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Finances

These pages contain resources to help you manage your church's finances, including sources of grant funding and loans.

Finance Team

These are the people who help manage the Diocesan Finances, and help parishes with their money.

Support for Treasurers; Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers (ACAT)

The Diocese of York has arranged for group membership of the Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers (ACAT) for all church Treasurers and Deanery Financial Advisers in the Diocese.

Resources for Treasurers

Help for treasurers and PCCs to manage your church's money wisely, set a budget, and more.

Accounting Support for Parishes

If your PCC has no-one who can stand as Treasurer, here are resources to help with accounting.

Free Will Offer 2021

A video message from the Bishop of Whitby about the Free Will Offers from all our parishes to support mission and ministry in our Diocese in the coming year

Free Will Offer - what's it for, and how does it work?

The way the Diocese of York runs its finances is called Free Will Offer – and it works in a way something like the way some families sort out their money too.

Free Will Offer; a unique year

You have had so much to do to cope with 2020 and all the uncertainties and extra demands on every church that we’re not going to ask you to come up with a new value for your church’s 2021 Free Will Offer.

Parish Fees

Information on Parochial Fees and Casual Duty Fees, including guidance for Funeral Directors.

Gift Aid

Information and guidance on claiming and declaring Gift Aid.

Annual Parish Returns and Accounts

  • Statistics for Mission
  • Return of Parish Finance
  • Annual Report and Accounts
  • Charity Commission Return
  • Church Electoral Roll
Advice and resources to help you.

Diocesan Loans

The DBF offers a Parish Loan Scheme to help parishes complete building works and enable mission projects.

Diocesan Small Grants for Parishes

The Archdeacons of Cleveland, East Riding and York are able to approve modest grants to parishes in the Diocese of York towards building-related costs, or local projects that support the strategy for growth, where there is insufficient local income or reserves to pay for them.

Grant Making Trusts

Another way to raise money is to apply for funding from grant making trusts or foundations.

Cash handling guidelines

Recommended practices for recording and controlling financial transactions for parish treasurers and clergy. Includes advice on handling and accounting for collections of loose cash and envelopes.

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