Parish Finance Committee
The purpose of the Parish Finance Committee is to determine the financial policy of the Parish, including the setting of an annual budget, in order to control Parish expenditure. It monitors income and expenditure regularly. It also prioritises Parish projects and promotes fund-raising activities.
Members
Parish Priest: Fr Alan Hodgson
Chair: Stephen Belderbos
Members: Eric Jarvis, Luis Mascarenhas, Sally Pearson and Mark Webb.
Financial Updates
Financial Returns for the Parish:
Leaving a Legacy
Please follow the link to advice that the diocese has produced about leaving a legacy in your will to the parish.
Parish Financial Handbook
Please follow this link to see a copy of the St John’s parish finance committee handbook.
Supporting the Ministry and Mission of the Cathedral Parish
Regular Giving
Regular giving is a great way to support the Parish, the more regular income the church has the better it can plan its finances and ensure that mission and parishioners are served. For UK tax payers it can also easily be enhanced by gift aid.
Gift Aid
If you are a taxpayer, you are invited to Gift Aid your donation. Your gift will be topped by 25 percent, meaning a £20 offering becomes £25, at no cost to you. (Gift Aid benefits higher rate tax payers too, as it allows you to reclaim the difference between the basic and higher rate of tax for yourself when you complete your tax return.)
Please ensure that any regular bank payment you set up carries a reference we can tie to the Gift Aid declaration in order for us to claim from HMRC. (We suggest your surname followed by first initial and the month start date (i.e. SmithJ0124.)
Regular giving can easily be set up through on-line banking or banking app, traditional paper based standing order, or weekly envelope.
- Through the your bank or building society
Monthly bank payments are the most efficient and cheapest process and fit in with most people’s income and budget which also tend to be on a monthly basis. To set up a bank payment you will need the offertory bank account details:
Name: St Johns Cathedral Parish Offertory Account
Sort Code: 60-15-31
Account No: 04911881
It’s important that you include a reference so that the finance team can associate the payments with your gift aid declaration.
- Standing order
If you don’t have online banking and would like assistance setting up a Standing Order, please email the Parish Gift Aid Coordinator.
- By Envelope
We can set up a box of weekly envelopes for you. Email the Parish Gift Aid Coordinator and envelopes and gift aid declaration form can be sent to you.
