki made the decision to empty the freezers and pantry last year and we disposed of everything that was out of date and donated in date non-perishables to the Food Bank. We are all looking forward very much to be able to return and start the lunch club up as soon as we are able. Not only does it provide nourishment for the elderly and vulnerable in our society but it also provides friendship and people contact which is so vital for mental as well as physical health. _Mikki Willford._ ## **Communications** Considering communication during a National Lockdown presented a challenge for those with responsibilities at St Thomas Church. Those with internet connection were able to receive the Weekly News Sheet and be kept in touch with information about church services and closures. There may have been much frustration and failure as we learned to master Zoom communication, but it did keep us in touch with each other. Churchwardens Maureen and David realised a large group of parishioners had no electronic link, could not come to church and meet friends and were totally cut off, thus was born the Lockdown Letter. Full of information about what was happening with online services and with comforting spiritual guidance, the letter became a lifeline for this group. Often living alone and feeling very isolated, the recipients were encouraged to use the telephone to keep in touch. There was benefit from the brief doorstep delivery chat! Maureen and David also arranged for a further group of willing volunteers to make regular telephone contact with those living alone _Daphne Johnston._ We were fortunate that the printers of our parish magazine were able to continue working throughout the pandemic in 2020. We quickly adapted to the church being locked and, by recruiting more volunteers, were able to deliver the magazine to about 130 households around the town. In addition, a supplementary Bulletin was sent out to over 70 people by email between April and August to help disseminate up-to-the-minute changes in the emergency arrangements as well as provide some light-hearted material to read during lockdown. Magazine Editor, Nigel Mussett, completed his survey of the memorials inside the church and because of the church receiving more external enquiries, this research has been extended to a full survey of memorials in the churchyard. Contact has been established with local historians and the St Barbe Museum; a wide correspondence has developed and a small team has been assembled to help with the survey. We hope that this project will 14 continue to develop further and provide a useful point of contact with the community. Another spin-off is that we have been able to share quite a lot of information with our own pMAP group as they have produced a short guide to the windows at St Thomas’. _Nigel Mussett_ . ## **Friends of St Thomas Church Annual Report.** Reg Charity No: 1166743. The Friends of St Thomas Church (FSTC), maintain a close link with the PCC. Under separate management, the Friends was established to promote and support the restoration and preservation of the buildings and immediate surroundings of the church. The FSTC activities have been somewhat curtailed this year due to lockdown restrictions. Unable to plan any social event or the Christmas Tree Festival (CTF), the Friends have made only one donation to the PCC to support the cost of repairing the hinges of the glass door. Vice Chairman Janice Viveash and Charles Oswin have both retired from office. Three new members have joined the Committee, including Nigel Mussett in the role of Membership secretary, Joanna Oswin who will look after the sale of cards and Joan Horton-Fawkes who brings particular skills to the CTF. It was not possible to hold a Christmas Tree Festival this year, but the Friends supplied a very large tree by the main altar and a second large ‘Prayer Tree’. Visitors to the church throughout the festive season wrote messages of hope and sympathy to hang on the tree. We hope for a more active year to come and to be able to contribute to the benefit of St Thomas Church. _Daphne Johnston_ . ## **Solent Music Festival. September 17th-19th** Against all the odds and notwithstanding the possibility of a last-minute cancellation, the Trustees of the SMF were delighted to offer a much reduced Covid 19 compliant series of concerts. The Festival Directors, Sam Haywood and Sophia Pagoni are to be congratulated for their determination to achieve a result. As always, the standard of performance was outstanding. World class performers in St Thomas Church, were all delighted to be able to share their art with an appreciative audience at a time when attendance in concert halls and theatres had been curtailed. There was a palpable joy during each concert from both audience and performer. To allow for necessary social distancing and for track and trace purposes, tickets were not available at the door and audience numbers were significantly reduced. Each programme was performed twice without an interval. The first concert, a nod to Beethoven’s 250 , included performances from renowned violinist Jack Liebeck and cellist Jesper Swedberg from the BSO. The second programme was entirely French, starting with Poulenc’s sonata for Clarinet and Piano. It was a delight to welcome clarinettist Katherine Spencer, a regular performer in every SMF. Katherine is passionate about trying to recreate the sound intended by composers and to this end always travels with a selection of modern and period instruments. The highlight of the festival was Sam Haywood’s performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. ‘ Pictures ’ was originally inspired by a visit to a retrospective art exhibition of Mussorgsky’s friend Victor Hartmann. Sam had the idea of asking an artist friend, Jessica Efezeybek, to produce a new series of paintings. These were displayed on screen while Sam played and later were to be auctioned for musical charities. The SMF relies on generous local sponsorship and from the loyal support of Festival Friends. The Directors are grateful to St Thomas Church PCC for their encouragement. _Daphne Johnston_ . 15 ## **Buildings and Land.** The Covid-19 pandemic during most of 2020 caused a hiatus in activities related to our buildings and land, with the exception of All Saints which is reported separately below. ## **St Thomas Quinquennial Inspection Report** James Lunn-Rockliffe who had been our church architect, with responsibility for Quinquennial Inspections since 2009 retired in November 2019 and handed over to Ryan Bunce of Ryan Bunce & Co (https://www.ryanbunce.co.uk/) at a meeting with David Bridges as churchwarden and Richard Streatfield of the Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) to discuss a number of issues in the QI report of 2018. These issues particularly relate to structural problems with the gables and damp problems at the east end of St. Thomas church. Plans are now being developed to rectify these problems. With regard to the damp problems, initial investigations have been made and it is clear that at the east end the guttering is not configured to effectively divert all rainwater into the drains and that the gutters need to be reconfigured. Elsewhere, tiles have been displaced and need to be replaced and other points of potential leakage need to be investigated and fixed as necessary. ## **St Thomas Hall Courtyard** Work on this project has been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 restrictions on meetings and by the effect on the finances of the PCC. It is proving difficult to settle on a design which satisfies the aspirations of the project team within the financial limits set by the PCC. _Bill Gulland_ ## **All Saints Church** 2020 was an extraordinarily difficult year for many due to the coronavirus pandemic and the consequential Government restrictions and lockdowns. Despite this, considerable progress was made towards turning the PCC’s vision of using the All Saints Nave, Hall and grounds as a nursery and pre-school whilst retaining the Chancel area as a Chapel, into reality. Frustratingly, at the start of 2020, a change of NFDC conservation officer followed by the first lockdown meant that the PCC’s applications for planning permission and listed building consent to refurbish the Nave and grounds, submitted in July 2019, were delayed. It took until October 2020 for them to be approved. Following this approval, the leases were finalised and, at the beginning of December, the Church Commissioners’ Scheme was made with the buildings and grounds being leased to Tops Day Nursery Ltd as from 1 January 2021. One of the conditions attached to the planning permission is that a temporary toilet block must be removed from the site by 1 October 2021. The intention is to have the new central heating system, the new floor in the Nave, the mezzanine steel frame and new toilets and sinks in place before then. Whilst waiting for planning permission, an application was prepared for an acoustic fence, required by NFDC Environmental Health following neighbours’ complaints, to go on part of the southern and western boundaries. This application was submitted in November 2020 and approval was received in February 2021. We are hugely grateful to those who registered their support for these projects on the NFDC website. The intention is for the new fence to be in place shortly after Easter 2021. During the course of the year, routine repair and maintenance of the All Saints buildings has continued, including such things as repairs to the tiles on the Hall roof, the external oak door into the choir lobby, the priest’s chair and the filigree carving around the organ. During the course of what has been a very difficult 12 months for Tops, the nursery and preschool have been visited by the Hampshire County Council Childcare Development and Business Officer and by Ofsted and received glowing reports from both. With the exception 16 of two weeks in October, when a member of Tops staff tested positive for Covid-19 necessitating the site to close, the nursery and pre-school have remained open throughout the year. During the lockdowns they continued to provide care for the children of key workers. _Jonathan Cook._ ## **The Flower Guild** It has been my privilege to provide a floral arrangement in the church during this testing time. My hopes are that we can resume normal service soon providing more arrangements with the help of the flower team and offering floral tributes in memory of loved ones. I have now sourced totally biodegradable foam thus supporting our eco church policies. _Amanda Dawson._ ## **Bells and Flags** Everyone has missed the resounding chimes from our belfry but Larry Stace and his team of bellringers have been silent during all our prolonged lockdowns. We hope they will re-start in the near future. The absence of bell ringing has meant we can leave the heavy sound-proofing hatches open, allowing the Vicar easier access to our clock and our flag-raiser a less arduous climb to hoist the appropriate flag for our flag days. In the last year, despite the lockdown, there have been 23 occasions when flags flew from our flagstaff on the top of the tower, a feature appreciated by many townsfolk. We now have a flag for each of the four national saints (we still fly the saltire for St. Andrew not the SNP). Most of the occasions are ecclesiastical feasts but on seven occasions, we fly the Union Jack for our national holidays such as Coronation Day, the Queen’s Birthday and Remembrance Sunday. In October, we fly the UN flag for their day. These traditions continued unaltered. Some churches have adopted the Scandinavian and naval habit of flying a pennant when no other flag is flown indicating that the building is occupied, or the ship is in commission - maybe a matter for review in future? _Allan Hill_ ## **St Thomas Church Lymington Finance Report 2020** ## **Finance Committee** St Thomas Church Finance Committee members manage our church finances week by week throughout the year, on behalf of the PCC. The Committee usually meets six times a year, however, during March 2020 it started meeting weekly by zoom. Committee members are David Bridges, Bill Gulland, Maureen Harris, Judy Martin, Andy Payne, Peter Salisbury, Malcolm Ward. During this year we were pleased to accept Barbara Payne's offer of assistance with encourage giving through wills and legacies. We wish to record our gratitude to Gill Maunder and John Nivison who both play key roles in the management of our finances. ## **Balance Sheet** At the end of 2020 the financial assets controlled by the PCC totalled £669,641. **Income** During the year our total income was £202,726, the Parish Giving Scheme playing an important part; total PGS donations were £90,243 on which we claimed Gift Aid to the value of £21,157. During the year we were grateful to receive a grant of £2,000 for repairs to the glass entrance doors, from the Friends of St Thomas, also generous donations from church members and a legacy of £10,000. This additional income helped significantly to offset the negative effects of the pandemic on the last nine months of the year. Our total income during 2020 was some £40,000 less than that for 2019. 17 ## **Expenditure** During the year our total expenditure was £228,965, this being some £16,000 less than in 2019. This reflects the lack of church activities during the greater part of the year and the fact that the only major work carried out on St Thomas' Church buildings was the repair to the glass entrance doors. This expenditure figure includes our charitable donations made during the year. ## **Result for the year** The year ended with a deficit of £26,239, however this was reduced by the gains on our investments amounting to £14,294. The decrease in the PCC's funds over the year therefore amounted £11,945 ## **The Pandemic** This most unusual year has been a challenge to us all. We have been running on reserves, as have most, almost certainly all, of our Diocesan churches. There is, obviously, a limited time for which any parish church can continue like this. At least one parish has ruled out any buildings maintenance or repair and some cannot contribute in full their Common Mission Fund (Parish Share). Despite all, I look back with a sense of joy at the many ways in which, as a Christian church, we have been able to continue onwards together. The commitment and generosity evident at St Thomas has been outstanding and is a source of confidence. During 2020 the PCC was asked by the Diocese if we were able and willing to overpay our Common Mission Fund during 2021, which was unanimously agreed. Thus, we are privileged to be able to play this small part in helping those around us. ## **During this year** As from mid-March our in-church services were either closed down completely or at best were severely restricted. The church office was closed for most of the year. With annual outgoings normally close to a quarter of a million pounds, our financial wheels had to keep turning so for several months the finance committee met weekly. During the year the Finance Committee, as a sub-committee of the PCC, provided regular updates to the PCC and sought its formal approval of all major decisions. Amongst the many routine activities, the committee has: - tidied up its investment accounts, including some merging of funds. - set up cloud access for committee members to key finance files – N.B. personal details concerning donations, regular giving etc are not shared with committee members. - liaised with the All Saints Steering Group concerning All Saints expenses and insurance. - set up online banking for our main HSBC PCC account – enabling bill payments and wages to be made electronically. - continued to encourage regular giving to St Thomas Church. - set up, through stewardship.org.uk, a 'donate' facility on St Thomas' website. - made donations to our four good causes, plus Lymington Basics Bank and the Government's DEC Coronavirus Appeal. ## **Reserves Policy** The PCC reserves policy states: - _It is the policy of the PCC to hold an Operational Reserve to cover routine expenditure for a period of three months._ Currently £60,000 18 - _In addition, the PCC has designated a Buildings Reserve to meet unplanned expenditure on the fabric of our buildings, recognising that the PCC is responsible for maintaining three Grade II listed historic buildings: St Thomas Church, All Saints Church, and All Saints Hall._ Currently £200,000. ## **Future Expenses** Towards the end of the year expert advice was sought concerning the high-level problems with St Thomas' Church roofs, rainwater goods and walls, these contributing to the damp which is evident in our walls and is causing damage to them. In due course, we will also need to take advice and act concerning damp lower down our walls. It is the PCC's intention to address as much of this work as we can during the coming year. Our contracts with Tops Nursery were signed in late December; the PCC also intends to carry out work on the heating system at All Saints Church during 2021. In due course we hope to be able to take on further work to the courtyard and the area to the west of the church. The PCC is anticipating the following capital expenditure (figures here are estimates) **----- Start of picture text -----**
All Saints Church
Heating £100,000
Chancel and Groundwork for Quiet Garden £50,000
Architect’s Fees £5,000
Total for All Saints Church £155,000
St Thomas’ Church
Narthex £40,000
Courtyard £25,000
Replacement of Church gutters, downpipes and re- £150,000
pointing walls
Tree pollarding £12,000
Total for St Thomas’ Church £227,000
Total for All Saints and St Thomas’ £382,000
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The PCC being already committed to the All Saints Church items and tree pollarding, the Finance Committee recommended to the PCC at its November meeting that it should address the remaining capital spend items in order of importance, i.e. starting with necessary buildings repairs and maintenance. _Andy Payne._ 19 ## **APPENDIX 1 - CORE VALUES.** Guided and empowered by God’s Holy Spirit, we are part of the Christian Community in Lymington and District who are called to love God and all people. Therefore we: 1. Pray and Worship. Our worship: - Includes a variety of styles and traditions. - Is relevant to the people and issues of today Attracts and welcomes newcomers and visitors. - Has something for all ages. - Includes bible-based preaching. - Encourages spiritual growth within our congregations. 2. Grow as disciples of Christ. Every person is called to follow Christ and be a good steward of God's creation. We offer support in this through: - Teaching and nurture Learning from one another. - Prayer and study groups for all ages Identifying and training successors for all roles. - Identifying and developing quality leadership; both lay and ordained. - 3 Are committed to one another. Because of this we offer: - Mutual support and encouragement. - A positive, generous and forgiving attitude Opportunities to learn from one another. - An attractive and welcoming community. - 4 Reach out and share our faith. To do this we: - Talk about our faith (gossip the good news) with all ages Support worldwide missionary activities. - Invite people to learn about the Christian faith (e.g. Alpha and Lent Course) Respect and value people's individuality. - 5 Are here to serve others, both locally and globally. We do this: - By using our gifts in leadership and service in both voluntary and paid work. - By supporting those in need. - By supporting external organisations. - By challenging injustice and inequality of opportunity for all people regardless of social or cultural issues. - 6 Value our Anglican inheritance. In particular we value: - Our tradition of critical thinking. - The Parish system. - The scriptural basis for matters of faith. - Our adaptability to our cultural context. 20 ACCOUNTS 31ST DE￿BER 2C20 Inde enoent thxazxnor's R rt to thc cort ParochLal Church Couneil t+￿tt ¢>fA th• accounts 0£ the Parochial Church Council for the year eni?ed 31st Decethr 2020. whiclL aro Set ¢￿t on pagés 2 to 11. RÉS ctive ra Asxbilitiets of tho Trnstees of the PCC and Enm%ner 8 the TEu5tees 0£ the ?arochiaL Chuteh cO￿￿ClI you arc rcspotssibl £0£ -the preparation of tho acEount$ aecordancÉ with th• *￿-. t•trÈnts of -the Charitxes A¢e 2aLI (tho 2011 Act). You consider that an audit is not requi-ed for this yea= una¢t section 14412) of the 2011 Act thae an Inox you as trastoos Concer￿￿￿ any 3uth Aattots. pr?cedur•s ur.dortakor. do noe provide all thc ovxd•fje• ebat would be roquxred itt an au￿t. and consequcntly no opxnxon is given as to vhether the accounts pzwotst a and VI￿ and the report 15 ltsited to thos& Aatters s•e o￿t in the statÉfftorLt belov. IndeperAdeue Exauner. s Statoxent In eotLAèction with our exart attontion: no natter has COYLe to our (11 which giv05 Us Eea$t)rtable to bèlx•vet that in any aterial zespè¢t the rÉqu1reme￿ts a) to keep accountsng £eeord¥ ￿ accordaACe wlth seots¢)n 130 of the 2011 Act.- b) to prcpare aeeouAts wkieh accozd the accountsAg rècords and CQllLply with the accounting >eouirern@uts of the 2011 Act have Aot been net." or (2) ta ￿P￿Ch, in our opiitsn, attontion should be drairn In order to onablo a Froper ur.d¢rstan￿ng 0£ the accounts ti) bo rèaebÈd. 21st April 2021 73, Vigh st￿t. L¥V￿NGTry. Hants FC41 YEAR ENDED 31ST DEQiQER 2020 2020 2019 INCC*4ING RESCIJRtlS Voluntary Xnco 2(a) A¢tsVX￿eS for GeThera￿￿￿ Ft¥a4$ 2 (b) 2{c) 147.255 4,211 8.143 35.746 6.615 153,870 151.988 4,211 13.609 8.899 35.746 TrLv•stnont Incono 106 650 9,842 Church ￿￿￿tieS 2{dl 66.944 £195,355 £6,721 £6SO £202, 726 £242.383 chureh AC￿￿tieS 3{a) 219.937 6,266 650 226.853 242,862 4109 31b) 31c) 2,112 2.112 2.070 yotAL BESOUR￿s BXPEIIDED £222,049 £6,266 £650 £228. 965 £245,341 NET (OUT(X)INGI RESOURCfS (26.6941 455 (26.239) {2. 958) 41NS AND LOSSES ON STtWIS 12.897 1.397 14.294 37,957 (13.7971 455 1.397 (11,945) 34,999 EL￿a Balances at 1st JanuaEy 2020 660.100 318 21,168 681.5S6 646,587 FUND BArAN￿s AT 31ST DECf4B8R 2020 £646.303 £773 £22.565 £669.641 £681.586 31ST DECEHBLR 2020 2020 2019 ible Fu•d As$¢ts As at 1st January 2020 féss: Depreuation for the year 936 187 749 936 Inv*LStmérLts Endowwettt Fund Investments HaFgood Bequest 3.828 C.O.l.F. CharxtAes 10.560 9.935 Mxss B FW 586 C B F IThvc3tslleut Fwxi .005 11.233 22.565 21,168 UAre$trieted InvestmLryts C.B.F. DeptssAt k¢oynt 10,030 C.B.F. InVaSt￿One E￿tsa Sbaros 7.634 COIF ¢Jarities Ethical 329. 881 205.488 328,487 192,266 21,057 7.480 19.810 9.051 545 M & G Chariruz 563.906 549,614 Current Assets 2.891 5.845 Treazuzers Account St. Th0]￿ Renewal Accowit 81.012 2.068 2.539 ILO.508 2,571 934 8S.619 1.546 114.013 Ca$h Harkd 90.056 119.858 L•$$: Liabilitios - amounts £alliAg dJJe 4Xke year 7.635 9,990 82,421 109.868 £669, 641 £68L. 586 BAIANCE SHEET Icoatsnuedl 31ST DE(T￿lBER 2020 Note 2020 2019 utttestrxeted 646.303 660.100 R¢tstrictod 425 348 318 773 318 EndoTrrnEJnt Furlds Hapgood Bwest IPaEksh ChurctrA Fabzic) B. Honk (Youtb Tjlork) 10,560 12.005 9.935 11,233 22.565 21,158 £669.641 £681.586 proved by the Parothzal ChutelL Council on and 4ignod on its behalf by: V&car sut DR IY£ YEAR EWED 31ST D£CEbl8ER 2020 I. ACCOUNTING POLICIES I la) Accounting Convkntions ChuEeh A¢eountinq RegLila-aotLS 2006 t¢>￿th#tr With applxcable ccountkng staadards and the Cbaritios SORP IE2S102> . cost convenuall. except £oz the valTJation of ￿y￿Stj￿è￿Lt assets l (b) Fixed Asset¥ stateweAknS by s. 10 (21 la> of the CharAtses Act 2011, atsl Ao vaLua is placed oll church furn*2TrLings. All exponditure irAcarred durxng yaar OA coThseczated or bene£iced bukldws and movable hurch £u%￿Shings. xs writton EquipAets¢ uS￿d thè ChurcFA Pr￿*￿S is deprecxat*a at the rate f 20% on the tÉducing balats¢e basis. vith a purtha¥e price of £3.500 or l&ss aze when the a$$et is aL¥u￿ed. l (c) Invest*it Assets IrAvestJll&nts are valued at wkèt vaiUO at 31st DocATrbor. YOR THE IEAR ENDED IIST DE¢TrBER 2020 2020 2019 2 (a) Voluntary In¢one Flam1éd Gi￿ng. Gi£t id Donations 91.338 91,338 23,173 7.723 5,136 2,000 581 2,QQO 2,585 9,334 88,796 25.199 7,482 17.685 2.OCO Oth•t Piarhned thving CollectAons 7.723 5.136 2.000 sted Places 0£ WorS￿P GtatLt Friend¥ of St ThoAaS 581 2.000 2,585 30 2.885 7,67L 270 Donatsons 9,304 Legacies 10,000 10,000 147.255 6,615 153. 870 151. 988 2 Ib} Actsv¥tse$ for GeL•ratiThq Funds Vistas Ca£e Other Fund EvezAts oth•r Incone 1,605 668 1.938 1.605 668 1.938 6,827 683 6.099 4.211 4.211 13.609 2 (c) Inve$twÈtst IrLcoA8 Mxss Monk I s Beqiiest Hapgood, s Bequest 336 314 336 314 106 1,395 327 307 104 2,4SO 106 Interest 1,395 C. B. F. Tnvestwettt Fund C. O. I. F. Et￿Cal 5.756 5,756 5.589 627 365 627 365 6L3 452 8,143 106 650 8.899 9,842 2 (d} Churclk ActI￿tIeS PaEAsh Magazzlle 3,877 Monday Luneb 2.555 Hire - St. Hall 4,313 Hare - ALI Sa￿ts Cxurch attd Ilall 21,355 Faos 3.646 3,877 2,555 4.313 21.355 3.646 5.925 8,563 12,537 32,133 7.786 35.746 35.746 66.944 £195,355 £6,721 £6SO £202.726 £242,383 FOR YW ENDED 31ST D2(X4BER 2020 2020 3 la) Church ACti￿te¥ 14.600 1,302 3.378 14,600 1,302 3.378 19,282 1,767 8,243 Dxocesan Pazish Share Clér9y Worshi and Serkry2eS Cost of Sorrice5 131,236 2.252 131.236 126.585 2,252 3,228 335 7.786 730 431 335 7,786 730 431 1,394 7,970 1.472 419 Organ TuMAg and Repaxra btssic a￿a CILoir Ewllsos ses VateE Rates g￿t￿￿ and 1[4Xt￿g Ittsuranee 71 5.147 S.130 345 1.610 753 ?1 S,147 5.130 345 1,716 5.227 37 7,112 4.980 1,815 1.786 5.589 ios 4,160 314 All Saknt$ Ma" All Saints HeatAug or Works RM£iAg and ￿tterIng Work 1.SSI 9.940 200 2,115 15.301 4,711 12,085 1,355 1.185 273 2,233 234 300 st. Thomas Hall Exponses 1,382 i SaxAeS Church aad Elall ExFenses 24.763 Parish bkgazinÉ Expenses 3.359 Parish Secretary 10.352 ¢hurth Offx¢e 789 907 215 2,577 187 300 1,382 24.763 3,359 12.3S2 789 907 215 2.913 187 2.000 AdVer￿sIng azLd Leaflets Vasc•llan•ous *txpofAS6tS DePre￿atIon 0£ Equipueat 336 219. 937 6,266 650 226,853 242.862 3 (b) Costs •f G•tt•rAung Funts Fund zaisxng costs 409 3 (¢1 ¢overnarAc¢ Costs 2.112 2.112 2.070 £222,049 £6,266 £650 £228,965 ¥245,341 FOR tHE YL4R EI4DED 31ST DE1￿MBER 2020 Staf£ Cost8 2020 2019 12.793 13.350 Lwing the year the c￿￿￿1 eMpl*)y*3 • Parlsb SaczetaEy, a V•rgor and a JaAAto i>nè of who•L •arllod £60, 000 or nore. The aveEag Autsb*r of empl¢)￿s &Jriig tke year was 2. Zxternal Accountancy and EXa￿nation Fee¥ 2020 2019 *12 £2,070 5. ])ebtors and Prepa 2020 2019 1,777 1,114 4,172 1.673 £2.891 £5.845 6. lathilities: 2020 2019 2.613 600 500 3.922 3.545 3,000 250 3.195 Missiots £7.63S £9.990 Restricted Ftjnds ￿ th¢ aeeouttts are a# follows: appe41 was launchèd to ￿se £uzMls £•r the re£urbiElJw.t of st. Thenas Church. 2. Donatxons Fuud othgt ajlounts roceived for a Spe￿£IC PUXPC*8e are cre￿Led to thè debxted to the Dooauons Fund. sees relating to the Restricted k))Jds as follows: 2020 2019 Ca¥h at Bank £773 £318 NOTES TO FIHAKIAL STAMQNTS (coutinHwl) )R THS YEAR E￿￿ED 31ST DECEFfjER 2020 Investrnent Assets 2020 2019 ood st As at 1st Jaauary 2020 9.93S 625 9,935 625 8.398 1,53? AS at 31st DéceKbÈr 2020 10.560 10.560 9.935 AS at 1st January 2020 UnEethsed ga 11,233 772 11,233 ?72 9,463 1.770 ry at 31st Decembor 2020 12,005 12.005 11.233 tkntestricted Invest3￿t$ 1st JanuaEY 2020 Trattsfét st Thonas Hall Reinves￿￿ Xttcome 549. 614 549.614 497.649 14,865 2,450 34,650 1,395 12.897 1.395 12.897 £563.906 £563.906 £549. 614 Total valvats¢)n at 31st Decab¢r 2020 £563. 906 £22.565 £586.471 £570, 782 Total UnEealAsed Ca￿5 U2.897 U,397 £14,294 £37. 957 NOTES TO Tut FINANCLAL STArn4ENTS (contknued) FIX¢ THE YEAR L¥DED 31ST DECIMUER 2020 Trust: e patA$h Ilall TDJ5t incono and property o- the Trust May be applied eAthet tovards re￿r and 0£ the f•btic and contonts ¢£ the ParisFA Chuzeh of Lynington, ¢t ￿ otharvxse £urtheriThg the religxous and other charztable vork of thé Church of England. luvesttyent$ and balatsce at bank of the Tzust at 31st 2019 anounted to £137,452. Illv@sts*ent XAe¢WdQ ￿ the ytsar to 31st Dècubor 2020 aAount•a to £3.436 of w4ieh £2.000 vas donated Lo yniigtory Faroehial Church Cov)wl towards thé eost of Parish 10. Chari Xnv•sem•nt held by ¢awritable Trustees Irheze the arz5111g X$ e to the Farisb ￿ as follo¥s: E. Earley 1,295. 05 Incon6 U2xts Charitie3 Etkncal Investxer&t Fund IM•rket Value 313t Deoethr 2020 ¥3.5721 io FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DE￿)BER 2020 li. Stata*ent of ￿nall￿al Acti￿￿e5 for thè to 31st D•cenb•t 201 9 ToeaL 146.515 5.473 151, 9B8 L3.609 9,842 66.944 13.609 Invostmont Ine¢Ae 9.104 66.944 104 634 Chvxch Aetivtt*Ès £236.172 £5,577 £634 £242.383 Clxuteh Acti4rytieJ 235,054 409 7.174 634 242.862 Cost of Goneraurtg DlJrAds 409 2.070 2.070 £237.533 £7,174 £634 £245.341 (1.361) (1.597) <2. 958) On tevalvaknorL 34.650 3.307 37.957 33.289 (1.597) 3.307 34,999 Fottd Balanc@s at 1st January 2019 626.811 1.915 17.86L 646,587 FUND BALAWCES AT 31ST DECEMBER 2019 £660,100 £318 £21.168 £681.586 li ACCOUNTS 31ST DE￿BER 2C20 Inde enoent thxazxnor's R rt to thc cort ParochLal Church Couneil t+￿tt ¢>fA th• accounts 0£ the Parochial Church Council for the year eni?ed 31st Decethr 2020. whiclL aro Set ¢￿t on pagés 2 to 11. RÉS ctive ra Asxbilitiets of tho Trnstees of the PCC and Enm%ner 8 the TEu5tees 0£ the ?arochiaL Chuteh cO￿￿ClI you arc rcspotssibl £0£ -the preparation of tho acEount$ aecordancÉ with th• *￿-. t•trÈnts of -the Charitxes A¢e 2aLI (tho 2011 Act). You consider that an audit is not requi-ed for this yea= una¢t section 14412) of the 2011 Act thae an Inox you as trastoos Concer￿￿￿ any 3uth Aattots. pr?cedur•s ur.dortakor. do noe provide all thc ovxd•fje• ebat would be roquxred itt an au￿t. and consequcntly no opxnxon is given as to vhether the accounts pzwotst a and VI￿ and the report 15 ltsited to thos& Aatters s•e o￿t in the statÉfftorLt belov. IndeperAdeue Exauner. s Statoxent In eotLAèction with our exart attontion: no natter has COYLe to our (11 which giv05 Us Eea$t)rtable to bèlx•vet that in any aterial zespè¢t the rÉqu1reme￿ts a) to keep accountsng £eeord¥ ￿ accordaACe wlth seots¢)n 130 of the 2011 Act.- b) to prcpare aeeouAts wkieh accozd the accountsAg rècords and CQllLply with the accounting >eouirern@uts of the 2011 Act have Aot been net." or (2) ta ￿P￿Ch, in our opiitsn, attontion should be drairn In order to onablo a Froper ur.d¢rstan￿ng 0£ the accounts ti) bo rèaebÈd. 21st April 2021 73, Vigh st￿t. L¥V￿NGTry. Hants FC41 YEAR ENDED 31ST DEQiQER 2020 2020 2019 INCC*4ING RESCIJRtlS Voluntary Xnco 2(a) A¢tsVX￿eS for GeThera￿￿￿ Ft¥a4$ 2 (b) 2{c) 147.255 4,211 8.143 35.746 6.615 153,870 151.988 4,211 13.609 8.899 35.746 TrLv•stnont Incono 106 650 9,842 Church ￿￿￿tieS 2{dl 66.944 £195,355 £6,721 £6SO £202, 726 £242.383 chureh AC￿￿tieS 3{a) 219.937 6,266 650 226.853 242,862 4109 31b) 31c) 2,112 2.112 2.070 yotAL BESOUR￿s BXPEIIDED £222,049 £6,266 £650 £228. 965 £245,341 NET (OUT(X)INGI RESOURCfS (26.6941 455 (26.239) {2. 958) 41NS AND LOSSES ON STtWIS 12.897 1.397 14.294 37,957 (13.7971 455 1.397 (11,945) 34,999 EL￿a Balances at 1st JanuaEy 2020 660.100 318 21,168 681.5S6 646,587 FUND BArAN￿s AT 31ST DECf4B8R 2020 £646.303 £773 £22.565 £669.641 £681.586 31ST DECEHBLR 2020 2020 2019 ible Fu•d As$¢ts As at 1st January 2020 féss: Depreuation for the year 936 187 749 936 Inv*LStmérLts Endowwettt Fund Investments HaFgood Bequest 3.828 C.O.l.F. CharxtAes 10.560 9.935 Mxss B FW 586 C B F IThvc3tslleut Fwxi .005 11.233 22.565 21,168 UAre$trieted InvestmLryts C.B.F. DeptssAt k¢oynt 10,030 C.B.F. InVaSt￿One E￿tsa Sbaros 7.634 COIF ¢Jarities Ethical 329. 881 205.488 328,487 192,266 21,057 7.480 19.810 9.051 545 M & G Chariruz 563.906 549,614 Current Assets 2.891 5.845 Treazuzers Account St. Th0]￿ Renewal Accowit 81.012 2.068 2.539 ILO.508 2,571 934 8S.619 1.546 114.013 Ca$h Harkd 90.056 119.858 L•$$: Liabilitios - amounts £alliAg dJJe 4Xke year 7.635 9,990 82,421 109.868 £669, 641 £68L. 586 BAIANCE SHEET Icoatsnuedl 31ST DE(T￿lBER 2020 Note 2020 2019 utttestrxeted 646.303 660.100 R¢tstrictod 425 348 318 773 318 EndoTrrnEJnt Furlds Hapgood Bwest IPaEksh ChurctrA Fabzic) B. Honk (Youtb Tjlork) 10,560 12.005 9.935 11,233 22.565 21,158 £669.641 £681.586 proved by the Parothzal ChutelL Council on and 4ignod on its behalf by: V&car sut DR IY£ YEAR EWED 31ST D£CEbl8ER 2020 I. ACCOUNTING POLICIES I la) Accounting Convkntions ChuEeh A¢eountinq RegLila-aotLS 2006 t¢>￿th#tr With applxcable ccountkng staadards and the Cbaritios SORP IE2S102> . cost convenuall. except £oz the valTJation of ￿y￿Stj￿è￿Lt assets l (b) Fixed Asset¥ stateweAknS by s. 10 (21 la> of the CharAtses Act 2011, atsl Ao vaLua is placed oll church furn*2TrLings. All exponditure irAcarred durxng yaar OA coThseczated or bene£iced bukldws and movable hurch £u%￿Shings. xs writton EquipAets¢ uS￿d thè ChurcFA Pr￿*￿S is deprecxat*a at the rate f 20% on the tÉducing balats¢e basis. vith a purtha¥e price of £3.500 or l&ss aze when the a$$et is aL¥u￿ed. l (c) Invest*it Assets IrAvestJll&nts are valued at wkèt vaiUO at 31st DocATrbor. YOR THE IEAR ENDED IIST DE¢TrBER 2020 2020 2019 2 (a) Voluntary In¢one Flam1éd Gi￿ng. Gi£t id Donations 91.338 91,338 23,173 7.723 5,136 2,000 581 2,QQO 2,585 9,334 88,796 25.199 7,482 17.685 2.OCO Oth•t Piarhned thving CollectAons 7.723 5.136 2.000 sted Places 0£ WorS￿P GtatLt Friend¥ of St ThoAaS 581 2.000 2,585 30 2.885 7,67L 270 Donatsons 9,304 Legacies 10,000 10,000 147.255 6,615 153. 870 151. 988 2 Ib} Actsv¥tse$ for GeL•ratiThq Funds Vistas Ca£e Other Fund EvezAts oth•r Incone 1,605 668 1.938 1.605 668 1.938 6,827 683 6.099 4.211 4.211 13.609 2 (c) Inve$twÈtst IrLcoA8 Mxss Monk I s Beqiiest Hapgood, s Bequest 336 314 336 314 106 1,395 327 307 104 2,4SO 106 Interest 1,395 C. B. F. Tnvestwettt Fund C. O. I. F. Et￿Cal 5.756 5,756 5.589 627 365 627 365 6L3 452 8,143 106 650 8.899 9,842 2 (d} Churclk ActI￿tIeS PaEAsh Magazzlle 3,877 Monday Luneb 2.555 Hire - St. Hall 4,313 Hare - ALI Sa￿ts Cxurch attd Ilall 21,355 Faos 3.646 3,877 2,555 4.313 21.355 3.646 5.925 8,563 12,537 32,133 7.786 35.746 35.746 66.944 £195,355 £6,721 £6SO £202.726 £242,383 FOR YW ENDED 31ST D2(X4BER 2020 2020 3 la) Church ACti￿te¥ 14.600 1,302 3.378 14,600 1,302 3.378 19,282 1,767 8,243 Dxocesan Pazish Share Clér9y Worshi and Serkry2eS Cost of Sorrice5 131,236 2.252 131.236 126.585 2,252 3,228 335 7.786 730 431 335 7,786 730 431 1,394 7,970 1.472 419 Organ TuMAg and Repaxra btssic a￿a CILoir Ewllsos ses VateE Rates g￿t￿￿ and 1[4Xt￿g Ittsuranee 71 5.147 S.130 345 1.610 753 ?1 S,147 5.130 345 1,716 5.227 37 7,112 4.980 1,815 1.786 5.589 ios 4,160 314 All Saknt$ Ma" All Saints HeatAug or Works RM£iAg and ￿tterIng Work 1.SSI 9.940 200 2,115 15.301 4,711 12,085 1,355 1.185 273 2,233 234 300 st. Thomas Hall Exponses 1,382 i SaxAeS Church aad Elall ExFenses 24.763 Parish bkgazinÉ Expenses 3.359 Parish Secretary 10.352 ¢hurth Offx¢e 789 907 215 2,577 187 300 1,382 24.763 3,359 12.3S2 789 907 215 2.913 187 2.000 AdVer￿sIng azLd Leaflets Vasc•llan•ous *txpofAS6tS DePre￿atIon 0£ Equipueat 336 219. 937 6,266 650 226,853 242.862 3 (b) Costs •f G•tt•rAung Funts Fund zaisxng costs 409 3 (¢1 ¢overnarAc¢ Costs 2.112 2.112 2.070 £222,049 £6,266 £650 £228,965 ¥245,341 FOR tHE YL4R EI4DED 31ST DE1￿MBER 2020 Staf£ Cost8 2020 2019 12.793 13.350 Lwing the year the c￿￿￿1 eMpl*)y*3 • Parlsb SaczetaEy, a V•rgor and a JaAAto i>nè of who•L •arllod £60, 000 or nore. The aveEag Autsb*r of empl¢)￿s &Jriig tke year was 2. Zxternal Accountancy and EXa￿nation Fee¥ 2020 2019 *12 £2,070 5. ])ebtors and Prepa 2020 2019 1,777 1,114 4,172 1.673 £2.891 £5.845 6. lathilities: 2020 2019 2.613 600 500 3.922 3.545 3,000 250 3.195 Missiots £7.63S £9.990 Restricted Ftjnds ￿ th¢ aeeouttts are a# follows: appe41 was launchèd to ￿se £uzMls £•r the re£urbiElJw.t of st. Thenas Church. 2. Donatxons Fuud othgt ajlounts roceived for a Spe￿£IC PUXPC*8e are cre￿Led to thè debxted to the Dooauons Fund. sees relating to the Restricted k))Jds as follows: 2020 2019 Ca¥h at Bank £773 £318 NOTES TO FIHAKIAL STAMQNTS (coutinHwl) )R THS YEAR E￿￿ED 31ST DECEFfjER 2020 Investrnent Assets 2020 2019 ood st As at 1st Jaauary 2020 9.93S 625 9,935 625 8.398 1,53? AS at 31st DéceKbÈr 2020 10.560 10.560 9.935 AS at 1st January 2020 UnEethsed ga 11,233 772 11,233 ?72 9,463 1.770 ry at 31st Decembor 2020 12,005 12.005 11.233 tkntestricted Invest3￿t$ 1st JanuaEY 2020 Trattsfét st Thonas Hall Reinves￿￿ Xttcome 549. 614 549.614 497.649 14,865 2,450 34,650 1,395 12.897 1.395 12.897 £563.906 £563.906 £549. 614 Total valvats¢)n at 31st Decab¢r 2020 £563. 906 £22.565 £586.471 £570, 782 Total UnEealAsed Ca￿5 U2.897 U,397 £14,294 £37. 957 NOTES TO Tut FINANCLAL STArn4ENTS (contknued) FIX¢ THE YEAR L¥DED 31ST DECIMUER 2020 Trust: e patA$h Ilall TDJ5t incono and property o- the Trust May be applied eAthet tovards re￿r and 0£ the f•btic and contonts ¢£ the ParisFA Chuzeh of Lynington, ¢t ￿ otharvxse £urtheriThg the religxous and other charztable vork of thé Church of England. luvesttyent$ and balatsce at bank of the Tzust at 31st 2019 anounted to £137,452. Illv@sts*ent XAe¢WdQ ￿ the ytsar to 31st Dècubor 2020 aAount•a to £3.436 of w4ieh £2.000 vas donated Lo yniigtory Faroehial Church Cov)wl towards thé eost of Parish 10. Chari Xnv•sem•nt held by ¢awritable Trustees Irheze the arz5111g X$ e to the Farisb ￿ as follo¥s: E. Earley 1,295. 05 Incon6 U2xts Charitie3 Etkncal Investxer&t Fund IM•rket Value 313t Deoethr 2020 ¥3.5721 io FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DE￿)BER 2020 li. Stata*ent of ￿nall￿al Acti￿￿e5 for thè to 31st D•cenb•t 201 9 ToeaL 146.515 5.473 151, 9B8 L3.609 9,842 66.944 13.609 Invostmont Ine¢Ae 9.104 66.944 104 634 Chvxch Aetivtt*Ès £236.172 £5,577 £634 £242.383 Clxuteh Acti4rytieJ 235,054 409 7.174 634 242.862 Cost of Goneraurtg DlJrAds 409 2.070 2.070 £237.533 £7,174 £634 £245.341 (1.361) (1.597) <2. 958) On tevalvaknorL 34.650 3.307 37.957 33.289 (1.597) 3.307 34,999 Fottd Balanc@s at 1st January 2019 626.811 1.915 17.86L 646,587 FUND BALAWCES AT 31ST DECEMBER 2019 £660,100 £318 £21.168 £681.586 li