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The Parish of Worle: St Martin Annual Report 2025

Incumbents Report for 2025

My dear friends in Christ,

Our Epistle reading this morning was from St Peters first letter. This is a circular letter written to various churches and Christians to encourage them in their faith and belief in Jesus Christ. Peter urges them to keep strong. The consequences of becoming a Christian in Peter’s lifetime were very serious. It often led to people being ostracised, mocked, shunned from families and even in many circumstances led to their death. Peter was a realist. His letter is not a philosophical debate on the nature of suffering but rather is a practical handbook of what is likely to happen to followers and what to do to protect yourself and give a guide as to how to cope.

The letter is all about hope. As Christians we are to remember that if we have to go through severe trials, then so did Jesus whose suffering ultimately opened the way to heaven for us all. Peter insists that we are protected by God’s power through our faith until salvation is fully revealed. He draws an analogy with gold being made purer by burning away the impurities, so suffering can refine our faith.

We are lucky living in Worle in the 21[st] Century, because we will probably never have to face the ordeals that the first readers of this letter had to face.

This church building, that in 2025 we celebrated its foundation 900 years ago, has itself stood through many times of trial, of war of changing denomination: of old ways being discarded only to find after a few years that the new theologies were now being put to the sword and a too-ing and froing from Catholic to Protestant to Catholic to a lasting Protestant settlement known as Anglicanism under Elizabeth I in 1559.

During this time people would constantly have had their worries and concerns about what would happen next, but hope kept them going and hope kept them faithful. It was through their faith and hope that kept this place going.

This is where we come in, this is our part in the journey of witness of faith at St Martin’s Church. We are part of the tapestry that makes up the picture for this place of faith, but we are not the whole tapestry.

Today is when we have our Annual Meeting. It gives us a chance to look back and reflect on the last year and the work and witness of the Parish. 2025 has been a special year for us, a year of celebration when we have given thanks for 900 years of worship and witness in this place (give or take a few silent periods).

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As we look back on the last year - and look through the Annual Report -we do so reflect on our objectives for 2025 that we aspired to be:

As part of offering this witness and doing this work there are many people who have contributed to making the last year the success it was in so many ways.

Firstly, I would like to thank the Church Wardens, the Treasurer and those who assist the Treasurer with the finances of the church – such as bookkeeping and sorting out Gift Aid - all the officers of the church and those who serve on the PCC and the various sub-committees and synods.

Thank you too to my Ministry Colleagues who provide such wonderful service and services to the church and support to me.

Thank you to everyone who opens the church and prepares for the services and events, those who undertake duties of Communion Assistant, those who read and those who serve as verger particularly in the occasional offices. Also those who prepare and operate the slides and the sound system in the services and who prepare the weekly newsletters and information leaflets.

Thanks to our wonderful musicians in the choir and on the organ and keyboard and the bell ringers for their weekly commitment and skills they bring to worship; to those who provide refreshments after services, to those who set up and run our various social events particularly during our 900[th] year.

Thank you to those who come to the working parties to tidy up and do jobs on the church and in the grounds and help to keep the church and its surroundings look so special. To those who do the flowers and the laundry of the church and of course to the wonderful team who do the cleaning in the church.

A particular note of thanks too, to all those who give to the church financially. We could not operate in the way we do without your financial commitment. I would just like to encourage everyone to be part of a regular stewardship system either through the envelope scheme or direct debits and to sign up for Gift Aid where appropriate.

I make it as bit of an unofficial rule that I do not mention people by name in this report. Whenever one does this, you run the risk of upsetting people by

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leaving others out, but there are two people who we sadly lost this year who were the epitome of dutiful service. Firstly, I would like to remember Michael Butt. Michael was the personification of a hard worker ‘behind the scenes’. I would also like to remember Ray Jones our former ringing master. You may not have known Ray – but you would have heard the fruits of his ministry on so many occasions ringing out across the parish calling people to church, announcing – we are here.

As we look back on 2025, let us also be mindful of the words of St Peter - that our faithful ministry doesn’t just end now, rather we are to be part of a future, a community, working together to make St Martin’s a place that will go on for another 900 years and beyond that.

In 2026 we shall make prayer and the study of the Bible at the centre of what we do. It is these activities that are the bedrock of who we are. Let us look back at the last year reflecting on all the good things that have passed, let us be active in the present with the hope in our hearts and lives with Christ as described by St Peter in his letter and let us look forward knowing that we are part of something – so much bigger than us – and something, someone that is eternal – Jesus Christ.

Amen

900[th] Celebration 2025

To celebrate 900 years of worship at St Martin’s Church it was decided that we would arrange a special event for every month of the year, the objectives being:

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This was achieved through a variety of events that were developed throughout the year, bringing the church and the local community together.

The year started in January with an exhibition of Baptisms in the church. Baptism records and photographs were displayed alongside baptism robes that had been loaned for the event. In February we had a special service of light for Candlemas during which everyone was given a celebratory 900[th] year candle to light again at home.

In March we had our annual Shrove Tuesday Beetle Drive and Pancakes evening which was very popular again. At the end of the month musicians from the Bristol Ensemble performed a special concert for us, playing music from each century from 1125 to present time. This was very well received, drawing an audience from far and wide to listen to this acclaimed group.

April was filled with Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter services. In May we celebrated the Gift of Marriage in the church with a flower festival. The church was decorated with flower arrangements depicting history over 900 years, and there were many photographs of weddings in the church throughout the years along with marriage registers. The festival concluded with a special service with many favourite wedding hymns.

In June we celebrated Pentecost and the Birthday of the Church with a Sunday afternoon Birthday Party, including Pimm’s, strawberries and cream, scones, jam and cream, tea and a special birthday cake. Everyone left with a 900[th] year party bag with goodies! At the end of the month our organist, Richard Lennox, performed a midsummer concert, ‘Echos through Time’, featuring music on organ and piano through 900years. This was followed by the traditional tea and cake that the church is gaining quite a reputation for!

In August the church hosted an art exhibition by local artists. This was a popular event and there is interest in repeating it in the summer of 2026

To celebrate St Michael and All Angels Day in September the local community and schools worked together to make over 900 cardboard angels to adorn the church for a Festival of Angels. School children visited to ‘spot’ their angels within the displays, and Worle Chorale performed a special concert amongst the angels to conclude the festival.

For Harvest in October we had a Harvest Morning Praise service during which food was brought to church to be donated to Weston Food Bank. This was followed by Bring and Share Community Lunch in The Village School Hall.

In November we always celebrate St Martins Day with the church fayre, and this year was no exception, with stalls, tombola, guess the weight of the cake, just to name a few of the activities to be enjoyed, along with refreshments. This coincides with Remembrance weekend and Worle Windband performed a special festival of Remembrance concert on the Sunday afternoon

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Our 4[th] Christmas Tree festival took place at the beginning of December with any proceeds being divided equally between Weston Hospicecare and the church. 30 decorated trees lit up the church for the weekend and the church was full of activity, light and music. The Festival opened with a wonderful peal of bells from the bell ringers on the Friday before the opening concert, where we enjoyed performances from Toot Suite Recorder Group and the church choir. On the Saturday entertainment was provided throughout the day with the Clangers bell plate ringers in the morning and Worle Village School in the afternoon following which we had our Christingle service. On Sunday morning we were joined by the Archdeacon of Bath at our 10am service with a wonderful Christmas Concert by Worle Chorale in the afternoon before concluding the weekend with an Advent service with carols. The trees remained in church until the end of the Christmas season.

The year was about celebration rather than raising amounts of money, but we did commission some special kneelers to commemorate the year and donations for these have been received in memory of loved ones.

Our thanks go to Fraser Proctor for designing the logo for the year which has been used on all our advertising, and all those who have helped in so many ways to make the year so special

Rev Jon Ormrod and Jill Preddy

Safeguarding report

The Safeguarding Team comprises Jill Preddy, Yvonne Criddle, Lesley Faulkner and Rosie Davies. It has met 4 times during 2025 and reported regularly to the PCC.

The Safeguarding policy is displayed in the church porch together with a poster showing contact details for St Martin’s church and for the Diocesan Safeguarding Team.

Safeguarding training was delivered in church in October for PCC members and any other church members. All PCC members have undertaken basic training and the majority have undertaken foundation training. At the November PCC meeting a short scenario was discussed to further embed our learning and this will be included in other PCC meetings.

Safeguarding was highlighted on National Safeguarding Sunday on 16/11/2025

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Please contact the team if you have any safeguarding concerns or you would like to chat, and do remember that no concern is too small for us to listen to.

Tel: 07443 303712 Email: safeguardingstmartinsworle@gmail.com

The Safeguarding Team

Ministry Team and Home Groups Report

The Ministry team has met together regularly for mutual support and encouragement; to plan and review the worship and courses we offer for the St Martin’s community.

We have held Tuesday courses on the following themes

Healing touch of God

Gifts of the Sprit

Synoptic Gospels

Christianity Explored

Apostles and Disciples

Historic background of the Scriptures

Liturgical Seasons

Fruits of the Spirit

Advent course What are you waiting for?

Welcoming and adapting to the needs of our wider community and our regular worshippers (many of whom are elderly)

We have also prioritised responding sensitively to pastoral situations both individually within our congregation and also in the community, (for instance opening the church and being available particularly at times of bereavement).

We are also always sensitive to our pattern of service, particularly with respect to people’s changing needs. (The availability of parking, and the effect of long winter evenings are becoming ever more relevant to our faithful congregation).

Rev Gilly Bunce

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Foundation Governor Links to Local Schools

St Martin’s and Worle Village Schools are part of the Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust (MAT). As a Church school MAT, Rev Jon sits on the Church schools committee, providing spiritual guidance and other support across all the MAT schools. Both St Martin’s and Worle Village schools share an Executive Head Teacher (Mrs Sue Elliott) and as a result the staff and pupils are being brought closer together and are encouraged to make full use of St Martin’s Church building for acts of worship and to participate in Church events, for example the Christmas Tree Festival and services celebrating Easter and harvest.

The joint “Local Governing Board” across both St Martin’s and Worle Village primary schools continues to work well with us meeting each term at alternate venues. Mark Preddy (a member of PCC) is one of the Co-Chair of Governors, and plays an active role, together with Rev Jon and Mrs Elliott in the management of both schools. Whilst St Martin’s is the official “Church School” we maintain a close link with both in terms of spiritual and community matters. During 2025 we have held successful “Messy Church” events at St Martin’s School, on a termly basis, these have been enthusiastically received by both pupils and staff. A separate report for Messy Church is within this annual report.

Like many schools there are significant challenges with finance and recruiting support staff at both our link schools. Despite these, the Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust (KMAT) school leadership team and governors are fully committed to making our schools great places of learning and a fun place to be for our pupils. I was delighted to visit school for several performances across a number of year groups and we can be very proud of the very high standard achieved by the pupils, teachers and their supporters.

Mark Preddy

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Church involvement with St Martin’s, Worle Village and Mendip Green Primary Schools

As Vicar of St Martin’s Church, I serve as Governor for both St Martin’s Church of England Primary School, and Worle Village Primary School, Mark has written about the work of Governor and governance in the local schools. In addition to this role, I am also involved with serving the school communities in the parish by taking school assemblies on a regular basis and also assisting the schools with visits to the church on a regular basis. This can be for worship particularly at Christmas, Easter and Harvest, but it can also be to cover certain items of he curriculum, such as talking to the children about the sacraments of Communion and Baptism, or a Question and Answer Session on “What does a vicar do?”. These are always really rewarding sessions, with the children being very engaged and asking very good questions.

Every year St Martin’s School come on the 11[th] November and hear about the story of St Martin, cutting his cloak in half to share with a beggar.

The close links between the church and the schools continued to be developed and enhanced by the hard work of volunteers from the church and also with the encouragement and support of the schools as well. This has been a very important part of the mission and outreach for St Martin’s Church and building positive links with the children and families in the community.

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Rev Jon Ormrod

Messy Church at St Martins School

Throughout 2025 we have continued to do Messy Church at St Martin’s School as an after school activity usually approximately once every half term.

The sessions usually start with an activity that all the children can join in with and work together on. This year we have done junk modelling on a couple of occasions and have made boats – when our theme was the stilling of the storm - and angels - when we were thinking of angels for the Angel Festival at Church.

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There then follows about 45mins of craft activities

which usually includes a “food activity” such as decorating biscuits.

Themes this year have included:

Moses

The Good Samaritan

Fruits of the Spirit

Angels

Jesus stilling the storm

Jesse Tree with symbols from the Old and New Testament.

The Jesse Tree activity involved building a mobile and then hanging symbols from the Bible on it, such as the serpent, a scroll to represent the Law of Moses, the stars in the sky for Abraham’s descendants, crown for King David, and the Holy Family going to Bethlehem.

Following the craft activities, we have a time of teaching and reflecting on the theme for the day, following which the children (and Vicar Jon!) have tea which frequently consists of hot dogs followed by ice cream (and sprinkles!).

We are also blessed with a core of 12 to 16 children who attend these sessions. Some of whom come from the schools After School Club.

We are also blessed with a team of volunteers who prepare the activities and help the children with them during the sessions. If you would like to be involved with Messy Church in the future, then do have a word with Jon.

Rev Jon Ormrod

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Men’s Fellowship

The men of the Parish meet as a group at 7.30pm usually on the third Thursday of the month at the Lamb Inn in Worle High Street. Activities have included bowling, skittles, quiz and barbecues and a race night. It was good to welcome the Ladies’ Fellowship for a skittle match which included sausage and chips. We hope this will be an annual event.

It is always good to welcome our neighbours as well as new friends.

Paul Elliott

Women’s Fellowship

The Women’s Fellowship was set up by Rachel Fletcher and Georgia Banks this year, as a need was identified to provide more support and contact between ladies other than the normal church timetabled events. It was agreed to start with a monthly breakfast meet up on the 2nd Saturday of every month and began on the 9th of August in the church. This went well and since then we have had a trip out to Carriages in Hewish, plus meets in church involving story and poetry reading. The women’s fellowship supported St Martin’s Church fayre by running 2 stalls and had a Christmas meet with partners and friends. As well as a skittles night out challenging the men’s fellowship. The feedback has been good with women saying that they are getting to know others that they didn’t before. On average attendance at events has been around 20 ladies. In 2026 we are continuing with the monthly breakfast slot, alternating between in church and outings. We would also like to do some evening events and strengthen the fellowship.

Rachel Fletcher

Fabric Committee Report

The Fabric Committee is a subgroup of the PCC. It is made up of a chairman, secretary and six members from the church congregation. They bring with them many different skills, not only for the maintenance work, but their concern for the building.

During the year they have been responsible for all the tasks with the running of the church which include the servicing of the gas boiler, electrical requirements and servicing of the organ etc.

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During the year, after receiving the Quinquennial Report, it is good the committee members were able to work through the areas that were identified as self-help jobs which also included some work in the graveyard which involved maintenance of the shed including replacing one side and painting.

We were able to commission our contractors, Ellis and Co, to go through and achieve all of the work that needed our attention, so we face the New Year with optimism.

Paul Elliott

Community Saturday Film Nights

These take place in St Martin’s Church and are open to everyone. Showings are free – with donations gratefully received towards snacks and the upkeep of the church facilities. Doors open at 5.15pm for a 5.45pm showing.

We are fortunate to have a small band of friends who help to serve the refreshment and show the film.

Paul Elliott

St Martin’s Church Finance Team

There are a number of people involved, each playing a vital role in ensuring our finances run smoothly.

Treasurer Mark Preddy
Fees Mark Preddy
Booking Keeping Kewstoke Financial Services
(John Leddy)
Payroll JD Accounting (Janet Drissell)
Support and advice
to Treasurer		 John Bangham
Gift Aid Diane Swatton
Cash counting &
Banking		 Jill and Mark Preddy, Val and
Neil Adams, Rosie Davies, John
Bangham.

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Planned giving forms an important part of our total income, there are two principal schemes.

At the end of 2025 we had a total of 51 members (or couples) who had committed to planned giving, which is slightly down from 2024. Planned giving, combined with Gift Aid recovery, is a very important part of our ministry and helps us maintain control of our budget which is tight in these challenging times.

The Gift Aid Scheme is administered by Diane, and for members who pay tax, enables us to reclaim 25% more from the UK.GOV, this is a valuable source of income for the Church.

We continue to accept payments by card using our SUMUP machine which you will normally find on the Donation table at the back of the Church.

We have now completed our first year of the new methodology for calculating Parish Share to better distribute costs to Parish / Benefices based on the costs of ministry and Diocesan support. This has led to a significant increase for St Martin’s; however, I am pleased to report that we paid our 2025 share in full. We will continue to rise in the following three years to meet full cost of ministry. Our PCC has again committed to paying our 2026 Parish Share in full.

The church office continues to be maintained by a combination of the ministry team and volunteers, with Mark Preddy taking responsibility for managing Fees, our Church website and keeping the IT equipment updated. This has enabled us to manage the Parish Share costs, with our only personnel costs being for our organist.

I would like to thank the team of supporters as mentioned above.

Mark Preddy - Treasurer

Community Cake and Coffee Mornings

Every Thursday morning at 10.45am, after the morning Communion Service, we have our community coffee morning in church which is open to all people to meet and share some refreshments. This proves a good opportunity to know about events taking place in church and for them to be able to ask questions if they wish. It is good that many who attend the service beforehand remain for coffee and can greet people who have just arrived for refreshments.

Paul Elliott

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Christmas Tree Festival 5[th] – 7[th] December 2025

Our 4[th] Christmas Tree festival was held on the first weekend in December. This was supported again by local organisations and businesses, the local primary schools and groups and individuals from the church itself, and a total of 30 trees provided decoration, colour and lights throughout the weekend and continued through the rest of the Christmas season. There was no cost to enter a tree and no entrance fee for any of the weekend events, but donations were welcomed to be split equally between Weston Hospicecare and St Martin’s Church.

The weekend started with an opening evening of carols and readings, including performances by Toot Suite recorder group and a short presentation by representatives from Weston Hospicecare about their valuable work. On the Saturday morning the Clangers performed, and we welcomed Worle Village School Choir performance in the afternoon. Sunday concluded with a concert by Worle Chorale in the afternoon.

Besides these events, there was a Christingle Service on the Saturday afternoon; 8am and 10am Communion Services on the Sunday with the Archdeacon of Bath presiding at the 10am Service and an Evening Advent Service on the Sunday at 5pm.

This year our knitted tree was a giant Santa hat (!) and the leaves will once again be turned into blankets for Somewhere to Go after the tree has been dismantled.

Throughout the weekend there were refreshments on offer including a soup lunch on the Saturday and numerous cakes, mince pies and biscuits along with endless tea and coffee throughout the weekend, and thanks go to a marvellous group of hard-working volunteers who enabled the constant supplies!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the planning and success of this event. A grand total of £1500 was raised.

Jill Preddy

St Martin’s Choir

We are a group of people who have made a commitment to help lead the congregation in singing at Services.

We meet every Thursday evening at 6.15pm in Church for practice and we have made a commitment to sing every Sunday morning at the 10.00am Service and once a month on a Sunday evening at 6.00pm for a Sung Evensong Service.

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At Christmas 2025 we were joined by some members of the congregation to sing with us for the service of Nine Lessons and Carols.

We are also available to sing at Church Weddings if requested

Barbara Perkins

St Martin’s Bell Ringers

During 2025 we welcomed visiting ringers from Devon and Herefordshire and hosted the Axbridge Branch training morning in February. Our Thursday evening practices have continued throughout the year with members of other local towers joining us on a regular basis. This has enabled us to support and encourage them and our own ringers to progress.

During the autumn a local teenager showed interest in ringing and it has been a joy to teach him to ring with support from the Branch Education Officer. The age of our ringers are now from teenagers to 90+, although most of us are on the older side. As you read this remember it is never to old to learn and it is about technique not strength. `Please come and visit us on a Thursday evening if you would like to discover more about ringing.

As well as ringing for pleasure and enjoyment we also ring for worship, for times of celebration and remembrance. This year we have once again been able to ring for the majority of morning services and for the major Festivals.

During the year we rang ten quarter peals. In May we rang in celebration for the closing service of the Flower Festival weekend. We also rang for the 81st anniversary of D-Day in June and in August to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day and the end of World War ll.

We began the year by ringing a quarter peal in memory of Sheonagh and Margaret Ormrod. Later in the year quarters were rung to remember former ringers - Bryan Williams of St. John’s W-S-M, a good friend to us, and John Widgery of Wick St. Laurence.

During this year two of our ringers died. Barbara Taylor in February and Ray Jones in December.

Barbara came to ringing later in life and began to learn in 2000. She was a faithful member and always supported us in whatever we did, especially on Sundays and social events. Towards the end she was finding ringing more difficult due to arthritic hands but was determined in 2024 to ring a quarter for her 80th birthday.

Ray learnt to ring at St.John’s as a teenager and continued to ring as he moved with his chosen profession of nursing. When he and his partner retired they eventually moved back to Weston-super-Mare and Ray became

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a loyal member of St. Martin’s ringers, eventually becoming ringing master. In this role he enabled, with patience, to teach new ringers and encourage them in their development. He was a well-respected ringer both locally, and within the branch and association.

Several quarter peals, both here and elsewhere were rung in their memory. Barbara and Ray have been and will continue to be missed and we give thanks for their lives and all that they gave to the ringers and to others during their lives through friendship and encouragement.

Finally, and but not least, the ringers continue to be grateful for the support we receive from the Vicar and PCC . Our thanks also go to Jim and Frank who keep a good eye on the bells and hangings to ensure they are safe to ring.

Yvonne Criddle

Lunch on the Last Sunday in the Month

The Church Sunday Lunch occurs on the last Sunday of each month and everyone is welcome to come.

This year we have been on the move as to venue. In the spring we moved, for various reasons, from the Summerhouse to the Ebdon Arms. This venue was good from both parking and it being all on one level. A bonus was that, most months, St. Martin’s had sole use of the Function Room which meant we were able to sit together. Unfortunately, over the following months there were several changes of managers which meant that, at times, the meals were not always as good as we expected.

As a result, towards the end of the year we visited the Woolpack, who made us very welcome in the Farm Shop. This move worked well, even though it’s not carvery and choice from menu needs to be made in advance, as the meals are all served at the same time and above all it does mean that we spend more time chatting to one another. The staff are helpful and a delight.

Numbers attending have varied from month to month and the average number of attendees is 24.

Yvonne Criddle

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Locking Deanery Synod Report for 2025

Two members of the PCC, together with the Rev Jon Ormrod, sit on the deanery synod, providing the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the church. Our elected representatives are:

Synod has met three times during the year at different venues across the area.

Please note that Yvonne and I were unable to attend the first two meetings of the year as they clashed with PCC meetings. However, the outline of events for these meetings were:

October Meeting – held at Christ Church, in Weston-super-Mare The meeting consisted of:

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5 Two things we could pray for your parish:

Following each meeting the members feedback to the subsequent PCC meeting.

Rev Jon Ormrod

Church Cleaning Team

Cleaning takes place on Friday mornings, or at other suitable times.

Weekly cleaning:

Monthly cleaning:

6 monthly, to coincide with churchyard cleaning:

Any member of the team working on their own in church must adhere to the Lone Working Policy and:

Lesley Faulkner

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St Martin’s Church Mission Giving Group

This group was formed to promote the church’s activities in mission and outreach, both locally and further afield. The Mission Giving Group, comprising three members of the PCC and one lay member, met three times during the year under review.

Items considered were:

  1. The regular gifts given from the church to:

  2. a. Sponsor a child (Sergio) through the auspices of Compassion UK

  3. b. Support the Bath & Wells Diocesan Link with our connection in the Central Diocese of Zambia. This diocese encompasses the northern part of the country known as the Copperbelt.

  4. The success of “bucket collections” that were set up in church in response to local and international emergencies.

  5. Working with the other church groups to generate income that can be used for mission and outreach.

  6. Brainstorming ideas that might lead to the generation of gifts to help the poor and needy both at home and overseas.

The congregation and community have responded generously to appeals by the church and we can gratefully record the following achievements in 2025:

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Over the years St. Martin’s has contributed to many projects supported by this charity, and we are proud to have been associated with the provision of education for many hundreds of children within the Central Diocese of Zambia. During 2025 the main motivator in this charity became unwell and we did not release monies to it until she was able to undertake one of her “audit” visits at the end of the year. Following the report from her we were able to release all the donations received for Hands of Compassion in the following financial year.

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The church congregation and the community surrounding St. Martin’s have again responded superbly to the needs of our brothers and sisters who are less fortunate and this has enabled us to report positively again on a year’s mission and outreach activities.

Neil Adams

Magazine Committee

We have “produced” three magazines this year,

Each edition starts with a planning meeting, when the broad outline is agreed, with a window of two-three weeks to prepare the material, which is assembled and proofread, before the pages are then sent to the printers.

For our two major print editions, 3,500 copies, the members gather in Church on a Friday morning, to place the magazines into recyclable paper bags for each road. Then the wider Church family takes over and distributes the magazines to every house in the Parish.

We are always looking for new contributions, so please do contact us.

The Church magazine is an important part of our mission, in bringing the Good News to the Parish

Rev Jon Ormrod, John Bangham, Rosie Davies, Barbara Perkins, Margaret Smith, Carol Savill,

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The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Worle: Saint Martin. (Re¥knd Iitsmbe¥ 1209790) Annual Report and Financial Statements For the Period ended 31" December 2025

Introduction The Church Communty at St Martin's is commthd to shariNJ the love of Jesus in the Worle communrty arKI to grow in Gcxl's love. Our vision is Everyone is Invited Everyone is Welcome tAé 01 St Martln's has a 900-year history of serving the people of Worfe, with 2025 marklng our 900- year anniversary. The church building is located on the hill above the HvJh Street. As the °village' of Worle has grown signrficantly In the past 40 years. the greater area of Worle has been spllt into 3 Parishes; St Martin's is the Parish Church for the area wrthin th8 centre of the original Worl8 village. extending northwards towards Vlorlebury Hill and southwards to parts of M8ad Vale. A map of our Parish can be ft￿nd on the noti￿ board at the back of the Church. Alm and purpo The aim of the Parochi81 Church Council (PCC) is to CO￿perate with the clergy team and licensed ministers in promotiNJ, within the parish, th8 whol8 mission of the Churth- pastoral, evang8li$tic. social and ecumenical. The PCC is responsib￿ for the maintenance of the church building. Objoctlves and Actlvlil•s The PCC is committed to bring the love of Chri8t to all peopl8 both within ts communty of the Church and across ts wider communty of Work. The PCC maintains an overview of wornhip arKJ makes Suggesth on our ser¥ices can involve the many groups that live wiihin ¢xJr parish. Our services and worship put fabth into practice through a mixture of prayer, scripture, music and sacrament. When ￿annIng our activrties for the year, we have considered the Charty Commi88ion's guidance on public beneffts, and particularfy the supplementary guidan￿ on charities for the advan¢ement of religion. We aim to enable all people to live out their faith as part of our parish communrty through: Worship and wayer. shwir¥J ts Sa￿arner￿. leaming al>)ut the Gospel,. and developing their knowledge and twst in Jesus. Provision of pastoral Gare for FEople liviThJ in ts parish. Missionary and outreach work. To facilitate thig worK ￿ is importanl that we maintain the falxiG of the Church of St. M￿1n,8. Achlevemonts and Porformnc• Worship and Prayer The PCC a￿ keen to offer a range of SeNi￿S during the week arKI over the course of the year that our communrty finds both beneficial and $￿'rItUallY fulfiltsng. All gre ￿lcOme to attp.nd our rngijlar serviem AS 2tats#l in t)ur vi*iL¥) {ts• tntr¢)duction)

At present there are 81 parishioners on the Churth Electoral Roll, whith represents a stgnfficant growth from 62 on the wevious roll. The average atteTrkn ctyjnted during OLaober was 70, but this increases at festivals. As V￿11 as our regular services, we ena￿e ow communlty to ￿lebrate and thank God at milestones of thè joumey through lrfe, Thrr)ugh baptssm we thank God for the gift of Itfe, in rn9￿1age public vows are exchanged wilh God's trAessing arKI through fvneral servi￿$ fn'ends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which 15 wmpl8te in this workl and to commend the person into G(x1's keepng. We celebrated 13 bapts'sms, 1 wedding and 10 funerals at Church building. as well as a further 7 funerals at the local crnmatorium this year. Whilst the number of yourKJ (under 16) regularty atterKling our services remains low. the Church maintains close contact wrth the thre8 Primary schools within the Parish, whose children visrt and take part in various services at the thurch building durir¥J the year, especially for the main Church festivals. A group of Churth membws attend our Church School (St Martin's CofE Primary) to deliver'Me8sy Church. once per temi. which 18 well re￿IVed by the 8taff and pupils. Deanery Synod (Locklng Doanory Two members of the PCC, towher wrth the Rev Jon (hirrxl, Sit on the d8an8ry Syn￿￿, providing the PCC with an important link bets¥een the parish and the wider structures of the church. Our elected representatives are.. Yvonne Criddle Grace Rubery Synod has met three tim88 during the year at different acros8 Ihe area. Unfortunately, th6 dates of first trwo meetings clashed with our PCC meetings. however, the outline of events for these meetings were Area Dean's Report. ActNity -dream of what God's plans are for our community Appointment of Rev Caroline Deakin, vicar of St Peterf8 M￿lOn, Mllton with Mead Vale as Area Dean by the Bishop of Bath & Well8. Election of Debbie Routby a8 Lay Assistant D Election of Revds. David Gent, Sam Healey, AThj￿ Hemming6 as DMPG dergy representats'ves October Meeting- held at Christ Church. in W•8ton4uwr-Marn, Area Dean's report. A presentation of the chaFAw'ncy at Magistrates Court Deanery Questionnaire (a mcye detailed will appear In our APCM booklet). Fabrlc The Fabric Committee is a subJroup of PCC. It is made up of a chairn￿n, a secretary and normally six members of the thurch. Not all a￿ members of the PCC, tt)ey bring with them different skills. not only for maintenance work bui with their concems about the building. The group looks at the challenges of maintaining St Martin's and have an insight to the heating system. fire equipment, secunty, and general maintenan￿. Also, it has responsibilty for Heatth and Safety. PAT Testing and associated annual tasks. They also look at work and maintenance in the upper churchyard. Our architect carried out a QUir￿U￿nIal inspe¢ts'on at the end of 2024 and V￿ r￿1Ved their re[￿ during June 2025. We employed Ellis & C¢ynpany to undertake the remedial adion identified indudirNJ repointit¥J. repairs to roof and gull8ys. which were completed in

November at a cost of £6,840. We have applied through the List•J pla￿ of Worship scheme for recovery of the VAT element of Ellis Invol￿ during 2026. The PCC l Fabric team also consider our'Eco F(￿inf arKJ lo ttrtte erKls have eXpk￿ed the nstallation of Infrared Heaters under the gallery for meetings without using the niain church gas fired heth'ng syst￿. An lrtstal1at￿ is eXF￿rted to proceed in 2026. Mission The Mission Group was lom￿d to KThllOte the church's Xivities in mission and outreath, b(kh locally and further afield. The Mission Giving Group, comprising three memttrs of the PCC and one lay memtrr. met three ts.mes dwirwJ the year under review. Events organized I ￿ganisa￿On$ supp￿1 duriThJ the year included: A cream tea to raise furwjs for Christian AKI. Sponsor a child (Sergio) through Compassion UK. Diocesan link with Zambia. Work with Hands of Compassion in provision of education in the central diocese of Zambia Weston Foodbank and "Somevthre to Go" with donations of food on a regular basis, blankets following the Chnstmas Tree festNal, as well as a cash donalion from our Lent °buckef collections. During September buckets were placed in church to receive donations for Great Western AirAmbulance in responsetotheir urgentappeal. At our Harvest Festival we commenced supwjrt for Hope Christian Trust whith is a small chanty based nearby that generates monies for charitable work mainly in educational and cultural establishments both in Israel and Occup￿ Palestinian Terriiofies for the development of young people and adults. The monies raised at the Christinas Tree festival 2025 were shared with Vleston Hospicecare. Our Parish magazine at Easter, Harvest and Christrnas was distributed to all households in the Parish, together with our local primary schools. Tr magaztr keeps everybody informed of all the a¢tivrties of the Churth and ensures that we prrmnote the whole mission of the ChU￿h. Flnancial R•vlow Our General Unrestricted FurKI showed a surplus for the year of £820, which is a s￿nIficant improvement compared to budget This reflects strong planned givir4J and Church running expenses dosely monrtored. The General Fund at the year-end Nyas £31.904. The PCC committed to paying 1 CY)% of our Parish Share for 2025, and this was achieved. During 2024 the Diocesan Synod aPr￿ved a new way of calculating Parish Share f￿ 2025, based on costs of ministy. The full costs will ts phased over fve years, follwng consulth'on across the Diocese, recogniing many parishes (like our own) *ryll see swJnificant increase. The PCC has committed to payment in full our 2026 Parish Share as requested by the Diocesan Board of Finance (DBF).

As with all Churches we have had to manage our operating costs very carefully. Vlth our erergy advisors we have fixed our energy contracts through to Sethnber 2026, woviding short lem stability, whilst we investigate options beyond that date. During the year the Church has held monthty events ￿le1￿￿'ng our 9QKiyear anniversary, of which more detail is in our Annual Report booklet These events included celebrations of our Christian Ministry of Baptism and Vleddings as wdl as All Saints (and Angels) and Remernbran￿. ilst the events V￿re not specifiolly aimed to be fundraising, they did in fact raise a spnificant amount placed into a designaied fijnd, vthich ￿ aim to put towards the cost of UFgrading our PA I VDU system in 2026. Roserves policy It is PCC policy to ty to mairrtain a balance on Unrestri￿ funds whith equate to at least three months, unrestrided payments. It is held to smocth out fluLXuth in cash flow and tomeet any cost of emergencies. Safeguardlng The Parish SafeguardirvJ policy follows guidelires laid d(Awn by the Bath and Vvells Diocese. Safeguarding is a standing item at eath PCC meetirKJ. All members of the PCC have received relevant training and have DBS theths Completed. Structure. govomance, and managThnt The method of appointment of PCC members (Tntstees) is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St. Martin's the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), churchwardens, and members elected by those mernb￿s of the rA)fvJregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend ServI￿S I members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand forethtion to the PCC. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concem and importance to the parish including deciding ¢Tr how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. The full PCC has met bi- monthly during the period ending 31 DeC￿ber 2025. Given its wide respOnsi￿.1111eS the PCC has fornied a number of oynmittees. c<xnwising of both PCC and non-PCC members each dealing with a particular asr*d of parish lrfe.. Fabric IT, PA & VDU Equipmerrt Magazine Ministry Team Mission Giving Social Standing 900 Year Celebrations ￿nd￿lir¥j Chrtstinas Tm festr¥al. Messy Church These committees are all responsibte to the PCC and report back to it regularfy wth minuteslnotes of their meetings and discussed as necessary. Administratfve inforniation St. Martin's Church is sriuated on the hill a￿￿0 Worlo ITillago in W8St¢)n-suw￿Iare. It is part of

the Diocese of Bath and Wells wrythin the Church of England. The (xxresFM)nd6nce add￿$$ is St Martin's Church. Church Road, Worle BS22 9EL The PCC is a corporate body fcc Powers Measure 1956. Churth Representab"on Rules 2011) and is a registered diarity (Registered Number 1209788) wlth the Charrty Commission. PCC members who have Served during thi8 period are: Ex Officio members.. Incumbent.. The Reverend Jon Ormrod {Chaimian) Preb.Dr.Gilly Bunce Churchward8ns: Paul Elliott (Vice Chairman), Jill Preddy Elected membern.. Yvonne Criddle representth on thanwy Synod (from APCM 2023) Lesley Faulkner Barbara Perkins Mark Preddy (Treasurer) Ann BLrtI Rosie Davis Margaret Smith Wendy Staff Grace Rubery reyesentstive on Deanery Synod (from APCM 2023) John Chapman (Appointed at APCM 2025) Keith Stenner (Appointed at APCM 2025) Approved by the PCC on th8 18th March 2026 and synod on their behalf by Rev. Jonathan Omirod (Vicar and PCC Chaimian)

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARTINS I report on the accounts of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Martins for the 12 months ended 31° December 2025, which are set out on the following pages. Respectlvè responsibilitie$ of Trustees and Independent Examiner As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC of St Martins are responsible for the preparation ofthe accounts The members ofthe PCC consider thal an audit is not required for this year under section 144{2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an Independent Examination is needed. The Charity is preparing Receipts and Payments Accounts and l am qualified to undertake the examination. Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit and is eligible for Independenl Examination it is my responsibilily to.. Examine the accounts under section 145 ofthe 2011 Charities Act., To follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(b) of the 2011 Charities Act., and State whether particular matters have come to my attents"on. Basis of Independent Examinerfs Report My examination was carried out in accordan￿ with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented wth those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The prO￿d￿re$ undertaken do not provide all the eviden￿ that would be required in an audrt and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view. and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent Examlnevs unqualified statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no malerial matters have come to my attention In connection with the examination giving me cause to beliève that in any material respect.. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the PCC of St Martins as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act. or The accounts do not a¢¢ord with those records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in conn8dion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. DLOW 19 Landemann Circus Weslon super Mare North Somerset BS23 2QF DLOW 21st March 2026

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St Martin's Church Flnanclal Statements for the Perfod Ended 31" December 2025 Receipts and Payments Accounts Receipts Designatgd Funds Rostricted Fund¥ Total 2025 Total 2024 Funds Volvnta Recel Planned giving Collectmms * serv All other gW9 Grants Aid Rec￿8￿￿ 46,697 8,215 5.078 44.279 6,242 10.321 15 15242 8.422 14,072 74,f 250 1.992 14.590 84,744 12,420 73.262 8,690 Actlvltles for Generatlng Funds 3b 7P79 3,765 Investment Incomellnterest 3.577 89 407 4.073 2,957 Church Activltigs 3,002 26.171 Other Recel 158 158 720 Total Recei 17 1C6,875 Pa hurch Adivilies Dior£san Parish Shwe contribubon Salarie5, wages & honoraria Clergy arxl staff expenses MISSI￿) giving and (k>natior Church Vacslion .255 56.25S 47.388 5,097 557 557 954 4,246 20,129 525 3,735 2.775 775 Cost of ene fund8 59 Church Ex Church Running Eyperws Church Ulility Bills Weddings & FuneraL% Churchyard Cosis Total Pa 12,299 11,632 2,597 4,164 240 4f 4.693 4.693 83.129 1749 15M7 Deficit 820 Transfers between funds 476 2.742 11.170 709 28￿16 2847 66.699 Cash at Bank & in hand 1 Jan Cash at Bank & in hand 31 Doc 31 31,904 13￿12 27W5 n,341 10

Statnent of Assets and Liabilities Cash Funds D•signatod Funds Total 2025 Totsl 2024 Funds Funds Llo ds Cuffent Account Llo ds De sit Account Nat West Current Account- 2.8701 2.263 5,900 17,723 210 5.293 210 1,959 v&c Nat West Reserve Attount-v& c 3.692 3,692 1.665 31.904 13.912 73,341 69.546 31.904 13,912 73A41 69,546 Notas The re￿Ipts and Payn￿ refie( ttE peric#l frcKn 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. The financial statements of the St Marts"n's Church have teen prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting ReguL*torts 2006 using Receipts and Pa￿nents basis Receipts Total 2024 Fund8 Funds Fund 2025 Voluntary Recalpts G"fft Aided Bankefs Ord￿5 Gift Aided EnVe￿peS One Off Gfft A￿ed Dona1w￿$ Non- Gift AKled Banws Orders N¢)n-Grft Aided Envelopes One Off Non-Grft Pdded Donations colleth.ons at SeThtK HMRC GtftAid Legxies 27.934 14.043 1.075 2.420 27.934 14.043 1,075 2A20 25,228 14,043 2,562 2,120 2,300 14,167 2,888 7,759 4.Tr)3 1.742 8,422 8.215 14,072 8215 I4￿90 6.242 12,420 250 73,262 Activltles for Gon•rating Funds Funds Genoratod from Activities Fetes etc 1.69S 7A79 3.765 Inveslm•nt IncomelBank Intsrest Investment Income Bank Interest 1,989 273 89 407 407 769 Church AclMlle8 Weddings. Funerals 7,838

Church Vacation 3,002 ¢)thor Rocglpts Sundries Bible Notes 158 158 158 720 720 Do6lgnat•d Fund• Total 2025 Totsl 2024 Fund• Fund• Salaflo8. Wago8 & Honorarla Staff Costs roll Costs Relief Or anisl HMRC- PAYEINIC Gratuit￿ & Honorarla 374 120 11.041 235 194 120 391 42 170 80 170 Cle and Staff Ex 557 935 Other Cle Reader Ex 12 954 557 Mls•lon: Glvlng & Donatlon• Missiona SIX￿￿¢$ Relief & Devebpment encies Home Mission Communi Outreach 525 798 328 328 200 S25 MIBslon & evangelhm Costs Church Vacalion Costs 20,129 Church Runnln Church Off#x c￿anin Co ht L￿ence Insurance Health & S Ma azine Or an Tunin uardin Subscn tions Tele hone Sundries Traini 24 93 39 812 237 220 901 812 2.146 10 1,531 627 1.635 501 312 501 312 117 415 655 117 72 415 of Services Web Hoskn"n 1,234 60 272 272 12

Bank Char 718 285 718 639 240 60 237 Governan￿ Costs Gwin Envelo other Ex enditure Maintenance General Maintenanc Prof Fees Maintenance Pro MaIntenan￿- Alam Maintena 129 129 60 05 1.605 1.074 1.706 906 12 21 Church Ulll Electri Blll• 29 ststom•nt of A880ts and Llabllltl Do8lgnalad Fun Total 2025 Total 2024 Fund8 Funds Cash Accounts Uo ds Current Account Gener81 Fund Ific Collect￿nS Fund U kee ofserv￿8s Fund Zambia Mkssion Fund Office Print Fund Bells Fund Fabric Fund Vacatson Fund Choir Members Fund Fla Fund Sheona h Omirc#J Fund 900 Year Celebrations Worle United Charities dsDe sil Account General Fund MaorRe air Fund Youth Fund Fla Fund Sheona h OmrDJ Fund 900Year Celebration Vacation Fund Nat West Currenl kcount-v & 263 12,9401 411 552 411 552 936 552 973 339 519 570 570 2,263 920 Llo 7,641 15.909 767 10.250 767 4,CiJ8 210 210 1,969 Nat West Reserve Aecount-v 3,692 3,692 1.665 27 73,341 The movement in deS￿nated and resknrted ￿ndS durirKJ the year were. Bal 8￿¥ B1 Cfwd Restrlcled Funds Specific Collections Fund 936 12.7181 1110) 13

Upkeep of Services Fund Zambia Mission Fund Office Print Fund Bells Fund Fabric Fund Vacation Fund Choir Members Fund 552 552 973 339 519 378 300 300 69 570 6,056 3,002 30 9,008 2,775 2,940 227 1,602 695 767 1.047 15.909 766 Sheona h Onnroj Fund Youth Fund Vicar & Church Wardens Wode Unrted chariti.es 127 3,624 277 3.901 716 716 Desl nated Funds Ma orRe airs Fund 900 Year celebr31m￿S 10 2.690 920 7.537 Purpose and Restrictions of Endo￿￿￿ Funds and Restrlcted Funds Specific Collections FurKt Funds establis￿ to ￿1Ve arKI then distribuie n￿￿1&S glven in services or Is that are to an extem81 cha ' oro anisation. UF&eep of Serv￿$ Fund To receNe donations gtven swcalty for the wrchase of bibles and candles iven to Ba m candidates. Zambia Mission Fund A fvnd to hokl donatThE made to the rish mission in Zambia Fund eslablished to feceive dorths for the print needs of the Church Office Print Fund Bells Fund for the re ir of the Bells of the Church. Fabric Fund To receive rrK)ni8s gNen ftun time to time for the ffraintenan¢e of the fabr￿ of the Churrh VacatN)n Fund To recei￿ for the'church HolKlar. And make payments for Hotels. travel arml visits. Choir Members Fund To recerrfe from Chw members to be used for the MUSK sheets, robes and other C￿1r athities. To iecet¥E monies donate(I for expendtiure on Flags. Flag POSL ropes and accessories. FL? Fund Sheona h 0￿r0d Fund A fund to be used the Church in the wishes of the fami . Youth Fund To donatms for the sion ofY(xrth V¥lJ* * the Church. Vicar & Church Vlardens A fund to be used by the & Churth Wardens in a(xx)tdance wtth the varths wishes of donors. Worle United Charilres A fijnd set io recerie and d￿IbUte the closi funds for the cha 14

Investment Funds In the l￿'S the fomier Parish sold St Martin's churchyard. Worle and the monies raised are held by the Diocese as Managing Trustee, invested in CCLA Church of England Investment Trust Fund.. on the provision that the PCC would receive the income from the investment for its general works, but Yds unable to make use of the captsi. In the 1960's the fotmw parish sold Gle￿ LarKI at Rickelfs Lane in Worle. and the Church Commissioners allowed the monie5 raised to available to the PCC for the St Mark's building projec( with the proviso that the sale pri(x was recovered by making annual instalments of £129.50. During 2024, having recovered more than the original sum advanced. the PCC applied for an Order from the Charity Commission to transfer the balance on the "Glebe Land. account to the CCLA Church of England Investrnent ac¢ount referred to above. The order was granted and the M￿leS transferred. The PCC rKM receives the income from these monies for ts general w(ffks. Worlo United Charities During the year, the PCC agreed to T￿rrfe the dosing ￿ndS from the Charty and to distribute to beneficÉaries. The Trustees of the CharTty were fomer incumbents and offi￿rS of the Church, together with a representative of the Weston TO1￿ Council. Dats"ng bad( to 1925, the Charity's income was derived from four small investrnents. which were sold in 1994, and a lump sum of £434.63 received. 15

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST MARTINS I report on the accounts of the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Martins for the 12 months ended 318t De￿mber 2025, which are set out on the following pages. Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Independent Examiner As trustees of the charity, the members of the PCC of St Martins are responsible for the pr8paration of the accounts. The members of the PCC consider Ihat an audit is not required for thls year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charilies Act) and that an Independent Examinalion is needed. The Charity is prepanng Re￿Ipts and Payments Accounts and l am qualified to undertake the examination. Having satisfied myself Ihat Ihe charity is not subject to audit and is eligible for Independent Examination it is my responsibility to.. Examine the accounls under section 145 of the 2011 Charits'es Ad., To follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5llb) of the 2011 Charities Act,. and State whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent Examlnerfs Report My examination was carned out in accordan￿ with the general Directions given by the Charrty Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also indudes Gonsideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees conceming any such matters. The prO￿d￿reS undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audrt and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the a¢¢ounts present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent Examinerfs unqualrfied statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect.. A￿OUntIng records were not kept in respect of the PCC of St Martins as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act., or The accounts do not accord with those records. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in conne(*on with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. DLOW 19 Landemann Circus Weston super Mare North Somerset BS23 2QF DLOW 21st March 2026