Finance Support

Parish dashboards are summary PDF documents, created by the Church of England’s Research & Statistics unit, showing attendance and participation information as well as parish-level census and deprivation statistics.

Each PCC is, in effect, the Board of Trustees of a Charity, and therefore has a number of duties including producing Annual Report and Accounts. Annual Reports and Accounts produced according to these guidelines will: be compliant with the Charities Act; important if PCCs are to maintain their exception from

Contracts and discounts negotiated for Church of England parishes through ‘Parish Buying’. VISIT THE PARISH BUYING WEBSITE  ‘Parish Buying’ is an initiative by the Church of England to support parishes by providing competitive deals and buying guides. For example, they provide detailed buying guides on Church Insurance and include an

CCLA are fund managers for many church’s investments, and the Diocese often acts as custodian trustee on behalf of the PCC. VIEW YOUR CCLA STATEMENTS  Where the Diocese administers a Trust fund as custodian trustee (accounts beginning “126”) on behalf of the PCC (managing trustee) then the Parish Treasurer is

Information about paying people, registering for Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and pensions. The term honorarium is commonly used when referring to payments to people for performance of duties. However, regardless of name, a payment for services rendered, whether classed as salary or honorarium is still income which is assessable

Parochial fees; occasional duty, mileage rates and expenses; marriage licences; Diocesan fee procedure.

A Friends’ Scheme can engage the wider community who may wish to support the life of the Church building. The average annual spend on church repairs in the Diocese of Norwich was £9,550 per parish in 2013 (£9,168 per parish in 2012). For all parishes, this represents a large strain

Through Gift Aid churches can claim tax back from donations made by UK taxpayers and thereby increase their income, but only with permission from the taxpayer.

The Diocese of Norwich Grant Finder is a FREE online funding website developed for local parishes, designed to help you find funding to support a variety of projects.

Find out how to actively promote legacies and what a Generosity Enabler is.

Download the PCC Treasurer’s Handbook.

Information about VAT on church repairs, fuel and power.