## **THE PARISH OF ST THOMAS, LYMINGTON WITH ALL SAINTS, WOODSIDE** **2025 REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE** ## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL** **TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING** **TUESDAY 5[TH] MAY 2026** **7.30PM** **ST. THOMAS CHURCH** **Registered Charity Number 1128119** 1 ## **AGENDA** ## **PRAYERS** ## **APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE** ## **MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS** 1. Election of Churchwardens from 2026-2027 (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 reasons 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 2025 Minutes 3. Election of Representatives to the Deanery Synod 4. Election of Parochial Church Council members 5. 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 2025 - ii. Statement of the funds and property of the PCC - iii. To appoint independent examiners - d) The annual fabric report under section 50 of the Ecclesiastical jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 6. Any other business of Parochial or general interest to be submitted in writing one week in advance of the ACPM to the PCC Secretary via e-mail to the Secretary at pcc.secretary@lymingtonchurch.org Sara Braxton Honorary Secretary, Lymington PCC - (1) In accordance with the Churchwardens’ Measure 2001 - (2) In accordance with the Church Representation Rules 2020 - (3) Item 5 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 2025** ## **Aims and Purposes** The St Thomas with All Saints Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility for cooperation with the incumbent, the Revd Lee Thompson, in promoting in the ecclesiastical Parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Parish Church of St Thomas and the Chapel of Ease of All Saints. ## **Administrative information** The Parish of St Thomas with All Saints, is part of the Diocese of Winchester within the Church of England. The address for correspondence is: The Parish O_ice, St Thomas Church, St Thomas Street, Lymington SO41 9ND. Telephone 01590 676194. Email : o_ice@lymingtonchurch.org. Website : www.lymingtonchurch.org **Personnel:** Incumbent : The Revd Lee Thompson Churchwardens: Chris Stroud, Daphne Johnston Licensed Lay Minister Emeritus : Malcolm Ward Parish Administrator : Suzie Napleton Organist : Peter Roper-Curzon Verger, Sacristan – St Thomas : Helen Pocklington Treasurer : Chris Stroud Inspecting Architect : Ryan Bunce of Ryan Bunce & Co Independent Examiner : Hope Jones, Chartered Accountant, Lymington SO41 9ZG **PCC Members** who served from the ACPM 2025 until the date this report was approved are: |Incumbent :|The Revd Lee Thompson| |---|---| |Churchwardens :|Chris Stroud ( Vice-Chairman), Daphne Johnston| |Licensed Lay Minister Emeritus:|Malcolm Ward| |Deanery Synod Representative|| |To APCM 2026|Pat Cashin (Resigned since APCM 2025), Sylvia Pepin,| ||Celia Swan, Michael Standage (Resigned since APCM| ||2025)| |Elected Members :|| |---|---| |To APCM 2026|Jonathan Cook, Malcolm Ward| |To APCM 2027|Sally Drury (Resigned since APCM 2025), Mary Hill| |To APCM 2028|Karen Brett, David Bridges, Sheelagh Hetherington, Joan| ||Hawton-Fawkes, Ann Morrish, Jeremy Vines| **The Electoral Roll :** The Electoral Roll stands at 206 with 150 being resident and 56 nonresidents. 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 about 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, Minutes of the PCC meetings are made available in the Parish Church O_ice. 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-o%icio members_ in 2025 were the Vicar (Chairman), the Churchwardens, the Finance O_icer, the chair of the Fabric Committee and the PCC Secretary. **The Finance Committee** , chaired by Karen Brett, prepares and monitors the annual budget and reports directly to the PCC. **The Fabric Committee** chaired by Jeremy Vines, 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-o%icio_ **Trustees of Lymington CofE Infant School** and of two Trusts associated with the Parish. ## **Objectives and Activities** The Parish Vocation is “to be the town church in Lymington, o_ering 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 Church seeks to become a church for all generations; holding the vision to be a church that is “Growing Younger Together”. 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. 4 ## **REPORTS** ## **VICAR’S REPORT** This year our parish church celebrated its 775[th] Anniversary with a wide-ranging series of events. The programme began with a civic reception to welcome representatives from local schools, charities, businesses, churches and civic institutions. About ten years ago the PCC adopted the vocation “to be the parish church for the town of Lymington”, and it was good to see so many representatives from our civic life. are grateful to St Barbe Museum for their research and curation of the history exhibition, and to the members of St. Thomas Guild of Flower Arrangers and the members of Lymington Flower Club who created a beautiful and spectacular event. Having both Lymington CofE Infant School involved in the River of Life and TOPS All Saints coming to take part in activities was the icing on the cake for community engagement. The 775[th] Patronal Festival was celebrated with a Eucharist on Sunday 6[th] July by the Bishop of Southampton the Rt Revd Rhiannon King. The celebration was accompanied by the Robins Choir and included the dedication of the Lymington Christus created by Peter Eugene Ball and funded by the Friends of St Thomas Church. The Lymington Christus has been installed in the East Window of the Courtenay Chapel which celebrated its own 700[th] anniversary. Throughout the year we witnessed continued signs of growth in our congregation, and 2025 saw the October census numbers finally return to 2019 pre-covid levels. In October 2025, an average of 189 people attended our Sunday services (173 adults + 16 children), compared with an average of 188 in 2019 (185 adults + 3 children). Several factors lay behind this growth: Bubble Church attracting children and families, our Choral Eucharist going from strength to strength and more young adults joining our Sunday services. Behind these factors are many faithful and quietly diligent volunteers. I o_er my heartfelt thanks to the Churchwardens, PCC members and elected o_icers, choir and service teams, activity leaders and volunteers, sta_ and everyone who contributes to the life of the church. From those in the tower who call us to worship, to those who visit people in need, however you help, your prayer, support and generosity are deeply appreciated. be a church growing “Younger” by nurturing links with families, our schools and a sense of joie de vivre. It is to be a church that is growing younger “Together” by serving through our gifts, serving the community and the wider church. I commend to you the reports below. Revd. Lee Thompson (Vicar) ## **Worship Services** The Sunday services are : 8am Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion, 9am Bubble Church for young children and parents, 10am Common Worship Holy Communion with the choir and organ. There is an opportunity to meet over co_ee after the 10am Service. There is a regular communion service on Wednesday mornings and a monthly choral Evensong. The numbers of 5 Sunday worshippers continued to increase during the year, and have now returned to 2019 preCovid levels Revd Lee Thompson ## **Pastoral Report** The pastoral care team has continued to visit church members in need, either in their own homes, in Care Homes or hospitals to bring comfort, practical help, prayer and companionship as well as home communion. The team is growing, both in numbers and in recognition of its existence and purpose. This has happened, mainly, I believe, as a result of two opportunities. congregation; standing in the front of the church where we could be seen and heard. This put names to faces and faces to names and explained our purpose. As a result of which people who had wanted a visit were better able to make themselves known to us. And they did. The second opportunity came as part of our January series of three services themed “Pray, Care, Give”. During these we were given the chance to promote the pastoral care team as a means of o_ering care both in our church and in the community. We were able, albeit briefly, to encourage others to join the team. And they did. At the last count we had gained two new members. Chaplain. Once in place, this person will, among other initiatives, give a lead and increased coordination to the e_orts of the pastoral care team. All in all, positive progress for our church in terms of pastoral care. Sally Drury ## **Prayer Ministry Report** “For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them” Matt 18 v. 20 As the verse in Matthew tells us, it is good to come together to pray and regular prayer activities have been enjoyed throughout the year. Every weekday Morning Prayer is held on Zoom so people can join in from the comfort of their own home. It is led by the regular members and they are joined by members of St Mark’s Pennington. Details of how to log on are given in the Weekly News Sheet. Saturday Morning Prayers are held at St Thomas Church and we pray for the work of the Parish, for projects and the people of the Parish. Included are the prayer requests left on the Prayer Tree along with items on the Weekly News Sheet. We thank God for the many opportunities for prayer during our worship services and for those who faithfully lead our intercessions. Also, there are the small groups who pray together: House 6 Groups, Messy Church, Bubble Church and all the other meetings which hold prayer foundational to their activities. The prayer list on the Weekly News Sheet highlights prayer requests. In addition, the Prayer Chain Team is alerted to prayer requests, which are made through the Church O_ice, and these are prayed for in confidence as are prayer requests “posted” in the Bubble Church and Toddler Group red letter boxes. Jane Cook ## **Deanery Synod** The Lyndhurst Deanery Synod includes our Area Dean the Revd Simon Newham, clergy and elected representatives from each local parish. The number of elected representatives per parish is based on the size of the parish’s electoral roll. We meet three times a year at various Parish churches within Lyndhurst Deanery. The meetings include presentations and last year the subjects were: A) Consultation on Diocesan Finance given by Colin Harbridge, Diocesan Secretary and Chief Operating O_icer and Elspbeth Mackeggie-Gurney, chair of Diocesan Finance Committee. b) Positive Energy Project given by Stephen Dominy, Energy Adviser from the Good Neighbourhood Network a Hampshire wide umbrella organisation of which there are 119 groups of twelve in this area/deanery C) New Forest Show Tent 2025 report, given by David Potterton, chair of the Church Tent, amazingly there were 180 volunteers! Plus, Deanery Mission, Pastoral Committee reports, General Synod News and the links with Rwanda. A very interesting and informative role, which at the time of writing St Thomas has vacancies for one or two more Deanery Synod representatives to join the PCC. Pat Cashin ## **Church Choir and Organist.** It is now over a year since Peter Roper-Curzon became our Organist at St Thomas. He continues to delight us with his performances and support for the choir. We are very pleased to have had Chris Burton and Helen Woodgates provide excellent cover for Peter’s holidays. They both bring a di_erent dimension to both practices and worship. The choir continues to be an enthusiastic team and we regularly have a good attendance at 10am Sung Eucharist. Our numbers are swelled with friends from neighbouring parishes and local singing groups for our increasingly popular Choral Evensongs and Easter and Christmas Services. Whilst a couple of members have left because they have moved away from the area, we have gained new adult members and very encouragingly some younger members. We welcome all new members but especially young members, tenors and basses. 7 Some very generous donations have supported the replacement of the church hymn books and have enabled us to purchase new Anthem and Evensong Books which are well suited to the make up and abilities of the Choir. ## Karen Brett ## **Children and Families** In 2024 we launched a more cohesive banner of Children and Families upon my appointment as Children and Families worker in June 2024. The following services and ministry activities sit under the Children and Families banner, Bubble Church, Messy Church, Glitter and Glue, St Thomas Toddlers, Schools work (including Experience Easter) and outreach with Topps nursery ## **Bubble Church** service is for families with younger children and is a puppet-packed, Jesus-centred, co_ee-andcroissant fuelled, 30 minute kids and families’ adventure. Through 2025 we have seen our reach grow wider and we had contact with almost 50 families on our contact list. Each week we have between 6-12 families join us for services, with an ever growing number of regular attenders. It is a joy to see whole families worshipping God together in a fun and accessible way as we share God’s amazing true story of the Bible and respond in creative ways together. Hospitality is a core value at the heart of Bubble Church and we have evolved this to include co_ee and pastries (along with other breakfast foods!) both before the service and after to create a time and space to grow community and fellowship. Bubble Church hosts a brunch each term, held in the hall after the service. We gather at brunch, eat more, spend time with one another and use the time to share ideas and inspiration on how to share faith at home – as well as having time to make new friends. There were 4 baptisms at Bubble Church in 2025 and more in the pipeline for this coming year, Work continued to publicise and reach out to families in the local area using social media and increase the reach of Bubble Church. This activity is video based and shows aspects and flavours of Bubble Church as a window to the services (and the puppets). Puppets visit schools for collective worship and make appearances at St Thomas Toddlers as we thread our services and groups together to create a flow for families. Over the summer Bubble Church services took a pause to refresh review and allow for team to have a break. To continue momentum, we held 2 activities for families that had elements of Bubble Church in the gatherings. These were a mid-week afternoon “Stay, Play, Co_ee and Cake” session and a Sunday afternoon Puppet picnic which led us to our first birthday party! In September we gathered with many of our Bubble Church family to celebrate one year of Bubble Church. There were puppets, prayer, worship and of course Jelly, ice cream and cake! In October Bubble Church hit the road as the team took Bubble Church to Topps nursery for a harvest service where we were joined by 20 children plus many of the team. We hope to build on this in 2026. We have an amazing team at Bubble Church and are always looking to add to our number. 8 ## **Messy Church** In 2025 Messy Church continued in our host home of Lymington Infant School. The community has reached over 60 families to date. Usual attendance is around 15-20 families per Messy Church. Running monthly, this can mean that over school holidays we don’t have sessions and we focussed on maximising the number of Messy Churches we could run to build consistency. We added to the number of linked events and hosted a Pancake Party on Shrove Tuesday, alongside our December Christmas Crafternoon – which were held in the church hall to create that link between church and Messy Church. We continue to live the values of Messy Church by being Christ-centred, all age; by providing hospitality, activities with creativity and a time of celebration to bring it all together – all in an hour! The challenges for Messy Church are around momentum (running monthly in term time) which slows down the building of new relationships, and the time constraints of after school – but the team give it all their all and we have had some fabulous sessions with high engagement and lots of action songs! ## **Schools Collective Worship:** Both Reverend Lee and I support Lymington Infant School with a whole school act of collective worship which runs each week. These are interactive acts of collective worship that are planned as part of the school day. Services are planned around a 2-year cycle of themes, values and Bible stories for the school to engage with and respond to. Since starting in the role of Children and Families Worker, I have been blessed with the privilege of supporting collective worship fortnightly at Pennington CE Junior School, and getting to know the children in our wider community. Collective worship is a joy to be able to support our local schools with. ## **Glitter and Glue** Is a draft-based lunch club that runs in Lymington Infant School on a Thursday lunchtime. Each session explores a Christian theme via storytelling, activities and crafts that are based around the key ingredients of glitter and glue. The children and chosen by the teachers to attend the club and each cohort has 12 children who journey together through a term, in space that is created just for them to explore and express themselves. Sessions include “God knows my name” where the children make a name bracelet and a name badge, God knows all about me and they decorate card people to make a group collage, to dream catchers where we explore our dreams for the future! ## **Experience Easter** In 2025, we continued to host an “Experience Easter” for school. Experience Easter is an interactive journey through Jesus’ last week with his disciples. The children journey from the excitement and celebration of Palm Sunday, to the sadness of the cross and finally to the joy and hope of the empty tomb. There are 6 stations where there is something to listen to, something to see, do and participate in. This has been well received by adults and children and we hear stories that the children have taken their grown up’s into church afterwards to share what they have learned and experienced. In 2025 we hosted all six classes from Lymington Infant School and year 3 from Pennington Juniors. We bring to life the Easter journey for the children (and teachers) to support their learning in school and beyond. 9 ## **St. Thomas Toddlers** St Thomas Toddlers continues to meet in the Church Hall every Tuesday morning during school term time and continues to be popular with local families. We have, on average 18 families who attend. We provide a safe space for the children to play and for the adults to chat and make new friends. We have a wide variety of toys out for the children to play with and the session ends with story time – often a Bible story followed by singing. We have had some very heart warming comments from parents over the year about how grateful they are to be able to come out and spend the morning with us, even when the weather is bad. With the introduction of a registration sheet through which parents/carers can give permission to be contacted by the Church we can now send out emails about all children’s, families, and other activities organised by the Church. During the last year we have had visits from the Bubble Church puppets who have come and performed a Bible story. Several members of the Toddler Team also help with Bubble Church so are able to talk about what goes on and provide a familiar face if a family comes to Bubble Church. We have a dedicated team of helpers and we would love to have more! You don’t have to come every week or for a full session, you can help with the drinks for adults and children, be on the welcome desk, talk to the parents and carers or just sit and play with the children! We work on a half termly rota so no long term planning/commitment is needed! could be our future Church members and leaders. The Toddler Group provides St Thomas’s with a great opportunity for outreach. Barbara Payne We look forward to seeing what 2026 has in store for Children and Families at St Thomas Church! Helen Thompson ## **Safeguarding** The PCC is responsible for Safeguarding within the Parish and during 2025 has complied with its objective to have “due regard” to the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance. It has appointed a Parish Safeguarding O_icer (PSO) and Safeguarding is a standing item on every PCC agenda. Prior to the start of the year, the PCC approved the Safeguarding Annual Plan. The focus of this Plan was twofold. Firstly, there was the need to stay on top of the routine safeguarding activities of DBS checks, safer recruitment, training of our volunteers and ensuring that policies and risk assessments are implemented; these have remained a demanding constant. Secondly, the PCC decided to spend time this year considering the newly introduced National Safeguarding Standards. During their two extra meetings, in February and October, they discussed Safeguarding Standard 1 and looked at “Promoting a healthy and safe culture” and “Promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups”. Finally, for the third year running, St Thomas’ took part in Safeguarding Sunday. It proved to be a wonderful opportunity to remind all that safeguarding really is everyone’s responsibility. Jonathan Cook Parish Safeguarding O_icer 10 ## **Health and Safety** ## **Health and Safety** The Health & Safety policy of St Thomas’ with All Saints, Woodside, remained as updated in March 2023 during the period since the last APCM. The policy 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 provide such information as is needed for this purpose, including supervision and training. The Health and Safety O_icer (HSO), through the PCC, endeavours to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of all parishioners, visitors, contractors, and others who enter the churches, halls, churchyards, grounds and associated buildings. The policy is renewed at regular intervals by the Incumbent, the Churchwardens and the PCC. ## **Risk Assessments** Risk Assessments were undertaken by the acting HSO for all relevant activities that took place at St Thomas’ Church and Church Hall. Risk assessments for certain occasions may be delegated to an alternate competent person if appropriate. Risk assessments for regular activities e.g. worship and Vistas Café, were updated and continue to be monitored. Risk assessments for any Remembrance Sunday Service, concerts and events run by the Friends of St Thomas’ Church and other groups, were undertaken or reviewed and updated before each event. Checks to confirm the safety of all St Thomas’ Church buildings e.g., fire hazards, trip hazards and heating and lighting, were managed by the acting HSO on a regular basis and reviewed by the PCC. A new Ecclesiastical (our insurers) fire risk assessment was completed in 2025 and filed on Churchdesk (our administrative system), following review by the PCC. ## **Public Liability Insurance** Public Liability Insurance was in place at both St Thomas and All Saints Churches during the period to protect sta_, volunteer workers and members of the public during activities for which the church was responsible, e.g. acts of worship and meetings. 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 the church and/or the church all are validated by the Church Administrator to confirm that the application has this in place. The Certificate of Public Liability Insurance held by ‘Tops’ nursery school, who lease All Saints Church and its Church Hall and grounds, is validated annually by the PCC member on the All Saints’ Management Committee. ## **Risk Management** The members of the PCC, as charity trustees, are responsible for identifying and managing the possible and probable risks that both St. Thomas Church and All Saints church may face. It is a key part of e_ective governance. The trustees also recognise that not all risks can be identified or eliminated. Over the past year, the trustees confirm that they have attempted to consider the major risks to which the charity is exposed and have sought to put in place systems or procedures to manage and mitigate these risks. Examples of actions that have taken place since the last APCM are: timed evacuation of the building and a full refresh of our Ecclesiastical fire risk assessment document. A review of the appropriate capacity of the Church and hall for all services and events. 11 Process improvements to ensure that standardised risk assessment documentation is in place for all activities. A reduction in the number of trees in our annual Christmas Tree Festival that reduced possible fire risk and actually enhanced the overall experience. We will continue in the coming year to be vigilant and work on enhancing our arrangements to manage additional risks as they become apparent Chris Stroud ## **ECO Church and Net Zero Carbon** With a church and hall in regular use during the week, we have a larger carbon footprint than many churches, and continue in our e_orts to reduce it (and save money!). During the year, an infrared panel heater has been installed for the Courtenay Chapel, and we believe it will be e_ective and avoid having to heat the whole of the church. The Energy Group have also been working on replacing the hall windows, which leak heat, and hope to obtain permission to install new windows in 2026. Our carbon footprint for 2025 was 21.8 tonnes of CO2 (gross). Our 2024 footprint was 21.4, so this year’s was a slight increase, but when weather-adjusted, it’s a slight decrease, which is great news! But we are a long way o_ the Church of England target of reducing to Net Zero Carbon by 2030. In the light of the new Eco Church survey questions, we continued to make progress: for example discontinuing the use of floral foam in flower arrangements, and moving to Fairtrade communion wine. We marked Creationtide in September with “A Christian look at the Environment” and continue to publicise Eco Tips in the weekly news sheet. Churchyard volunteers have a smart new shed for equipment, thanks to the Friends. In July, Eco Church reps from surrounding churches came for a tour of our churchyard, and then we shared good practice, as part of a regular pattern of visits. We continued our recording of birds and butterflies, in one count noting 35 butterflies from 8 di_erent species. In the autumn one of our churchyard volunteers removed some turf from the long grass area and seeded it with wild flower seeds, so we await increased biodiversity in 2026! Jeremy Vines and Rosie Ward ## **Mission Links** In 2025, the Church made gifts to the Leprosy Mission, Mission to Seafarers, Mission Aviation fellowship, New Forest For Ukraine and New Forest Food Bank. We enjoyed visits to Sunday Services from representatives of our mission partners to keep us updated about their work. This year the church also followed the tradition of churches in Lyndhurst Deanery and adopted a companion link with the Anglican Church in Rwanda. St Thomas welcomed Bishop Jean-Pierre from Karongi Diocese who visited our Church and Lymington Church of England School. The Vicar accepted an invitation to join the Bishop of Southampton and other deanery representatives attending the centenary celebrations of the Anglican Church in Rwanda at Gahini Cathedral. **Mission Aviation Fellowship** – The PCC has continued to support Mission Aviation Fellowship, the world's largest humanitarian air operator, in its worldwide work flying light aircraft and bringing 12 medical care, emergency relief and long term development to over 1500 aid, development and mission organisations. Tim Cosby is our regional MAF representative and he and his family attended our 10.00am service on 8[th] February to report on the latest news from MAF. A quarterly Magazine and monthly Prayer Diary is provided by MAF and can be found in the Church Narthex. On September 27[th] we staged a MAF day at St Thomas in partnership with Lymington URC. Tim and his team brought an aircraft and flight simulator which created great interest from passersby at both churches. On Sunday March 3[rd] 2025 Kate Hanks and the Sway Handbell Ringers presented a musical afternoon at St Thomas which raised nearly £500 to add to the £3000 donated by the PCC and they plan to do this again in 2026. David Hanks ## **The Leprosy Mission** Our church has been linked with The Leprosy Mission for many years. T.L.M. have been recipients of many donations from the PCC as they are one of our chosen charities. There is an annual Leprosy Mission Sunday when a representative of T.L.M. attends our service, brings us updates of their various projects, which is accompanied by a film. The collection from the service is donated to T.L.M. and the congregation has the opportunity to make their own personal donation. (This is a good fundraising opportunity). Additionally, we receive quarterly Prayer Updates together with copies of their magazine and Gift catalogue (These are available on the Missions table, free of charge) The link works very well. T.L.M. always acknowledge, and are appreciative of our support. Thank you everyone for your contributions. Jenny Jones ## **New Forest Basics Bank** The Church of St Thomas continues to have a good relationship with Lymington’s Basics Bank and they remain one of the four charities to receive a yearly financial contribution from the Church. The congregation at Harvest Festival were very generous with their o_erings of goods to aid the continuous distributions made by the Basics Bank. During a 10am Sunday Service in April a Basic Bank representative gave the congregation a short update of their work within the community. Joan Horton-Fawkes ## **Lymington Infants CE (Aided) School** . Lymington Infants School continues to thrive under the leadership of Head Teacher Julia Morris and her team. 13 The majority of the school governors are foundation governors, appointed by our Diocese on the recommendation of St Thomas’ PCC. The following were foundation governors at the school for all or part of the year since the last report: Mary Hill, Sally Johnston, Fiona Long, Tim Smit, Jane Stroud, Helen Thompson and the Revd. Lee Thompson. The Vicar is an _ex o%icio_ foundation governor and supports worship at the school on a weekly basis. As well as general governor duties, foundation governors have a special role in monitoring the Christian and spiritual aspects of the school. Bishop John-Pierre from our companion link church in Rwanda visited the school in February 2025 and shared images and stories of school life for Rwandan children. The school children continue to play a part in church life at key times in the year. The Robins Choir sing at the 10am Mothering Sunday service, and the school comes to St Thomas for an interactive “Easter Experience”, and later in the year to celebrate Harvest. In July 2025 Year 2s joined in the celebrations for the 775[th] anniversary of St Thomas with Bishop Rhiannon King. In November the children led the Christmas Tree Festival opening service. We plan to continue to build on the links between the school and St Thomas’ during the coming year. Jane Stroud ## **Vistas Café** The café is open every Thursday in the Church Hall from 10am until 12noon. The café is open to all and serves tea, co_ee, home-made cakes, scones and flapjacks. There is a large table of Stitchers and Knitters each week and a craft group from the WI meets in the Bethune Room fortnightly. We have regular customers both from the church and from outside but we also welcome newcomers. The café is run entirely by volunteers who also provide the home-made goodies. The takings are paid into our PCC account, some of which go to the Church for heating and lighting in the hall. Vistas also donates money to charities: this year we donated £500 to Honeypot Charity for young carers, £250 to “Love in a Box”, and £500 to the New Forest Women’s Refuge. We also bought new bright coloured tablecloths and printed aprons for use in the café. Mary Hill, Denise Dibb ## **Hospitality** The Church Harvest Lunch was held in September when a two course hot meal was served to over 60 parishioners in the Church Hall. Many helpers contributed to the making, serving and clearing up on what was a cheerful celebration of Harvest. Andy and Barbara Payne generously hosted a welcome afternoon at their house for new members in November. It is planned to hold more of these welcome events in future. Denise Dibb, Mary Hill, Barbara Payne 14 ## **Monday Lunch Club** The Monday Lunch Club continues to go from strength to strength. Every Monday the lunch club provides lunch for up to 50 people who are elderly, lonely or in need of a good home cooked lunch and company. We have a great group of volunteers who have a wide range of jobs – everything from setting up the tables and chairs, to helping with the preparation and cooking of the lunch, to greeting and welcoming, to serving the food and of course the clear up afterwards. All food is made from local produce wherever possible, and we have built up some good partnerships with the local butcher and greengrocer. We have formed a new partnership with Cook of Lymington, who have been extremely generous and are o_ering 15-20 portions of food each week which has greatly helped our financial outlay and encouraged the cooks in the kitchen to be a little more inventive each week – particularly with the puddings! The number of guests each week has been steadily building and there is a lovely warm atmosphere. The Christmas lunch and Easter lunch we hold each year continues to be very popular and the local supermarkets are very generous with their donations for these meals. We started a small ra_le for these special lunches as well which has been great fun for both the volunteers and the guests. situation could enjoy it together. I celebrated my 10[th] year with MLC last September and it remains something of which I am very proud, and feel honoured to be part of. Mikaela Willford ## **Poetry Corner** Sylvia Pepin and I run the Poetry Group on a Wednesday morning at the back of St Thomas Church. There are about fourteen members who attend regularly and we share poems – serious, pensive and humorous. Good friendships have been made and we often have co_ee afterwards and continue our discussions. Sarah Standage ## **Stanza Group** Wendy Stickley and I run the Stanza Group and there are nine members. We meet in the Bethune Room on a Thursday morning once a month and enjoy refreshments from Vistas Café. We set ourselves writing challenges and share our work. Sarah Standage 15 ## **Flower Arrangers** We are still working with our team of six, including two volunteers who don’t attend our church but enjoy working with flowers in our beautiful church. Other than the four main occasions during the year, there are funerals, weddings and concerts when the arrangements recognise the special occasion. As regards St Thomas being an Eco friendly church, the Oasis floral foam that is used has been shown to biodegrade 200% within 567 days. Using the foam is less time consuming both for arranging and dismantling, plus a better e_ect is achieved. The foam used is recycled in arrangements as often as possible. The Synod request to use English flowers will, because of the inclement weather, reduce the arrangements to just foliage at certain times. Silk flowers are an alternative but this idea is not popular. Visitors and residents often comment on the flower arrangements. One man brings his father with dementia in specifically to see the flowers. Even though requests have been made for more volunteers to join, we are left with our little team and consequently keeping them happy is very necessary. ## Judy Martin ## **Bell Tower Report** Lymington Tower consists of a small band of 5 ringers, steeple keeper Andy Dibb and assistant Steeple Keeper Noah Moxham with Perrin Towler lending a helping hand and learning the ropes. The steeple keepers are responsible for maintaining the bells and keeping them in good working order, repairing and oiling any parts when necessary. They continue to do an excellent job and thanks must go out to them. The ringers are responsible for ringing for church services when required these being the weekly Sunday morning services, the Christmas services and where possible the monthly evening services. We managed to ring for all of the services over the Christmas period this year. We ring for weddings and funerals when required and have done four of these in the past four months. The band is small and so we are dependent on the help and support from ringers from other churches for which we are always very grateful. We have had one or two folk show interest and give ringing a try this year but to date none have felt able to continue beyond the initial session(s). We had a visiting band consisting of members of the prestigious College Youths ring a successful peal on Lymington bells on the 25[th] January. Practice sessions take place on a Friday evening when ringers from other towers join the local band and have a ring and a chat in an informal setting. Kate Mussett ## **Friends of St. Thomas’ Church (a separate registered charity no 1166743)** The Friends have had a very active year. Shortly after the last annual meeting we were involved in celebrations to commemorate 775 years of worship in St Thomas’s Church. The Friends supported the cost of commissioning a work of art by Peter Eugene Ball. Peter is known for his ecclesiastical carved wooden statues, particularly of the figure of Christ known as a Christus. We were delighted that our commission was completed in time for Bishop Debbie to consecrate the statue when she visited in July. The figure is now secured to the wall about the Courtenay Chapel altar. 16 year, attractions included an Artisan Market in the Church Hall, Morris dancers, a plant stall, bottle tombola, refreshments in the church, children’s activities, and a huge sale of pre-loved gifts. The Friends held their AGM in November and welcomed a speaker from the Environment Agency who spoke about the Hurst Spit to Lymington flood strategy. This meeting was very well attended by members and non-members and helped to raise the profile of The Friends. important part of the celebration of Christmas in Lymington. We were delighted that over five thousand people visited the festival and significant funds were raised. Seventy trees were placed in the Church and courtyard garden, these were decorated by di_erent sponsors and the majority were sold on to raise further funds. Refreshments were served and many visitors enjoyed shopping from excellent stalls of gifts and decorations. The Friends were formed to support the PCC with the costs of maintenance and improvements, and to reach beyond the worshipping community to provide these funds. The membership continues to grow. Daphne Johnston ## **Fabric, Buildings and Land Report** We have continued working on the Quinquennial inspection works this year. The main items covered were repairs to the woodwork and fittings on both the main West doors and the Tower door. Roof repairs over the hall chair store and vestry were also completed. A preliminary investigation of the Narthex internal walls and external rendering on the West End has been completed and we are now considering the options for further works. Our recent Fire Risk assessment led to a series of improvements to our equipment and policies and procedures for Fire Safety and led to upgrades for the Intruder Alarm system in the Church and hall. All doors at the South end of the Church Hall have been replaced by fire resistant ones and the security of the O_ice has been improved. The Hatchment storage has been improved and as part of our Energy Conservation policy a trial installation of a radiant heater in the Lady Chapel is running. emphasise it. Following suggestions from the bell ringers, the lighting in the bell ringing chamber has been improved, the curtains cleaned and the curtain rail replaced. We are looking at replacing the carpet and improvements to the access stairs. five years. The heavy rainfall caused some leakage around the windows, and we have identified a need to replace some stonework around some of the windows. 17 On behalf of the Fabric Group, I would like to thank both the Friends of St Thomas’ and members of our congregation and community for their continued financial support to help us both maintain and improve the fabric of our churches and halls. ## Jeremy Vines ## **Finance Report 2025** ## **Finance Committee** behalf of the PCC, meeting a minimum of six times a year. Our aim is to advise the PCC on the ## **Finance Committee 2025** Committee members were Chris Stroud, Daphne Johnston, Jonathan Cook, Judy Martin (bookkeeper), Lee Thompson, Malcolm Ward and Jane Stroud (Stewardship O_icer). Karen Brett joined as committee Chair during the year. We were ably assisted by, and most grateful to, Suzie Napleton and John Nivison along with those who make up the weekly counting teams organised by Peta Walmisley. ## **Financial Results 2025** Our income and expenditure during 2025 can be summarised as follows: |2025|Income £|Expenditure £|Surplus/Defcit £| |---|---|---|---| |Routine|256,067|255,038|1,029| |Overall|317,434|275,424|42,010| Routine income includes funds donated through the Parish Giving Scheme and church o_ertories, along with the SumUp card reader and a small number of Standing Orders. Routine expenditure includes donations of just under £19,000 made to various good causes including Leprosy Mission, Mission to Seafarers, New Forest Basics Bank, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Oakhaven Hospice, Children’s Society. Exceptional income includes legacies, for which we are most grateful. Exceptional expenditure includes repairs to the church doors, additions to our intruder alarm and repairs to the church hall windows. We also enjoyed celebrations relating to the 775[th] anniversary of the church, which also incurred some additional expenditure. As can be seen, our routine income and expenditure returned a small surplus of £1,029 which is a reduction from last year’s £16,932. The main reason for the change is an increase in sta_ costs as we are unable to realise our mission objectives purely from volunteers. sources of income and expenditure including restricted items. Further detail is available from our year end accounts. The value of the church’s investments unfortunately declined in 2025 by £11,627 Not everyone appreciates that parish churches do not receive any funding from either the Government or the CofE, therefore our existence is heavily dependent on the steadfast generosity 18 of parishioners., We look back with a sense of joy at the many ways in which, as a Christian church, we have been able to continue moving forward together. The commitment and generosity evident at St Thomas’ Church are a source of confidence. We sincerely thank everyone who has and continues to financially support our church. ## **Reserves Policy** Our 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 - _In addition, the PCC has a designated 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._ Currently £200,000 Chris Stroud (Treasurer) ## **Communications/ChurchDesk** ## **Social Media** The Social Media Coordinator is a role approved by the PCC as part of its Safeguarding Action Plan. The role is currently held by the Vicar. ## **ChurchDesk** ChurchDesk allows the church to store and process GDPR compliant information for the purposes of communications and record keeping. 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