The Department for Finance is responsible for the good stewardship of funds and assets of the Diocese including maximising and reporting income, and the planning and monitoring of expenditure for parishes, projects, and the Diocese as a whole.
The Department for Finance is responsible for the good stewardship of funds and assets of the Diocese including maximising and reporting income, and the planning and monitoring of expenditure for parishes, projects, and the Diocese as a whole.
Gift Aid
The Department for Finance is responsible for reconciling and submitting annual gift aid returns to H.M.R.C. on behalf of the Diocese. These include all gift aid returns received from parishes and other one off donations to the charity.
If you have any questions or would like to speak to the team, please contact us as follows:
Gift Aid Office
St Vincent’s Diocesan Offices,
St Cuthbert’s House,
West Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 7PY.
Tel: 0191 243 3300
Email: gift.aid@diocesehn.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1143450
NB. You can support your local parish and/or one of our many Diocesan causes by donating online or by completing and submitting a gift aid form for a single or multiple donation. Visit our Donate and Gift Aid page now.
The Diocese is offering access to a funding support website to our parishes, which enables them to search for funding from a variety of bodies.
This is a good way of finding considerable funding – many churches have used this portal in the past and have succeeded in finding funding.
Click on the link opposite to find out more (NB. this is password protected content, if you are accessing for the first time, please contact the Finance Team by tel: 0191 243 3300 or email: finance@diocesehn.org.uk to obtain).
Head of Finance
Beverley Warrington
Finance Manager
Aimee Findlay
Management Accountant
June Schloms – 0191 243 3300
Finance Officer
Helen Ramsay – mobile: 07979 951245
Finance Assistant
Michelle Alsop
Senior Administrator
Lynne Matthews

General finance matters:
Tel: 0191 243 3300
Email: finance@diocesehn.org.uk
Parish finance matters:
Tel: 0191 243 3300
Email: parish.finance@diocesehn.org.uk
Gift Aid:
Tel: 0191 243 3300
Email gift.aid@diocesehn.org.uk
Chairman
Fr Jeffrey Dodds VG – tel: 0191 243 3300
Secretary
Beverley Warrington, Head of Finance – tel: 0191 243 3300 or email: finance@diocesehn.org.uk
Committee Members
Lyn Murray (Trustee), Fr Andrew Shaw, Geraldine Green and Paul Henderson.
In attendance
Beverley Warrington, Fiona Standfield, Andrew Gillingham and Aimee Findlay.
Chairman
Fr Jeffrey Dodds VG – tel: 0191 243 3300
Secretary (Head of Finance)
Beverley Warrington – tel: 0191 243 3300 or email: finance@diocesehn.org.uk
Committee Members
Matt Boyle, Fiona Standfield and Aimee Findlay.