Information about financial accounts, budgeting, purchasing, investments, giving, Gift Aid, grants, legacies, fees, employment, fees, Parish Share, VAT and more..
Parish Dashboards
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.
Annual Accounts & Year End
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
Budgeting
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
Buying, purchasing & reducing costs
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
CCLA Investments
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
Employees, PAYE and Auto-Enrolment
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,
Fees, rates and claims
Parochial fees; occasional duty, mileage rates and expenses; marriage licences; Diocesan fee procedure.
Friends’ Schemes
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
Gift Aid
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.
Grants & funds from external organisations
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.
Parish Share
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.