Finance, stewardship & grants

Dealing with KYC queries from your bank and other bank account options.

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.

As a church we need to encourage generosity, and certain times of the year especially lend themselves to generous giving.

Information about VAT on church repairs, fuel and power.

Download the PCC Treasurer’s Handbook.

Parish Share is a contribution by churches towards the cost of the mission and ministry of the Church in the Diocese, which is primarily the cost of clergy.

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

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.

A range of Diocesan grants and funds are available to parishes to enable mission projects within the church or wider community.

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.

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

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

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

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,

Contactless donation units, online giving and giving by text message. Online Giving As we connect with more people online than ever before, don’t miss the opportunity to enable people to give

The starting point for any discussion on Christian Giving is generosity; not our generosity but God’s – God’s generosity to us. The good news of the gospel is that God

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

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

Creating and improving your PCC’s budget, including a downloadable template. As the saying goes “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!” however some PCCs still do not operate