Church of England finances: a 'shocking imbalance between parishes and "Head Office"'
Save The Parish's steering committee member Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent writes: You may find it helpful to know that we have just published Church of England financial data updated for 2023 on the Save The Parish website . This is the most recent financial data that has become available through the annual publishing of accounts. Our methodology has been shared with and is supported by the central Church of England finance staff. The Finances of the Church of England as a whole The accounts reveal a shocking imbalance between Parishes and ‘Head Office’. The Parishes have very few assets but, mainly thanks to parishioners’ generosity, they pull in a colossal annual income of £1bn The Parishes paid £315m (in 2023) to their Dioceses through the Parish Share scheme The Dioceses spent £348m on parish ministry (also 2023) and £47m on clergy pension contributions, making £395m in total. The difference between parish share ‘income’ and p...