
Resources for Treasurers
Assistance with parish money matters is offered by the Stewardship Adviser whose role involves assisting parishes with virtually any matter relating to finance, the preparation of annual accounts, gift aid and the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme, grants, fundraising and general help to parish treasurers, gift aid officers, regular giving officers and stewardship promoters.
Bank account
If you are looking to make a payment to Portsmouth Diocesan Board of Finance, either as a parish or a private individual, and you need details of our bank account, please email us via this link and we'll send you the details.
Parochial fees
- Table of parochial fees for 2023, (updated for use from March 2023 onwards)
- Retired Ministers Funeral Fee – between 1st January and 1st March, £99.50; from 1st March, £94.50.
(This is 80% of the funeral fee rounded up to the nearest 50p) - Table of parochial fees for January and February 2023
- Retired Ministers Funeral Fee – between 1st January and 1st March, £99.50; from 1st March, £94.50.
- Table of parochial fees for 2022
- Summary of parochial fees for 2022
- Summary of parochial fees for 2021
- Policy for paying fees to officiating ministers
- Form to record fees
- Parochial fees and guidance (*CofE website)
Documents and Links
- The Role of the PCC Treasurer
- The PCC as a Charity (external link to parish resources)
- Helpful tips for the PCC Treasurer
- A New Treasurers Guide – (external link to parish resources - shared with kind permission by ACAT (The Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers))
- Parish Share Explained
- Investment guidance for parishes
- Reserves Policy
- Employment, Payroll and Pensions
- Auto Enrolment
- Capital Fundraising
- Friends Scheme
- Guidance for PCCs on their Financial Procedures
- Internal financial controls for charities (CC8) – Guidance and Checklist – (external link)
- Interregnum Booklet (updated January 2022) (word doc)
- Changes to CCLA Account Administration (July 2023)
- Delay to CCLA Account Administration changes (July 2023)
- Reclaiming VAT on repairs to listed churches
Parish Buying
Hunting down the best value deals for your church isn’t always easy and takes time. That’s why the National Church and the dioceses set up the Parish Buying service, which makes use of the bulk buying power of the Church. There are also a range of buying guides available offering helpful tips and advice, all of which help parishes to not only save time and money, but also be better stewards in their spending.
- Website: parishbuying.org.uk
- Contact: support@parishbuying.org.uk or 0800 368 0887
Parish Finance
This site is provided by the Church of England’s National Stewardship & Resources team and offers over 400 pages of resources (web & pdf) to support all aspects of finance, stewardship, administration and management in the local church, as well as links to other sites and pages of interest.
- Website: parishresources.org.uk
Emails
We occasionally send out emails to all our diocesan Treasurers, with information and resources that are relevant to the work you do. Please contact Chris Parker if you are not receiving these emails, so that we can add you to our database.
Previous emails
- Parochial Fees, April 25th, 2023
- Treasurers eBulletin, February 9th, 2022
- Treasurers eBulletin, May 5th, 2021