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 3306
Email: gift.aid@diocesehn.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1143450
Guidance Notes 2022
Guidance Notes 2022
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
Management Accountant
Kristie Kain – mobile: 07833 666767
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 3302
Email: parish.finance@diocesehn.org.uk
Gift Aid:
Tel: 0191 243 3306
Email gift.aid@diocesehn.org.uk
Chairman
Canon Peter Leighton VG – tel: 0191 460 4274
Secretary
Paul Henderson – tel: 0191 243 3300 or email: finance@diocesehn.org.uk
Committee Members
Fr Andrew Shaw, Andrew Clark, Eamonn Donnelly, Geraldine Green, and Paul Morgan.
In attendance
Beverley Warrington and Fiona Standfield.
Chairman
Canon Peter Leighton VG – tel: 0191 460 4274
Secretary (Head of Finance)
Beverley Warrington – tel: 0191 243 3300 or email: finance@diocesehn.org.uk
Committee Members
Matt Boyle, Jeff Ledger and Fiona Standfield.