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The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin, Windermere Charity Number 1161992 St nIAILtin's Yov'rG aly£ Annual Report & Financial Statement of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31" December 2024 and Minutes of the Vestry and Annual Parochial Church Meeting held on Sunday 21" April 2024 "We aim to respond to God's love, enjoying it together Rn Ivorship and mutual eare and sharin it with ever one. Incumbent: The Revd. James Richards BA MA The Rectory, Longlands Road, Bowness-on-windennere, Bank: Nat West, Winderniere Barcjays Bank plc, Kendal LA23 3AS. Parish Office: St. Martin's Parish Church, Lake Road, Bowness-on-Windern]ere, Independent Examiner: Jackson and Graham, Chartered Accountants, Lake Road, Bowness-on-winderniere, LA23 3DE LA23 2JJ

THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, WINDERMERE AGENDA FOR THE ANNUAL VESTRY AND PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY 18TH MAY IN CHURCH AT 11.30AM PRAYER APOLOGIES EASTER VESTRY ELECTION OF WARDENS Annual Parochial Church Meeting APCM MINUTES OF 21. APRIL 2024 REPORT OF PCC FOR 2024 ACCOUNTS & FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 2024 APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER CHURCH FABIUC & TERRIER REPORT DEANERY SYNOD REPORT sAFEGuARD￿G REPORT ELECTORAL ROLL OFFICER'S REPORT ELECTION TO PCC ELECTION OF SIDESMEN RECTOR'S CLOSING REMARKS and PRAYER

There will be a short meeting of the new PCC immediately following the APCM specifically to elect the offieers of the PCC: Lay Chainnan. Secretary" Joint Treasurers" Electoral Roll Officer.

THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARTIN, WINDERMERE. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL VESTRY AND PAROCHIAL MEETING for the year 2023, held in the Church at IIJOam OD SUNDAY 21. April 2024 ANNUAL EASTER VESTRY MEETING OPEIYING PRAYER and A￿ENDANCE Th¢ Rector. th¢ R¢vd. James Richards opened the meeting with prayer. There were about 25 parishioners present. APOLOGIES Pat Baldwin. Jill Butler, Richard and Janet EIIAson.Tony and Zoe Farren, Sarah and Jami¢ Hamilton, Clar¢nc¢ and Susan Hendrickse, Andrew and Ali Jarvis. and Jo Williams. ELECTION OF WARDENS (4 vacancies; Wardens are ex-officio members of PCC) Mike liletrher and Rosemary Rooke were willing to stand again. Approved unanimously. ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING APCM MINUTES OFAPRIL 2023 These were approved and signed as correct by the Chairnian. There were no maiters arising. PCC SECRETARY Th¢ chair noted our sadne55 at the loss of our PCC secretary, Mary Fenna who had died at the start of the year. REPORT OF PCC FOR 2023 Due to the loss of our PCC Secretary this docum¢nL circulated prior to th¢ meeting, had not been approved in advance by the PCC. It was approved unanitnously. FINANCIAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR 2023 Mike Baldwin introduced the financia] report which had been prepared jointly with Ted Cook and distributed previously. 2023 was a full year free of Covid restrictions. He noted that we ended the year in a better position than we had siarted, due to a very generous legacy from the estste of the late Susan Thorn¢ly. This had enabled us to carry out some essential maintenance work from the Quinquennial Report including work on th¢ Barton m¢morial (adjacent to the chap¢l), internal decoration in the tower room and the church office and emergency repair on a rainwater hopper on the roof which required scaffolding. He Doted ow Ihanks to Mike Fletcher who had organised the work. Some of the legacy is also eamiarked for impending work needed on the heating system. The funds have been placed in an account bearing a good rate of interesL He thanked all involved in regular planned giving, also ihose involved in organising and running the successful Summer fair, August lunches and cream teas. and Martinmas. Also thanks to those supporting our offer to visitors through our welcom¢rs and the gift stall. Thanks too to cleaners, providers of r¢freshments. flower arrangers, bell ringe￿, and musicians. Thanks to bell ringers and others who donated fees received from weddings, and musicians who waive their fees. The income received enabled us to meet our ¢over ministy offer in ￿11, all our routine ministy costs. insurance, energy and routine maint¢nanc¢ costs. flnancial support for our ministy partner, CMS, support the Children's Society forn] our well-attended Christingle. The Children's Society boxes and the

annual Christian Aid collection brought in very good results for those charities. We now have tive fewer planned givers than at the start of th¢ year. For the first time ¢v¢r planned giving of about £40.000 didn't cover rninisty offer of about £43,000 to the diocese. This is a concern for th¢ PCC so there ar¢ plans for ￿eWardShIp campaign. The PCC are grateful to all who regularly review their giving. The PCC are also grateful for legacies. Any considering a legacy lo the church should hav¢ a word with Mike as theTe is the possibiltty of a free will-writing service through the diocese. Ted Cook then took over and explained the accounts already distiibuted with the APCM bundle. Highlighted majority of incorne forni regular giving and visitors. 50 % of income comes from planned giving. Budget. Can we afford Parish Offer. Excluding legacies {last one five years ago) we would have made a loss of £9000. Budgeting for a loss this year of £9,000. Over last 6 years w¢ have received £95,000 of legacies. If we hadn't had the legacies our reserves of £106,000 would be only £9,000 and with predicted losses would have had to review parish offer. Th¢ accounts were received unanimously. James expressed great appreciation from himself and the PCC to both Mike and Ted for all their work and for keeping the PCC up to date on a regular basis. Jackson and Graham were proposed and agr¢cd as our continued independent examiner. CHURCH FABIUC AND TERRIER This had been prepared by Mike Fletcher who emphasised the ongoing concern about the state of the church roof, and the end-of-life state of our boilers. DEANERY SYNOD REPORT James had prepared this. He noted that we are entitled to two lay members of Deanery Synod, but that we currently have none. SAFEGUARDING REPORT Ian Dullell's report for the whole benefice was included in the APCM bundle. In summary the main focus had been on safeguarding training, no safeguarding concerns had been reported to lan nor raised by him with the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser. Due to an impending move away from Windern)ere he is resigning from his role. A new Safeguarding Officer lor the parAsh or for th¢ benefice needs lo be ap￿Inted. THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL REPORTS HAD BEEN CIRCULATED PRIOR TO APCM Sunday Youth Club and Sunday Club report4 Ho￿¢ group report- with thanks to Miriam Rayner and Ali Jarvis. ELECTORAL ROLL OFFICER'S REPORT Pat Baldwin reported that there are 93 parishioners on the Electoral Roll. 27 of whom are not resident in the parish. This is a redudion of two from l&st year. Sadly two parishioners have died. The average weekly attendance. counted in October 2023, was 46. However, if we include a funeral, a memorial service and the St. Martin and St. Mary School Harvesi Festival, this number increases to 162. The Christingle service saw an attendance of approximately 500 The report was received, with thanks to Pat. 10 ELECTIONS a) PCC 12 lay memlw 4 being re-elected each year. 2 in post with one year remaining The following PCC members weTe re-elected for a three year tenn: Diana Dodd, Ann Wanska, Mike Baldwin and Jill Butler were elected to the PCC

The Parochlal Church Council of the Ecclesiastlcal Parfsh of St. Martin, Windermere Annual Report for the year ended 31st December 2024. Admlnistrative Information St. Martin'5 Church is situated close to Lake Windermere at Bowness. It is part of the South Lakes Team of parishes within the Diocese of Carlisle within the Church of England. The correspondence address is The Parish Church of St. Martin, Lake Road. Bowness on Windermere, L423 3DE. On 3rd June 2015. the PCC became a Registered Charity with the title of 'The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Martin, Windermere, with the Charity Number 1161992. our Charity detalls can be accessed by all on the Charity Commission Register. PCC members elected at the APCM of 16th April 2023 until the date this report was accepted are: Ex Officio members: James Richards. Team Rector (Chairl; Lawrence Basham, Team Vicar luntil his departure in October) Wardens: Mike Fletcher and Rosemary Rooke Electoral Roll Officer Pat Baldwin Deanery Synod: Vacancy Elected members: Mike Baldwin {Joint-treasurer), Jill Butler, Jennie Cartwright (until her death in July 2024}, Ted Cook ljoint-treasurer), Diana Dodd, Martin Rayner (Lay chairl, Ann Wanska. This report has been prepared by the Chair of the PCC, whlch has not had the opportunityto approve it. Ali Jarvis We are grateful to Ali Jarvis who stepped into the role of PCC Secretary, though not a5 a PCC member. Ali felt the need to step back from that role at the end of March 2025. Ourthanks and good wishes to her. Structurefft governan￿ and management: The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll so as to be eligible to vote for and/or stand for election to the PCC. Obje¢tlves and artfvltles.. The primary objective of St. Martin's is the promotion of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ accordingto the doctrine and practice of the Church of England. St Martin's PCC ha5 the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Revd. James Rlchards, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church; pastoral, evan8eli5tic, soclal and ecumenical. The PCC ha5 the maintenance responsibility for St. Martin's Church building. Church attendance There were 93 members on the Church Electoral Roll at 21st April 2024, 27 of whom resided outslde the parish. The avera8e weekly attendance, counted at all services durin ctober 2024 Iwhen national attendance count is done), was 47. At festivals and special occasions the weekly attendance number may exceed 500. Every six years the Electoral Roll of St Martin'5 under8oes a full revision. Existin8 members who wish to remain on the Electoral Roll need to complete a new application form. as does anyone, not already on the Electoral Roll, who would Ilke to become a member. The closing date for completed forms was 18th April 2025.Notice of closure of the Electoral Roll was posted for I￿ March, 2025 and displayed for 14 days. The new Roll has been displayed in Church from 2Th April 2025. Details of the updated Electoral Roll are reported to the APCM. Thanks The PCC thanks all musiclans. singers, organists, and instrumentalists, for thelr contribution to the Sunday services, and to lay leaders and intercessors for the Morning Praise services which alternate with Holy Communion services led by the Team Rector or other clergy

Also remembered with thanks are those who work to keep the church clean, arran8e flowers and open the church during the summer months again to welcome visitors. Mlsslon and Evangelism: Part of the ministryof the church, beyond that to regular attenders, was to the 7 couple5 who were married at St. Martin's and to their families and friends in 2024. Also the families and friends ofthe people whose funerallmemorial services were held here and to child who was baptised at St. Martin's, their parent5, families and friends during the year. Youth work in the church was on Sunday mornings, for children between 3- 11 years; thanks go to Miriam Rayner for running the Sunday Club, and Ali Jarvis, who held a Youth Club meeting for older children in her home, plus all those who are involved. The Youth Club came to a c105e in May as particlpants have grown older and moved on. Sunday Club, which was down to one regular attender came to 3 close at the end of the summer term. Enormous thanks are due to Miriam Rayner and to Ali Jarvis for their ministry in these roles which has been greatly appreciated. In conjunction with St. Mary's Church in Winderniere, Sunday services have been live-streamed via Facebook each Sunday, to reach out to those who felt unable to attend personally. The Christmas Carol service was held in church, as wa5 Christingle and the Christmas Eve servlce; the Christmas Day service was also held in church. All were well attended. Home groups met for fellowship, prayer and discussion. All rneetin￿ are held at rnember's homes. PCC Business The PCC held full meetings in February, May, July, October and November 2023, and a short formal meeting in April immediately after the APCM for the appointment of officers. There was also a combined PCCS meeting in July for the Team in connection with the Revd Lawrence Basham's departure and the process to appoint a new Team Vlcar. Lawrence's unexpected move to become Rector of Grasmere, Vicar of Rydal and Chaplain to Rydal Hall was announced at the end ofjune. A process was rapidly put in place for advertisements to go out before the end of July with a closing date of 1st September. Interviews took place on 2tY' September, and the Revd Olivia Haine5 wa5 appointed to be licensed on 14thJanuary. Lawrence's last Sunday in the Team was on 13th October. The PCC is grateful to all who took on extra responsibilities while the Team Rector was the only full-time priest in the Team. PCC business has included: Safeguarding, adoption of National Policy and actions in support of that. Regular review of parish finances, including our contribution to the Team's Ministry Offer, ably assisted by the reports and information provided by ourtreasurers. Living in Love and Faith Final re-plastering and painting around the Barton memorial Replacing Storm damaged fla8pole New boilers- discussions with DAC and report from a hea￿n8 engineer on feasible options for St. Martin's Equipping the church for regular liV￿streamIng of services I"Hybrid church") Sharing our faith and growingthe church-'Who do we aspire to be for God and for our local community?Jl Transatlantic Chattel Slavery in relation to St. Martin's Welfare Hub in the church parking area Organistl Director of Music new guide book as the present edition has almost sold out. Thls Is only a Ilst of the major items.

b) SIDESMEN The current sidesmen are David & Carol Brooks, Hilary Sharpe, Ann Wansk4 Barbard Fleteher, Liz Howarth, and Val Garvey. The meeting agreed unanimously that they should serve again if they are willing. 11 RECTOR'S CLOSING REMARKS FOR ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING 2024 James had already distributed a not¢ of his remarks which was included ￿rythIn the APCM bundle. In addition to the remarks Circulated, James noted that he is still learning how to fulfil the role and resEX)nsibilities of being a leam rector, and that St. Martin's was probably feeling a bigger impact of the change to a team than other churches in the team. Jatnes also look the opportunity to pay tribute to Vivienne Wilde who has been playing for church since th¢ ag¢ of five, and who h&$ been organist and choir director at SL Martin s for the last fifteen years or so. She has now fornially stood down. He expressed or gratitude to her not only in respect of Sunday services, but also for special servtces at Christmas, for weddings. funerals and other special events in the life of the church. There would be a special opportunity to acknowledge Vivienne's contribution later in the year The meeting closed at approximately 12.15pm with the Grace.

E PCC OF THE ECCLESIAgfIcAL PARJSH OF ST MARTUq WINDERMERE FtNANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2024 TheAnnual Accounts have beellprepZ￿d ID 8￿rdance withthe Ch8ritiesAct2011 andPCCA¢¢ountsbility (5th edition) usin8 the aCcn￿lS a¢counting basis. PCC had reluctantly approved adefi¢it bud£etfortheyearottunra8tricted fimds in anticipation of&n incre&se in Ministy Offer and a fi￿her reduction in planned givin& We can r¢prt that we did me£t budget exp¢clations on most heading4 paid our ill￿¢•$￿ Ministy Offer in full and the year ended with a reduclion in unr¢stri¢tedT¢serv¢s of £7644. The generous le8acy received in thc pmious year ￿abled us to rmtinuc to cany out Son￿ essential rcpaiTS and Mainten￿¢, but we v4er¢ able to offsettbcse costs alittle by clairning grants of £2976 under the List¢d Places of Worsbip Gmt Scheme. We sawr¢stricted xeserves decrease by £4758 in the year, due to cxceptional repairs. Whilst wewereunabletohold ourSummttF8irorMaTtinm&Fair. our 8TOUP ofstmartin's ladi¢8cushioned th¢ financial impact by serving lunche5 and cream t￿9 moTe oft¢n dwyng the year. TIKse were all vcry Succe&qfi￿ occasions and thanks ate due ￿ all those who W0￿ed so bard to make tlkem so. We wer¢ able lo vK]¢om¢ our usual steady flow of visitoTr throughout the year (approL 25000) with their valued donation4 contactless and in boxe4 and Ste￿ gift stall pwchaw PCC fees 8lld occasio]Jal Tetsiing collections were ttceived from weddings and fill￿81 5ervi¢es d￿ill8 the year and in the case of the fonner, the bellringtts generO￿$1Y waived their fecs in favour of the Church. At the close of thc year uD[￿tr res¢rv¢s stood at £98537 and restricted Taqerves at £11372. together c(￿nfOrtabty exc£eding the minimum our reserves policy says is neede4L Planned &Avin& including ￿.81d at £36196 showed a IO% (k¢Jease on the prcviow year (£40089) with the number of res￿aT sUb￿lber$ decreasing from 45 to 40. This continuing decjine is of re41 concern to the PCC and we have not yet rnanaged to zeverse thi5 trend. We are thankful for the regular gifts from our P8Tishioners throughout theyear and tsust you M]1 be able to Continuc your val￿1 suprM)rt in 2025. A5 in Previo￿ yea[4 we are grateful to our Musicians who waive theirfees in favourof the Chw¢L The stsll provided the usual val￿bI¢ and iDrxewing gA)wce of incomw pwchw. We are also thankfid for the income we received from Jenny's l)ook sales. th¢ flower fund alld ttfrc5hments whicb all good contrl)utions. Thank you lo everybody concerned. Our Ministy Offer to thc Dioces4 which provides the s¢1 pensions and housing for ¢I￿8y. was £45608. (£430742023). and took 60Yo (55% 2023) of Unrestricted inGomirig resol)r￿s. (￿ClUdIng legacies). Accnjals bave been includ￿ for any expendÈbJre inarred but not paid for at year-tnd. Ex¢eptsonal Tepai PCC weje able to eonlinue their suprn)rt forCbur¢h Mission Society. ourmissionpartners and have sent a Cheq￿ for £2000. We had a very Success￿ Christin8le servie£ with some 296 adults and children present and raised £631 foT the Children's Society. As in previous yWS pwple workcd hard to ensure that gifts from Children's Society ix)xes and from the Christian Aid dooTto doorcfjllection wern maximised buL these are sent dire¢ they aTe ts)tin¢luded in th&se Accounts. Si Martins is part of the Unit&l Benefice of South Lakes thc Team MiDisty is made up of our Rcotor R¢vd James Ri¢bards and T¢am vicar Revd Lxwrencc Basbam. Lawre￿¢ resigned in Autumn to tske up a st ia adjoining Benefice and, at year en￿ we await our newly ap￿]nted Team Vi￿r, Revd Olivia Haines. Wc l¢)ok forwaTd to coth1￿8 to work with the other five PaTisbes as we move closer togetb¢T aTrJ gain more ofthe potenti￿ benefits of scale. Ted Cook M￿e Baldwin PCC Trasur¢rs

THE PCC OF THE ECCLES STAT TOFFI NDÉR CE vm&8 FOR T YEAR DED 31 otal Fynd• TO1￿ Fffid Voluntwy Planngj GivirvJ with Gl(AJd Planmd Giving ￿l￿Out GiftA 27440 2140 2426 Glft re￿Vernd 9925 1813 155 4140 7242 suwiup Jonrrf¥ Books 3376 140 140 321 75rxKI Gr8rt5 2976 60903 60748 2735 sso 3285 7512 39 11489 155 139619 PCC fees ftwe•Sdiro$ & fvngr I Bpltr¥igèr8'fag5 Iknatsd 2(G) 3285 7512 3977 11489 4671 ChU￿h Actl¥ltl••: Glft Stsll 121dl | 2(ei 3656 9339 2630 Inv•ryknènts: DlthdB and lrtweBt T¢Mal Inc￿lTr9 R•sou Mlnl•trr. Dkrte8An Pari8h Offerln9 Ckngy. Secrelarioi and olfi￿ Exp. Ajtar SuFpfos 3(b) 15242 442 1S242 442 14248 370 740 439 131S 190 574e 4414 422 Olharc 1 3(¢} 207 207 2189 64176 5974 4585 11220 217T9 63968 $974 Buldlng: 3(d) 31fr) RytTS & Makntor0￿ft 6176 16735 Church Actlvlll•&: Gm Stsll Purcha68S 3744 3744 MIB•lon8: Mls6lwy and Chaibtlo Givlng 270C Totsl RoMure•• Expnd•d Ngt Incunlng R880UTLZ¥ brforn Other Goini WKI Losso 4784 -12411 srT04 Galn• ￿ diipwal a￿1 reval￿1 Not IAovemwrt in Fund8 4758 -12402 $773E 8818nrA6 on 1st Janwi 2024 111 106181 18130 122311 645fA

E PCC OF THE ECC iAsncAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN WINDERMERE BALANCE SHEET AT 318t DECEMBER 2024 Totsl F Tolal Fund• FIXED ASSErs Tan9lble 75162 751ff2 11185 11185 86347 92749 CURREKf ASSETS stock 6{8) 6(b) 556 875 short.tsnn Wsits C88h et l>ank arKI In h8nd 187 25254 37315 NT LIABIUTIES Creditar8 famlng due wlthln one ￿al Rtte￿ts in ad¥ane8 7{8) 1692 7753 7753 29562 31 N•t cyrront •Hetsl (Il•b51UM) TOTAL Ef ASSETS 23375 98537 187 372 23562 109 Unrestrictwj RestrrGled 8{a) 8(b) 106181 16130 122311 11372 3T2 11372 11)9909 The nc& on the folknvkng pag98 form prtof knni& Approv•d by th• Paffjchknl Church coun￿ M th• 11th F•bury 2026 and dgned on It8 b¢h•ll by J•mo5 J Rlchard• IPCC Chalrnn)

Notes to the financTal statements For th¢ year end¢d 31 Dotember 2024 I. ACCOUNTJNG POLIaFS The fm8ncial statern￿ have Ix¢n prep￿[￿1 in ac¢4rdance with the Chwities Act 2011 and th¢ PCC (5° edition) ineludiDg the Church AcLx)untin8 RegulatioDS 2017 published for the House of Bishops of the General Synod. The finmcj￿ staten￿ts I￿e be¢n pryared uader th¢ histori¢al cost L¥)nvention exryt for the VAluion of invcstDKnt assets, which are shovjn at the PCC is resFKinsible in law. Th¢y do not inCh￿t the a￿Ounts of chuffb grow)s thatowe their niain affiliation to another IxKly. northos¢ that are iDfonnai gatsings of church me4nlxts. Funds upon the purpose fot which the endowment was estsblished. R¢striclEdfvds rcpt¢s¢nt (a) income from tr￿sts or end0V￿lle￿ts which may be expendAI oJ)ly on those restricted objects provided iti the tams of the tr￿8t or bequesL and (b) dojwtioiis or receiveAI for a speLifi¢ obje¢t or invited by the PCC for a specific obiecL Th¢ funds may Only be exFnded on the 8￿cifiC object for whith they were 8iveTr Any bal￿ remaI￿g UDspenl at the end of each year must b¢ caTfipA1 forward 08 abalonce on that fund. Unresln¢tÈd Incoming reSoUr￿S reco￿￿Zed when they are (Irallts and le￿leS are accounted for when the PCC is legally entill¢d to tbe amounts due and they a￿ received. Dividends and ltite￿st aTe a¢￿U￿ted forwb¢A ￿￿1ved. All other in¢ome is reco￿￿Zed when it is due azknllorrec¢ivc& All incomll Resources expended Grants aE￿ dorAIioD5 are aC￿l￿rt￿ forwhenp8id Ov￿. or awarded, if that award create a binding or constru¢tive obligation on the PCC. The diocesan parish offer iy accowrtd for wh¢n thw. Amounts sp￿IfiCallY for mission ￿ de•lt with &s restrictsd fimd8. All FiJed ag8ets consecr￿ and benefice propety is not ]￿luded in the a¢counts in aLYordance with S.10 Q) (a) of the Charitse8 Act 2011. Movable church fiunithgs heldby the re(tor and chw¢hwatdens on special trwqt for the PCC and vA)ich rquire a farydty for (lisposai ele iDalieDable proFrty. listed ID the cb)Jr¢h's inventr)ry. which can be inspected (at any reas¢)nable time). FormythiDg ￿ulE¢aptIo1 to 2( there is insufficient wst infonnation available ther¢foTC such assets are not va￿￿1 in the financial stat¢m¢Dts. Subsequentlyno individual ilemhas costmorc than £IOIJO and tbese itcms the asset is aquir¢d. Inveshiwits arc at mark& valuc at 31 D¢callta.

  1. INCOMING RESOURCES 2(a) In¢lu(ks t&x recovered and tax claimed yet recovered £2584 up to 31st December, and tax claimed onloose casb in colleclii)ns ana boxes undcr the GASD Scheme. 2(b) These ar¢ grants under the List¢d Pl￿S of Worship Grnnt Scheme in respect of VAT paid on cburch repairs. 2(c) The bell ringers have generously waived their wedding fees. 2(d) These aTr the proceeds of lunches and cream tA8 at various times throughout the year. 2(e) Dividends and iDteTCSt received on investments and pern)an¢Dt endowment& Inter¢st OD tbe legacy received in 2023 has SI￿lficantlY bNtrgted thc UDrestric*d figure.
  2. RESOURCES EXPEP4DED 3(a) Diocesan milli3ty offer paid in twelve equal instalments 3(b) tncludes £11542 for the Parish AdMI￿tratOr (2023 £10130). 3(c) Includ￿ £360 fee for Independent ExanJiDation (Unrestricted). 3(d) Insuranc¢ premiurn paid by insta]ments. 3(e) Unrestricted costs are routin¢ repairs and MaIntenan￿ and restricted ￿$ts represent ¢xcepLionai non routine work 3(fj Ullrestri¢ted costs represent a donation to our Mission Parthers at CMS and to the Cbildr¢n's So¢i¢ty from the Cbristingle service. Restricted donatiotss Kpresent our donation to the Witidennere and District Food BaDk.

  3. GAllYSILOSSES OP4 THE DISPOSAL AND REVALUATION OF INVESTMENIS These can be analysed as follows: nre5tri RG8trieted CBF C of E Income shares cotF Cbarities Incom¢ units

  4. At 31 December 2024 Investments were held in the following Funds: Unrestrlet¢d CBF C of E Jn¢ome Shares CBF C of E Dw)sit fund R&gtrleted CBF C of E Deposit fimd COIF Charities Income Units 7 thares market value 162 75000 10921 13 units 264 The PCC also ￿CtiVe restri¢tyJ inwme from th￿e connected Charity endowments Oiewter¢d Chwities). 6(a) Gift stdl stock held at ¢ost prACe. 6(b) Sllcludes Gift AÈd t&X Tefund for 3 months to 31st Dec¢Jni)er claimed but not rcc¢ived.

  5. CURRENT LIABILtTIES 7{a) Unrestrictcd aCCn￿ at year-end I￿lude ¢ler8y and Jministration costs £176. power costs £662 and donation to £631 from chriStiJ￿Ie for Children's society and CDBF ftes of £223 due l)u¢ not paid at yearnd.
  6. PARISH FUNDS 8(a} The reservcs available are to m¢¢t future shortfalls in inc4)zw resources against resources exEKnded. Ev¢ry effort is n)ad¢ to increase incorning r¢sourc¢s and control resources expended. The PCC has a R￿erVeS Polky Ivbieh Stat￿ th•t we should hold At least 3 month's averAge eosts ill unrestricted reserve togeth¢r Tvith st least £20,1){￿ for emergency fabri¢ worK in either restricted or uDre8tricted r¢serve and, unless better tenns ean be obtalned from our bankers. fiwd balan¢eg will be Invested wlth Ihe CBF chU￿b of England Funds. The Reserves Policy is rcvi¢wed gnnually. 8(b) Funds which have arisen from legaciG% fimdraising, dividends and asset sales are restricted ts the purposes directed i.& fabric. If not directed they are unrestrirted. PAYMENTS TO PCC MEMBEILS A small immaterial portion of the ¢xpenses paid to the incumbent ll￿Y have related to his ViCC5 ￿ Chairll￿ of the PCC. Other expenses were paid to officer5 for expenses wholly and exclusively incurred by theD) in the of their duties.

P8rochlal Churtb Counell of the E¢cknia8tical P*rKih ofst MArti4 Wiodennere JndepeDdent ExAmlnerf8 Report I report on the accounts of the Trn# for the year ended 31° Decffjnber 2024 vknich are set out on pa8es I to 5. Respeetive respon$ibilities ofthe PCC eJaminer The membeTh of the PCC are resp(Fnsible for th¢ prepaMion of the ar￿￿tt8. The PCC consider that an audit is not required forthis YearUnd￿ section 144 ofthe Charities Act 2011 (the Clwthes Act) and that an indepelldent eXaMi￿on is neth It 18 my r¢SPODsibility to.. examine the accounts under 8ectiOD 145 of ihe chariti￿ Act. to follow tk proeknes laid down in the General Dredions giveD by the ChaTity Cornmission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Ad; and to state wlLether partiollar malter5 have ￿rne to my tittetition. Basis of the indepejdent examin&i report My examination was ¢atTi¢d out in ac¢ordance }￿th the General Directions in by the ChaTity Conllniwo￿ AA exan)i￿on in¢ludes a review ofthe &C￿Unti￿8 reLX)rds kept by the PCC and a comparison of the aczounts pre8¢nted those re￿rds. It also includes c￿nsId￿￿10n of ally unuBuaJ iten]8 or disdosures ID the acLwt4 and sKkin8 explanations from you as members ' concerning anysuthmotters. Theproceduresundertaken do not provideall the evId￿¢¢thetW0U1d be r¢quired io an audit and rA)nsequently no opinion is BiveD as to Wheth￿ the accounts pr￿t a 'true and fair, view and the rwt is liffjit￿ to those matters set out in th¢ 8tatem•t below. Indtpendent e￿mIne￿I Ststement Jn connectionwith my no matter has come to my atteDtioD.' l. ￿￿￿0h gives Jne reasonable ¢aus¢ to believe that 14 •ny mateTAal reypecL the r¢quiremuts'. to keep accounting records in &coordance T￿th section 130 of the Charities Act). and to prepare accounts which accA)rd vrith the a￿Ounti￿ rvK>rds and compty with the acwuntin8 requirements of the Cl)aTitics Act havc not been me¢ or 2. to wbid4 in my opiniofy attention thould be drawn in order tcty enable a propu und¢rstandi08 of the accounts lo be Teached. A'E LlSEtfvlAN, FMkA.T Jackson & Grabam Lth Road Cuttikn LA23 2JJ Is.

Fabric and Terrier Re ort St Marttn's Church Year 2024- 2025. An audit of the Church inventory has been undertaken and found to be in order. However the fabric of the Church still gives cause for concern with the main item being the roof which is in urgent need of repair. Water ingress continues to damage the murals and interior and can limit the available seating. In addition, the heating boiler remains in need of replacement and although much hard work has been undertaken with regard to costs etc. it has not yet been possible to achieve a final decision as to the date. A survey of the Church yard has been carried out and several issues regarding the trees and shrubs have been highlighted. This work is the responsibility of the local council. Sanction from the Arch Deacon has been given and the council has agreed to undertake the work as soon as funds are available during the next financial year. Numerous minor repairs and maintenance problems have been successfully carried out during the year. Mike Fletcher Church Warden

Membership of Ihe PCC 21" Aprll 2024 Aft¢r the APCM on 21 st April 2024, the composition of the PCC for 2024 is as follow8: Ex-officio: The Rector - Revd James Richards [Chairn]an] Wardens-, Mike Flel¢her Rosemary Rooke (elected for l year- T¢tir¢ at APCM 2025) (elethed for l year- retire at APCM 2025) Deanery Synod Representatives- Pat Baldwin Elected PCC: NAme Office Elected at APCM Term Term End$ Jill Butler Diana Dodd Ted Cook Mike Baldwin Martin Ra ner Ann Wanska APCM October 2024 APCM April 2024 APCM March 2022 APCM October 2024 APCM October 2022 APCM Octob¢r 2024 ears APCM in 2027 APCM in 2027 APCM in 2025 APCM in 2027 APCM in 2025 APCM in 2027 ears 3 years 3 y¢ars 3 years Hon Treasurer Hon. Treasurer Vice Chaitman Standing Committee: members are indicated by an * after their name El¢ctoral Roll Officer: P¥dt Baldwin Sidesmen: David & Carol Brooks, Hilary ShafjK, Ann WansW Barbara Fletcher, Liz Hawort Mary Fenn￿ Val Garvey and Janet Rudd

Safeguardlng In October the PCC formally adopted the Church's policy (Promoting a Safer Church) that puts children, young people & vulnerable adults at the centre of our concern5, and we have adopted the safeguarding policy and guidance agreed by the House of Bishops. We are seeking to appolnt a Parlsh 5afeguardin8 Officer. In the rneantime, responsibility for safeguarding rests with the Team Rector and churchwardens. All the Level I Safeguarding actions have been taken, and the Parish Safeguarding Dashboard tool is belng used to help us establish and maintain 8ood practice. No safeguarding concerns were reported in 2024. Deanery Synod Report All licensed clergy in the Deanery together with elected lay members appointed from every parish in the Deanery make up the Deanery Synod. As well as it5 routine business ft also elects members for Diocesan Synod and for General Synod. The Deanery Synod can ask for a motion to be debated by the Diocesan Synod and Deanery Synod motions can even become part of the business of the national church. We are entitled to have two lay members attending Deanery Synod to keep us up with newsfrom the Synod and to represent our parish in discussions that take place. Currently we do not have any lay representatives on Deanery Synod. This report has been prepared by the Team Rector. The Windermere Deanery Synod met in July and November. The March meeting wa5 cancelled as it clashed with the licen5in8 service for the new vlcar of Flookburgh and Allithwaite. Reports were received on Finance, including Parish Offer; the development of Mlssion Communities; and Network Youth Church. In the area of our Mission Community, Chris Mason's Network yO￿h Church work ha5 included supporting Experience Ea5terfor our local primary schools at St Mary's, Windermere: facilitating a prayer breakfast meeting for schools, children and youth work support; maintainlng a Lunch Club at the Lakes School; supporting an after-school drop-in at St. Mary's Church, Windermere. In July we heard from KiT5tie Blalr, Outreach workerfor Care and Support, South Lakeland offering support to unpaid carers. In November we discussed elections to Dlocesan Synod. We also heard from Rachel Head, Director of Mission and Ministry, Support and Innovation for the diocese. who introduced the'Garden Planner. tool to help parishes and Misslon Communities consider where and how they do already, or might, engage with mission and ministry in thelr settings.

Rector's Remarks I want to echo and emphasise the thanks the PCC has given to so many people whose prayer and commitment sustain the life of St. Martin's. Especially I want to thank our two churchwardens who shoulder many burdens. l also want to take thls opportunity to express my own thanks for Vivienne Wilde's ministry in our church's music over many years. Her faithful and faith-filled dedication has been a blessing to us. Looking back, as we do at an annual meeting, it seems to have been a turbulentyear. I greatly valued the gift5 and insights Lawrence Basham brought to ministry in the team, and to be able to share responsibility with him as a colleague. It was a surprise, at the beginning of June, to find that he was followin8 a strong sense of call to apply for the post at Grasmere and Rydal. Indeed. Lawrence himself did not expert to be appolnted. l am grateful to Archdeacon Vernon, and Bishop Rob for arranging dates so promptly for the appointment of a successor to Lawrence. l am most 8rateful too to everyone who helped with the process of preparing a parish profile and advertisement forthe post, and tsking part in the interviews. And l am delighted that we have welcomed Olivia Haines as our new Team Wicar, along with her husband Barry and daughter Isobel. Last year I wrote about how l am often impatient to see things happen. And the process of makingthe new appointment, and being the sole full-time priest in the team through the Autumn and until after Christmas has had an impact on my capacity to support and enable that. In January Bishop Rob wrote asking us all to join together in prayer, saying". "In o previou5 letter I wrote that proyer hos been described os the. -beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the worfd." It 15 a150 true that the life ond health of the church depends upon its prayer life. Whilst we pray daily, ond proyers ore said in churches across the county every doy, we do not nece55arily pray together as a dI0￿se ond I believe that God is calling us to pray more ond to build a wave of prayer across the diocese each week. I do not know what this will result in, but I do know that all of u5 can be part of thi5, thot it will bring u5 closer to God ond that we will be surprised by the things that happen as o result. Whilst it is tempting to give o list of things to proyfor initiolly I wont to ask everyone to pray that God would give us o heart to proy ond that God would strengthen usfor service. In order thot we might pray as much together os possible, please will you set on olorm to proyfor these thingsfor just 5 minutes at 12 noon each Mondoy? Of course. this might be the most inconvenient timefor youl in which case. please decide a regular weekly time when you con do this. Proyer 15 the lifrblood of the church. and everyone can do it. Whether you proy regulorly or sporadically. this is something all of us con do and be part of. Please join with me in this and I would be gratefvl if this could be shored a5 widely a5 PQ55ible in each church. I do hope we might all take up that invitation, for our parish, our Team and Mission Communlty, and for our Diocese.